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D/S Lyng
Updated Dec. 24-2011

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Crew List

Owner: A/S Jøtun
Manager: Paul Jebsen, Bergen
Tonnage:
953 gt, 1400 tdwt
Signal Letters: LJHP

Built in 1920 by Rennie, Ritchie & Newport Ship Building Co., Wivenhoe, U.K. Previous names: Maindy Transport, Ambleside until 1933, Livonia until 1936.
According to this external page, she was delivered in July as Maindy Transport to Maindy Transport Co. Ltd (Jenkins, Richards & Evans Ltd.), Cardiff. From 1921, owned by Sir David R. Llewellyn, Cardiff, same name. From 1922, Sir David R. Llewellyn (Merrett Bros. Ltd.), Cardiff, no name change. From 1923, Sir David R. Llewellyn (Merrett & Prince Ltd.), Cardiff. In 1925, owners became Quayside Shipping Co. Ltd. (Connell & Grace Ltd.), Newcastle, renamed Ambleside. From 1933, as Livonia for Quayside Shipping Co. Ltd. (Connell & Grace Ltd. Latvian Rep. J. Zalcmanis, K. Jansons & J. Freyman), Riga, Latvia. Sold in 1937 to A/S Rederi Jøtun (Paul Jebsen), Bergen and renamed Lyng.

Captain: Oskar Monsen (Ringen also had a captain by this name - same person?).

Her voyages are listed on these original images from the Norwegian National Archives:
Page 1 | Page 2 | Page 3 | Page 4 | Page 5 | Page 6 | Page 7 | Page 8


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

Voyage Record
From Febr.-1940 to Dec.-1942:

(Received from Don Kindell - His source: The late Arnold Hague's database).

Follow the convoy links provided for more information on each (please be aware that some of the listings are incomplete).

Errors may exist, and several voyages are missing.

Departure From To Arrival Convoy Remarks
1940 Febr. 12 Norwegian Waters Methil Febr. 15 HN 11
Febr. 28 Methil Norwegian Waters March 2 ON 16
March 27 Norwegian Waters Methil March 30 HN 22 Missing voyages, Page 1
June 12 Southend Tyne June 14 FN 194 Convoy available at FN convoys
(external link)
June 15 Tyne Southend June 17 FS 196 Convoy available at FS convoys
(external link)
Missing voyages, Page 1
July 14 Southend Blyth July 16 FN 222 Convoy available at FN convoys
(external link)
Missing voyages, Page 1
Aug. 20 Clyde Methil(?) Aug. 23 WN 9 Convoy available at WN convoys
(external link)
See also Page 1
? Aug. 28 Clyde Methil Sept. 1 WN 11 Convoy available at link above
Sept. 5 Clyde Methil Sept. 8 WN 13 Convoy available at link above.
Missing movements, Page 1
Sept. 16 Sunderland Southend Sept. 19 FS 283 Convoy available at FS convoys
(external link)
See also Page 2
Sept. 29 Southend Sunderland Oct. 1 FN 294 Convoy available at FN convoys
(external link)
Oct. 4 Sunderland Southend Oct. 6 FS 300 Convoy available at FS convoys
(external link)
See also Page 2.
Oct. 13 Southend Hartlepool Oct. 16 FN 307 Convoy available at FN convoys
(external link)
Missing movement, Page 2
Oct. 29 Southend Hartlepool Oct. 31 FN 322 Convoy available at link above.
Missing movements, Page 2
Nov. 23 Tyne Southend Nov. 25 FS 343 Convoy available at FS convoys
(external link)
Missing movments, Page 2.
Dec. 17 Tyne Southend Dec. 19 FS 363 Convoy available at link above.
Again, see also Page 2.
1941 Apr. 3 Southend Blyth Apr. 5 EC 2 Earlier 1941 voyages:
Page 2 & Page 3
Convoy available at EC convoys
(external link)
Missing movements, Page 3.
Apr. 17 Southend Sunderland Apr. 18 EC 8 Convoy available at link above
Missing voyages, Page 3.
July 20 Southend Seaham July 22 EC 48 Convoy available at link above
Missing voyages, Page 4
Sept. 5 Southend Blyth Sept. 7 EC 69 Convoy available at link above.
Missing movements, Page 4
Sept. 14 Southend Blyth* Sept. 16 EC 73 *Page 4 gives arrival Tyne Sept. 16.
Convoy available at link above.
Missing movements, Page 4.
Oct. 19 Southend Middlesbrough Oct. 21 EC 88 Convoy available at link above.
Missing 1941 movements, Page 4
1942 March 13 Methil Oban* March 16* EN 58 Earlier 1942 voyages, Page 5
(see also narrative below).
*Page 5 gives arrival Stornoway March 15.
Convoy available at EN convoys
(external link)
Apr. 3 Loch Ewe Methil Apr. 5 WN 265 Convoy available at WN convoys
(external link)
Missing movements, Page 5
Apr. 24 Methil Oban* Apr. 26* EN 75 *Page 5 gives arrival Ardrossan Apr. 27/28.
Convoy available at EN convoys
(external link)
Missing movements, Page 5.
May 15 Loch Ewe Methil May 17 WN 283 Convoy available at WN convoys
(external link)
Missing voyages:
Page 5, Page 6, Page 7 & Page 8
Dec. 8 Southend FN 886 In Ballast.
Convoy available at FN convoys
(external link)
Sank following collision - See "Final Fate" below.



