Manager: Halfdan Kuhnle, Bergen
Tonnage: 4059 gt.

Built in Gothenburg in 1932. Previous name: Aurora until 1936.
According to the external page that I've linked to above, she was delievered in Dec.-1932 to Rederi A/B Zenith (T. Pettersson), Gothenburg. Owned from June-1936 by Skibs A/S Norden (H. Kuhnle), Bergen and renamed Nordnes. From July-1937 by H. Kuhnles Rederi A/S (H. Kuhnle), Bergen.

The mate on this ship, Olav Bruaasdal had been on board for 10 years, with no leave during the war years, until he could finally go home in Sept.-1946.

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

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

Voyage Record From Dec.-1941 to Sept.-1945:

Follow the convoy links provided for more information on each.

Errors may exist, and voyages are missing.

	Departure	From	To	Arrival	Convoy	Remarks
1941	Dec. 4	Fremantle	Melbourne	–	Independent	A. Hague says: Previously traded Pacific/NZ & Australian Coast Earlier voyages: Page 1 & Page 2
	Dec. 21	Melbourne	Whyalla	–	Independent	–
	Dec. 24	Whyalla	Port Kembla	Dec. 30	Independent	–
	Dec. 31	Port Kembla	Newcastle, N.S.W.	Dec. 31	Independent	–
1942	Jan. 6	Newcastle, N.S.W.	Adelaide	Jan. 12	Independent	–
	Jan. 14	Adelaide	Fremantle	Jan. 23	Independent	–
	Febr. 2	Fremantle	Whyalla	Febr. 9	Independent	–
	Febr. 10	Whyalla	Newcastle, N.S.W.	Febr. 16	Independent	–
	Febr. 19	Newcastle, N.S.W.	Melbourne	Febr. 22	Independent	–
	March 3	Melbourne	Townsville	March 10	Independent	–
	March 17	Townsville	Cairns	March 17	Independent	–
	March 23	Cairns	Sydney, N.S.W.	March 28	Independent	–
	Apr. 21	Sydney, N.S.W.	San Francisco	May 25	Independent	–
	June 18	San Francisco	Melbourne	July 24	Independent	–
	July 29	Melbourne	Sydney, N.S.W.	Aug. 1	OC 13	Convoy available at OC convoys (external link)
	Aug. 6	Sydney, N.S.W.	Newcastle, N.S.W.	Aug. 7	Independent	–
	Aug. 9	Newcastle, N.S.W.	Melbourne	Aug. 13	CO 17	Convoy available at CO convoys (external link)
	Aug. 17	Melbourne	Whyalla	Aug. 21	Independent	–
	Aug. 23	Whyalla	Melbourne	Aug. 26	Independent	–
	Aug. 26	Melbourne	Port Kembla	Aug. 29	OC 21	Convoy available at OC convoys (external link)
	Sept. 1	Port Kembla	Sydney, N.S.W.	Sept. 1	Independent	–
	Sept. 7	Sydney, N.S.W.	Brisbane	Sept. 10	GP 12/1	Convoy available at GP 12 (external link)
	Sept. 15	Brisbane	Townsville	Sept. 18	S	Convoy info not available (see this external page)
??	Oct. 5	Townsville	Port Moresby	Oct. 7	ZA/A	Convoy available at ZA (external link) Voyage not included, Page 2
	Oct. 25	Townsville	Brisbane	Oct. 28	Independent	–
	Nov. 2	Brisbane	Townsville	Nov. 5	BT 15/1	Convoy available at BT 15 (external link)
??	Nov. 14	Townsville	Port Moresby	Nov. 17	L	Convoy available at Convoy L (external link) Voyage not included, Page 2
	Nov. 23	Townsville	Cairns	Nov. 24	Independent	–
	Nov. 25	Cairns	Bowen	Nov. 26	Independent	–
	Dec. 3	Bowen	Mackay	Dec. 4	Independent	–
	Dec. 8	Sydney, N.S.W.	Melbourne	Dec. 11	Independent	–
	Dec. 31	Melbourne	Fremantle	Jan. 10-1943	Independent	–
1943	Jan. 10	Fremantle	Colombo	Jan. 26	Independent	–
	Febr. 2	Colombo	Calcutta	Febr. 8	Independent	–
	Febr. 18	Calcutta	Colombo	Febr. 26	Independent	–
	Febr. 28	Colombo	Fremantle	March 14	Independent	–
	March 17	Fremantle	Melbourne	March 25	Independent	–
	March 26	Melbourne	Sydney, N.S.W.	Apr. 3*	OC 82	A. Hague says: Voyage data unknown. Convoy available at OC convoys (external link)
	*Page 3 says she arrived Sydney on March 29; another voyage to Sydney with arrival Apr. 3 is not shown. (Convoy OC 82 arrived Newcastle, N.S.W. on March 29).
	Apr. 9	Sydney, N.S.W.	Newcastle, N.S.W.	Apr. 10	Independent	–
	Apr. 14	Newcastle, N.S.W.	–	–	CO 88	Dispersed Apr. 17. Convoy available at CO convoys (external link)
