Owner: D/S A/S Ramø
Manager: R. Ursin-Smith, Oslo
Tonnage: 2334 gt

Built by Eltringhams Ltd., Willington Quay-on-Tyne in 1921. Previous names: Asborg until 1931, Speed until 1933.
According to this external page, she was delivered as Asborg in March-1921 to A/S Vesterhav (K. M. Pedersen), Kristiansand S. From Aug.- 1925, A/S Vesterhav (Boe & Pedersen), Oslo, no name change. From Aug.-1929, A/S Speed (A. T. Simonsen), Oslo, same name. Renamed Speed in 1931. Owned from Oct.-1933 by D/S A/S Ramø (R. Ursin-Smith), Oslo, renamed Ramø.

Her voyages are listed on these original images from the Norwegian National Archives:
Page 1 | Page 2 | Page 3 | Page 4 | Page 5 | Page 6

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

Voyage Record From Dec.-1940 to Aug.-1945:

Follow the convoy links provided for more information on each.

Errors may exist, and as can be seen, some voyages are missing.

	Departure	From	To	Arrival	Convoy	Remarks
1940	Dec. 9	New Orleans	Philadelphia	Dec. 17	Independent	A. Hague says: Previously traded N & S America. Earlier voyages: Page 1
	Dec. 19	Philadelphia	New York City	Dec. 21*	Independent	*Page 2 gives arrival Dec. 19.
	Dec. 25	New York City	Hampton Roads	Dec. 26	Independent	–
	Dec. 31	Hampton Roads	St Thomas	Jan. 7-1941	Independent	–
1941	Jan. 7	St Thomas	Pernambuco	Jan. 21	Independent	–
	Jan. 23	Pernambuco	Capetown	Febr. 10	Independent	–
	Febr. 10	Capetown	Durban	Febr. 16	Independent	–
	Febr. 18	Durban	Aden	March 11	Independent	–
	March 17	Aden	Suez	March 25	BN 20	Convoy available at BN convoys (external link) On to Port Said same day (Page 2).
	March 27	Port Said	Alexandria	March 28	Independent	–
	Apr. 11	Alexandria	Port Said	Apr. 12	Independent	On to Suez, Apr. 13 (Page 2).
	Apr. 14	Suez	Aden	Apr. 22	Independent	–
	Apr. 22	Aden	Bombay	May 1	Independent	–
	June 9	Bombay	Beira	July 8	Independent	–
	July 9	Beira	Durban	July 13	Independent	–
	July 14	Durban	Capetown	July 20	Independent	–
	July 20	Capetown	Pernambuco	Aug. 10	Independent	–
	Aug. 11	Pernambuco	St Thomas	Aug. 25	Independent	–
	Aug. 25	St Thomas	New York City	Sept. 3	Independent	–
	Sept. 8	New York City	Baltimore	Sept. 11	Independent	–
	Dec. 11	Baltimore	St. John, N.B.	Dec. 16	Independent	–
	Dec. 19	St. John, N.B.	Halifax	Dec. 22	Independent	–
	Dec. 30	Halifax	Sydney, C.B.	Jan. 1-1942	Independent	–
1942	Jan. 3	Sydney, C.B.	–	–	SC 63	Dispersed Jan. 13.
	Jan. 13	Dispersed from SC 63	Reykjavik	Jan. 20	Independent	–
	Febr. 3	Reykjavik	Loch Ewe	Febr. 8	RU 10	–
	Febr. 9	Loch Ewe	Methil	Febr. 11	WN 243	Convoy available at WN convoys (external link)
	Febr. 13	Methil	Ridham Dock	Febr. 15	FS 725	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link) See also Page 2
	Febr. 21	Ridham Dock	Southend	Febr. 21	Independent	–
	Febr. 22	Southend	Tyne	Febr. 24	FN 638	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	March 26	Tyne	Methil	March 27	FN 664	Convoy available at link above.
	March 30	Methil	Loch Ewe	Apr. 1	EN 65	Convoy available at EN convoys (external link)
	Apr. 2	Loch Ewe	Halifax	Apr. 18	ON 82	Convoy will be added. See ships in ON convoys
	Apr. 21	Halifax	St. John, N.B.	Apr. 23	XB 12	For St. John, N.B. Convoy available at XB convoys (external link)
	May 30	St. John, N.B.	Sydney, C.B.	–	Independent	–
*	June 2	Halifax	Sydney, C.B.	June 4	HS 8	Convoy available at HS convoys (external link)
	*Ramø started out from St. John, N.B. on May 30 and did arrive Sydney, C.B. on June 4 - see Page 3 - but whether she made this voyage independently or in convoy I have no way of knowing.
