D/S Kristianiafjord
Updated Dec. 4-2011

To Kristianiafjord on the "Ships starting with K" page.


Source: Bjørn Milde's postcard collection.
More pictures are available on this external page (click in them to make them larger).

Her voyages are listed on these original images from the Norwegian National Archives:
(unfortunately, Page 2 is worn, so that some information is missing in the margin)
Page 1 | Page 2 | Page 3 | Page 4 | Page 5

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

Voyage Record From May-1940 to March-1945:

Follow the convoy links provided for more information on each (where the "Convoy" column is left blank it means that convoy is not known).

Errors may exist, and some voyages are missing.

	Departure	From	To	Arrival	Convoy	Remarks
1940	May 9	Capetown	Dakar	May 26	Independent	Earlier voyages, Page 1
	May 27	Dakar	Casablanca	–	Independent	Page 1 gives arrival June 3.
	June 7	Casablanca	Southampton	June 23	Independent	Via Verdon Rds. (Page 1).
	Aug. 13	Southampton	Dartmouth	Aug. 14	–	–
	Aug. 15	Dartmouth	Falmouth	–	–	Page 1 gives arrival Aug. 16.
	Aug. 16	Falmouth	Milford Haven	Aug. 17	–	–
	Aug. 19	Milford Haven	–	–	OB 201	For India. Dispersed Aug. 25. Convoy available at OB 201 (external link)
	Aug. 25	Dispersed from OB 201	Capetown	Sept. 24	Independent	–
	Sept. 25	Capetown	Colombo	Oct. 17	Independent	–
	Oct. 18	Colombo	Madras	Oct. 21	Independent	–
	Oct. 25	Madras	Capetown	Nov. 17	Independent	–
	Nov. 19	Capetown	Freetown	Dec. 3	Independent	–
	Dec. 7	Freetown	Liverpool	Dec. 31	SL 58S	Convoy available at SL 58S (external link)
1941	Jan. 28	Liverpool	–	–	OB 279	Dispersed 62N 23 10W, Febr. 2. Convoy available at OB 279 (external link)
	Febr. 9(?)	Dispersed from OB 279	New York City	Febr. 18	Independent	–
	Apr. 18	New York City	Halifax	Apr. 21	Independent	–
	Apr. 25	Halifax	Oban	May 12	HX 123	–
	May 13	Oban	Methil	May 15	WN 126	Convoy available at WN convoys (external link)
	May 16	Methil	Hull	May 18	FS 491	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link) Left Hull May 30 (Page 1).
	June 1	Humber	Loch Ewe	June 4	EC 27	Convoy available at EC convoys (external link)
	June 10	Loch Ewe	–	–	OB 332	For St. Thomas. Detached June 15. Convoy available at OB 332 (external link)
	June 15	Detached from OB 332	St. Thomas	June 29	Independent	–
	June 29	St. Thomas	Macoris	July 1	Independent	–
	July 3	Macoris	Curacao*	July 7	Independent	*Jucaro
	July 9	Curacao*	Santiago, Cuba	July 13	Independent	A. Hague says: Notional sailing date (Page 1 gives departure Jucaro July 12).
	July 19	Santiago, Cuba	Halifax	July 27	Independent	–
	Aug. 1	Halifax	Liverpool	Aug. 18	HX 142	Convoy will be added. See ships in HX convoys
	Aug. 30	Liverpool	–	–	ON 11	For Hampton Roads. Dispersed Sept. 11.
	Sept. 11	Dispersed from ON 11	Hampton Roads	Sept. 16	Independent	–
	Sept. 18	Hampton Roads	Gitmo	Sept. 22	Independent	–
	Oct. 3	Gitmo	Jucaro	Oct. 5	Independent	–
	Oct. 14	Jucaro	Halifax	Oct. 23	Independent	–
	Nov. 3	Halifax	Loch Ewe	Nov. 17	HX 158	–
	Nov. 19	Loch Ewe	Methil	Nov. 21	WN 207	Convoy available at WN convoys (external link)
	Nov. 22	Methil	Southend	Nov. 24	FS 654	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link) See also Page 2
	Dec. 7	Southend	Methil	Dec. 9	FN 572	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Dec. 10	Methil	Loch Ewe	Dec. 12	EN 17	Convoy available at EN convoys (external link)
