D/S Ingertre
Updated Sept. 19-2009

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Some Convoy Voyages:

For information on voyages made in between those mentioned here, please see the documents received from the Norwegian archives and Hague's Voyage Record above. Follow the convoy links provided for more details on them; the Commodore's notes are also available for some of them, and several Norwegian ships took part.

For more information on the OB convoys mentioned on this page, please see the links in the Voyage Record.

As can be seen when going to Page 1 of the archive documents, Ingertre was on her way from Cristobal to New York when war broke out in Norway on Apr. 9-1940.

She managed to escape St. Nazaire (as the last ship to leave) in June-1940 during the chaotic days of evacuations from France. No pilot or tugs were to be found, but the captain managed to maneuvre the ship out without, just as the Germans marched into the city, and arrived safely in the U.K.

In Aug.-1940, she's listed in Convoy OB 193, which originated in Liverpool on Aug. 4 and dispersed on the 7th, Ingertre arriving Lunenburg on Aug. 18 (she had started out from Milford Haven on Aug. 4). She later proceeded to Halifax and Sydney, C.B., and from there, she joined the slow Convoy SC 4 on Sept. 10. Ingertre was bound for Hull with a cargo of pit props, and appears to have been cancelled from the faster Convoy HX 72, in which Simla and several others were sunk. In Nov.-1940, Ingertre shows up in Convoy OB 244 together with 11 other Norwegian ships. Her destination is given as Sydney, C. B. (Cape Breton) and she had station 93 of the convoy, having joined from Oban. The convoy was dispersed on Nov. 22, and Ingertre arrived her destination on Dec. 6.

She headed back to the U.K. in Convoy SC 20 from Halifax on Jan. 22-1941, cargo of pit props for West Hartlepool. In March, she's listed in Convoy OB 300, originating in Liverpool on March 20, dispersed March 26, Ingertre arriving Halifax on Apr. 8; according to the archive document mentioned above, she had started out from Loch Ewe on March 22. On Apr. 29, she joined Convoy SC 30 from Halifax, cargo of lumber for Hull. The Commodore's narrative is also available for this convoy. In June, she's listed in Convoy OB 333, which originated in Liverpool on June 10 and dispersed on the 21st, Ingertre arriving Clarke City on June 30 (having sailed from Oban on June 11). According to Arnold Hague, she returned to the U.K. in Convoy SC 37*, departing Sydney, C.B. on July 12. This convoy is not yet available among the SC convoys included in my Convoys section, but will be added. The following month, we find her in station 84 of the westbound North Atlantic Convoy ON 7; her destination is given as St. John's, N.F., where she arrived on Aug. 29, the convoy having been dispersed a few days before. A. Hague later has her returning in Convoy SC 47*, departing Sydney, C.B. on Sept. 29 - see also Page 2. In Nov.-1941, she made a voyage to Tampa, having sailed in the westbound Convoy ON 35, which was dispersed on Nov. 27, Ingertre arriving Tampa on Dec. 9. See also the Commodore's narrative. She headed back to the U.K. on Dec. 27 with Convoy SC 62 from Sydney, C.B., cargo of phosphates for Tees.

Her next Trans-Atlantic voyage was made in Febr.-1942, when she joined the westbound Convoy ON 68* (Tyr was sunk), which originated in Liverpool on Febr. 19. Ingertre sailed from Loch Ewe that day and arrived St. John's, N.F. on March 5. On Apr. 11, she went back in the other direction again with Convoy SC 79 from Halifax, cargo of timber for Newport, where she arrived Apr. 28, and the following month, she's listed in the westbound Convoy ON 94*, which originated in Liverpool on May 12 and arrived Halifax May 25 - Ingertre had started out from Milford Haven on May 11 - see Page 3. In June that year, she sailed in Convoy SC 88 from Sydney, C.B., cargo of lumber for Immingham, and in July, she joined the westbound Convoy ON 114*, originating in Liverpool on July 19. Ingertre sailed from Loch Ewe that day and arrived Halifax Aug. 3, heading back across the ocean again on Aug. 29 in Convoy SC 98 from Halifax.

In Nov.-1942, she joined the westbound Convoy ON 144*. This convoy originated in Liverpool on Nov. 7 and arrived New York Nov. 27, but Ingertre joined from Oban and stopped at Halifax on Nov. 25, later joining Convoy ON 146* from there, arriving New York on Dec. 9 (convoy had started out in Liverpool Nov. 15). Her subsequent voyages are shown on Page 4 and Page 5; convoy information for some of these is available in the Voyage Record.

As will be seen, she did not go back to the U.K. again until Sept. 3-1943, when we find her in Convoy SC 141 from Halifax, cargo of lumber for Tyne.

Ingertre is mentioned in Convoy OS 62/KMS 36, which originated in Liverpool on Dec. 15-1943 (she sailed from Oban that day). Her destination is given as Sicily, and she's listed in the Gibraltar portion of the convoy (KMS 36*), which arrived there on Jan. 3-1944, the convoy having split up the day before (the OS portion was bound for Freetown). Note, however, that according to A. Hague, she returned to port, arriving Clyde on Dec. 23, and did not leave the U.K. until Jan.-1944, when she sailed to Gibraltar, with arrival Jan. 18, remaining in that part of the world for quite some time. She's listed in Convoy KMS 39*, voyage Oran to Augusta, where she arrived on Febr. 3, having left Oran on Jan. 29, according to A. Hague (note that Page 5 does not mention Oran at this time). In Apr.-1944, she made a voyage from Bizerta to Philippeville, having joined Convoy MKS 45*. She arrived Philippeville on Apr. 8, proceeding to Algiers the next day, and from there she later joined Convoy KMS 48* in order to sail to Augusta, where she arrived May 1. She's also included in Convoy KMS 52* in June, voyage from Algiers to Bone - again, see Page 5 of the archive documents, as well as Hague's Voyage Record above for departure and arrival dates in this period. Page 6 has the rest of her 1944 voyages and some of her 1945 voyages, which continue on Page 7.

* The ON convoys are available and will be added to individual pages in my Convoys section in due course. In the meantime, the ships sailing in them (and escorts) are named in the section listing ships in all ON convoys. As will be seen, they all had several Norwegian ships. The SC series will also be updated and completed - see ships in all SC convoys. Additionally, all the KMS convoys and MKS convoys will be added, but for now, please see ships in KMS convoys and ships in MKS convoys.

POST WAR:

Went ashore in fog, at Alkhornet, at the entrance to Isfjord on Oct. 16-1949. Salvage was impossible (Charles Hocking).

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The company had previously had another Ingertre, built 1920, 3088 gt, went ashore at Trefodskjær, south of Florø on Jan. 12-1936, slid off and sank.

The text on this page was compiled with the help of: "Nortraships flåte", J. R. Hegland, Roger W. Jordan - and misc.