	June 5	Sydney, C.B.	Clyde	June 18	SC 86	–
	June 30	Clyde	Halifax	July 15	ON 108	For Halifax. Convoy will be added. See ships in ON convoys
	July 17	Halifax	Sydney, C.B.	July 19	HS 30	Convoy available at HS convoys (external link)
	July 24	Sydney, C.B.	Father Point	July 27	SQ 22	Convoy available via this page (external link) Again, see also Page 3
	Aug. 5	Father Point	Sydney, C.B.	Aug. 8	QS 24	Convoy available via link above
	Aug. 12	Sydney, C.B.	Loch Ewe	Aug. 26	SC 96	–
	Aug. 27	Loch Ewe	Methil	Aug. 29	WN 328	Arrived Leith, on to Methil Sept. 2 (Page 3). Convoy available at WN convoys (external link)
	Sept. 2	Methil	Loch Ewe	Sept. 4	EN 132	Convoy available at EN convoys (external link)
	Sept. 5	Loch Ewe	Halifax	Sept. 21	ON 128	–
	Oct. 4	Halifax	St. John, N.B.	Oct. 6	HF 5	Convoy available at HF convoys (external link)
	Oct. 10	St. John, N.B.	Halifax	Oct. 11	FH 6	Convoy available at FH convoys (external link)
	Oct. 15	Halifax	Belfast Lough	Nov. 1	SC 105	Straggled. Convoy will be added. See ships in SC convoys
	Nov. 2	Belfast Lough	Barry Island	Nov. 3	BB 232	Convoy available at BB convoys (external link)
	Nov. 4	Barry Island	Bristol	Nov. 5	Independent	–
	Nov. 10	Bristol	Swansea	Nov. 10	Independent	Left Swansea Nov. 22 (Page 3)
	Nov. 22	Milford Haven	Clyde	Nov. 28	ON 148	Returned (see also Page 3 and narrative below). Convoy will be added. See ships in ON convoys
	Dec. 18	Clyde	Halifax	Jan. 9-1943	ON 154	Convoy will be added. See link above
1943	Jan. 18	Halifax	Cape Cod Canal	Jan. 20	HF 30	A. Hague says: Onward to Cape Cod Canal. Convoy available at HF convoys (external link)
	Jan. 22	Cape Cod Canal	New York City	Jan. 23	Independent	–
	Febr. 17	New York City	Gitmo	Febr. 24	NG 344	Convoy available at NG convoys (external link)
	Febr. 24	Gitmo	Trinidad	March 2	GAT 46	Convoy available at GAT convoys (external link)
	March 6	Trinidad	Paramaribo	March 9	Independent	–
	March 16	Paramaribo	Trinidad	–	Independent	–
	March 23	Trinidad	Trinidad	Apr. 3	Independent	A. Hague says: Presume to & from Paramaribo
	Apr. 10	Trinidad	Paramaribo	Apr. 14	Independent	–
	Apr. 17	Paramaribo	Trinidad	Apr. 19	Independent	–
	Apr. 23*	Trinidad	Paramaribo	Apr. 29	Independent	*Page 4 gives departure Apr. 25.
	May 1	Paramaribo	Trinidad	May 4	Independent	Notional sailing date
	May 10	Trinidad	Paramaribo	May 14	Independent	–
	May 16	Paramaribo	Trinidad	May 18	Independent	–
	May 23	Trinidad	Paramaribo	May 27	Independent	–
	May 28	Paramaribo	Trinidad	May 31	Independent	A. Hague says: Notional sailing date (Page 4 gives May 29).
	June 3	Trinidad	Gitmo	June 8	TAG 64	Convoy available at TAG convoys (external link)
	June 8	Gitmo	New York City	June 16	GN 64	Convoy available at GN convoys (external link)
	Aug. 10	New York City	Hampton Roads	Aug. 12	NG 379	Put back. Convoy available at NG convoys (external link)
	Aug. 17	Hampton Roads	Key West	–	–	–
	Aug. 24	Key West	Cristobal	Aug. 29	–	–
	Sept. 1	Balboa	Sydney, N.S.W.	Oct. 13	Independent	–
	Oct. 16	Sydney, N.S.W.	Melbourne	Oct. 19	CO 135	Convoy available at CO convoys (external link)
	Nov. 1	Melbourne	Sydney, N.S.W.	Nov. 4	OC 139	Convoy available at OC convoys (external link)
	Nov. 14	Sydney, N.S.W.	Townsville	Nov. 22	Independent	–
	Nov. 26	Townsville	Milne Bay	Dec. 3	–	A. Hague says: Possibly TN 183 via Port Moresby. Convoy available at TN convoys (external link)
