Manager: Olsen & Ugelstad, Oslo
Tonnage: 1334 gt

Built in Oslo in 1937.

Captain: S. Andresen (this according to a document about Convoy HG 31). Also, it appears Tolli Tollisen was captain on this ship for a brief period of time - see my text for Deneb. (He was the captain of Røsten when that ship was sunk).

I found a little snippet in a magazine saying that a young English messboy, Bob Williams age 15, joined this ship in Liverpool in Apr.-1942 as the only English crew member on board (I mention this in case a relative is looking for info on his war history. He also mentions other Norwegian ships he sailed on - I'd be glad to supply this information if needed).

Her voyages are listed on these original images from the Norwegian National Archives:
(unfortunately, Page 2 has some information missing in the margin)
Page 1 | Page 2 | Page 3 | Page 4 | Page 5 | Page 6 | Page 7

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

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

Follow the convoy links provided for more information on each (where the Convoy column is left blank, it means that convoy is not known).

Errors may exist, and some voyages are missing.

	Departure	From	To	Arrival	Convoy	Remarks
1940	Jan. 22	Halifax	–	–	HX 17	Straggled Jan. 28
	Jan. 28	Straggled from HX 17	Downs	Febr. 4	Independent	–
	Febr. 11	Southend	Middlesbrough	Febr. 13	FN 92	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Febr. 16	Middlesbrough	Southend	Febr. 18	FS 98	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link) Missing voyages Page 1. See also narrative below.
	May 11	Famagusta	Gibraltar	May 20	Independent	–
	May 23	Gibraltar	Liverpool	June 1	HG 31	Again, see narrative below. Missing movements, Page 1
	June 18	Clyde	–	–	OB 170	For Montreal. Dispersed 46 25N 21W, June 23. Convoy available at OB 170 (external link)
	June 23	Dispersed from OB 170	Montreal	July 3	Independent	Missing movements, Page 1
	Aug. 11	Quebec	Sydney, C.B.	Aug. 14	Independent	–
	Aug. 16	Sydney, C.B.	Methil	Sept. 1	HX 66	From Sydney, C.B.
	Sept. 2	Methil	Southend	Sept. 4	FS 270	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	Sept. 20	Southend	Methil*	Sept. 22	FN 286	*Grangemouth (Page 1). Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Sept. 26	Methil	–	–	OA 220	Dispersed Sept. 28. Convoy available at OA 220 (external link)
	Sept. 28	Dispersed from OA 220	St. John's, N.F.	Oct. 5	Independent	–
	Oct. 6	St. John's, N.F.	Montreal	Oct. 11	Independent	To Quebec, Nov. 7 (Page 1).
	Nov. 12	Quebec	Sydney, C.B.	Nov. 15	Independent	–
	Nov. 18	Sydney, C.B.	Liverpool	Dec. 1	HX 89	Missing movements, Page 1
	Dec. 24	Liverpool	–	–	OB 264	Dispersed Dec. 29. Convoy available at OB 264 (external link)
	Dec. 29	Dispersed from OB 264	Freetown	Jan. 11-1941	Independent	–
1941	Jan. 20	Freetown	Takoradi	Jan. 23	Independent	–
	Jan. 25	Takoradi	Forcados	Jan. 27	Independent	–
	Febr. 3	Forcados	Lagos	Febr. 4	Independent	–
	Febr. 5	Lagos	Takoradi	Febr. 6	Independent	–
	Febr. 6	Takoradi	Freetown	Febr. 10	Independent	–
	Febr. 18	Freetown	Oban	March 13	SL 66	Convoy available at SL 66 (external link)
	March 14	Oban	Methil	March 18	WN 99	Convoy available at WN convoys (external link)
	March 21	Methil	Hull	March 23	FS 443	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	March 31	Hull	Immingham	Apr. 1	Independent	–
	Apr. 4	Immingham	Southend	Apr. 4	FS 453	Convoy available at link above See also Page 2
	Apr. 14	Southend	Methil Roads*	Apr. 16	EC 7	*Arrived Leith (Page 2). Convoy available at EC convoys (external link) Missing movements, Page 2
	Apr. 21	Methil	Loch Ewe	Apr. 23	EC 9	Convoy available at link above
	Apr. 25	Loch Ewe	–	–	OB 314	Dispersed 61 05N 35 25W, Apr. 30. Convoy available at OB 314 (external link)
	Apr. 30	Dispersed from OB 314	St. John's, N.F.	May 4	Independent	–
	May 7	St. John's, N.F.	Montreal	May 11	Independent	–
	June 4	Montreal	Sydney, C.B.	June 8	Independent	–
	June 10	Sydney, C.B.	Liverpool	June 28	HX 132	On to Manchester (Page 2).
	July 5	Liverpool*	Clyde	July 6	Independent	*From Manchester
	July 12	Clyde	Sydney, C.B.	July 25	OB 345	Convoy available at OB 345 (external link)
	July 29	Sydney, C.B.	Montreal	Aug. 1	Independent	–
	Aug. 28	Montreal	Halifax	Sept. 1	Independent	–
	Sept. 4	Halifax	Liverpool	Sept. 17	HX 148	Missing movements, Page 2
	Sept. 26	Liverpool	Clyde	Sept. 26	Independent	Again, see also Page 2
	Oct. 11	Clyde	–	–	ON 25	For Sydney, C.B. Dispersed Oct. 24. Convoy will be added. See ships in ON convoys
	Oct. 24	Dispersed from ON 25	Sydney, C.B.	Oct. 27	Independent	–
	Oct. 30	Sydney, C.B.	Montreal	Nov. 2	Independent	–
