Manager: Erling H. Samuelsen, Oslo
Tonnage: 9311 gt

Built by Barcley Curle & Co., Glasgow in 1930, 9311 gt, 13 500 tdwt.

Her voyages are listed on these original images from the Norwegian National Archives:
Page 1 | Page 2 | Page 3

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

Voyage Record From Jan.-1940 to Oct.-1945:

Follow the convoy links provided for more information on each.

	Departure	From	To	Arrival	Convoy	Remarks
1940	Jan. 25	Manila	Beira	March 14	Independent	A. Hague says: Arrived with defects
	March 17	Beira	Durban	March 26	Independent	–
	May 5	Durban	Bahrein	May 24	Independent	–
	May 26	Bahrein	Capetown	June 20	Independent	–
	June 27	Capetown	Bahrein	July 24	Independent	–
	June 28*	Bahrein	Bombay	Aug. 5	Independent	*Should be July 28
	Aug. 9	Bombay	Fremantle	Sept. 4	Independent	–
	Sept. 9	Fremantle	Adelaide	Sept. 17	Independent	–
	Sept. 19	Adelaide	Melbourne	Sept. 22	Independent	–
1941	March 11	Melbourne	Sydney, N.S.W.	March 15	Independent	–
	March 22	Sydney, N.S.W.	Palembang	Apr. 18*	Independent	*Page 1 gives arrival Apr. 10, via Thursday Island.
	Apr. 11	Palembang	Singapore	Apr. 13	Independent	–
	Apr. 29	Singapore	Thursday Island	May 11	Independent	–
	May 12	Thursday Island	Melbourne	May 23	Independent	–
	June 22	Melbourne	Brisbane	June 28	Independent	–
	June 28	Brisbane	Townsville	July 2	Independent	–
	July 7	Townsville	Sourabaya	July 21	Independent	Via Thursday Island (Page 1)
	Aug. 3	Sourabaya	Singapore	Aug. 14	Independent	–
	Aug. 16	Singapore	Balikpapan	–	Independent	–
	Aug. 24	Balikpapan	Thursday Island	Sept. 4	Independent	–
	Sept. 5	Thursday Island	Sydney, N.S.W.	Sept. 17	Independent	–
	Oct. 22	Sydney, N.S.W.	Melbourne	Oct. 27	Independent	–
	Oct. 31	Melbourne	San Francisco	Dec. 21	Independent	Via Geelong - Page 1. Doc says: From Dec. 21-1941 to May-1943, in San Francisco
1943	June 1	San Francisco	Portland, Oregon	June 5	Independent	A. Hague says: After repairing collision damage of March-1941
	June 10	Portland, Oregon	Los Angeles	–	Independent	–
	June 15	Los Angeles	Honolulu	June 25	Independent	–
	June 29	Honolulu	Los Angeles	July 8	Independent	–
	July 12	Los Angeles	Brisbane	Aug. 11	Independent	–
	Aug. 16	Brisbane	Newcastle, N.S.W.	Aug. 18	PG 63	Convoy available at PG 63 (external link)
	Aug. 23	Newcastle, N.S.W.	Los Angeles	Sept. 20	Independent	–
	Sept. 26	Los Angeles	Brisbane	Oct. 27	Independent	–
	Oct. 30	Brisbane	Gladstone	Oct. 31	QL 25	Convoy available at QL 25 (external link)
	Nov. 3	Gladstone	Townsville	Nov. 5	Independent	–
	Nov. 6	Townsville	Gladstone	Nov. 8	Independent	–
	Nov. 8	Gladstone	Brisbane	Nov. 9	LQ 27	Convoy available at LQ 27 (external link)
	Nov. 17	Brisbane	Townsville	Nov. 21	QL 30	Convoy available at QL 30 (external link)
	Nov. 22	Townsville	Port Moresby	Nov. 26	TN 181	Convoy available at TN 181 (external link)
	Nov. 30	Port Moresby	Milne Bay	Dec. 1	Independent	–
	Dec. 3	Milne Bay	Los Angeles	Jan. 6-1944	Independent	–
1944	Jan. 27	Los Angeles	Port Townsend	Febr. 1	Independent	See also Page 2
	Febr. 4	Port Townsend	Los Angeles	Febr. 9	Independent	–
	Febr. 14	Los Angeles	Pearl Harbor	Febr. 23	Independent	–
	Febr. 27	Pearl Harbor	Los Angeles	March 1*	Independent	*Page 2 gives March 7
	March 9	Los Angeles	Pearl Harbor	March 19	Independent	–
	March 21	Pearl Harbor	Balboa	Apr. 11	Independent	–
	Apr. 12	Cristobal	Aruba	Apr. 14	Independent	–
	Apr. 16	Aruba	Cristobal	Apr. 19	Independent	–
	Apr. 27	Balboa	Pearl Harbor	–	Independent	–
	May 20	Pearl Harbor	Balboa	June 9	Independent	–
	June 9	Cristobal	Curacao	June 12	Independent	–
	June 14	Curacao	Cristobal	June 17	Independent	–
	June 20	Balboa	Pearl Harbor	July 12	Independent	–
	July 14	Pearl Harbor	Balboa	–	Independent	–
	Aug. 3	Cristobal	Curacao	Aug. 6	Independent	–
	Aug. 8	Curacao	Cristobal	Aug. 11	Independent	–
	Aug. 13	Balboa	Pearl Harbor	Sept. 2	Independent	–
	Sept. 14	Pearl Harbor	Los Angeles	Sept. 25	Independent	–
	Oct. 13	Los Angeles	Pearl Harbor	Oct. 23	Independent	–
	Oct. 27	Pearl Harbor	Balboa	Nov. 16	Independent	–
	Nov. 18	Balboa	Tulagi	Dec. 21	Independent	–
	Dec. 24	Guadalcanal	Balboa	Jan. 25-1945	Independent	–
1945	Jan. 26	Cristobal	Curacao	Jan. 29	Independent	–
	Jan. 31	Curacao	Cristobal	Febr. 3	Independent	–
	Febr. 4	Balboa	Tulagi	March 13	Independent	–
	March 15	Guadalcanal	Manus	March 21	Independent	–
	March 22	Manus	Hollandia	March 25*	Independent	*Page 2 gives March 23
	March 30	Hollandia	Tacloban	Apr. 14	GI 18B	Convoy available at GI 18B (external link)
	May 8	Tacloban	–	–	IG 21	Detached May 12. Convoy available at IG 21 (external link)
	May 12	Detached from IG 21	Eniwetok	May 18	Independent	–
	May 19	Eniwetok	Balboa	–	Independent	–
	June 22	Cristobal	New York City	July 3	Independent	Via Cartagena, Col (Page 3)
	July 7	New York City	Baltimore	July 9	Independent	–
	Sept. 5	Baltimore	Curacao	Sept. 12	Independent	–
	Sept. 14	Curacao	Cristobal	Sept. 17	Independent	–
	Sept. 18	Balboa	Pearl Harbor	Oct. 9	Independent	Subsequent voyages, Page 3

