Owner: Partrederiet Lillemor
Manager: Th. Brøvig, Farsund
Tonnage: 1571 gt

Delivered in March-1935 from Fredriksstad mek. Verksted A/S, Fredrikstad, Norway (274) as Margit R to A/S Asplund (Georg Rønneberg), Moss. 1571 gt, 910 net, 2425 tdwt, 144.1' x 40.1' x 16.5', 4 cyl. Compound (builder), 131 nhp. Sold in Jan.-1937 to Partrederiet Lillemor (Th. Brøvig), Farsund and renamed Lillemor.

Captain: Bernt Belland.

Some War Voyages:

(More will be added).

According to the external website that I've linked to at the end of this page, Lillemor was in Convoy PG 8, which left Cristobal on Aug. 25-1942 and arrived Guantanamo on the 29th; her final destination is not given. The Norwegian Anna Odland is also included.

At the beginning of 1943 we find her in Convoy PK 133, departing Pilottown on Jan. 11, arriving Key West on the 14th, then left Key West again that same day with Convoy KG 620, which arrived Guantanamo on Jan. 17. About a week later she joined Convoy GZ 20, from Guantanamo Jan. 23, to Cristobal Jan. 27.

At the beginning of March that same year she's listed in Convoy KG 625, departing Key West on March 1-1943, arriving Guantanamo on the 4th, and together with the Norwegian Ogna, she's now said to have joined Convoy GZ 24, which left Guantanamo on March 7 and arrived Cristobal March 11.

Jumping now to Aug.-1943, when she appears (together with the Norwegian Bomma) in Convoy ZG 41 - from Cristobal Aug. 22-1943, to Guantanamo Aug. 26.

Lillemor rescued 43 men from the American tanker Touchet on Dec. 5-1943, torpedoed and sunk on Dec. 3 by U-193. 11 more survivors were picked up by the destroyer USS Falgout, and another 16 by the minesweeper USS Raven (Dec. 6). 10 gunners had died. Lillemor landed the survivors at Pensacola on Dec. 6.

Later that month she's listed, again with Bomma, in Convoy HK 167, which originated at Galveston Bar on Dec. 11-1943 and arrived Key West on the 15th, continuing from Key West the following day in Convoy KG 676, which arrived Guantanamo on Dec. 19 (Bomma was again in company). About a week later she's listed, together with the Norwegian Aun, in Convoy GZ 54, leaving Guantanamo on Dec. 25-1943, arriving Cristobal on the 29th.

In Febr.-1944 she shows up in Convoy HK 191, which departed Galveston Bar on Febr. 9 and arrived Key West on the 13th; Lillemor's voyage information is given as "Pilottown to Key West" - she had left Pilottown on Febr. 10. Together with the Norwegian Ada, she continued from Key West to Guantanamo in Convoy KG 688 (departure Key West Febr. 13, arrival Guantanamo Febr. 17), then joined Convoy GZ 60 from Guantanamo to Cristobal (left Febr. 23, arrived Febr. 27). This time, the Norwegian Pollux was in company.

In Apr.-1944 she's listed among the ships in Convoy HK 215, which departed Galveston Bar on the 9th and arrived Key West on the 13th. Her voyage information is again given as Pilottown to Key West, having left Pilottown on Apr. 10. The Norwegian Daviken is also listed. They both left Key West again that same day (Apr. 13) in Convoy KG 700, which arrived Guantanamo on Apr. 16, Lillemor subsequently joining Convoy GZ 66 from Guantanamo a week later (Apr. 23), arriving Cristobal on Apr. 28-1944. The Norwegian Bajamar, bound for Cartagena, Col., is also listed in this convoy.

All the convoys mentioned here are available at the external website that I've linked to below. More details on all the other Norwegian ships named here can be found with the help of the alphabet index at the end of this page, or go to the Master Ship Index.

POST WAR:

Sold in Nov.-1959 to Ole T. Flakke, Kristiansund, renamed Kovda. Sold in July-1960 to Skrot- og Avfallsprodukter (Torsten Johannisson), Gothenburg. Laid up as barge Ingeborg. Sold for breaking up in May-1961.

Related external links:
Misc. convoys - By clicking on "Ship Search", using "Lillemor" as keyword, all the above mentioned convoys will come up.

The attack on Touchet

Back to Lillemor on the "Ships starting with L" page.

This company had previously had another Lillemor, delivered in Jan.-1917. This ship sailed as Randi during WW II.