D/S Kolsdal - Norwegian Merchant Fleet 1939-1945

D/S Kolsdal
Updated Nov. 30-2011

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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.

Please compare the above voyages with Arnold Hague's Voyage Record below.

Voyage Record
From Aug.-1940 to May-1945:

(Received from Don Kindell - His source: The late Arnold Hague's database).

Follow the convoy links provided for more information on each (please be aware that some of the external convoys are incomplete).

Errors may exist. This could also mean that she may not have sailed in all the convoys listed here. Also, several voyages are missing.

	Departure	From	To	Arrival	Convoy	Remarks
1940	Aug. 11	Clyde	–	–	OB 196	Earlier 1940 voyages, Page 1 For Sydney, CB. Straggled Aug. 12 (Page 1 gives arrival Aug. 26). Convoy available at OB 196 (external link) Missing voyages, Page 1
	Sept. 10	Sydney, C.B.	Liverpool	Sept. 26	SC 4	–
	Sept. 29	Clyde	Methil	Oct. 3	WN 19	Convoy available at WN convoys (external link) Missing movements, Page 1
	Nov. 1	Tyne	Southend	Nov. 3	FS 325	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link) Again, see also Page 1
	Nov. 11	Southend	Methil	Nov. 14	FN 332	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Nov. 30	Methil	Southend	Dec. 2	FS 348	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link) More missing movements, Page 1
1941	Jan. 4	Blyth	Southend*	Jan. 6	FS 379	Convoy available at link above. *Page 2 gives arrival Shields, Jan 6 (also, missing movements).
	Unfortunely, the sailing dates are missing from the scan for Page 2
	Jan. 23	Blyth	Southend	Jan. 26	FS 395	Convoy available at link above
	Febr. 4	Southend	Blyth	Febr. 6	FN 399	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link) Missing voyages, Page 2
	May 22	Southend	Tyne	May 24	EC 23	Convoy available at EC convoys (external link) Missing voyages, Page 3
	July 7	Methil	Belfast Lough	July 10	EC 42	Convoy available at link above. Missing movements, Page 3.
	Aug. 2	Oban	Methil	Aug. 5	WN 161	Convoy available at WN convoys (external link) Again, see Page 3 (more missing movements)
	Sept. 7	Methil	Milford Haven*	Sept. 10	EC 69	*Page 3 gives arrival Belfast Lough, Sept. 10. Convoy available at EC convoys (external link)
	Sept. 13	Belfast Lough	Milford Haven	Sept. 14	BB 75	Convoy available at BB convoys (external link) Missing movements, Page 3
	Sept. 27	Milford Haven	Holyhead	Sept. 28	ON 21	A. Hague says: For Liverpool (Compare w/Page 3 above). Convoy will be added. See ships in ON convoys
	Oct. 5	Holyhead	Swansea	Oct. 6	BB 84	Convoy available at BB convoys (external link) More missing voyages, Page 3
	Oct. 16	Holyhead	Barry	Oct. 17	BB 89	Convoy available at link above. See also Page 3 & Page 4
	Some sailing dates on the scan for Page 4 are also cut off.
	Dec. 4	Oban	Thurso	Dec. 6	WN 214	Convoy available at WN convoys (external link)
	Dec. 8	Thurso	Methil	Dec. 9	WN 215	Convoy available at link above. Subsequent 1941 movements, Page 4.
1942	Jan. 24	Methil	Kirkwall	Jan. 27	EN 36	Earlier 1942 voyages, Page 4. Convoy available at EN convoys (external link)
*	Jan. 27	Methil	Oban	Jan. 29	EN 38	A. Hague says: Joined from EN 36. Convoy available at link above
	*Kolsdal left Kirkwall Jan. 28, arrived Belfast Lough Jan. 29/30. For subsequent movements, see Page 4.
	Febr. 18	Oban	Methil	Febr. 21	WN 247	Convoy available at WN convoys (external link) Missing movements: Page 4 & Page 5
	March 10	Methil	Liverpool	March 13*	EN 57	*Page 5 gives arrival March 15. Convoy available at EN convoys (external link)
	March 25	Holyhead	Port Talbot	March 27	BB 153	Convoy available at BB convoys (external link) Missing voyages, Page 5
	Apr. 8	Holyhead	Newport	Apr. 10	HM 6	Convoy available at HM 6 (external link) Again, see Page 5 (more missing voyages)
	Apr. 21	Holyhead	Mumbles	Apr. 22	BB 165	Convoy available at BB convoys (external link) Subsequent voyages, Page 5
	May 17	Loch Ewe	Methil	May 19	WN 284	Convoy available at WN convoys (external link) Again, see Page 5
