M/T Norbris
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Source: Received from the webmaster of Riversea International (external link).

From Sverre Johansen's postcard collection.
Post war picture, when she had the name Solheim (see Post War details below).

Misc. War Voyages:

Norbris is listed in the Halifax-U.K. Convoy HX 173 in Febr.-1942 along with several other Norwegian ships. That summer she sailed in Convoy SL 114 which left Freetown on June 25-1942 and arrived Liverpool on July 17. She had a cargo of fuel oil and turpentine, and was bound for Mersey, station 24. The first external website that I've linked to below has more on the latter convoy - several Norwegian ships took part.

Norbris had arrived New York early in Jan-1943 with the westbound Convoy ON 155 (having previously been cancelled from ON 153). At the end of that month she was scheduled to go back to the U.K. with the New York-U.K. Convoy HX 225, fuel oil for Stanlow, but did not sail. She's not listed in the next convoy, HX 226; may have joined HX 227, but unfortunately, I don't have the info on the latter convoy at this time. In June-1943 we find her in Convoy HX 243, bound for Stanlow, station 104, and in July she shows up in station 22 of Convoy HX 249.

Towards the end of March-1944 she's listed in Convoy HX 284, in May she sailed in Convoy HX 293, and in July-1944 she joined Convoy HX 301, but returned to port and joined the next convoy instead, listed in the Halifax portion of HX 302.

POST WAR:

Renamed Solheim for Chr. Nielsen & Co., Larvik in 1947. Broken up at Emden, having arrived there on Oct. 12-1955.

Related external links:
SL convoys and OS/KMS Convoys - The site also has a section for the OB Convoys and Russian convoys, and a very useful Multi-Convoy Web Search feature - here's the main page. As can be seen, Norbris is listed in SL 114.

Other ships owned by Johan Rasmussen & Co. - Here is the main page.

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