D/S Pollux Voyage Record - Norwegian Merchant Fleet 1939-1945

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D/S Pollux - Page 2
Updated Sept. 20-2010

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Voyage Record
From Sept.-1939 to Febr.-1945:

(Received from Don Kindell - His source: The late Arnold Hague's database).

Follow the convoy links provided for more information on each.

Errors may exist, and some voyages are missing. Please compare with original documents at Pollux - page 1.

	Departure	From	To	Arrival	Convoy	Remarks
1939	Sept. 7	Swansea	Namsos	Sept. 21	Independent	–
	Sept. 27	Namsos	Preston	Oct. 10	Independent	–
	Oct. 12	Preston	Barry	Oct. 13	Independent	–
	Oct. 18	Barry	Liverpool	Nov. 9	Independent	A. Hague says: No note of an intermediate call!
	Dec. 20	Liverpool	Bristol	Dec. 22	Independent	–
1940	Jan. 2	Bristol	Mobile	Jan. 29	Independent	–
	Febr. 9	Mobile	New York City	Febr. 18	Independent	–
	Febr. 22	New York City	Falmouth	March 9	Independent	–
	March 15	Falmouth	New Waterway	March 17	Independent	–
	March 22	Antwerp	New York City	Apr. 12	Independent	–
	Apr. 13	New York City	Hampton Roads	Apr. 14	Independent	–
	Apr. 20	Hampton Roads	Halifax	Apr. 25	Independent	–
	May 2	Halifax	Hampton Roads	May 8	Independent	–
	May 14	Hampton Roads	Baltimore	May 14	Independent	–
	May 18	Baltimore	Summerside	May 26	Independent	Via Souris, May 24/25, see Page 1
	May 28	Summerside	Hampton Roads	June 5	Independent	–
	With a cargo of lumber for Falmouth, Pollux is listed as cancelled from the Halifax-U.K Convoy HX 49 on June 9 (Randsfjord and Eli Knudsen were sunk - follow links for details). She was also cancelled from HX 50 June 13, HX 51 June 17 and HX 52 June 21.
	June 15	Hampton Roads	Sherbrooke	June 21	Independent	–
	June 22	Sherbrooke	Bucksport	June 24	Independent	–
	June 24	Bucksport	Bucksport	June 30	Independent	A. Hague says: Traded out of Bucksport until Oct. 7-1940. Again, see Page 1, as well as Page 2
	Oct. 7	Bucksport	New York City	Oct. 9	Independent	–
	Oct. 11	New York City	Quebec	Oct. 18	Independent	–
	Oct. 19	Quebec	Hampton Roads	Oct. 27	Independent	–
	Oct. 28	Hampton Roads	Tampa	Nov. 8	Independent	Via Vera Cruz, Nov. 5 (Page 2)
	Nov. 9	Tampa	Pensacola	Nov. 24	Independent	–
	Nov. 26	Pensacola	Philadelphia	Dec. 4	Independent	–
	Dec. 7	Philadelphia	Botwood	Dec. 17	Independent	–
	Dec. 28	Botwood	Hampton Roads	Jan. 5-1941	Independent	–
1941	Jan. 9	Hampton Roads	Tampa	Jan. 17	Independent	–
	Febr. 1	Tampa	Pensacola	Febr. 17	Independent	Compare w/Page 2
	Febr. 18	Pensacola	Mobile	Febr. 19	Independent	–
	Febr. 22	Mobile	Sagua	–	Independent	Page 2 gives arrival Febr. 24
	March 2	Sagua	New York City	March 8	Independent	–
	March 12	New York City	Sagua	–	Independent	–
	March 21	Sagua	New York City	March 27	Independent	–
	March 29	New York City	Sagua	–	Independent	Page 2 gives arrival Apr. 3
	Apr. 6	Sagua	New Orleans	Apr. 11	Independent	–
	Apr. 14	New Orleans	Philadelphia	Apr. 24	Independent	–
	Apr. 29	Philadelphia	Hampton Roads	Apr. 30	Independent	–
	Apr. 30	Hampton Roads	Bucksport	May 9	Independent	A. Hague says: Traded out of Bucksport until Nov. 7-1941. See also Page 2 & Page 3
	Nov. 9	Bucksport	Boston	Nov. 10	Independent	–
	Dec. 8	Boston	New York City	Dec. 10	Independent	–
	Dec. 13	New York City	Newfoundland	Dec. 19	Independent	(St. John's - see Page 4)