	Nov. 28	Montreal	Halifax	Dec. 2	Independent	–
	Dec. 3	Halifax	Liverpool	Dec. 21	HX 163	Missing movements, Page 3
1942	Jan. 18	Liverpool	Freetown	Febr. 8	OS 17	Earlier 1942 movements, Page 3. For Freetown. Convoy available at OS 17 (external link)
	Febr. 11	Freetown	Lagos	Febr. 17	ST 15	Convoy available at ST convoys (external link)
	Febr. 21	Lagos	Forcados	Febr. 22	Independent	–
	Febr. 26	Forcados	Lagos	Febr. 27	Independent	–
	March 2	Lagos	Freetown	March 7	Independent	–
	March 14	Freetown	Liverpool	March 31	SL 103	Fast section. Convoy available at SL 103 (external link)
	Apr. 16	Liverpool	Clyde	Apr. 17	Independent	See also Page 3
	Apr. 28	Clyde	Sydney, C.B.	May 15	ON 90	For Sydney, C.B. Convoy will be added. See ships in ON convoys
	May 20	Sydney, C.B.	Father Point	May 23	SQ 2	Convoy available via this page (external link) Again, compare w/Page 3
	June 17	Father Point	Sydney, C.B.	June 20	QS 10	From Montreal, June 15 (Page 3). Convoy available via link above
	June 20	Sydney, C.B.	Halifax	June 23	SH 16	Convoy available at SH convoys (external link)
	June 29	Halifax	Clyde	July 10	HX 196	(See also Page 3).
	July 25	Clyde	Halifax	Aug. 6	ON 115	For Halifax. Convoy will be added. See ships in ON convoys
	Aug. 7	Halifax	Sydney, C.B.	Aug. 9	HS 39	Convoy available at HS convoys (external link)
	Aug. 9	Sydney, C.B.	Bathurst, NB	Aug. 12	SQ 27	Convoy available via this page (external link)
	Aug. 14*	Bathurst, NB	Father Point	Aug. 17	SQ 28	*Page 3 gives departure Aug. 16 (also, missing movements). Convoy available via link above
	Sept. 15	Father Point	Sydney, C.B.	Sept. 19	QS 35	Convoy available via link above
	Sept. 20	Sydney, C.B.	Clyde	Oct. 4	SC 101	(See also Page 3).
	Oct. 25	Clyde	Halifax	Nov. 7	ON 141	For Halifax. Convoy will be added. See ships in ON convoys
	Nov. 11	Halifax	Sydney, C.B.	Nov. 13	HS 67	Convoy available at HS convoys (external link)
	Nov. 17	Sydney, C.B.	Halifax	Nov. 19	SH 62	Convoy available at SH convoys (external link)
	Nov. 21	Halifax	New York City	Nov. 25	ON 145	–
	Dec. 18	New York City	Boston	Dec. 19	Independent	–
	Dec. 25	Boston	New York City	Dec. 26	Independent	–
	Dec. 29	New York City	St. John's, N.F.	Jan. 5-1943	HX 221	For St. John's, N.F.
1943	Jan. 6	St. John's, N.F.	Greenland	Jan. 11	SG 17	Convoy available via this page (external link) See also Page 4
	Febr. 22	Greenland	St. John's, N.F.	Febr. 28	GS 20	Convoy available via link above
	March 5	St. John's, N.F.	Halifax	March 10	JH 40	Convoy available via link above. Page 4 says "put into Halifax" (originally bound for New York)
	March 13	Halifax	Boston	March 15	–	–
	March 15	Boston	Newport, R.I.	March 16	Independent	–
	March 21	Newport, R.I.	New York City	March 22	Independent	Sailing date estimated
	March 25	New York City	Halifax	March 30	HX 231	For Halifax (Page 4 says put in for bunkers). Convoy will be added. See ships in HX convoys
	Apr. 4	Halifax	–	–	HX 232	UK For Iceland. Convoy will be added. See link above
	Apr. 15	From HX 232	Reykjavik	Apr. 20	UR 71	Convoy available at UR convoys (external link)
	May 10	Reykjavik	–	–	ONS 7	Joined from Iceland May 12.
	May 25	From ONS 7	Boston	May 27	XB 55	Convoy available at XB convoys (external link)
	May 28	Boston	New York City	May 29	Independent	–
	June 26	New York City	Boston	June 27	Independent	–
	July 4	Boston	Halifax	July 6	BX 61	Convoy available at BX convoys (external link)
	July 7	Halifax	St. John's, N.F.	July 10	HJ 60	Convoy available via this page (external link)
	July 15	St. John's, N.F.	Greenland	July 19	SG 28	Convoy available via link above. See also Page 4
	Aug. 24	Kungnait Bay	St. John's, N.F.	Aug. 29	GS 27	Convoy available via link above
	Sept. 1	St. John's, N.F.	Sydney, C.B.	Sept. 3	WB 49	Convoy available via link above
	Sept. 6	Sydney, C.B.	Halifax	Sept. 7	SH 101	Convoy available at SH convoys (external link)
	Sept. 9	Halifax	Cape Cod Canal	Sept. 10	XB 73	Convoy available at XB convoys (external link)
	Sept. 11	Cape Cod Canal	New York City	Sept. 12	Independent	–
	Oct. 3	New York City	Havana	Oct. 9	NK 569	A. Hague says: Via Key West. Convoy available at NK convoys (external link)
	Oct. 11	Havana	Cayo Frances	–	–	–
	Oct. 14	Cayo Frances	Key West	Oct. 15	–	–
	Oct. 17	Key West	New York City	Oct. 22	KN 271	Convoy available at KN convoys (external link)
	Nov. 2	New York City	Havana	Nov. 7	NK 575	A. Hague says: Detached off Key West. Convoy available at NK convoys (external link)
	Nov. 10	Havana	Matanzas	Nov. 11	–	–
	Nov. 13	Matanzas	New York City	Nov. 18	–	–
	Nov. 27	New York City	Havana	Dec. 2	NK 580	A. Hague says: Detached off Key West. Convoy available at link above
