Owner: Ørvigs D/S A/S
Manager: Olaf Ørvig, Bergen
Tonnage: 3944 gt

Delivered in Nov.-1918 from Osaka Iron Works Ltd., Osaka as Meichu Maru to Taisho K. K., Dairen. 3944 gt, 2390 net, 6776 tdwt, 345' x 50' x 25.7', Triple exp. (by yard). Purchased in 1918 by D/S A/S Storborg (Jacob Ringen), Haugesund and renamed Storborg. Managed by Brummenæs & Torgersen from Jan. 1-1922, then went to D/S A/S Solvang in 1924. Sold in Apr.-1925 to Ørvigs D/S A/S (Olaf Ørvig), Bergen and renamed Laval County, later Lyder Sagen.

Managed by Andrew Weir & Co., London during the war, according to R. W. Jordan.

Eilif Steier, who was the captain of Hermod when she was sunk in Apr.-1942, served as 1st mate on Lyder Sagen from May to Nov.-1944.

According to the external website that I've linked to below, Lyder Sagen was in Convoy BN 17, which left Aden on Febr. 24-1941 and dispersed on the 27th. The Norwegian Corona, Talabot, Tonjer, and Wilford are also listed. Lyder Sagen had a cargo of coal and coke, but her destination is not given. That spring she appears in Convoy BS 22, departing Suez on Apr. 1, dispersed Apr. 9. Her dstination is given as Lorenço Marques, general cargo; Thelma is also included.

In Febr.-1942, she's said to have made a voyage from Colombo to Calcutta, arriving Calcutta on Febr. 15.

Jumping now to Aug.-1943, when she's listed, together with Brønnøy, Drammensfjord, and Scotia, in Convoy DN 56, departing Durban on Aug. 13, dispersed next day, Lyder Sagen arriving Kilindini on Aug. 27.

In March-1944 she shows up in Convoy JC 40, departing Colombo on March 9, arriving Calcutta on the 16th, continuing later that month to Madras with Convoy CJ 22, departing Calcutta March 30, arriving Madras Apr. 3 (convoy arrived Colombo Apr. 6). On the 13th she's listed in Convoy JC 44, which had left Colombo on Apr. 10 and arrived Calcutta on Apr. 17. She left Calcutta again on Apr. 30 with Convoy CJ 26, and arrived Madras on May 5 (convoy arrived Colombo May 9), departing Madras on May 15 in Convoy JC 48, which had left Colombo on May 12 and arrived Calcutta on May 19. The following month we find her, with Anders Jahre, in Convoy CJ 31, departing Calcutta on June 10, arriving Madras on the 14th (convoy arrived Colombo June 18), leaving again on the 24th in Convoy JC 53, which had left Colombo June 21, arriving Calcutta June 27 - Kristianiafjord and Utsire are also listed in the latter convoy. About a month later she's listed, again with Kristianiafjord and Utsire in company, in Convoy CJ 37, from Calcutta July 24-1944, to Madras July 29 (convoy arrived Colombo Aug. 2). At the end of Aug. she joined Convoy CJ 40, departure Calcutta Aug 31, arrival Madras Sept. 2 (convoy arrived Colombo Sept. 7), and a month later she's listed in Convoy CJ 42, which left Calcutta Nov. 3-1944 and arrived Colombo Nov. 10; Lyder Sagen, however, was again bound for Madras, where she arrived on the 7th. The Norwegian Wyvern is also included in CJ 42.

Follow the instructions provided at the link below to find these convoys. For more information on all the other Norwegian ships mentioned here, please see the alphabet index below, or go to the Master Ship Index.

Related external link:
Misc. convoys - By clicking on "Ship Search", using "Lyder Sagen" as keywords, the above mentioned convoys will come up.

Back to Lyder Sagen on the "Ships starting with L" page.

The text on this page was compiled with the help of: "Nortraships flåte", J. R. Hegland, "Våre gamle skip", Leif M. Bjørkelund and E. H. Kongshavn, and misc., including the external website that I've linked to above.

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