	May 30	Methil	Oban*	June 1	EN 91	*Page 5 gives arrival Belfast June 2/3. Convoy available at EN convoys (external link)
	June 7	Loch Ewe	Methil	June 9	WN 293	Compare w/Page 5. Convoy available at WN convoys (external link)
	June 13	Methil	Oban*	June 15	EN 97	*Page 5 gives arrival Belfast Lough, June 16. Convoy available at EN convoys (external link) Missing voyages, Page 5.
	July 2	Loch Ewe	Methil	July 4	WN 304	Convoy available at WN convoys (external link) Missing voyages, Page 6
	Aug. 3	Methil	Belfast*	Aug. 5	EN 119	*Page 6 gives arrival Kirkwall, Aug. 5. Convoy available at EN convoys (external link) Missing movements, Page 6.
	Aug. 13	Loch Ewe	Methil	Aug. 15	WN 322	Convoy available at WN convoys (external link)
	Aug. 22	Methil	Belfast	Aug. 24	EN 127	Convoy available at EN convoys (external link) Again, see also Page 6.
	Sept. 1	Loch Ewe	Methil	Sept. 3	WN 330	Convoy available at WN convoys (external link)
	Sept. 4	Methil	Belfast	Sept. 6	EN 133	Convoy available at EN convoys (external link) See also Page 6.
	Sept. 16	Loch Ewe	Methil	Sept. 18	WN 337	Convoy available at WN convoys (external link)
	Sept. 20	Methil	Belfast	Sept. 22	EN 140	Convoy available at EN convoys (external link) Again, see Page 6
	Sept. 30	Loch Ewe	Methil	Oct. 2	WN 343	Convoy available at WN convoys (external link)
	Oct. 7	Methil	Belfast*	Oct. 10	EN 147	*Page 7 gives arrival Scapa Oct. 9. Convoy available at EN convoys (external link)
	Oct. 10	Lyness	Belfast	Oct. 11	EN 148	Convoy available at link above Missing voyages, Page 7
	Nov. 24	Methil	Clyde	Nov. 26	EN 166	Convoy available at link above. Subsequent 1942 movements, Page 7.
1943	Jan. 7	Loch Ewe	Methil	Jan. 9	WN 381	Convoy available at WN convoys (external link) Missing 1943 voyages: Page 7, Page 8, Page 9, Page 10
1944	June 9	Barry	Seine Bay	June 13	EBC 7	Earlier 1944 voyages: Page 10 above & Page 11 Convoy available at EBC convoys (external link)
	Most of these 1944 voyages are not detailed on the archive documents and, therefore, comparison cannot be made and accuracy confirmed.
	July 4	Barry	Seine Bay	July 6	EBC 31	Convoy available at link above
	July 24	Barry	Seine Bay	July 26	EBC 51	Convoy available at link above
	July 30	Seine Bay	Barry	Aug. 1	FBC 41	Convoy available at FBC convoys (external link)
	Aug. 6	Barry	Seine Bay	Aug. 8	EBC 64	Convoy available at EBC convoys (external link)
	Aug. 12	Seine Bay	Solent For Barry	Aug. 12	FTC 65	Convoy available at FTC convoys (external link)
	Aug. 13	Solent	Barry	Aug. 15	FBC 53	Convoy available at FBC convoys (external link) See also Page 12
	Aug. 21	Barry	Solent	Aug. 23	EBC 77	Convoy available at EBC convoys (external link)
	Aug. 23	Solent	Seine Bay	Aug. 23	EBC 77W	Convoy available at link above
?	Aug. 31	Seine Bay*	Penarth	Sept. 2	FBC 69	Convoy available at FBC convoys (external link) At Newport Aug. 31, left Sept. 3 (Page 12*).
	Sept. 6	Barry	Seine Bay	Sept. 8	EBC 95	Convoy available at EBC convoys (external link)
	Sept. 14	Southampton	Southend	Sept. 15	FTC 8A	Convoy available at FTC convoys (external link)
	Sept. 16	Southend	Grimsby	Sept. 17	FN 1482	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link) Missing voyages, Page 12
	Oct. 20	Southend	St Helens Roads	Oct. 21	TMC 11	Convoy available at TMC 11 (external link) Missing voyages, Page 13
	Nov. 14	Plymouth	St Malo	Nov. 15	COC 7	Convoy available at COC 7 (external link)
	Nov. 21	Granville	Falmouth	Nov. 22	Escorted	–
	Nov. 22	Falmouth	Cardiff	Nov. 23	EBF 43	Convoy available at EBF 43 (external link) Missing voyages, Page 13.
	Dec. 16	Granville	Falmouth	Dec. 17	Escorted	Again, see also Page 13
	Dec. 22	Plymouth	Granville	Dec. 23	COC 27	Convoy available at COC 27 (external link)
	Dec. 26	Granville	Cardiff?*	Dec. 28	TBC 18	A. Hague says: Joined at sea. Convoy available at TBC convoys (external link)
	According to Page 13*, she returned to Granville and left again on Dec. 30
	Dec. 30	Granville	Falmouth	Dec. 31	–	–
1945	May 15	Havre	St. Helens Roads	May 16	VWC 157	Earlier 1945 voyages: Page 13, Page 14 & Page 15 Convoy available at VWC 157 (external link) Subsequent voyages: Page 15, Page 16 & Page 17

