Manager: Jacob Kjøde A/S, Bergen
Tonnage: 1285 gt

Built in Lübeck in 1899.
According to this external page, she was delivered in Aug.-1899 from Henry Koch, Lübeck as Munin to A/S D/S Munin (Joh. E. van der Ohe & Lund), Bergen. From 1910, A/S D/S Munin (J. Lund & Co), Bergen, same name. From 1917, D/S A/S Munin (Jac. M. H. Lindvig), Kristiania, no name change. From 1919, owned by A/S Sund II (Willy Gilbert), Bergen, then A/S Inger (Jacob Kjøde A/S), Bergen from 1920.

This Guestbook message says Munin's captain from Sept.-1941 to Jan.-1946 was Albert Moss.

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 | Page 9 | Page 10 | Page 11 | Page 12

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

Voyage Record From Nov.-1941 to May-1945:

Follow the convoy links provided for more information on each.

Errors may exist (this could also mean that she may not have sailed in all the convoys noted, even though she's listed in them), and several voyages are missing.

	Departure	From	To	Arrival	Convoy	Remarks
1941	Nov. 1	Reykjavik	Clyde	Nov. 5	HX 156	Earlier voyages, Page 1 Iceland to Clyde
1942	Febr. 4	Oban	Methil	Febr. 7	WN 241	Some earlier 1942 movements, Page 1 above. Convoy available at WN convoys (external link) Missing movements, Page 1
	March 10	Methil	Belfast	March 13	EN 57	Convoy available at EN convoys (external link) Left Belfast, March 18/19 (again, see Page 1)
	March 27	Oban	Methil	March 29	WN 263	Convoy available at WN convoys (external link) Missing movements, Page 2
	Apr. 17	Methil	Oban*	Apr. 19	EN 72	*Arrived Belfast Lough, Apr. 20 (Page 2). Convoy available at EN convoys (external link)
	Apr. 24	Belfast Lough	Cardiff	Apr. 26	BB 166	Compare with Page 2. Convoy available at BB convoys (external link) Left Cardiff, May 6 (missing movements, Page 2)
	May 23	Holyhead	Milford Haven	May 24	BB 177	Convoy available at link above More missing movements, Page 2
	July 24	Methil	Loch Ewe	July 26	EN 115	Convoy available at EN convoys (external link) Missing movements: Page 2 & Page 3
	Aug. 10	Loch Ewe	Reykjavik	Aug. 15	UR 36	Convoy available at UR convoys (external link)
	Aug. 24	Reykjavik	Loch Ewe	Aug. 28	RU 37	(See also Page 3).
	Sept. 11	Belfast Lough	Swansea	Sept. 12	BB 219	Convoy available at BB convoys (external link)
	Sept. 16	Swansea	Portsmouth	Sept. 18	WP 219	Convoy available at WP convoys (external link) Compare w/Page 3
	Sept. 19	St Helens Roads	Southend	Sept. 20	CE 120	Convoy available at CE convoys (external link) Again, see Page 3 (also, missing 1942 voyages, w/more on Page 4)
1943	March 28	Loch Ewe	Methil	March 30	WN 409	Earlier 1943 voyages, Page 4. Convoy available at WN convoys (external link) This voyage not mentioned, Page 4. Further 1943 voyages: Page 5, Page 6 & Page 7
1944	June 7	Barry	Seine Bay	June 10	EBC 4	Earlier 1944 voyages: Page 7 above. Convoy available at EBC convoys (external link)
	Most of these 1944 voyages are not detailed on the archive documents and, therefore, comparison cannot be made and accuracy confirmed.
	June 18	Seine Bay	Bristol Channel	June 20	FBC 7	Convoy available at FBC convoys (external link)
	June 23	Barry	Seine Bay	June 26	EBC 21	Convoy available at EBC convoys (external link)
	July 14	Barry	Seine Bay	July 16	EBC 41	Convoy available at link above
	July 24	Seine Bay	Barry Roads	July 26	FBC 35	Convoy available at FBC convoys (external link) Arrived Avonmouth, July 27 (Page 7)
?	Aug. 1	Barry	Seine Bay	Aug. 3	EBC 59	Convoy available at EBC convoys (external link)
?	Aug. 4	Solent	Seine Bay	Aug. 3	EBC 59	Link above
	Aug. 12	Seine Bay	Penarth?	Aug. 14	FBC 52	Convoy available at FBC convoys (external link)
	Aug. 23	Barry	Seine Bay	Aug. 25	EBC 81	Convoy available at EBC convoys (external link)
	Sept. 8	Seine Bay	Barry	Sept. 10	FBC 76	Convoy available at FBC convoys (external link) Missing voyages, Page 8
	Nov. 8	Solent	Barry Roads	Nov. 10	EBF 30	Convoy available via this page (external link) Arrived Swansea, Nov. 10 (Page 8)
	Nov. 26	Solent	Mumbles	Nov. 28	EBF 48	Convoy available via link above. Again, see also Page 8
	Dec. 9	St. Helens Roads	Rouen	Dec. 10	WVC 1	Convoy available via link above. Page 8 gives arrival Rouen Dec. 12. Missing voyages, Page 9
1945	Apr. 7	Antwerp	Southend	Apr. 8	ATM 117	Earlier 1945 voyages, Page 9. Convoy available at ATM convoys (external link) Arrived Southampton, Apr. 9 (Page 9)
	Apr. 22	Havre*	St. Helens Roads	Apr. 23	VWC 134	*From Rouen (Page 9). Convoy available via this page (external link)
	May 1	St. Helens Roads	Havre	May 2	WVC 139	Compare w/Page 10 Convoy available via link above
	May 15	St. Helens Roads	Havre	May 16	WVC 152	Again, see Page 10. Convoy available via link above
	May 23	Havre	Solent	May 24	VWC 165	Convoy available via link above. Subsequent voyages: Page 10, Page 11 & Page 12