	Dec. 5	Havana	Caibarien	Dec. 6	–	–
	Dec. 7	Caibarien	Key West	Dec. 8	–	–
	Dec. 11	Key West	New York City	Dec. 16	KN 282	Convoy available at KN convoys (external link)
	Dec. 22	New York City	Havana	Dec. 30	NK 585	Detached off Key West. Convoy available at NK convoys (external link)
1944	Jan. 2	Havana	Key West	Jan. 2	Independent	–
	Jan. 5	Key West	New York City	Jan. 10	KN 287	Convoy available at KN convoys (external link)
	Jan. 22	New York City	Havana	Jan. 28	NK 591	Detached off Key West. Convoy available at NK convoys (external link)
	Febr. 3	Havana	Caibarien	Febr. 4	Independent	–
	Febr. 5	Caibarien	Key West	Febr. 6	Independent	–
	Febr. 8	Key West	New York City	Febr. 14	KN 294	Convoy available at KN convoys (external link)
	Febr. 20	New York City	–	–	NK 597	A. Hague says: Detached to Havana, arr. Febr. 26 (see also Page 5). Convoy available at NK convoys (external link)
	Febr. 29	Havana	Caibarien	March 1	Independent	–
	March 2	Caibarien	Key West	March 3	Independent	–
	March 4	Key West	New York City	March 10	KN 299	Convoy available at KN convoys (external link)
	March 16	New York City	–	–	NK 602	Detached to Havana, arr. March 23. Convoy available at NK convoys (external link)
	March 28	Havana	Key West	March 28	Independent	–
	March 29	Key West	New York City	Apr. 3	KN 304	Convoy available at KN convoys (external link)
	Apr. 12	New York City	Havana	Apr. 18	Independent	–
	Apr. 23	Havana	Caibarien	Apr. 24	Independent	–
	Apr. 25	Caibarien	Key West	Apr. 26	Independent	–
	Apr. 28	Key West	New York City	May 4	KN 310	Convoy available at link above
	May 10	New York City	Havana	May 17	NK 613	Convoy available at NK convoys (external link)
	May 19	Havana	Caibarien	May 20	Independent	–
	May 21	Caibarien	Key West	May 22	Independent	–
	May 23	Key West	Boston	May 30	KN 315	Convoy available at KN convoys (external link)
	June 23	Boston	Halifax	June 25	BX 113	Convoy available at BX convoys (external link)
	June 26	Halifax	–	–	HX 297	For Iceland
	July 9	From HX 297	Reykjavik	July 13	UR 127	Convoy available at UR convoys (external link)
	July 21	Reykjavik	Loch Ewe	July 24	RU 128	–
	July 25	Loch Ewe	Baltimore	Aug. 11	ON 246	For Baltimore. Convoy will be added. See ships in ON convoys
	Aug. 16	Baltimore	New York City	Aug. 17	Independent	–
	Aug. 29	New York City	Gitmo	Sept. 4	NG 456	Convoy available at NG convoys (external link)
	Sept. 4	Gitmo	Cartagena, Col	Sept. 7	Independent	–
	Sept. 9	Cartagena, Col	Barranquilla	Sept. 9	Independent	–
	Sept. 13	Barranquilla	Cartagena, Col	Sept. 13	Independent	–
	Sept. 15	Cartagena, Col	Gitmo	Sept. 17	Independent	–
	Sept. 20	Gitmo	New York City	Sept. 27	GN 158	Convoy available at GN convoys (external link)
	Oct. 4	New York City	Cartagena, Col	Oct. 12	Independent	–
	Oct. 14	Cartagena, Col	Barranquilla	Oct. 16	Independent	–
	Oct. 17	Barranquilla	Cartagena, Col	Oct. 18	Independent	–
	Oct. 19	Cartagena, Col	New York City	Oct. 27	Independent	–
	Nov. 3	New York City	Cartagena, Col	Nov. 11	Independent	–
	Nov. 16	Cartagena, Col	Cristobal	Nov. 18	Independent	–
	Nov. 20	Cristobal	Gitmo	Nov. 23	Independent	–
	Nov. 25	Gitmo	New York City	Dec. 2	Independent	–
	Dec. 10	New York City	Cartagena, Col	Dec. 20	Independent	–
	Dec. 26	Cartagena, Col	New York City	Jan. 4-1945	Independent	–
1945	Jan. 17	New York City	Gitmo	Jan. 23	NG 484	Convoy available at NG convoys (external link)
	Jan. 24	Gitmo	Cartagena, Col	Jan. 28	GZ 117	Convoy available at GZ convoys (external link)
	Jan. 31	Cartagena, Col	Barranquilla	Jan. 31	Independent	–
	Febr. 4	Barranquilla	Cristobal	Febr. 6	Independent	–
	Febr. 7	Cristobal	Gitmo	Febr. 10	ZG 120	Convoy available at ZG convoys (external link)
	Febr. 12	Gitmo	New York City	Febr. 19	GN 187	Convoy available at GN convoys (external link)
	March 2	New York City	Gitmo	March 9	NG 493	Convoy available at NG convoys (external link)
	March 10	Gitmo	Cartagena, Col	March 14	GZ 126	Convoy available at GZ convoys (external link)
	March 17	Cartagena, Col	Barranquilla	March 17	Independent	–
	March 21	Barranquilla	Cristobal	March 23	Independent	–
	March 24	Cristobal	Gitmo	March 27	ZG 129	Convoy available at ZG convoys (external link)
	March 29	Gitmo	New York City	Apr. 4	GN 196	Convoy available at GN convoys (external link)
	Apr. 26	New York City	Gitmo	May 3	NG 504	Convoy available at NG convoys (external link)
	May 4	Gitmo	Cartagena, Col	May 7	GZ 137	Convoy available at GZ convoys (external link)
	May 9	Cartagena, Col	Barranquilla	May 9	Independent	–
	May 14	Barranquilla	Gitmo	May 16	Independent	–
	May 16	Gitmo	New York City	May 22	Independent	Subsequent voyages: Page 6 & Page 7