	Dec. 31	Newfoundland	Corner Brook	Jan. 2-1942	Independent	–
1942	Jan. 7	Corner Brook	New York City	Jan. 12	Independent	–
	Jan. 20	New York City	Argentia	Jan. 25	Independent	–
	Jan. 30	Argentia	Port aux Basques	Febr. 2	Independent	–
	Febr. 9	Port aux Basques	Halifax	Febr. 11	Independent	–
	Febr. 14	Halifax	Savannah	Febr. 21	Independent	–
	Febr. 22	Savannah	Jacksonville	Febr. 23	Independent	–
*	March 7	Key West	Gitmo	March 10	Independent	–
*	March 10	Gitmo	Ciudad Trujillo	March 14	Independent	–
*	March 16	Ciudad Trujillo	Sanchez	–	Independent	–
	*All these voyages belong under 1943 and have been inserted there.
	May 3	Jacksonville	Savannah	May 3	Independent	–
	May 8	Savannah	New York City	May 13	Independent	–
	May 14	New York City	Newfoundland	May 19	Independent	Departure date estimated
	May 24	Newfoundland	Botwood	May 25	Independent	A. Hague says: Return to Newfoundland dates unknown. Page 4 gives arrival St. John's May 31
	June 2	St. John's, N.F.	Halifax	June 5	JH 4	Stop at Halifax not mentioned, Page 4. Convoy available via this page (external link)
	June 7	Halifax	Boston?*	June 9	XB 24	Convoy available at XB convoys (external link) *Compare w/Page 4
	June 24	Boston	Halifax	June 26	BX 26	A. Hague says: Thence to Sydney, C.B., arrived June 29. Convoy available at BX convoys (external link) Again, compare w/Page 4
	June 27	Halifax	Sydney, C.B.	June 29	HS 18	Convoy available at HS convoys (external link)
	July 3	Sydney, C.B.	Argentia	July 5	LC 26	Convoy available via this page (external link)
	July 9	Argentia	Sydney, C.B.	–	Independent	–
	July 12	Sydney, C.B.	Port au Port	July 14	SB 12	For Port au Port. (See also Page 4). Convoy available via link above
	July 19	Corner Brook	Sydney, C.B.	July 20	BSC 13	Convoy available via link above
	July 22	Sydney, C.B.	Halifax	July 24	Independent	–
?	July 23	Sydney, C.B.	Halifax	July 24	SH 26	Convoy available at SH convoys (external link)
	July 26	Halifax	Boston	July 28	XB 31	Convoy available at XB convoys (external link)
	July 28	Boston	New York City	July 29	Independent	Stop at Boston not mentioned, Page 4
	Aug. 14	Boston*	Halifax	Aug. 16	BX 33	*Compare w/Page 4. Convoy available at BX convoys (external link)
	Aug. 18	Halifax	Sydney, C.B.	Aug. 20	HS 42	Convoy available at HS convoys (external link)
	Aug. 21	Sydney, C.B.	St. John's, N.F.	Aug. 24	LC 39	Convoy available via this page (external link) Missing voyage, Page 4
	Sept. 17	Botwood	St. John's, N.F.	Sept. 18	NJ 13	Convoy available via link above
	Sept. 20	St. John's, N.F.	Sydney, C.B.	Sept. 22	CL 58	Convoy available via link above
	Sept. 27	Sydney, C.B.	Halifax	Sept. 29	SH 48	Convoy available at SH convoys (external link)
	Oct. 5	Halifax	New York City	Oct. 8*	ON 132	Joined from Halifax, Oct. 6. *Page 4 gives arrival Oct. 10 Convoy will be added. See ships in ON convoys
	Oct. 13	New York City	Boston	Oct. 14	Independent	Stop at Boston not mentioned, Page 4
	Oct. 14	Boston	Providence, RI	Oct. 14	–	–
	Oct. 17*	Providence, RI	New York City	Oct. 20	–	*Page 4 gives departure Oct. 19
	Oct. 24	New York City	St. John's, N.F.	Oct. 31	SC 107	NYC to Argentia. Convoy will be added. See ships in SC convoys
	Oct. 31	St. John's, N.F.	Argentia	Nov. 1	WB 11	St. John's to Argentia. Convoy available via this page (external link) Later arrived St. John's, Nov. 11. See Page 5
	Nov. 18	St. John's, N.F.	Sydney, C.B.	Nov. 21	WB 14	Convoy available via link above