	Dec. 13	Loch Ewe	–	–	ON 46	For Philadelphia. Dispersed 55 39N 34W, Dec. 21. Convoy will be added. See ships in ON convoys
	Dec. 21	Dispersed from ON 46	Philadelphia	Dec. 30	Independent	–
1942	Jan. 11	Philadelphia	New York City	Jan. 13	Independent	–
	Jan. 14	New York City	Halifax	Jan. 17	Independent	–
	Jan. 20	Halifax	Liverpool	Febr. 2	HX 171	–
	March 13	Liverpool	–	–	OS 22	For M East. Detached Apr. 1 Convoy available at OS 22 (external link)
	Apr. 1	Detached from OS 22	Capetown	Apr. 14	Independent	–
	Apr. 25	Capetown	Bombay	May 14	Independent	–
	June 19	Bombay	Cochin	June 22	Independent	–
	July 9	Cochin	Capetown	July 28	Independent	–
	July 30	Capetown	Trinidad	Aug. 23	Independent	–
	Aug. 25	Trinidad	Gitmo	Aug. 30	TAW 16	Convoy available at TAW convoys (external link)
	Sept. 5	Gitmo	New York City	Sept. 12	GN 1	Convoy available at GN convoys (external link)
	Oct. 11	New York City	Gitmo	Oct. 18	NG 313	For Cristobal. Convoy available at NG convoys (external link)
	Oct. 23	Gitmo	Cristobal	Oct. 26	GZ 9	Convoy available at GZ convoys (external link)
	Oct. 29	Balboa	Capetown	Dec. 4	Independent	–
	Dec. 5	Capetown	–	–	CA 1	Dispersed Dec. 7. Convoy available via this page (external link)
	Dec. 7	Dispersed from CA 1	Bombay	Dec. 27	Independent	–
1943	Jan. 2	Bombay	Karachi	Jan. 6	Independent	–
	Jan. 17	Karachi	Colombo	Jan. 23	Independent	–
	Jan. 24	Colombo	Madras	Jan. 27	Independent	–
	Jan. 28	Madras	Calcutta	Jan. 31	Independent	–
	Febr. 13	Calcutta	Vizag	Febr. 15	Independent	–
	Febr. 20	Vizag	Colombo	Febr. 24	Independent	–
	Febr. 25	Colombo	Capetown	March 18	Independent	See also Page 3
	March 26	Capetown	–	–	CN 14	Dispersed March 28. Convoy available via this page (external link)
	March 26*	Capetown	Takoradi	Apr. 8	Independent	–
	*The above has been taken from listing futher down on this page, and date altered. The entry should probably read "March 28/dispersed from CN 14". See also Page 3.
	Apr. 11	Takoradi	Freetown	Apr. 15	TS 35	Convoy available via link above
	Apr. 20	Freetown	–	–	SL 128	Rendezvoused w/MKS 12, May 4. Convoy available at SL 128 (external link)
	May 4	SL 128 & MKS 12 joined up	Loch Ewe	May 14	SL 128/MKS 12	Convoy available at SL 128/MKS 12 (exterenal link)
	May 15	Loch Ewe	Methil	May 17	WN 428	Convoy available at WN convoys (external link)
	May 17	Methil	Hull	May 19	FS 1118	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
?*	June 1	Southend	Hull	June 3	FN 1036	*Compare w/Page 3 (also, missing movements). Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	June 15	Methil	Oban	June 18	EN 243	Convoy available at EN convoys (external link)
	June 19	Oban	–	–	OS 50/KMS 17	For Algiers. Convoy split, June 27. Available at OS 50/KMS 17 (external link)
	June 27	Convoy split	Gibraltar	June 29	KMS 17	–
*	June 28	Buenos Aires	Rosario	Aug. 25	Independent	–
	*Departure date should be Aug. 24, and voyage belongs further down in the record - inserted there.
	June 30	Gibraltar	Algiers	July 3	KMS 17	–
	July 21	Algiers	Gibraltar	July 23	MKS 18	Algiers to Gibraltar
	July 27	Gibraltar	–	–	OS 52	Gibraltar to Buenos Aires. Detached Aug. 1. Convoy available at OS 52 (external link)
	Aug. 1	Detached from OS 52	Buenos Aires	Aug. 23	Independent	–
*	Aug. 24	Buenos Aires	Rosario	Aug. 25	Independent	–
	*The above voyage has been taken from listing above and date corrected (see also Page 3).
	Aug. 26*	Capetown	Takoradi	Apr. 8	Independent	–
	*Departure Capetown should be March 26, and voyage belongs further up in this record - inserted there.