A French visitor to my website has told me that Ørnefjell was seized off Algeria by French patrol boats on Apr. 9-1940 (the day of the German invasion of Norway) and ordered to Oran. Released a few days later. According to Page 1 of the archive documents, she arrived Oran on Apr. 11 and later proceeded to Malta. In May that year, she's listed as sailing in Convoy HG 31 from Gibraltar to the U.K., having been cancelled from the faster convoy, HGF 31 a few days earlier. She had a cargo of oranges and general, and was bound for Liverpool in station 23. At this time, the captain's name is given as S. Andresen on the original convoy document (the only other Norwegian ship in HG 31 was Garonne). From Liverpool, where she had arrived on June 1, she continued to Manchester on June 7. Later that month she's listed as bound for Montreal in Convoy OB 170. Finnanger and Solsten are also named in this convoy, which originated in Liverpool on June 18 and dispersed June 23, Ørnefjell arriving Montreal on July 3 (she had started out from Glasgow June 17).

With a general cargo and lumber for London, she headed back to the U.K. on Aug. 16 in the Sydney, C.B. portion of Convoy HX 66 (the Norwegian Norne and others were sunk, follow the links for more info - see also Eli). Together with Bjørkhaug, Star and Tordenskjold, she later appears in Convoy OA 220, which left Methil on Sept. 26 and dispersed on the 28th. Her destination is not given, but from the archive document, we learn that she arrived St. John's, N.F. on Oct. 5, proceeding to Montreal the next day. The following month, we find her in station 72 of Convoy HX 89, again joining from Sydney, C.B. She was bound for Manchester, where she arrived on Dec. 3 (Page 1). With Fido, Marga and Nea, she now joined Convoy OB 264, which left Liverpool on Christmas Eve and dispersed on Dec. 29, Ørnefjell arriving Freetown on Jan. 11-1941. The OA and OB convoys mentioned here are available via the external links provided in the Voyage Record.

