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M/T Katy To Katy on the "Ships starting with K" page. Manager: S. Holter-Sørensen, Oslo Built by William Doxford & Sons Ltd., Sunderland in 1931. Captain: Reidar Thorn.
Her voyages are listed on these original images from the Norwegian National Archives:
(Received from Don Kindell - His source: The late Arnold Hague's database). Follow the convoy links provided for more information on each (I suggest opening the external links in a new window, so as not to lose track of this page - please be aware that some of them may be incomplete). Errors may exist, and some voyages are missing.
Katy is listed in Convoy HG 29 from Gibraltar to the U.K. in May-1940. Her destination is given as Mersey and she had station 22 of the convoy, which left Gibraltar on May 7 and arrived Liverpool on the 17th. The Norwegian Finnanger and Buesten are also listed. A few days later, she joined Convoy OB 153, departing Liverpool on May 22 - see the external link provided within the Voyage Record. This convoy joined up with Convoy OA 153 on May 25, the combined convoy forming the Gibraltar bound Convoy OG 31F, which arrived there on May 30. Katy, however, was bound for Corpus Christi, where she arrived on June 12 (see Page 1), having detached from the convoy on May 27. The Norwegian Sama is also listed. OG 31F will be added to an individual page in my Convoys section; in the meantime, the ships sailing in it are named on the page listing ships in all OG convoys. From Corpus Christi, Katy proceeded to Bermuda 2 days later, and from there she joined the Bermuda portion of Convoy HX 53 on June 24. She had a cargo of casoline for Avonmouth, where she arrived on July 10. In Sept.-1940 she's listed in Convoy OB 209, originating in Liverpool on Sept. 5, dispersed on the 9th, Katy arriving Capetown on Oct. 6 (she had started out from Milford Haven on Sept. 4). Skipping now to Aug. 5-1941, when I have her in Convoy HX 143 from Halifax, together with the Norwegian Thorshavn, Belinda, Mosli, Andrea Brøvig, Ravnefjell, Carmelfjell, Salamis, Primero, Benwood and Petter. Katy arrived Swansea, via Belfast Lough, on Sept. 1, and seems to have gone back and forth across the Atlantic on a regular basis in this period, because a few days later, we find her in station 24 of the westbound Convoy ON 13; her destination is given as Montreal, but this is not mentioned on Page 2 of the archive documents, which says she arrived New York on Sept. 19, having started out from Milford Haven on Sept. 4 (via Belfast Lough, Sept. 5 - the convoy had originated in Liverpool on Sept. 5 and dispersed on the 11th). From New York, she made a voyage to Baltimore, then on to Halifax in order to join Convoy HX 153 on Oct. 5, along with the Norwegian Temeraire, Haakon Hauan, Sveve, Ferncastle, Bonneville, Lista, Santos, Andrea Brøvig and Toronto; though a couple of these returned to port. Katy arrived Falmouth, via Belfast Lough and Milford Haven, on Oct. 23, then at the beginning of the following month, she appears in station 15 of the westbound Convoy ON 32, bound for New York, with arrival there on Nov. 18, having detached from the convoy on the 15th (ON 32 arrived Halifax on Nov. 16). She subsequently headed back to the U.K. on Nov. 27 in Convoy HX 162 from Halifax, together with the Norwegian Astrell, Brant County, Bello, Sama, Skandinavia, Beth and Høegh Scout. Norvinn (Panamanian flag, Norw. managers and therefore listed on this site) was also scheduled for this convoy but did not sail. The year 1941 was rounded off by returning across the Atlantic in the westbound Convoy ON 52*, which originated in Liverpool on Dec. 31 and dispersed Jan. 11-1942, Katy arriving New Orleans Jan. 27 - she had started out from Milford Haven on Dec. 30 (via Belfast Lough, Dec. 31). Montbretia and Rose are named among the escorts. On March 3-1942, she shows up in Convoy HX 178 from Halifax, and early the following month, she joined the westbound Convoy ON 83*, but put into Belfast Loch on Apr. 4, later joining Convoy ON 87* from there; her destination is given as Baytown, where she arrived May 8. ON 87 had started out from Liverpool on Apr. 16 and was dispersed on the 26th. Katy had rescued the 4 survivors of the 34-man crew of the American tanker Munger T. Ball on May 5, torpedoed and sunk that same day by U-507; see the external link below for more on this sinking. The captain's name is given as Karl Ragnar Olsen, which sounds very Norwegian. Katy is said to have landed these survivors at Key West - according to Page 2, she did sail to Key West from Baytown on May 13, arriving Key West, via Galveston, on May 18, but it seems more likely the survivors had been landed on her arrival Baytown on the 8th(?). In June that same year, she's listed in Convoy HX 193 from Halifax. She arrived Stanlow on June 19, also making some voyages to various other British ports (see Page 3), before she joined the westbound Convoy ON 115*, which originated in Liverpool on July 24. Katy sailed from Milford Haven on July 23 and arrived her destination New York on Aug. 9, proceeding to Baltimore a few days later, then back to New York and on to Halifax, where she joined Convoy HX 205 on Aug. 30. Potentilla, Monbretia, Acanthus and Eglantine were among the escorts (see also the Commodore's suggestions for improvements of the convoy system). Katy had