Notes:

For information on voyages made in between those mentioned here, please see the documents received from the National Archives of Norway and A. Hague's Voyage Record above.

Munin had been in regular coal trade to Svalbard when she was recaptured by allied forces in the fall of 1941 and sent to Iceland. Please see "Some background history" on my page about D/S Dagny I for an explanation as to how this came to pass. Judging from the information found on Page 1, it looks like she remained in Iceland for 2 months before proceeding to Clyde on Nov. 1, with arrival Nov. 5. According to Arnold Hague, this voyage was made in Convoy HX 156, which had originated in Halifax on Oct. 22. Several Norwegian ships took part, and Eglantine and Montbretia are named among the escorts.

Her 1942 voyages also start on the document mentioned above and continue on Page 2, Page 3 and Page 4.

There's a Norwegian ship that looks like Munin listed in Convoy RU 37 from Reykjavik to the U.K. in Aug.-1942 (the original convoy document is rather blurry, and names of some ships hard to decipher). The tonnage is given as 99 gt, but when going to Page 3 above, we see that Munin did indeed depart Reykjavik on the date this convoy sailed, Aug. 24. This is also confirmed by A. Hague's Voyage Record.

Munin took part as supply ship in connection with the invasion of Normandy in June-1944, arriving June 26, according to "Nortraships flåte".

As will be seen when going to Page 11, she finally got to go home to Norway at the end of Dec.-1945. See also Page 12 (showing voyages to Apr.-1946).

POST WAR:

According to this external page, she sailed as Mercur for Northern Steamship Co. Ltd. (O. S. Nylund), Helsingfors, Finland from 1947. Sold to Belgium for breaking up in 1952.

Back to Munin on the "Ships starting with M" page.

Haugesund lost a steamer by this name in Dec.-1907, 1192 gt - originally delivered in 1879 as Engadine for Wilson & Co., London. From Nov.-1893 as Munin for Joh. E. van der Ohe, Bergen. Purchased by B. Stolt-Nielsen, Haugesund on May 2-1899. Disappeared with 16 men on a voyage Kotka, Finland-Ghent, Belgium, during a heavy storm.

The text on this page was compiled with the help of: "Nortraships flåte", J. R. Hegland, and misc. other.