Owner: A/S Dovrefjell
Manager: Olsen & Ugelstad, Oslo
Tonnage: 8264 gt

Built by Eriksbergs Mekaniske Verkstads A/B, Gothenburg, Sweden in 1937.

Related item on this website:
Guestbook message - From the granddaughter of Just Storvold, who (according to this message) was Jotunfjell's captain from 1942 to 1946.

From Dec.-1944 until Nov.-1945, Jotunfjell had a female Canadian radio operator named Rosemary Byron. Other Norwegian ships also had female Canadian radio operators, a list of their names, along with their ships, can be found on my page about M/S Mosdale.

Her voyages are listed on these original images from the Norwegian National Archives:
Page 1 | Page 2 | Page 3

Follow the convoy links provided for more information on each.

When war broke out in Norway on Apr. 9-1940, Jotunfjell was on her way from Capetown to Abadan - See Page 1, which also shows her 1941 voyages and some 1942 voyages.

According to the Memorial for Seamen in Stavern, Norway (link at the end of this page), she lost a crew member on June 15-1942, namely Motorman Hans Henrik Hansen, who is said to have died in an accident on board on that date. However, "Våre falne", a series of 4 books naming Norwegians who died in WW II gives the date as July 15, adding he was an oiler on board and drowned when in the Persion Gulf. Going back to the archive document mentioned above, we learn that Jotunfjell was on her way from Lourenco Marques to Abadan on that date. As can be seen, she had previously spent a long time in Lourenco Marques - she had arrived there from Durban on Apr. 30-1942 and departure is given as July 1 (in other words, she was still at Lourenco Marques on the date given by the memorial).

The rest of her 1942 voyages are shown on Page 2. It'll be noticed, that she also spent a long time in Bombay at the end of that year, and had a very long stay in Los Angeles in 1943. She had arrived there from Geraldton on May 1 and did not leave again until Dec. 29. Most of her 1944 voyages are also listed on this document, while convoy info for some of them can be found in the Voyage Record above.

She was scheduled for the New York-U.K. Convoy HX 288 on Apr. 18-1944, but did not sail (Commodore in Laurits Swenson, Vice Commodore was Emma Bakke's captain). She was also cancelled from the next convoy, HX 289, but finally got away with HX 290 on May 5. She arrived Clyde on May 18, subsequently joining the westbound North Atlantic Convoy ON 238, which originated in Liverpool on May 26 and arrived New York June 9; her destination was Baltimore, where she arrived June 10, having sailed from Clyde on May 27. This convoy will be added to an individual page in my Convoys section, in the meantime, the ships sailing in it are named on this page. Among them are the Norwegian Bralanta (Commodore Vessel), Fernwood, Morgenen, Skotaas and Thorsholm.

The following month, she headed to Augusta with Convoy UGS 47, which left Hampton Roads on July 4 (link in Voyage Record); Jotunfjell arrived Augusta on the 25th, proceeding to Taranto that same day, then back to Augusta (Page 2), and from there to New York with Convoy GUS 48, which originated in Port Said on Aug. 3. Jotunfjell joined the convoy from Augusta on Aug. 8 and arrived New York on the 27th.

She later made several independent voyages to places like Cartagena, Cristobal, Vancouver, Port Townsend, Seattle, Pearl Harbor and San Francisco, then back to Pearl Harbor, with arrival Dec. 21-1944 - again, see Page 2, as well as Page 3.

From Pearl Harbor, she headed to Balboa on Dec. 25-1944, where she arrived on Jan. 15-1945 (according to A. Hague), then made voyages to Cartagena, New York, Corpus Christi, Baltimore and Puerto la Cruz, as well as to Philadelphia and other U.S. ports, bringing us to May-1945, when A. Hague has included her in Convoy HX 357, which departed New York on May 19 and arrived Liverpool on June 3; Jotunfjell stopped at Clyde that day, proceeding to Bowling that same day. This convoy is not yet available among the HX convoys included on my site, but will be added - for now, see ships in all HX convoys. The Norwegian Abraham Lincoln (Commodore Vessel), Brimanger, Fagerfjell, Kaldfonn, Montevideo, Thorshavn, Tungsha (returned) and Østhav are also listed.

More details on all the other Norwegian ships named here can be found with the help of the alphabet index at the end of this page, or go to the Master Ship Index.

Related external link:
Stavern Memorial commemoration - As mentioned, Hans Henrik Hansen is commemorated, said to have died in an accident on board on June 15-1942. According to "Våre falne", a series of 4 books naming Norwegians who died in WW II, he was an oiler on board and drowned when in the Persion Gulf, but the date is given as July 15. From Page 1, we learn that Jotunfjell was on her way from Lourenco Marques to Abadan on that date.

Back to Jotunfjell on the "Ships starting with J" page.

Norway also had another Jotunfjell pre war. This ship is identical to Varangberg ex. Morris Adler listed on my website. The (external) website Historical Index of the Great Lakes has quite a bit of info on this ship. Type "Jotunfjell" in the field for 'vessel', then on the page that comes up, click in the little box with the item number for Morris Adler. The next page has technical details on the ship and a picture thumbnail - clicking on the thumbnail will bring up a larger photo. It also lists all her owners until lost, and has info on her fate. (Typing 'Norway" in the search field for 'Registry' will bring up several other Norwegian ships).

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

Aa–Al	An–Ar	As–Av	Ba	Be	Bi–Bl	Bo	Br–Bu	C	D
E	F	G	Ha	He	Hi–Hy	Hø	I	J	K
L	M	N	O	PQ	R	Sa–Sc	Se–Sj	Sk–Sn	So
Sp–St	Su–Sø	Ta–Te	Th–Ti	To	Tr–Tø	U	V	W	Ø

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