 Some Convoy Voyages: 

Lyng is listed in Convoy HN 11 from Norway to the U.K. in Febr.-1940, bound for Grangemouth in ballast. According to Arnold Hague, she returned to Norway at the end of that month with Convoy ON 16, and at the end of March, we find her in Convoy HN 22, bound for Grangemouth in ballast - follow the links for more info; several Norwegian ships took part in all these convoys (escorts' reports are also available for HN 22). From Page 1 of the archive documents, we learn that she left Grangemouth again on Apr. 5, with the intention of returning to Norway, but this did not come to pass (the country was invaded on Apr. 9) - there's a note on the document saying she was detained in Methil Roads.

Apart from a voyage to France in May-1940, she was subsequently in service around the U.K. Her 1941 voyages start on Page 2 and continue on Page 3 and Page 4.

On Jan. 18-1942, she collided near Tyne with the British Charlwood, which sank. According to Page 5 of the archive documents, Lyng had left Blyth the day before, and arrived Gravesend on the 19th.

Page 6, Page 7 and Page 8 show the rest of her voyages, while convoy information for some of them can be found in the Voyage Record above.

 Final Fate - 1942: 

Lyng sank following a collision, again off Tyne, on Dec. 9-1942, no loss of life. She had departed Southampton in ballast for Tyne on Dec. 7. When she reached Barrow Deep on the 8th she got her sailing orders from the boarding officer, including orders to follow a northbound convoy* (station 60). On the 9th they met some southbound ships, and lit some of the lanterns. According to the captain's report, they had just passed Buoy 20C about 10 minutes earlier when he spotted 3 red lights on Lyng's starboard bow, about 1 mile off. 2 of the ships passed safely, but in spite of evasive maneuvers and signals from Lyng, the 3rd vessel, Greyfriars, ran into her on the port side near No. 1 hatch. Lyng started to list to port, sinking by the bow, so orders were given to get the lifeboats ready. An attempt was made to get into Tyne, but about half an hour after the collision the list increased and her bow was deep in the water. She sank shortly after the crew had abandoned her in the starboard lifeboat, the port boat having been filled with water and lost - Page 8 of the archive documents gives the time as about 23:45. The survivors were picked up by the examination vessel and landed in North Shields.

* Lyng is listed in Convoy FN 886 (external link, incomplete listing) - Please note, however, that the statement here re. collision with Charlwood is incorrect; this collision had taken place on Jan. 18-1942, as stated further up on this page.

A visitor to my website has told me that according to "Shipwreck Index of the British Isles" this happened 3.5 miles from N Pier Light, Tynemouth. She has been positively identified.

An inquiry was held in Newcastle on Tyne on Dec. 18-1942.

Crew List:

Captain
Oskar Monsen
1st Mate
Harald Berg
2nd Mate
Olof Nilsen
Able Seaman
Leif Brandal
Able Seaman
Leif G. Pedersen
Able Seaman
Arthur Olsen
Able Seaman
Torleif Kristoffersen
Ordinary Seaman
Odd Dyrkom
1st Engineer
Øivin Ellingsen
Stoker
Bruno Hansen
(Danish)
Stoker
Sigurd Sørensen
Stoker
Thomas McCue
(British)
Stoker
Jacob Miller
(British)
Steward
Anders Gulbrandsen
Cook
Thorvald Ask
2nd Cook
Magnus Lunde
Mess Boy
William Whinter
(British?)
+ 3 more?

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

Other ships by this name: Norway had previously had another steamship named Lyng, built as Ardanrigh in Glasgow in 1883, 1346 gt. Purchased in 1899 by Oscar Hytten & C. E. Semb, Tønsberg and renamed Lyng. Lost in 1913. ("Damp - Dampskipets æra i Vestfold"). Additionally, Ron Young describes the loss of a ship by this name in his "The Comprehensive Guide to Shipwrecks of the East Coast 1918 to 2003" (available from amazon UK). Built in Greenock in 1918 as HMS Kilberry for the Royal Navy (gunboat), renamed Bolam for B. Burletson (Joblin & Hull), Newcastle in 1920, renamed Globus for Johannes Ick, Hamburg in 1922, Lyng for A. Norman Larsen, Horten, Norway in 1925. Ran aground on Filey Brigg on Jan. 30-1928, when serving as mother ship to a herring fleet, voyage Flora-Hull with herring-barrel loops, crew of 14 (Captain Ola Johansen). No casualties. Lyng broke in half, total loss. In 1964 a small ship by this name was delivered to A/S Rederiet Odfjell, Bergen, 499 gt. Later names: Greek Ouranos 1973 (765 gt by then), Panamanian Parati 1974, Tanya V 1982.

The text on this page was compiled with the help of: "Nortraships flåte", J. R. Hegland, "Sjøforklaringer fra 2. verdenskrig", Norwegian Maritime Museum, Volume II, and misc. (ref. My sources).

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