	Sept. 3	Rosario	Buenos Aires	Sept. 5	Independent	–
	Sept. 12	Buenos Aires	Freetown	Oct. 1	Independent	–
	Oct. 13	Freetown	–	–	SL 138	Rendezvoused w/MKS 28, Oct. 24. Convoy available at SL 138 (external link)
	Oct. 24	SL 138 & MKS 28 joined up	Loch Ewe	Nov. 5	SL 138/MKS 28	Convoy available at SL 138/MKS 28 (external link)
	Nov. 6	Loch Ewe	Methil	Nov. 7	WN 501	Convoy available at WN convoys (external link)
	Nov. 7	Methil	Southend	Nov. 9	FS 1267	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link) Again, see also Page 3
	Nov. 26	Southend	Methil Roads	Nov. 28	–	–
	Nov. 28	Methil	Loch Ewe	Nov. 30	EN 312	Convoy available at EN convoys (external link)
	Dec. 2	Loch Ewe	New York City	Dec. 20	ON 214	Convoy will be added. See ships in ON convoys
1944	Jan. 31	New York City	Hampton Roads	–	Independent	–
	Febr. 3	Hampton Roads	Port Said	March 1	UGS 32	For Port Said. Convoy available at UGS convoys (external link) On to Suez, same day (Page 3).
	March 3	Suez	Aden	March 9	Independent	–
	March 10	Aden	Bombay	March 18	AB 34	Convoy available via this page (external link)
	March 26	Bombay	Karachi	March 28	BP 110	Convoy available via link above
	March 31	Karachi	Bombay	Apr. 3	PB 73	Convoy available via link above
	Apr. 11	Bombay	Mormagoa*	Apr. 12	Independent	–
	Apr. 21	Mormagoa*	Bombay	Apr. 22	Independent	*Mormugao?
	Apr. 25	Bombay	Aden	May 2	Independent	–
	May 3	Aden	Suez	May 9	Independent	See also Page 4
	May 12	Port Said	Haifa	May 13	Independent	–
	May 25	Haifa	Port Said	May 26	Independent	Arrived Suez next day (Page 4).
	May 31	Suez	Aden	June 6	Independent	–
	June 6	Aden	Colombo	June 16	Independent	–
	June 21	Colombo	Madras	June 24	JC 53	Convoy available at JC convoys (external link)
	July 2	Madras	Calcutta	July 6	JC 54	Convoy available at link above
	July 24	Calcutta	Colombo	Aug. 2	CJ 37	Convoy available via this page (external link)
	Aug. 4	Colombo	Durban	Aug. 21	Independent	–
	Sept. 5	Durban	Aden	Sept. 20	Independent	–
	Sept. 21	Aden	Suez	Sept. 27	Independent	On to Port Said same day (Page 4).
	Sept. 25*	Port Said	Alexandria	Sept. 29	Independent	*Page 4 gives departure Sept. 28
	Oct. 13	Alexandria	Casablanca	Oct. 23	GUS 55	Alexandria to Casablanca. Convoy available at GUS convoys (external link)
	Oct. 28	Casablanca	–	–	SL 174	Casablanca to U.K. Rendezvoused w/MKS 65, Oct. 30. Convoy available at SL 174 (external link)
	Oct. 30	SL 174 & MKS 65 joined up	Southend	Nov. 8	SL 174/MKS 65	Convoy available at SL 174/MKS 65 See also this page (external links)
	Nov. 9	Southend	Immingham	Nov. 10	FN 1536	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Dec. 1	Immingham	Ipswich	Dec. 3	–	See also Page 4
	Dec. 15	Ipswich	Southend	Dec. 16	FS 1666	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	Dec. 23	Southend	New York City	Jan. 8-1945	ON 274	Convoy will be added. See ships in ON convoys
1945	Jan. 10	New York City	Macoris	Jan. 17	Independent	–
	Jan. 20	Macoris	Barahona	–	Independent	Via La Romana (Page 4).
	Jan. 27	Barahona	New York City	Febr. 5	Independent	–
	Febr. 8	New York City	Boston	–	Independent	Page 4 gives arrival Febr. 12.
	Febr. 21	Boston	Halifax	Febr. 23	BX 146	Convoy available at BX convoys (external link)
	Febr. 25	Halifax	Clyde	March 12	SC 168	See also narrative below. Convoy will be added. See ships in SC convoys
	March 27	Clyde	Liverpool	March 28	Independent	A. Hague says: Repairs to Nov. 27-1945 (see also Page 4). Subsequent voyages, Page 5

