D/S Kongshavn - Norwegian Merchant Fleet 1939-1945

D/S Kongshavn
Updated Dec. 3-2011

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Manager: M. H. Kongshavn & Sønner A/S, Haugesund
Tonnage: 751 gt

Delivered in June-1906 from Caledonian Eng. & Ship Building Co., Preston as Santa Cruz of Bahia. 751 gt, 1000 tdwt, 194' x 30.2' x 11.4', Triple exp. (builders). Purchased from London in 1924 as Langland by D/S A/S M. H. Kongshavn & Sønners Rederi (M. H. Kongshavn & Sønner A/S), Haugesund and renamed Kongshavn.

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

Voyage Record
From Febr.-1940 to Apr.-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 may be 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	Febr. 16	Norwegian Waters	Methil	Febr. 19	HN 12	–
	March 3	Methil	Norwegian Waters	March 7	ON 17	–
	March 22	Norwegian Waters	Methil	March 25	HN 21	Missing voyages, Page 1
	Aug. 12	Clyde	Methil	Aug. 15	WN 7	Convoy available at WN convoys (external link)
	Aug. 17	Methil	Southend	Aug. 19	FS 255	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	Sept. 2	Southend	Tyne	Sept. 4	FN 270	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link) Missing movements, Page 1 above
	Oct. 30*	Clyde	Methil	Nov. 2	WN 28	*Page 1 gives departure Oct. 28. Convoy available at WN convoys (external link)
	Nov. 15	Southend	Methil	Nov. 17	FN 335	Compare w/Page 1 Convoy available at FN convoys (external link) Missing voyages: Page 1 & Page 2
	Dec. 4	Methil	Kirkwall	Dec. 8*	EN 36/1	*Page 2 gives arrival Dec. 6 (also, missing voyages). Convoy available at EN convoys (external link)
	Dec. 29	Methil	Southend	Jan. 1-1941	FS 375	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
1941	Jan. 10	Southend	Blyth	Jan. 12	FN 380	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link) Missing movements, Page 2
	Jan. 26	Southend	Blyth	Jan. 28	FN 392	Convoy available at link above Again, see Page 2 (missing movements).
	May 1	Southend	Methil Roads	May 2	EC 14	Convoy available at EC convoys (external link) Missing movements: Page 2 & Page 3
	May 23	Clyde	Methil	May 26	WN 131	Convoy available at WN convoys (external link) Missing movements, Page 3.
	June 14	Methil	Stromness	June 14	EC 32	Convoy available at EC convoys (external link) Missing movements, Page 3
	July 23	Clyde	Methil	July 27	WN 157	Convoy available at WN convoys (external link) See Page 3 (missing movements).
	Sept. 3	Oban	Methil	Sept. 6	WN 176	Convoy available at link above Missing movements: Page 3 & Page 4
	Sept. 24	Methil	Clyde*	Sept. 30	EC 76	*Ardrossan (Page 4 - Also, missing movements). Convoy available at EC convoys (external link)
	Dec. 29	St Helens Roads	Southend	Dec. 30	CE 62	Convoy available at CE convoys (external link)
1942	Jan. 22	Methil	Loch Ewe	Jan. 25	EN 35	Earlier 1942 voyages, Page 4 For Iceland. Convoy available at EN convoys (external link)
	Jan. 28	Loch Ewe	Reykjavik	Febr. 1	UR 10	Convoy available at UR convoys (external link)
	Note that Kongshavn is listed in the original document for Convoy RU 12 from Reykjavik to the U.K. (compare the original convoy document w/A. Hague's listing for RU 12 - external link). According to Page 4 of the archive documents, she arrived Scrabster on Febr. 21, then proceeded to Hull, where she arrived (via Methil Roads) on Febr. 24 - see Page 5 (also shows some missing movements).
	March 3	Methil	Loch Ewe	March 6	EN 54	For Iceland. Convoy available at EN convoys (external link)
	March 7	Loch Ewe	Reykjavik	March 11	UR 15	Convoy available at UR convoys (external link) Missing voyages, Page 5
	Apr. 1	Methil	Loch Ewe	Apr. 3	EN 66	Convoy available at EN convoys (external link)
	Apr. 3	Loch Ewe	Reykjavik	Apr. 7	UR 18	Convoy available at UR convoys (external link) Missing voyages, Page 5
	May 30	Methil	Oban*	June 1	EN 91	For Belfast Lough - See Page 6* (also, missing voyages). Convoy available at EN convoys (external link)
	July 11	Barry Roads	Plymouth	July 12	WP 185	Convoy available at WP convoys (external link) Further 1942 voyages: Page 6 above, Page 7 & Page 8
1943	Jan. 11	Loch Ewe	Reykjavik	Jan. 15	UR 58	Earlier 1943 movements: Page 8 above. Convoy available at UR convoys (external link)
	Jan. 26	Reykjavik	Loch Ewe*	Febr. 1	RU 59	Arr. Scrabster, Febr. 1 (Page 9*). Convoy available at RU convoys (external link) Missing movements, Page 9.
	Febr. 14	Methil	Loch Ewe	Febr. 16	EN 196	Convoy available at EN convoys (external link)
	Febr. 17	Loch Ewe	Reykjavik	Febr. 24	UR 63	Convoy available at UR convoys (external link)
	March 18	Reykjavik	Scrabster	March 24	RU 66	Convoy available at RU convoys (external link) Again, see Page 9 (missing movements).
	Apr. 2	Methil	Cape Wrath	Apr. 3	EN 211	Convoy available at EN convoys (external link)
	Apr. 7	Loch Ewe	Reykjavik	Apr. 12	UR 70	Convoy available at UR convoys (external link)
	Apr. 22	Reykjavik	Scrabster	Apr. 27	RU 71	Convoy available at RU convoys (external link) Further 1943 voyages: Page 9, Page 10 & Page 11
1944	June 10	Solent	Seine Bay	June 11	ETC 5	Earlier 1944 voyages: Page 11 above & Page 12 Convoy available at ETC convoys (external link)
	The majority of these 1944 voyages are not detailed on the archive documents and, therefore, comparison cannot be made and accuracy confirmed.
	June 14	Seine Bay	Southend	June 15	FTC 7	Convoy available at FTC convoys (external link)
	June 22	Solent	Seine Bay	June 22	ETC 15	Convoy available at ETC convoys (external link)
	June 29	Newhaven	Seine Bay	June 30	ETC 22	Convoy available at link above
	July 3	Seine Bay	Southend*	July 4	FTC 25	Arr. Newhaven, July 4 (Page 12*) Convoy available at FTC convoys (external link)
	July 8	Newhaven	Seine Bay	July 9	ETC 31	Convoy available at ETC convoys (external link)
	July 17	Newhaven	Seine Bay	July 18	ETC 40	Had arr. Newhaven, July 14 (Page 12). Convoy available at link above
	July 24	Seine Bay	Southampton	July 24*	FTC 46	*Page 12 gives arrival July 28. Convoy available at FTC convoys (external link)
	Aug. 3	Solent	Milford Haven	Aug. 5	FBC 44	A. Hague says: Onward to Liverpool (see also Page 12). Convoy available at FBC convoys (external link)
	Sept. 10	Barry*	Southampton	Sept. 12*	EBC 99	From Milford Haven, Sept. 10, arr. Southampton Sept. 14 (Page 12* & Page 13). Convoy available at EBC convoys (external link)
	Sept. 16	Newhaven*	Dieppe	Sept. 17	WDC 11	From Southampton (Page 13). Convoy available at WDC 11 (external link - incomplete) Missing voyages: Page 13* & Page 14
	Dec. 19	Falmouth	Cardiff	Dec. 21	TBC 10	Convoy available at TBC convoys (external link) Missing 1944 voyages, Page 14.
1945	Apr. 8	Antwerp	Southend	Apr. 9	ATM 118	Earlier 1945 voyages, Page 14. Convoy available at ATM convoys (external link) Subsequent voyages: Page 14, Page 15, Page 16 & Page 17