a cargo of gas oil, sailing in station 52. She subsequently returned to New York with the westbound Convoy ON 131*, which originated in Liverpool on Sept. 18 and arrived New York Oct. 4; Katy had sailed from Clyde Sept. 19. On Oct. 18, we find her in Convoy HX 212 from New York, in which Kosmos II was sunk and Frontenac damaged - follow the links for details. The Commodore's report is also available for this convoy (Abraham Lincoln acted as Vice Commodore ship). Katy was bound for Swansea with gasoline and had station 111 of the convoy, arriving her destination on Nov. 4. Later that month, she joined the westbound Convoy ON 147* in order to head back to New York, where she arrived on Dec. 6, according to the archive document mentioned above (ON 147 had originated in Liverpool on Nov. 17 and is said to have arrived New York Dec. 4). On Febr. 8-1943, she was one of several Norwegian ships in the New York-U.K. Convoy HX 226, for which Laurits Swenson served as Commodore Vessel. Katy's destination is given as Stanlow, and she arrived there on Febr. 25, according to Page 4, returning to New York the following month with the westbound Convoy ON 170, which left Liverpool on March 3 and had a total of 12 Norwegian ships. On March 25, she can be found in Convoy HX 231*. She had a cargo of aviation gas, sailing in station 63, and arrived Stanlow on Apr. 13/14, returning in the westbound Convoy ON 179*, which left Liverpool on Apr. 18 and arrived New York May 6. From the U.S., she now headed to Gibraltar on May 14, arriving June 2; again see the archive document mentioned above as well as Hague's Voyage Record. On June 16, she made a voyage from Gibraltar to Bizerta, where she arrived June 20, having joined Convoy KMS 16*. According to A. Hague, she left again on July 1, joining Convoy MKS 16A (scroll down to the third table on that page) and arrived Gibraltar July 6 (this voyage is not included on the archive document). She subsequently went back to the U.S. (Convoy GUS 9 - see external link in table above), then at the end of July she's listed as bound for Swansea with the New York-U.K. Convoy HX 250. She arrived her destination on Aug. 13, and about a week later she joined the westbound Convoy ON 198*, which originated in Liverpool on Aug. 21 and arrived New York Sept. 4. The following month, she headed to Augusta, and from there, she made a voyage to Port Said, where she arrived Nov. 30, having sailed in Convoy KMS 32*. In Dec.-1943, she made a voyage from Augusta to Bizerta with Convoy MKS 34, subsequently joining Convoy GUS 25 for the U.S., arriving New York on Jan. 16-1944 - again, ref. external link in Voyage Record, which also shows her subsequent voyages, as does Page 4. On Febr. 27-1944, we find her in Convoy HX 281 from New York, then in March she's listed in the westbound Convoy ON 229*, which sailed from Liverpool on March 23 and arrived New York Apr. 7 (Katy joined from Clyde). Acanthus and Eglantine escorted for a while. Katy headed back across the Atlantic on Apr. 12 in Convoy HX 287. According to Page 5, she arrived Bowling on Apr. 26. Early in May, she started on another voyage to New York, where she arrived May 18, having sailed in Convoy ON 235*. From the U.S., she headed to North Africa again the following month, and in July, she made a voyage from Oran to Port Said in Convoy KMS 56*, later from Port Said to Oran in MKS 57*. From Oran, where she had arrived Aug. 7, she now headed back to the U.S. on Aug. 12, having joined Convoy GUS 48, and arrived Chesapeake Bay on Aug. 28 (this convoy had originated in Port Said with 19 ships on Aug. 3, but several ships joined en route to Hampton Roads, while others left). Already on Aug. 31, she can be found in Convoy HX 306 from New York to the U.K., returning to New York with Convoy ON 256*, which originated in Liverpool on Sept. 28 and arrived New York Oct. 12. Later that month, she joined Convoy HX 315, having been cancelled from the previous convoy on Oct. 15, HX 314. The Norwegian Ivaran served as Commodore Vessel for HX 315. Katy arrived Liverpool Nov. 4, Eastham Nov. 6, Stanlow Nov. 8 and Manchester that same day. She later joined the westbound Convoy ON 266*, which arrived New York Dec. 3, and a week later, she headed back to Oran. Having returned to the U.S. from Oran in Jan.-1945, she made another voyage to the U.K. with Convoy HX 343* from New York on March 9, arriving Liverpool March 24, and a few days later we find her in the westbound Convoy ON 293*, which arrived New York on Apr. 15.
Related external link:
Katy was torpedoed and damaged by U-879(?)* (Erwin Manchen) on April 23-1945 east of Kitty Hawk, when on a voyage from New York to Houston, having left New York the day before. No one was killed, and she made it to Lynnhaven, Hampton Roads on April 26, and was repaired (Page 6 of the archive documents gives arrival Hampton Roads as Apr. 24, proceeding to Baltimore that same day, with arrival Apr. 26). Among those on board at the time was Haugar Lyngås who had previously spent 20 days on a raft following the sinking of the Norwegian M/T Lise, as well as another 2 torpedo incidents. Follow the link for more details. U-879 was sunk with all hands just a few days later, on Apr. 30, by American vessels.
Related external links: Back to Katy on the "Ships starting with K" page.
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