Misc. Convoy Voyages:

For information on voyages made prior to and in between those mentioned here, please see the documents received from the Norwegian archives and A. Hague's Voyage Record above. Follow the convoy links provided for more details on them, several Norwegian ships took part.

According to Page 1 of the archive documents, Kristianiafjord was in Tamatave when the Germans invaded Norway on Apr. 9-1940. It'll also be noticed that she appears to have spent a long time at Southampton that summer. She had arrived there from Casablanca on June 23 and departure is given as Aug. 13. A few days later, she's listed in Convoy OB 201, which originated in Liverpool on Aug. 20 and dispersed on the 25th. Ref. external link provided within the Voyage Record; Davanger is also included. Kristianiafjord arrived Table Bay on Sept. 24, having started out from Milford Haven on Aug. 19. With a general cargo, she headed back to the U.K. again on Dec. 7 in station 41 of Convoy SLS 58 from Freetown (again, see link in the table above).

At the beginning of 1941, we find her, together with Beduin, Buesten, Madrono, Norefjord, President de Vogue and Solsten, in Convoy OB 279, which left Liverpool on Jan. 28 and dispersed on Febr. 2, Kristianiafjord arriving New York on the 18th. As can be seen when going back to Page 1, she subsequently spent quite a long time there; departure is given as Apr. 18, when she proceeded to Halifax in order to join Convoy HX 123 on Apr. 25, bound for Hull with a cargo of steel; Cruising order/Commodore's notes are also available for this convoy. Kristianiafjord arrived Hull (via various other ports) on May 18. The following month, she's listed as bound for St. Thomas in Convoy OB 332, originating in Liverpool on June 8. Dagfred is also listed (links to these OB convoys can be found in the Voyage Record). Kristianiafjord arrived St. Thomas on June 29, having sailed from Loch Ewe on June 10. From St. Thomas, she continued to Macoris, with arrival July 1.

