Owner: D/S A/S Argus.
Manager: Alf Lindø, Haugesund
Tonnage: 1269 gt

Laid down as War Bann, delivered in March-1920 from Lloyd Royal Belge (GB) Ltd., Glasgow as Syrier to Lloyd Royal Belge, Antwerp, Belgium. 1269 gt, 739 net, 1960 tdwt, 240.1' x 35.7' x 15.3', Triple exp. (McKie & Baxter). Owner from 1922 (1923?) was Ingvald Bjørneboe's Rederi A/S, Kristiansand, renamed Kolsdal. Purchased by Alf Lindø, Haugesund in 1938, registered owner D/S A/S Argus.

Misc. War Voyages:

(More will be added).

Together with the Norwegian Havørn and Lisbeth, Kolsdal can be found among the ships in Convoy OB 196, departing Liverpool on Aug. 10-1940, dispersed Aug. 15 - ref. external link below. Her destination is given as Sydney, C.B. (Cape Breton), and she returned to the U.K. the following month with the slow Sydney (C.B.)-U.K. Convoy SC 4, which had a large number of Norwegian ships; follow the link for more details. Kolsdal was bound for Blyth with a cargo of lumber.

She was otherwise mostly in service around the U.K.

At the end of Sept.-1941 we find her mentioned in the westbound North Atlantic Convoy ON 21, which left Liverpool on Sept. 28 and dispersed Oct. 14, but strangely, her destination is given as Liverpool. The Norwegian Bello (returned), Brisk, Hallanger, Lyra, Nueva Granada, and Taborfjell are also listed in this convoy, which will be added to an individual page in my Convoys section; in the meantime, the ships sailing in it are named on this page.

She was one of the many Norwegian ships taking part in Operation Neptune in June-1944, arriving Omaha Beach on June 11. The first external site that I've linked to below has information on the convoys she was in during this time period, as well as several local U.K. convoys during the war. Follow the instructions provided at the link to find them.

POST WAR:

Renamed Lindhaug in 1946, in seasonal lumber trade in the White Sea. Sold in 1966 to Petras Bros, Piraeus, renamed Maria. Delivered to Greek breakers 1969.

Related external links:
Convoy OB 196 - Note also that by going to this page and clicking on "Ship Search", using "Kolsdal" as keyword, several convoy voyages that are not mentioned in my own text will come up.

Omaha Beachhead

Omaha Beach - includes several Maps