She's later listed, along with Hjalmar Wessel, Marita, O. A. Knudsen, Petter and Salamis, in Convoy SL 66, departing Freetown on Febr. 18-1941, arriving Liverpool March 14; Ørnefjell, cargo of W.A. produce, stopped at Oban the day before (see Page 2). The following month, she joined Convoy OB 314, originating in Liverpool on Apr. 23, dispersed Apr. 30; Ferncastle, Grado, Vanja and Velox are also named (link in Voyage Record). Her destination is again not given, but according to the archive document, she arrived St. John's, N. F. on May 4, having started out from Loch Ewe on Apr. 25. Having made a voyage to Montreal, she proceeded to Sydney, C.B. in order to join the Sydney portion of Convoy HX 132 on June 10, bound for Manchester and Glasgow with general cargo in station 62. It'll be noticed, when following the link to my page about this convoy, that she's mentioned in the Commodore's notes, receiving praise for good station keeping and signalling. She arrived Manchester on June 29, Glasgow on July 6, and about a week later she shows up, together with Belita, Bello, Geisha, Havprins, James Hawson, Marit, Salamis, Selvik, Solsten, Tanafjord and Vigsnes, in Convoy OB 345, originating in Liverpool on July 11, arriving Halifax July 26; Ørnefjell, however, arrived Sydney, C.B. on July 25, having sailed from Clyde on the 12th.