Tony, a visitor to my website has told me that she was in Convoy HX 142* in Aug.-1941 (in station 86), together with the Norwegian Nyholt (56) Siljestad (76) and Morgenen (124). Corvus was also initially in this convoy but was sent to SC 39* because she was too slow for HX 142. Arnold Hague's "The Allied Convoy System" says HX 142 departed Halifax on Aug. 1 and arrived Liverpool on the 18th, 65 ships (see also Page 2 of the archive documents). According to Tony's information 63 ships sailed from Halifax in this convoy, 8 from Sydney, C.B. Kirkpool and Scottish Musician had engine defects and were sent back to Halifax. Like Corvus, the Dutch Hercules was also sent to join SC 39 because of her slow speed. Rotterdam, Murena, Hjelmaren and Narragansett went missing in the fog (from HX 142). Empire Sailor did not join HX 142 till Aug. 6. Perth was the rescue ship for this convoy.

The following comes from the Commodore's report:
Delayed in sailing by fog which persisted during the whole convoy. First count was on August 4th when four ships were missing. On Aug. 5 Sydney portion of 8 ships and SC 39 of 27 ships joined HX 142. SC 39 parted company with HX 142 on Aug. 13. (Both these convoys will be added to my Convoys section).

At the end of that month (Aug. 30-1941), Kristianiafjord headed in the other direction in station 12 of the westbound North Atlantic Convoy ON 11, bound for Hampton Roads, where she arrived on Sept. 16, the convoy having been dispersed on Sept. 11. On Nov. 3 she's listed among the ships in Convoy HX 158 from Halifax, returning across the Atlantic the following month with Convoy ON 46*, which originated in Liverpool on Dec. 13 and dispersed on the 21st, Kristianiafjord arriving Philadelphia on Dec. 30 (she had started out from Loch Ewe on the 13th).

On Jan. 20-1942, she joined Convoy HX 171 from Halifax to Liverpool. Acanthus and Rose are named among the escorts. She arrived Liverpool on Febr. 2, remaining there for several weeks, then in March that year she can be found in Convoy OS 22, voyaging from Liverpool to Capetown with stores in station 62. Again, see the external link provided within the Voyage Record; Andrea Brøvig and Thalatta are also named. OS 22 left Liverpool on March 13 and had Freetown as its final destination, but Kristianiafjord detached from the convoy on Apr. 1 and arrived Capetown on Apr. 14, later proceeding to Bombay, with arrival there on May 14 - departure is given as June 19, when she headed to Cochin. Her subsequent voyages are shown on Page 2; convoy information to match some of these can be found in A. Hague's record above (as can be seen, she also spent a month in New York that fall).

Skipping now to Apr. 20-1943, when she's listed in Convoy SL 128 from Freetown, which joined up with Convoy MKS 12* from Gibraltar on May 4. She had a general cargo, voyage Calcutta/Vizagapatam for Loch Ewe, where she arrived on the 14th - see also Page 3 of the archive documents. The Norwegian Toledo, Rutenfjell and Evviva are also included in this convoy. In June that year, Kristianiafjord can be found in station 62 of Convoy OS 50/KMS 17, voyage Oban-Algiers. The convoy left Liverpool on June 16 and split up on the 27th, the KMS convoy arriving Gibraltar on June 29, while the OS portion continued to Freetown, where it arrived July 8. Kristianiafjord arrived Algiers on July 3, having started out from Oban on June 19. The Gibraltar portion is available in my Convoys section at KMS 17. See also the second table on that page (names of ships in the combined convoy are available at the external website that I've linked to within the Voyage Record - Norfalk, Evviva, Lysaker V, Marga and Vigsnes are also listed).

She left Algiers again on July 21, joining Convoy MKS 18, which arrived Gibraltar on July 23 (scroll down to the second table on the page). Kristianiafjord subsequently made a voyage from Gibraltar to Buenos Aires, and according to A. Hague she joined Convoy OS 52 for this voyage. This convoy had started out in Liverpool on July 19 as the combined Convoy OS 52/KMS 21 which split up on July 28, the KMS portion* arriving Gibraltar on July 29, the OS portion continuing to Freetown where it arrived Aug. 7 (the Norwegian Fernhill was sunk - Jenny is also listed). As already indicated, Kristianiafjord was not present from the U.K., but started out from Gibraltar on July 27 to join OS 52, and arrived Buenos Aires on Aug. 23, continuing to Rosario the next day.