	Apr. 17	Dispersed from CO 88	Whyalla	Apr. 21	Independent	–
	Apr. 25	Whyalla	Port Pirie	Apr. 25	Independent	–
	Apr. 27	Port Pirie	Adelaide	Apr. 27	Independent	–
	Apr. 29	Adelaide	Hobart	May 3	Independent	–
	May 7	Hobart	San Francisco	June 8	Independent	–
	June 27	San Francisco	Sydney, N.S.W.	July 26	Independent	–
	Aug. 13	Sydney, N.S.W.	Newcastle, N.S.W.	Aug. 13	Independent	–
	Aug. 16	Newcastle, N.S.W.	Melbourne	Aug. 20	CO 118	Convoy available at link above
	Sept. 3	Melbourne	Fremantle	Sept. 10	Independent	–
	Sept. 11	Fremantle	Colombo	Sept. 28	Independent	–
	Oct. 10	Colombo	Melbourne	Oct. 29	Independent	–
	Nov. 14	Melbourne	Colombo	Dec. 6	Independent	–
	Dec. 12	Colombo	Fremantle	Dec. 24	Independent	–
1944	Jan. 13	Fremantle	Bunbury	Jan. 14	Independent	–
	Jan. 23	Bunbury	Fremantle	Jan. 24	Independent	–
	Febr. 1	Fremantle	Cochin	Febr. 17	Independent	–
	March 7	Cochin	Fremantle	March 25	Independent	–
	Apr. 1	Fremantle	Geraldton	Apr. 2	Independent	–
	Apr. 7	Geraldton	Aden	–	Independent	Page 3 gives arrival Apr. 29
	Apr. 29	Aden	Suez	May 5	Independent	On to Port Said, May 6 (Page 3)
	May 6	Port Said	Alexandria	May 7	Independent	–
	May 10	Alexandria	Augusta	May 15	MKS 49	Alexandria to Augusta. Convoy will be added. See ships in MKS convoys
	May 17	Augusta	Naples	May 18	VN 40	Convoy available at VN convoys (external link)
	May 19	Naples	Torre Annunzio	May 21	Independent	–
	May 27	Naples	Augusta	May 28	NV 41	Convoy available at NV convoys (external link)
	May 29	Augusta	Bone	June 1	GUS 41	Augusta to Bone. Convoy available at GUS convoys (external link)
	June 9	Bone	Port Said	June 16	KMS 52	Bone to Port Said. On to Suez, same day (Page 4). Convoy will be added. See ships in KMS convoys
	June 17	Suez	Aden	June 23	Independent	–
	June 24	Aden	Bunbury	July 23*	Independent	*Page 4 gives July 25
	Aug. 2	Bunbury	Fremantle	Aug. 2	Independent	–
	Aug. 13	Fremantle	Bunbury	Aug. 14	Independent	–
	Aug. 20	Bunbury	Aden	Sept. 16	Independent	–
	Sept. 17	Aden	Suez	Sept. 24	Independent	On to Port Said next day (Page 4)
	Sept. 26	Port Said	Augusta	Oct. 1	MKS 63	For Augusta. Convoy will be added. See ships in MKS convoys
	Oct. 6	Augusta	Castellamare	Oct. 7	VN 69	Convoy available at VN convoys (external link)
	Oct. 18	Castellamare	Naples	Oct. 19	Independent	See also Page 4
	Oct. 19	Naples	Augusta	–	Independent	–
	Oct. 21	Augusta	Bizerta	Oct. 23	MKS 65	Augusta to Bizerta. Convoy will be added. See ships in MKS convoys
	Oct. 31	Bizerta	Bone	Nov. 1	Independent	Notional sailing date
	Nov. 5	Bone	Port Said	Nov. 12	KMS 67	Bone to Port Said (on to Suez, same day - Page 4). Convoy will be added. See ships in KMS convoys
	Nov. 13	Suez	Aden	Nov. 19	Independent	–
	Nov. 20	Aden	Melbourne	Dec. 19	Independent	–
1945	Jan. 7	Melbourne	Port Pirie	Jan. 10	Independent	–
	Jan. 20	Port Pirie	Port Lincoln	Jan. 21	Independent	–
	Jan. 26	Port Lincoln	Melbourne	Jan. 29	Independent	–
	Febr. 4	Melbourne	Trevenard	Febr. 8	Independent	–
	Febr. 25	Trevenard	Sydney, N.S.W.	March 2	Independent	–
	March 16	Sydney, N.S.W.	Newcastle, N.S.W.	March 16	Independent	–
	March 17	Newcastle, N.S.W.	Albany	March 25	Independent	–
	Apr. 6	Albany	Fremantle	Apr. 7	Independent	–
	Apr. 17	Fremantle	Melbourne	Apr. 25	Independent	–
	June 29	Melbourne	Makatea	–	Independent	Page 4 gives arrival July 16
	July 24	Makatea	Port Lincoln	–	Independent	Page 4 gives arrival Aug. 12
	Aug. 17	Port Lincoln	Adelaide	Aug. 18	Independent	–
	Aug. 24	Adelaide	Wallaroo	Aug. 26	Independent	–
	Aug. 30	Wallaroo	Port Lincoln	Aug. 31	Independent	–
	Sept. 6	Port Lincoln	Melbourne	Sept. 8	Independent	–
	Sept. 26	Melbourne	Brisbane	Sept. 30	Independent	Subsequent voyages: Page 4 & Page 5