Some Convoy Voyages:

For information on voyages made in between those mentioned here, please see the documents received from the Norwegian archives and A. Hague's Voyage Record above (though the latter is incomplete).

According to Page 1 of the archive documents, Kolsdal was on her way from New York to Havana when war broke out in Norway on Apr. 9-1940. As can be seen, she later headed to the U.K. (from Sydney, C.B.) at the end of May - I have no convoy information for this voyage.

Together with the Norwegian Havørn and Lisbeth, she's listed in Convoy OB 196, originating in Liverpool on Aug. 10-1940, dispersed Aug. 15 - ref. external link within Voyage Record. Her destination is given as Sydney, C.B. (Cape Breton), where she arrived on Aug. 26, having started out from Clyde on the 11th. She returned to the U.K. the following month with the slow 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, arriving her destination on Oct. 6.

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

At the end of Sept.-1941, A. Hague has included her among the ships in the westbound North Atlantic Convoy ON 21, which originated in Liverpool on Sept. 28; strangely, her destination is given as Liverpool. According to Page 3 of the documents received from the Norwegian archives, she arrived Manchester on Sept. 29/30 (having started out from Milford Haven on the 27th), proceeding to Holyhead a few days later, with arrival there Oct. 3. Kolsdal's listing in this convoy seems odd. The Norwegian Bello (returned), Brisk, Hallanger, Lyra, Nueva Granada (returned) and Taborfjell are also listed in ON 21, 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, according to "Nortraships flåte".

As will be seen when going to Page 15, she got to go home to Norway already in June-1945 - see also Page 16, which shows another voyage to Norway in Nov.-1945. Page 17 indicates she went home again in Jan.-1946.

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:
Omaha Beachhead

Omaha Beach - includes several Maps

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