	Nov. 21	Sydney, C.B.	Mingara	Nov. 24	SQ 46	Convoy available via link above
	Dec. 6	Mingara	Corner Brook	Dec. 8	–	–
	Dec. 13	Corner Brook	Sydney, C.B.	Dec. 14	BSC 40A	Convoy available via link above
	Dec. 14	Sydney, C.B.	Halifax	Dec. 17	SH 69	Convoy available at SH convoys (external link)
	Dec. 18	Halifax	St. John, N.B.*	Dec. 21	HF 22	Arrived New York, Dec. 22 (Page 5*). Convoy available at HF convoys (external link)
	Dec. 30	New York City	Hampton Roads	Jan. 1-1943	Independent	–
1943	Jan. 3	New York City*	Gitmo**	Jan. 10	NG 334	From Hampton Roads. Detached to Havana. *Arrived Havana, Jan. 10. (Page 5). Convoy available at NG convoys (external link)
	Jan. 13	Havana	Matanzas	Jan. 13	Independent	–
	Jan. 15	Matanzas	Key West	Jan. 15	Independent	–
	Jan. 16	Key West	New Orleans	Jan. 19	KW 98	Convoy available via this page (external link)
	Jan. 27	New Orleans	Key West	Jan. 30	Independent	–
	Jan. 30	Key West	Kingston	Febr. 3	KG 622	Convoy available at KG convoys (external link)
	Febr. 7	Kingston	Gitmo	Febr. 8	Independent	–
	Febr. 12	Gitmo	New Orleans	Febr. 18	Independent	Possibly via Key West Missing movements, Page 5
	Febr. 25	Sabine Bar	Key West	March 2	HK 150	Sabine Bar to Key West. Convoy available at HK convoys (external link)
*	March 7	Key West	Gitmo	March 10	Independent	–
*	March 10	Gitmo	Ciudad Trujillo	March 14	Independent	–
*	March 16	Ciudad Trujillo	Sanchez	–	Independent	–
	The above 3 voyages have been taken from 1942 entries above - see also Page 5*, which shows that she left Sanchez again on March 21 and arrived Mayaguez the next day.
	Apr. 2	San Juan, P.R.	Gitmo	Apr. 5	Independent	–
	Apr. 5	Gitmo	Key West	Apr. 9	GITMO 63	–
	Apr. 9	Key West	New Orleans	Apr. 13	Independent	–
	May 22	S W Passage	Key West	May 25	HK 184	S W Passage to Key West. Convoy available at link above
	May 25	Key West	Gitmo	May 28	KG 635	Convoy available at KG convoys (external link)
	May 30	Gitmo	Cristobal	June 3	GZ 33	Convoy available at GZ convoys (external link) Compare w/Page 5
	June 13	Cristobal	Gitmo	June 17	ZG 34	Convoy available at ZG convoys (external link)
	June 24	Gitmo	Key West	June 27	GK 741	Convoy available at GK convoys (external link) On to Tampa, June 27, arr. June 29 (Page 5).
	June 30	Tampa	New Orleans	–	Independent	–
	July 15	New Orleans	Cristobal	July 22	Independent	–
	July 27	Balboa	Guayaquil	Aug. 1	Independent	–
	Aug. 6	Guayaquil	Balboa	Aug. 10	Independent	–
	Aug. 12	Cristobal	Santiago, Cuba	Aug. 16	ZG 40	Convoy available at ZG convoys (external link)
	Aug. 21	Santiago, Cuba	Cristobal	–	Independent	–
	Aug. 27	Balboa	Guayaquil	Sept. 1	Independent	–
	Sept. 6	Guayaquil	Balboa	Sept. 10	Independent	–
	Sept. 11	Cristobal	Cienfuegos	Sept. 15	Independent	–
	Sept. 20	Cienfuegos	Cristobal	Sept. 25	Independent	–
	Sept. 26	Balboa	Puna	–	Independent	See also Page 6
	Oct. 9	Puna	Balboa	Oct. 13	Independent	–
	Oct. 15	Cristobal	Havana	Oct. 20	Independent	–
	Oct. 27	Havana	Cayo Frances	–	Independent	–
	Oct. 30	Cayo Frances	Tybee Roads	Nov. 2	Independent	–
	Nov. 18	Tybee Roads	Vita	Nov. 21	Independent	–
	Nov. 24	Vita	Tybee Roads	Nov. 28	Independent	–
	Dec. 2	Tybee Roads	Caibarien	Dec. 4	Independent	–
	Dec. 6	Caibarien	Tybee Roads	Dec. 9	Independent	–
	Dec. 17	Tybee Roads	Cayo Frances	Dec. 20	Independent	–
	Dec. 21	Caibarien	Tybee Roads	Dec. 24	Independent	–
1944	Jan. 1	Tybee Roads	Cayo Frances	Jan. 4	Independent	–
