D/S Ingerto
Updated Sept. 14-2009

To Ingerto on the "Ships starting with I" page.

Her voyages are listed on this original document received from the National Archives of Norway.

(Received from Don Kindell - His source: The late Arnold Hague's database).

In German control in 1940, but recaptured at Spitsbergen in Aug.-1941 and went back into allied service. Background history can be found in my text for the icebreaker Isbjørn.

Some Convoy Voyages:

In Nov.-1940, she joined the westbound North Atlantic Convoy ON 31, joining the convoy off Iceland on Nov. 4, arriving Bermuda on Nov. 20, proceeding to New Orleans that same day, with arrival Nov. 28 - see archive document and record above for further 1941 voyages.

At the beginning of 1942, she's listed among the ships in Convoy SC 66, which departed Halifax on Jan. 23 and arrived Liverpool on Febr. 9; Ingerto stopped at Clyde, Febr. 8. She was bound for Manchester, cargo of sulphur, and had been cancelled from the previous convoy, SC 65.

Final Fate - 1942:

Ingerto was scheduled for station 111 of Convoy OS 20 on Febr. 22-1942 (from which Charles Racine was sunk), but did not sail - ref. the first external link at the end of this page. This sealed her fate, because instead she departed Clyde in ballast for Mobile on Febr. 26-1942, joining the westbound North Atlantic Convoy ON 70*, which originated in Liverpool on Febr. 25-1942. Ingerto is said to have left the convoy in position 44 30N 49 30W on March 11 and was last seen on the 12th, never to be heard from again. The assumption was that she was torpedoed on the 18th, but German records indicate she was torpedoed by U-578 (Rehwinkel) around noon on the 12th in approximate position 41N 51W* (according to "Nortraships flåte").

* This convoy will be added to an individual page in my Convoys section; in the meantime, the ships sailing in it are named in the section listing ships in all ON convoys. As will be seen, the Norwegian Benwood and Brimanger are also listed.

** Roger Jordan gives the position as 29 45N 66 30W. J. Rohwer gives the position 29 35N 66 30W.

Crew List - No Survivors:

Casualties:
† Captain Olaf Ellingsen	† 1st Mate Johannes Sundsby	† 2nd Mate Karl E. Johnsen	† 3rd Mate German Rasmussen	† Radio Operator Georg Ingebrektsen	† Carpenter Torstein T. Kase
† Able Seaman Arnold Dahl	† Able Seaman Alfred Pedersen	† Able Seaman Carmel Carmelbei * (Malta)	† Able Seaman/Gunner Martin Sandnæs	† Able Seaman/Gunner Sigurd Anker Frestad	† Ordinary Seaman Charles Thomas * (Canadian)
† Ordinary Seaman Robert Brisland * (British)	† Ordinary Seaman Frank Newman * (British)	† 1st Engineer Herman Woldseth	† 2nd Engineer Erling Lervik	† 3rd Engineer Johan Olsen	† Donkeyman Hjalmar Davidsen
† Stoker Adolf Kiil	† Stoker Leif Engstrøm	† Stoker Sigurd Hansen (Danish)	† Stoker Oliver Thomsen (Danish)	† Stoker Sigurd Jørgensen	† Stoker Hjalmar Karlsen
† Trimmer Hans Jensen (Danish)	† Trimmer Odd Lesund	† Trimmer Hans Paulsen	† Trimmer Felix Savedra Roe (French)	† Steward Nils Skarpenes	† Cook Frank Thorsen
† Galley Boy Cramford Eagelsham (British)	† Mess Boy W. N. Davidson (British)

More details on the men denoted * can be found by entering each name in the relevant search field at the The Commonwealth War Graves Comm. website, with WW II and 1942 in the other fields to help narrow down the search results. The galley boy and the mess boy don't appear to be commemorated.

Related external links:
OS and OS/KMS Convoys - As can be seen, Ingerto is mentioned in Convoy OS 20.

Stavern Memorial commemorations - At first glance 24 Norwegians appear to be commemorated at this memorial for seamen in Stavern, Norway, but Hjalmar Karlsen is listed twice. In addition to those named above there's an Able Seaman/Gunner Oluf Knudsen; he may have died at an earlier date.

Operations information for U-578

U-578

Back to Ingerto on the "Ships starting with I" page.

The text on this page was compiled with the help of: "Nortraships flåte", J. R. Hegland, "Sjøforklaringer fra 2. verdenskrig", Volume I (Norwegian Maritime Museum), and misc. (ref. My sources).