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D/S Kongshavn To Kongshavn on the "Ships starting with K" page. Manager: M. H. Kongshavn & Sønner A/S, Haugesund 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.
Kongshavn is listed in Convoy HN 12 from Norway to the U.K. in the middle of Febr.-1940. She returned to Norway early in March with Convoy ON 17, and towards the end of that month she joined Convoy HN 21 from Norway. Follow the links for more details; several Norwegian ships took part. Kongshavn was mostly in service around the U.K. during the war. In Febr.-1942 we find her in Convoy RU 12 from Reykjavik to the U.K., bound for Hull. She also made other voyages to Iceland, as will be seen by following the instructions provided at the external link below. Gunners for a while were Gunnar Jakobsen and Arne Albrigsten who had previously escaped from Norway with Hornfjell. She took part in the Normandy invasion in June-1944, arriving on the 10th and leaving on the 14th. The external website that I've linked to below has information on some of the convoys she was in during this time period, as well as several, local U.K. convoys throughout the war.
Sold in 1952 to Istanbul and renamed Kilimli. Broken up in the beginning of the 1960's. Related external link: Back to Kongshavn on the "Ships starting with K" page. 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.
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