	Jan. 5	Caibarien	New Orleans	Jan. 10	Independent	–
	Jan. 18	New Orleans	Havana	Jan. 21	Independent	–
	Jan. 24	Havana	Matanzas	Jan. 24	Independent	–
	Jan. 27	Matanzas	Charleston, SC	Jan. 30	Independent	–
	Febr. 11	Charleston, SC	Key West	Febr. 15	Independent	–
	Febr. 18	Key West	Gitmo	Febr. 22	KG 689	Convoy available at KG convoys (external link)
	Febr. 23	Gitmo	Cristobal	Febr. 27	GZ 60	Convoy available at GZ convoys (external link)
	Febr. 28	Balboa	Guayaquil	March 9	Independent	–
	March 12	Guayaquil	Cristobal	–	Independent	–
	March 19	Cristobal	Gitmo	March 23	ZG 62	Convoy available at ZG convoys (external link)
	March 25	Gitmo	Havana	March 28	GK 796	Convoy available at GK convoys (external link)
	Apr. 2	Havana	Cristobal	Apr. 16	Independent	–
	Apr. 18	Cristobal	Gitmo	Apr. 22	ZG 65	Convoy available at ZG convoys (external link)
	Apr. 23	Gitmo	San Juan, P.R.	Apr. 26	G 225	Convoy available via this page (external link)
	May 2	San Juan, P.R.	Gitmo	May 5	Independent	–
	May 9	Gitmo	Key West	May 12	GK 805	Convoy available at GK convoys (external link)
	May 12	Key West	Pilottown	May 14	KH 525	Key West to Pilottown. Convoy available at KH convoys (external link) See also Page 7
	June 4	Pilottown	Key West	June 7	HK 237	Pilottown to Key West. Convoy available at HK convoys (external link)
	June 7	Key West	Gitmo	June 10	KG 711	Convoy available at KG convoys (external link)
	June 13	Gitmo	Cristobal	June 17	GZ 72	Convoy available at GZ convoys (external link)
	June 22	Cristobal	Kingston	June 25	ZG 74	Convoy available at ZG convoys (external link)
	July 5	Kingston	Gitmo	July 6	KING 139	–
	July 7	Gitmo	Delaware Capes	July 14	GN 143	Convoy available at GN convoys (external link) Missing voyages, Page 7
	Aug. 9	New York City	Gitmo	Aug. 16	NG 452	Convoy available at NG convoys (external link) Missing voyages, Page 7
	Sept. 13	Pilottown	Cristobal	Sept. 20	Independent	–
	Sept. 21	Balboa	Guayaquil	Sept. 26	Independent	–
	Oct. 1	Guayaquil	Balboa	Oct. 5	Independent	–
	Oct. 6	Cristobal	Gitmo	Oct. 9	ZG 95	Convoy available at ZG convoys (external link)
	Oct. 10	Gitmo	Havana	Oct. 13	GK 836	Convoy available at GK convoys (external link)
	Oct. 28	Havana	Key West	Oct. 30	Independent	–
	Oct. 30	Key West	Charleston, SC	Nov. 2	KN 347	Convoy available at KN convoys (external link)
	Nov. 3	Charleston, SC	New York City	Nov. 7	Independent	–
	Nov. 10	New York City	Baltimore	Nov. 12	Independent	–
	Nov. 24	Baltimore	Hampton Roads	Nov. 25	Independent	–
	Nov. 26	Hampton Roads	Key West	Dec. 1	NK 653	Convoy available at NK convoys (external link)
	Dec. 1	Key West	Kingston	Dec. 5	Independent	–
	Dec. 21	Savannah la Mar	Hampton Roads	Dec. 30	Independent	Missing voyages, Page 7
1945	Jan. 20	Boston	Halifax	Jan. 22	BX 142	Had arrived Boston, Jan. 15 (Page 8). Convoy available at BX convoys (external link)
	Jan. 22	Halifax	Sydney, C.B.	Jan. 24	HS 205	Convoy available at HS convoys (external link)
	Jan. 25	Sydney, C.B.	St. John's, N.F.	Jan. 27	BW 168	Convoy available at BW convoys (external link)
	Febr. 3	St. John's, N.F.	Sydney, C.B.	Febr. 5	–	–
	Febr. 5	Sydney, C.B.	Halifax	Febr. 6	SH 203	Convoy available at SH convoys (external link)
	Febr. 7	Halifax	Cape Cod Canal	Febr. 10	XB 145	Convoy available at XB convoys (external link)
	Febr. 10	Cape Cod Canal	New York City	Febr. 12	Independent	Subsequent voyages: Page 8 & Page 9