Having made another voyage to Montreal, she proceeded to Halifax, joining Convoy HX 148 from there on Sept. 4, along with Herbrand (52), James Hawson (83), Grey County (93), Stigstad (64), Idefjord (35), Egda (54), Vivi (76), and Mirlo (23), as well as the Panamanian Norvinn (Norwegian managers and, therefore, listed on this website, station 53, between Herbrand and Egda). A. Hague has also included Gefion in this convoy. Ørnefjell arrived Manchester on Sept. 18 (Page 2). She later returned across the ocean with the westbound North Atlantic Convoy ON 25*, originating in Liverpool Oct. 10, dispersed Oct. 24, Ørnefjell arriving Sydney, C.B. on Oct. 27, continuing to Montreal 3 days later (she had started out from Clyde on Oct. 11). Fjordheim, Ingerfem and Storaas are also named in this convoy. Her last Trans-Atlantic voyage that year was made in Convoy HX 163 from Halifax on Dec. 3. According to Page 3, she was again bound for Manchester, arriving there on Dec. 22.

She subsequently made another voyage to Montreal (Page 3), before returning to Sydney, C.B. then on to Halifax, and at the end of June that same year we find her in station 12 of Convoy HX 196. She returned with Convoy ON 115*, which originated in Liverpool on July 24, again with several Norwegian ships in its ranks, namely Brimanger, Emma Bakke, Herbrand, Høegh Hood, Katy, Norsktank, Solfonn and Topdalsfjord. Ørnefjell arrived Halifax on Aug. 6, having sailed from Clyde on July 25. According to Arnold Hague she went back to the U.K. in Convoy SC 101, which originated in Halifax on Sept. 19. Going back to the archive document, we learn that she started out from Sydney, C.B. the next day and arrived Glasgow Oct. 4. Later that month, she joined the westbound Convoy ON 141*, originating in Liverpool on Oct 24, arriving New York Nov. 10. Ørnefjell, however, was bound for Halifax, arriving there on Nov. 7, having sailed from Clyde Oct. 24. Albert L. Ellsworth, Anna Odland, Aun, Fagerfjell, Fernmoor, Fernwood, Gallia, Herbrand, Jenny (returned), Pan Aruba, Reinholt, Salamis, Samuel Bakke (Commodore Vessel), Skiensfjord and Trondheim are also listed. According to Page 4, Ørnefjell now made a voyage from Halifax to Sydney, C.B., then back to Halifax, before proceeding to New York on Nov. 21, arriving there on the 25th. For this voyage, A. Hague has included her in Convoy ON 145, which had started out in Liverpool on Nov. 9 (Vice Commodore in Thorhild).

At the end of that year, on Dec. 29-1942, she's mentioned in connection with Convoy HX 221 from New York, but she was only bound for St. John's, where she arrived on Jan. 5-1943, having been detached in the morning of Jan. 4, general cargo and Army stores, station 12. The Commodore's narrative is also available, and Ørnefjell is mentioned under Jan. 4 (Commodore was in Abraham Lincoln). From St. John's, she now made a voyage to Greenland, joining Convoy SG 17 on Jan. 6 (together with Askepot), arriving Greenland on Jan. 11, according to A. Hague, returning to St. John's the following month with Convoy GS 20, which left Greeland on Febr. 22 and arrived St. John's on the 28th. Aragon, Bencas, Carmelfjell and Havmøy are also listed - ref. external links in the Voyage Record.

