Owner: A/S Liv
Manager: Brummenæs & Torgersen, Haugesund
Tonnage: 3068 gt

Delivered in Sept.-1896 from Ropner & Son, Stockton as Liv to Jacob R. Olsen e.a., Bergen. 3068 gt, 1979 net, 4850 tdwt, 322.2' x 41.5' x 20.6', Triple exp. (Blair & Co.). In 1919 she belonged to R/S Frey (N.A. Ørum), Christiania (Oslo). Purchased by A/S Liv (Brummenæs & Torgersen), Haugesund in 1924.

Misc. WW II:

From Ron Young I've received the following: "A mine sank the 2,473-ton British steamer Stanholme (ex Goleta) (Stanhope Steamship Co. Ltd.) at 0745hrs (German time) on December 25th 1939. She was sailing independently from Cardiff to London with 4,300-tons of coal and sank in grid AM9947 - position 51° 20'N 03° 39'W". He adds that Liv rescued Captain David Llewellyn Hook and eleven crewmen and landed them at Cardiff, but 12 crew were lost.

Liv is listed in the Norway-U.K. Convoy HN 12 in Febr.-1940. Follow the link for more convoy details; several Norwegian ships took part.

She was seized (while under French charter) at Trapani by the Italians on June 10-1940, and the crew sent home to Norway. Donkeyman Alf Rogde is commemorated at the Memorial for Seamen in Stavern, Norway (link below). "Våre falne", a series of 4 books listing Norwegian WW II casualties, states that he died in Febr.-1941 when attempting to escape from Norway to England. In fact, he's listed on a memorial stone at Mid Yell on my Memorials page; in other words, he was among those who had attempted to escape with Kantonella on Febr. 19-1941. He had previously been on board when Liv was seized by the Italians and was sent home to Norway.

Liv was bombed and damaged by British aircraft at Porto Torres on Apr. 18-1943, raised, then torpedoed and sunk(?*) by the British submarine HMS Safari on May 8-1943, Porto Torres Roads, raised again.

* J. Rohwer says this ship was only damaged by Safari, not sunk. "Våre gamle skip" states she was sunk by allied aircraft on May 9-1943, in the harbour of Port Torres (Sardinia).

POST WAR:

Arrived Spezia in Jan. 1948 for breaking up.

Related external links:
Stavern commemoration - As mentioned, Donkeyman Alf Rogde is commemorated, see my text above.

British Submarines of WW II - HMS Safari is included, and the attack on Liv is mentioned under May 8-1943.

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

A fishing vessel, M/S Liv (H 11 B) escaped from Urangsvåg on Apr. 21-1941 with 4 people, arriving Lerwick on Apr. 23.