Manager: Wallem & Co., Bergen
Tonnage: 4171 gt
Built in Germany in 1925. Previous names: Elaine L-D until 1935, Lu Hsing until 1937.
Her voyages are listed on these original images from the Norwegian National Archives:
Page 1 | Page 2 | Page 3 | Page 4 | Page 5
Please compare the above voyages with Arnold Hague's Voyage Record below.
Voyage Record From Oct.-1940 to Nov.-1945:
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(Received from Don Kindell - His source: The late Arnold Hague's database).
Follow the convoy links provided for more information on each.
Errors may exist, and as can be seen, the record is incomplete.
| 1940 |
Oct. 19 |
Aden |
Suez |
Oct. 26 |
BN 7 |
Aden to Suez.
Previously traded Indian Ocean/Pacific
(see Page 1).
Convoy available at BN 7
(external link) |
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Nov. 19 |
Suez |
Aden |
Nov. 26 |
BS 9 |
Then Traded Inidan Ocean & Pacific
(again, see Page 1 above).
Convoy available at BS 9
(external link) |
| 1941 |
Dec. 18 |
Sourabaya |
Colombo |
Jan. 1-1942 |
Independent |
Missing 1941 voyages:
Page 1 & Page 2 |
| 1942 |
Jan. 3 |
Colombo |
Karachi |
Jan. 11 |
Independent |
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Jan. 12 |
Karachi |
Bushire |
Jan. 22 |
Independent |
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Jan. 30 |
Bushire |
Karachi |
Febr. 3 |
Independent |
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March 19 |
Karachi |
Aden |
March 27 |
Independent |
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March 27 |
Aden |
Suez |
Apr. 5 |
Independent |
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Apr. 8 |
Port Said |
Alexandria |
Apr. 9 |
Independent |
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Apr. 30 |
Alexandria |
Port Said |
May 2 |
Independent |
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May 4 |
Port Said |
Beirut |
May 5 |
Independent |
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May 12 |
Beirut |
Tripoli, Syria |
May 12 |
Independent |
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May 17 |
Tripoli, Syria |
Beirut |
May 18 |
Independent |
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May 19 |
Beirut |
Port Said |
May 21 |
Independent |
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May 27 |
Port Said |
Alexandria |
May 28 |
Independent |
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June 10 |
Alexandria |
Port Said |
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Independent |
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June 19 |
Port Said |
Beirut |
June 21 |
Independent |
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June 27 |
Beirut |
Mersin |
June 28 |
Independent |
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July 6 |
Mersin |
Iskenderun |
July 7 |
Independent |
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July 12 |
Iskenderun |
Port Said |
July 15 |
Independent |
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July 20 |
Suez |
Port Sudan |
July 25 |
Independent |
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Aug. 5 |
Port Sudan |
Massawa |
Aug. 7 |
Independent |
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Sept. 2 |
Massawa |
Port Sudan |
Sept. 4 |
Independent |
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Sept. 13 |
Port Sudan |
Colombo |
Sept. 27 |
Independent |
Indian Ocean/Red Sea/Levant to Apr. 4.-1943
See also Page 3 |
| 1943 |
Apr. 4 |
Mombasa |
Durban |
Apr. 13 |
Independent |
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Apr. 17 |
Durban |
Lourenço Marques |
Apr. 19 |
DN 34 |
Convoy available at DN 34
(external link) |
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Apr. 30 |
Lourenço Marques |
Mombasa |
May 8 |
Independent |
E Africa/Red Sea/Levant to Oct. 25-1943
Again, see Page 3 as well as Page 4 |
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Oct. 25 |
Durban |
Aden |
Nov. 18 |
Independent |
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Dec. 3 |
Aden |
Aden |
Dec. 4 |
AKD 8 |
Put back.
Convoy available at AKD 8
(external link) |
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Dec. 13 |
Aden |
Suez |
Dec. 22 |
Independent |
Passed Suez Canal, at Port Said to June-1944 |
| 1944 |
July 6 |
Safaga |
Aden |
July 13 |
Independent |
See also Page 4
At Aden to Aug. 8-1944 |
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Aug. 8 |
Aden |
Mombasa |
Aug. 26 |
Independent |
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Aug. 28 |
Mombasa |
Durban |
Sept. 12 |
Independent |
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Oct. 20 |
Durban |
Durban |
Oct. 20 |
Independent |
Put back with defects |
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Oct. 25 |
Durban |
Mombasa |
Nov. 6 |
Independent |
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Nov. 14 |
Mombasa |
Durban |
Nov. 24 |
Independent |
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Dec. 24 |
Durban |
Mombasa |
Jan. 5-1945 |
Independent |
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| 1945 |
Jan. 16 |
Mombasa |
Beira |
Jan. 23 |
Independent |
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Jan. 30 |
Beira |
Aden |
Febr. 16 |
Independent |
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Febr. 18 |
Aden |
Suez |
Febr. 26 |
Independent |
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Febr. 27 |
Port Said |
Alexandria |
March 1 |
Independent |
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March 11 |
Alexandria |
Bone |
March 18 |
Independent |
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March 21 |
Bone |
Gibraltar |
March 25 |
Independent |
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March 26 |
Gibraltar |
Gibraltar |
March 28 |
MKS 91G |
Returned. Convoy will be added.
See ships in MKS convoys |
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March 31 |
Gibraltar |
Workington |
Apr. 13* |
MKS 92G |
*Arrived Apr. 8 - See Page 4.
Convoy will be added.
See link above |
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Apr. 20 |
Workington |
Belfast Lough |
Apr. 21 |
Independent |
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Apr. 22 |
Belfast Lough |
Clyde |
Apr. 22 |
Independent |
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Oct. 17 |
Clyde |
Baltimore |
Nov. 13 |
Independent |
Further voyages, Page 4 & Page 5 |
As will be seen when going to Page 1 of the archive documents, Inviken was at Rangoon when war broke out in Norway on Apr. 9-1940, having arrived there from Hong Kong on Apr. 6. Some of her 1941 voyages are also shown on that document, and continue on Page 2, which also lists some 1942 voyages, the rest of which are on Page 3. Some 1943 voyages are also shown on Page 3 as well as on Page 4, which also has her 1945 voyages.
In the spring of 1945, she's listed in Convoy MKS 92, which left Gibraltar on March 31 and arrived Liverpool on Apr. 8 - Inviken arrived Workington that day. She had inititally started out in Convoy MKS 91, but returned to port. Both these convoys will be added to individual pages in my Convoys section, in the meantime, the ships sailing in them are named in the section listing ships in all MKS convoys.