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D/S Ramø To Ramø on the "Ships starting with R" page. Owner: D/S A/S Ramø Built by Eltringhams Ltd., Willington Quay-on-Tyne in 1921. Previous names: Asborg until 1931, Speed until 1933.
Ramø is listed in the slow Sydney (C.B.)-U.K. Convoy SC 63 early in Jan.-1942, cargo of pulp wood. The following month she sailed in Convoy RU 10 from Reykjavik to the U.K., bound for Ridham Dock, general cargo. At the beginning of Apr.-1942 we find her in station 45 of the westbound North Atlantic Convoy ON 82*, which left Liverpool on Apr. 2 and arrived Halifax on the 18th. The Norwegian Boreas, Inger Elisabeth, Kaia Knudsen, Lago, Lista, and Norse Lady are also listed. That summer, in June-1942, she acted as the Vice Commodore's ship for the slow Convoy SC 86, cargo of flour for Glasgow, heading back across the Atlantic at the end of that month with the westbound Convoy ON 108* (departure Liverpool June 30, arrival Boston July 18). She was again in the company of several other Norwegian ships, namely Don, Far, Grado, Inger Lise, Iron Baron, Lido, Selbo, Senta, Sneland I, and Star. Ramø's destination is given as Halifax and she had station 81 of the convoy. Ramø returned to the U.K. the following month (Aug.-1942) in the Sydney, C.B. portion of Convoy SC 96, cargo of flour for Leith. In Sept. she was 1 of several Norwegian ships in the westbound North Atlantic Convoy ON 128, bound for Sydney C.B., station 72, returning with the eastbound Convoy SC 105, which departed New York on Oct. 11-1942 and arrived Liverpool on the 31st. Other Norwegian ships were Bonde, Don, Far, Herma, Kisten B, Norelg, Polarland. This convoy is not available among the SC convoys listed in my own Convoys section, but see the external link at the end of this page for more information. Ramø later joined the westbound Convoy ON 148*, but returned to port. This convoy left Liverpool on Nov. 23-1942 and arrived New York on Dec. 13, and included the Norwegian Ada, Don, Far, Herma, Inger Lise, and Solsten. Ramø was subsequently scheduled for the westbound Convoy ON 152 (with coal for Halifax) on Dec. 9-1942, but did not sail. She shows up again, together with Fana, James Hawson, Norhauk, Norse King (sunk - follow link for details), Ravnefjell, Veni and Vest, in Convoy ON 154*, leaving Liverpool on Dec. 18-1942, arriving New York on Jan. 12-1943, with the loss of several ships - see the links provided at the end of this page. By following the instructions provided at the external link to "Misc. convoys" below, information on some of her other voyages in this time period will come up. As will be seen, she made some voyages to Australia, Papua New Guinea, Guantanamo, Trinidad, Aden and other ports. In Apr.-1945 she appears, together with the Norwegian Norbryn, in the Gibraltar-U.K. Convoy MKS 95, departing Gibraltar on Apr. 15, arriving Liverpool on the 23rd. This convoy will be added to my Convoys section, but for now, the ships sailing in it are named in the section listing ships in all MKS convoys.
Ramø survived the war but struck a mine on Apr. 21-1946 and blew up, while alongside the quay at Henningsvær, Lofoten, Norway. 14 died out of a complement of 27. According to a book written in 1999 about this incident Ramø had anchored up in a German minefield, which was presumed swept and safe. "Minner og minnesmerker" by Øistein Wiik lists the following casualties (in alphabetical order): Related external links: Misc. Convoys - Clicking on "Ship Search", typing "Ramo" as keyword will bring up several convoys that are not mentioned in my own text. Ramø should be easy enough to spot among the results, which will also show other ships with the letters RAMO in their names. Here is SC 105, mentioned above. Stavern Memorial commemorations/Ramø - 14 are commemorated here. See also this commemoration., where Stoker Kristian Adolf Aulesjord is named; ship is given as Ranøy. The Norwegian text says the ship survived the war but struck a mine Apr. 21-1946, so this msut be a mix-up with Ramø. Ramø - From a Norwegian website for divers. Picture of the ship, details on her demise, and location of the wreck (also in English). Here's the main page for this site. The Australian War Memorial also has a picture of this ship. It can be found by running a search through their collection search page, with "Ramo" as keyword and second World War in the other field. Back to Ramø on the "Ships starting with R" page. The text on this page was compiled with the help of: "Nortraships flåte", J. R. Hegland, "The World's Merchant Fleets 1939", Roger W. Jordan - and misc. other as named within the above text.
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