A. Hague later has her in Convoy HX 231*, departing New York for the U.K. on March 25-1943, but according to Page 4, she put into Halifax for bunkers on March 30, later joining the next convoy from there, HX 232*. This convoy had originated in New York on Apr. 1 and arrived Liverpool on the 16th. Ørnefjell sailed from Halifax on Apr. 4 and was bound for Reykjavik, where she arrived Apr. 20. Both these convoys had several Norwegian ships, namely Athos, Katy, Mosdale, Norheim, Reinholt, Scebeli, Slemmestad, as well as the Panamanian Norvinn in HX 231, and Belinda, California Express, Heranger, Skandinavia, Thorhild, Thorshøvdi, Tigre and Tungsha in HX 232. Ørnefjell left Iceland again on May 10, joining the westbound North Atlantic Convoy ONS 7, which had started out in Liverpool on May 7. She arrived Boston on May 27.

That summer she made another voyage to Greenland, having joined Convoy SG 28, which departed St. John's, N.F. on July 15-1943 and arrived Greenland on the 19th, with the Norwegian Annik, Aun, Carmelfjell, Gudvor, Havmøy, Iris, Lutz and Nyco in company. She left Greenland again on Aug. 24, Convoy GS 27, which arrived St. John's on Aug. 29. Carmelfjell, Gudvor and Havmøy are again listed, as is the Norwegian Brush. (Links to more information on both these convoys have been provided in the table above).

Her subsequent voyages are shown on Page 4 and Page 5. Convoy information for some of these can be found in the Voyage Record.

Skipping now to June-1944, when I have her in Convoy HX 297, bound for Loch Ewe and Iceland with general cargo. This convoy, for which Brimanger served as Commodore Vessel, originated in New York on June 24, but Ørnefjell joined from Halifax (left June 26). She arrived Reykjavik on July 13, later leaving Iceland for Loch Ewe on July 21 with Convoy RU 128 in order to join another convoy back across the Atlantic, subsequently joining Convoy ON 246*, which originated in Liverpool on July 25 and arrived New York Aug. 9; Ørnefjell arrived Baltimore on Aug. 11, having sailed from Loch Ewe July 25. Abraham Lincoln, Alaska, Atlantic, Brimanger (Commodore Vessel), Dageid, Dalfonn, Danio, Fernwood, Ivaran, James Hawson, Kaldfonn, Leiv Eiriksson, Petter, Skotaas, Strinda, Thorhild, Tiradentes, Toronto, Vardefjell and Velox are also listed.

Again, further voyages are shown on Page 5; see also Page 6 (as can be seen, she was in Cartagena on VE Day) and Page 7 (where we learn she got to go home to Norway in Nov.-1945; in fact, it looks like she may have remained in Norway until the end of Jan.-1946, unless some voyages are missing from the record).

* The ON convoys will be added to individual pages in my Convoys section in due course, along with further details on each. In the meantime, the ships sailing in them (and escorts) are named in the section listing ships in all ON convoys. Note also that the entire HX series will eventually be updated and completed, including the already existing convoys (some have already been updated); but for now, see ships in all HX convoys.

More info on the other Norwegian ships named on this page is available via the alphabet index below, or go to the Master Ship Index.

POST WAR:

According to this external page, she was sold in Febr.-1955 to Armatoriale Sicula S.p.A., Palermo, Italy and renamed Telemaco, renamed Ulisse in 1959. Sold in 1964 to A. Giannone, Palermo and renamed Nino. Sold in 1968 to Salvatore Giannone, Palermo. Sold in 1969 to Aurora Soc. di Arm., Naples. Sold in 1971 for breaking up in Italy.

Back to Ørnefjell on the "Ships starting with Ø" page.

Other ships by this name: Another ship by this name had been built in Porsgrunn for this company in 1929; possibly identical to WW II's Akabahra? Olsen & Ugelstad had another Ørnefjell in the 1960's, originally delivered as Havøk in 1955 (P. Meyer, Oslo), built in Alblasserdam, 4973 gt. Sold in July-1965 to A/S Rudolf (Olsen & Ugelstad), Oslo and renamed Ørnefjell. Sold in 1971, renamed Kongsfjell (Brødrene Olsen A/S, Stavanger), renamed Concordia Fjell in 1972, Kongsfjell again later that year. Renamed Arias in 1973, having been sold to owners i Tokyo, Panamanian flag. Renamed Ma Wan Island in 1976, Hong Kong owned, Panamanian flagged. Broken up in 1980.