Notes:

As will be seen when going to Page 1 of the archive documents, it looks like she was in Durban when war broke out in Norway on Apr. 9-1940, remaining there for quite a while. It'll also be noticed that there's a big gap in her voyages from Sept. 22-1940, when she arrived Melbourne from Adelaide, to March 11-1941, when she left Melbourne for Sydney. Additionally, she's said to have been in San Francisco from Dec. 21-1941 to May-1943, leaving that port for Portland, Oregon on June 1-1943. A. Hague indicates she had been repairing damages from a collision that had taken place in March-1941 - I have no further details on this collision.

Some Convoy Voyages:

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.

Arnold Hague has included her, together with the Norwegian Fenris, in Convoy PG 63, which left Caloundra on Aug. 16-1943 and arrived Sydney, N.S.W. on the 18th. Going back to Page 1, we see that New Zeland arrived Newcastle, N.S.W. on that date, having sailed from Brisbane Aug. 16. Having made a voyage to Los Angeles and back to Brisbane, she's said to have joined Convoy QL 25, which left Caloundra on Oct. 30 and arrived Townsville Nov. 2; New Zealand left Brisbane Oct. 30 and arrived Gladstone the next day. The following month, we find her in Convoy LQ 27, departing Gladstone on Nov. 8, arriving Brisbane on the 9th, and together with Skagerak, she later joined Convoy QL 30, which started out in Caloundra Nov. 17 and arrived Townsville Nov. 21 - see also Page 2. She left Townsville again on Nov. 22, joining Convoy TN 181, arriving Port Moresby Nov. 26 (Skagerak was again in company).

Skipping now to the end of March-1945, when she's listed in Convoy GI 18B (convoy left Hollandia March 30, arrived Leyte Apr. 14) and in May she appears in Convoy IG 21, which arrived Hollandia on May 14; New Zealand had left Tacloban on May 8 and arrived Eniwetok on the 18th, having been detached from the convoy on May 12, according to A. Hague. Follow the links provided in the Voyage Record for more info on the convoys mentioned here. The rest of her voyages (to Apr.-1946) are shown on Page 3. As will be seen, she appears to have spent a long time in Baltimore, where she had arrived from New York on July 9; departure is given as Sept. 5, when she proceeded to Curacao.

POST WAR:

Sailed as Panamanian Sea Fortune from 1950 (according to this external page, she was managed by Norvest Shipping Co. Inc., Panama), Aspirant from 1951, arrived Osaka for breaking up on May 1-1954 (info received from George Robinson, webmaster of Riversea International).

Related external link:
The Clydebuilt Ships website also has some info on this ship.

Back to New Zealand on the "Ships starting with N" page.

Norway had lost a ship by this name in the early 1900's, built in 1883 for owners in Arendal, 681 gt, ran aground in May-1902.