Notes:

As will be seen when going to Page 1 of the archive documents, Pollux was on her way from Antwerp to New York when war broke out in Norway on Apr. 9-1940.

It'll be noticed, when going to Page 4, that she had a long stay in Jacksonville at the beginning of 1942. She had arrived there from Savannah on Febr. 23 and departure is given as May 3, when she returned to Savannah.

Convoy ON 132 had started out in Liverpool on Sept. 19-1942 and arrived New York Oct. 8. Other Norwegian ships are also listed, namely Askeladden, Borgholm, Gezina, Loke, Ravnefjell and Snar. Acanthus, Eglantine, Montbretia and Potentilla are named among the escorts (see ON convoy escorts).

Convoy SC 107 had Liverpool as its final destination, arriving there on Nov. 10, having lost several ships - they are named at the external website that I've linked to below. Carrier, Geisha (Vice Commodore), Granfoss and Vest are also listed.

Both these convoys will be added to individual pages in my Convoy section in due course, but for now, the ships sailing in them, and escorts, are named at Ships in all ON convoys and Ships in all SC convoys.

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

Related external link:
The battle for Convoy SC 107

To Pollux - page 1 (with pre war and post war info).

Aa–Al	An–Ar	As–Av	Ba	Be	Bi–Bl	Bo	Br–Bu	C	D
E	F	G	Ha	He	Hi–Hy	Hø	I	J	K
L	M	N	O	PQ	R	Sa–Sc	Se–Sj	Sk–Sn	So
Sp–St	Su–Sø	Ta–Te	Th–Ti	To	Tr–Tø	U	V	W	Ø

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