In Oct.-1943 she sailed in Convoy SL 138/MKS 28 in which the Norwegian Hallfried was sunk - follow the link for details. Kristianiafjord (in the SL convoy) was on a voyage from Rosario to Loch Ewe, cargo of linseed and general. Other Norwegian ships were Lisbeth, Spurt and Norefjord. (The Gibraltar portion is available at MKS 28). SL 138 had left Freetown on Oct. 13, joined up with the MKS portion from Gibraltar on the 24th, and arrived Liverpool on Nov. 5; Kristianiafjord stopped at Loch Ewe that day. She now appears in another westbound North Atlantic convoy, namely ON 214*, which left Liverpool on Dec. 2 and arrived New York on the 20th. Kristianiafjord had joined from Loch Ewe and now remained in New York for over a month - again, see Page 3, which also has a few 1944 voyages, while the rest are shown on Page 4. Convoy information for some of them is available in the Voyage Record.

In Oct.-1944, we find her in Convoy SL 174/MKS 65, voyage Casablanca-Immingham, cargo of phosphates, peas and mica. The SL portion of this convoy (in which Kristianiafjord sailed) originated in Freetown on Oct. 18, joined up with the MKS portion* from Gibraltar at the end of that month, and arrived Liverpool on Nov. 7. Kristianiafjord, however, had sailed from Casablanca on Oct. 28 and arrived Immingham, via Southend, on Nov. 10. The Norwegian Jenny, Brønnøy and Norelg also took part, the latter joining with the MKS portion from Gibraltar.

She later joined the westbound North Atlantic Convoy ON 274*, which left Southend on Dec. 23-1944 and arrived New York on Jan. 8-1945 (Commodore in Samuel Bakke). With sugar for London, she was scheduled for the slow Halifax-U.K. Convoy SC 167 in the middle of Febr.-1945 (Novasli was sunk), but instead joined the next convoy on Febr. 25, SC 168*. She arrived Clyde on March 12, later proceeding to Liverpool, where she arrived March 28, and as can be seen when going back to Page 4, she did not leave again until Nov. 27-1945. According A. Hague, she was in for repairs.

Page 5 shows her voyages to Apr.-1946, and it looks like she finally got to go home to Norway that month.

* The ON convoys will be added to individual pages in my Convoys section in due course, along with further details on each. In the meantime, the ships sailing in them (and escorts) are named in the section listing ships in all ON convoys. The KMS and MKS convoys will also be added, but for now, please see ships in all KMS convoys and ships in all MKS convoys. Additionally, the entire HX series and SC series will eventually be updated and completed, see ships in all HX convoys and ships in all SC convoys. Several Norwegian ships took part.

More information on the other Norwegian ships mentioned here is available via the alphabet index at the end of this page, or go to the Master Ship Index.

POST WAR:

Sold in 1955 to Marinos & Frangos Ltd., Nassau and renamed Aghios Stefanos. Stranded and on fire on Febr. 15-1958 on Gem Reef near Sandaken, position 05 35N 119 09E. Fire extinguished the next day. Refloated on Febr. 20, and arrived Sandaken on the 24th for examination. Sold on June 18-1958 by Court order for £ 31,505. Arrived Hong Kong on Aug. 21-1958 for breaking up by Hong Kong Chiap Hua Manufactory Ltd.

Back to Kristianiafjord on the "Ships starting with K" page.

Den Norske Amerikalinje had 3 ships with this name at various times; this was the second one. The Norway Heritage Project website has more information on these ships; see this page.

The text on this page was compiled with the help of: "Nortraships flåte", J. R. Hegland, Norwegian America Line fleet list, and misc. (ref. My sources).