Owner: A/S Moltzaus Tankrederi
Manager: Moltzau & Christensen, Oslo
Tonnage: 9959 gt

Delivered in June-1937 from Bremer Vulkan, Bremen-Vegesack (734) as Kongsdal to A/S Moltzaus Tankrederi (Moltzau & Christensen), Oslo, 9959 gt, 5899 net, 14 890 tdwt, 510.9' x 65.9' x 28.5', 6 cyl. 2 TDV B&W DM (builders), 4100 bhp.

WW II:

The Norwegian Lorentz Hansen was sunk by the German Deutschland on Oct. 14-1939. Kongsdal was later that day stopped for examination by Deutschland (a French visitor to my site has given me the position as "300 nm bearing 70 from Cape Race"). The survivors from Lorentz Hansen were then handed over to Kongsdal, en route to a neutral port (Denmark) and therefore allowed to proceed. Lorentz Hansen's survivors were landed on the Orkney Islands on Oct. 21. Kongsdal had been stopped by the British Navy and ordered into Kirkwall on the Orkneys for a contraband check, ending up staying there for almost 2 weeks before she was allowed to proceed to Denmark.

She was in service in the Pacific and the Indian Ocean, on charter for WSA (War Shipping Administration), with 100 octane aviation fuel, while also carrying 15-20 aircraft on her westbound voyages from San Pedro. The first external website that I've linked to below has information on some of her convoy voyages.

Kongsdal rescued some of the survivors from the British Fort Buckingham, which had been torpedoed on Jan. 20-1944. She's said to have landed them at Melbourne on Febr. 22-1944. Others were rescued by the Norwegian Ora. Ref. external links below.

POST WAR:

Sold in 1956 to Oldenburg-Portugiesische Dampfschiffsrhederei, Hamburg and renamed Ammerland. Sold in 1959 to Die Deutsche Bundesmarine and renamed Jeverland. Arrived Santander on Jan. 20-1969 for breaking up.

Related external links:
Misc. convoys - By clicking on "Ship Search", using "Kongsdal" as keyword, some of her convoy voyages will come up.

A WW2 survival story of the U-Boat U188 and two of her victims. Mentions Kongsdal picking up survivors from a raft of the torpedoed Fort Buckingham.

The attack on Fort Buckingham

Another Kongsdal (also a tanker) was delivered to A/S Moltzaus Tankrederi (Moltzau & Christensen), Oslo in 1958, built in France, 13 533 gt. Sold to owners in Tønsberg, Norway in 1964 and renamed Pelikan (for Hvalfangerselskapet Pelagos). Sold again in 1971, renamed Kef Peter (Famagusta), then became Greek Hope Sea in 1975. Laid up in Piræus following a fire when in Genoa on Sept. 2-1977. Sold that same year to new owners in Greece, renamed Sea. Broken up in 1978.