Notes & 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.

As will be seen when going to Page 1 of the archive documents, Nordnes was on her way from Geraldton to Shanghai when war broke out in Norway on Apr. 9-1940. It'll also be noticed that she appears to have spent quite a while in Newcastle, NSW at the end of that year. Her 1941 voyages also start on this document and continue on Page 2.

According to this posting on my Ship Forum, Nordnes was involved in the search for survivors from HMAS Sydney in Nov.-1941. See also Hermion, Herstein, Ohio and Pan Europe, as well as the external links provided at the end of this page. From Page 2 above, we learn that Nordnes left Bunbury on Nov. 20 (the day after Sydney was sunk) and arrived Christmas Island on the 26th, proceeding to Fremantle the next day. The document also shows most of her 1942 voyages, while Page 3 has the rest, as well as her 1943 voyages; convoy information for some of them can be found in the table above.

Skipping now to May-1944, when she's listed in Convoy MKS 49*, voyage from Alexandria to Augusta. This convoy originated in Port Said on May 9 and arrived Gibraltar on the 20th; Nordnes sailed from Alexandria on May 10 and arrived her destination on the 15th. In June, she made a voyage from Bone to Port Said, having joined Convoy KMS 52*, which had sailed from Gibraltar on June 6 and arrived Port Said on the 16th; Nordnes had started out from Bone June 9, according to Page 4. In Sept.-1944 we find her in Convoy MKS 63*, departing Port Said Sept. 26, arriving Gibraltar Oct. 8, Nordnes, however, was bound for Augusta, arriving there on Oct. 2. She later shows up in Convoy MKS 65*, which left Port Said Oct. 16 and arrived Gibraltar on the 28th; Nordnes joined from Augusta and was bound for Bizerta, where she arrived Oct. 23, having sailed from Augusta on the 21st. The following month, she made a voyage from Bone to Port Said in Convoy KMS 67*, departing Gibraltar Nov. 2, arriving Port Said Nov. 12; Nordnes had started out from Bone Nov. 5.

Page 5 shows her voyages to Apr.-1946.

*All these convoys will be added to individual pages in my Convoys section; in the meantime, the ships sailing in them are named in the section listing ships in all KMS convoys and ships in all MKS convoys. As will be seen, other Norwegian ships are also listed in them.

POST WAR:

Sold in 1954 to H. Gjerpen, Oslo, and renamed Gudveig. (See also this external page). On fire off Great Yarmouth on Febr. 24-1961. Towed in to Immingham on Febr. 25 and found to be beyond economical repair. (A message in my Guestbook indicates that the vessel towing her to Immingham may have been the Gudvor, and that she was taken into the pool where her cargo was discharged as water was poured into her engine room. She sank in the pool and was later refloated). Sold to NV Holland, Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, for breaking up.

Related external links:
The sinking of HMAS Sydney

See also
Battle between HMAS Sydney and German auxiliary cruiser Kormoran

Back to Nordnes on the "Ships starting with N" page.

This company had another Nordnes post war, built in Port Glagow in 1956. The Clydebuilt Ships website has more info.