Some Convoy Voyages:

For information on her other voyages, please see the documents received from the Norwegian archives and A. Hague's Voyage Record above (though the latter is incomplete). Follow the convoy links provided for more details on them, several Norwegian ships took part.

A. Hague has included Kongshavn in Convoy HN 12 from Norway to the U.K. in the middle of Febr.-1940. He says she returned to Norway early in March with Convoy ON 17, and later that month she's listed in the original Advance Sailing Telegram for Convoy HN 21 from Norway, cargo of cod roe for Concarneau. Arrival there is not known, but according to Page 1, she left Concarneau again on Apr. 6 and arrived Plymouth the next day.

Skipping now to Febr.-1942, when I have her in Convoy RU 12 from Reykjavik to the U.K. Her destination is given as Hull. According to Page 4 of the archive documents, she arrived Scrabster on Febr. 21, before proceeding to Hull, where she arrived (via Methil Roads) on Febr. 24 - see Page 5.

Gunners for a while were Gunnar Jakobsen and Arne Albrigsten who had previously escaped from Norway with Hornfjell.

Kongshavn took part in the Normandy invasion in June-1944, arriving on the 10th and leaving on the 14th, according to "Nortraships flåte".

It looks like she finally got to go home to Norway at the end of 1945, making a couple of more voyages home in 1946 - see Page 17.

Other ships by this name: The company's 1st Kongshavn was originally delivered as Galveston to G. M. Bryde, Christiania in Sept.-1903, 1254 gt. Purchased by D/S A/S Norhaug (M. H. Kongshavn), Haugesund in July-1915 and renamed Kongshavn. Run into by the Swedish D/S Jane of Gefle on Febr. 1-1917 while anchored up in the Downs on a voyage Newcastle-Rouen with coal. The 3rd Kongshavn was originally delivered as Atle Jarl in Oct.-1919 to Det Nordenfjeldske Dampskibsselskab, Trondheim - follow the link to more info.

The text on this page was compiled with the help of: "Nortraships flåte", J. R. Hegland, "Våre gamle skip", Kjell M. Bjørkelund & E. H. Kongshavn, and misc.