	Dec. 5	Milne Bay	Goodenough Isl	Dec. 6	Independent	–
	Dec. 9	Goodenough Isl	Milne Bay	Dec. 9	Independent	–
	Dec. 10	Milne Bay	Townsville	Dec. 13	MV 47	Convoy available via this page (external link)
	Dec. 17	Gladstone	Brisbane	Dec. 18	LQ 38	Convoy available via link above
	Dec. 19	Caloundra	Sydney, N.S.W.	Dec. 21	PG 92	Convoy available via link above. See also Page 4
1944	Jan. 3	Sydney, N.S.W.	Townsville	Jan. 10	Independent	–
	Jan. 14	Townsville	Milne Bay	Jan. 17	TN 208	Convoy available at TN convoys (external link)
	Jan. 24	Milne Bay	Goodenough Isl	Jan. 25	Independent	–
	Jan. 31	Goodenough Isl	Milne Bay	Febr. 1	Independent	–
	Febr. 10	Milne Bay	Goodenough Isl	Febr. 11	Independent	–
	Febr. 20	Goodenough Isl	Buna	Febr. 22	Independent	–
	Febr. 23	Buna	Langemak Bay	Febr. 24	BG 42	Convoy available at BG convoys (external link)
	March 14	Langemak Bay	Milne Bay	March 16	GB 57	Convoy available via this page (external link)
	March 23	Milne Bay	Buna	March 26	Independent	–
	March 27	Buna	Langemak Bay	March 28	BG 69	Convoy available at BG convoys (external link)
	March 31	Langemak Bay	Manus	–	Independent	See also Page 5
	May 9	Manus	Milne Bay	May 12	Independent	–
	May 17	Milne Bay	Townsville	May 21	Independent	–
	May 21	Townsville	Bowen	May 22	Independent	–
	May 24	Bowen	Gladstone	–	Independent	–
	May 26	Gladstone	Brisbane	May 27	Independent	–
	May 28	Brisbane	Newcastle, N.S.W.	May 31	Independent	–
	June 1	Newcastle, N.S.W.	Melbourne	June 5	Independent	–
	July 7	Melbourne	Sydney, N.S.W.	July 11	Independent	–
	July 13	Sydney, N.S.W.	Brisbane	July 16	Independent	–
	July 16	Brisbane	Milne Bay	July 24	Independent	–
	July 25	Milne Bay	Morobe	July 27	Independent	–
	Aug. 2	Morobe	Oro Bay	Aug. 7	Independent	–
	Aug. 14	Oro Bay	Langemak Bay	Aug. 15	Independent	–
	Aug. 16	Langemak Bay	Seeadler	Aug. 17	NA 42/1	Convoy available via this page (external link) Again, see also Page 5
	Aug. 31	Manus	Milne Bay	Sept. 4	Independent	–
	Sept. 15	Milne Bay	Oro Bay	Sept. 16	Independent	Notional sailng date
	Sept. 26	Oro Bay	Buna	–	Independent	–
	Sept. 27*	Buna	Lae	–	Independent	*Page 5 gives departure Sept. 29
	Oct. 6	Lae	Brisbane	Oct. 13	Independent	–
	Oct. 21	Langemak Bay	Brisbane	–	Independent	–
	Nov. 24	Brisbane	Oro Bay	Dec. 3	Independent	–
	Dec. 17	Oro Bay	Sydney, N.S.W.	Dec. 25	Independent	–
1945	Jan. 10	Sydney, N.S.W.	Albany	Jan. 21	Independent	–
	Jan. 23	Albany	Fremantle	Jan. 28*	Independent	*Page 5 gives arrival Jan. 25.
	Jan. 30	Fremantle	Calcutta	Febr. 25	Independent	–
	March 2*	Calcutta	Aden	March 24	Independent	*Page 5 gives departure March 6.
	March 25	Aden	Suez	Apr. 2	Independent	On to Port Said, same day (Page 5).
	Apr. 3	Port Said	Gibraltar	Apr. 13	Independent	–
	Apr. 15	Gibraltar	Southend	Apr. 24	MKS 95G	See also Page 5 Convoy will be added. See ships in MKS convoys
	Apr. 24	Southend	Dundee	Apr. 26	FN 1695	See also Page 6 Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	May 3	Dundee	Tyne	May 4	FS 1796	Compare w/Page 6. Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	Aug. 2	Tyne	Downs	Aug. 4	Independent	–
	Aug. 5	Downs	Antwerp	Aug. 5	Independent	–
	Aug. 11	Antwerp	Methil Roads	–	Independent	Page 6 gives arrival Aug. 13.
	Aug. 14	Methil Roads	Bergen	–	Independent	Via Kristiansand (and Antwerp?). See Page 6 (also, further voyages)

Misc. 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. Follow the convoy links provided for further details; the Commodore's notes are also available for some of them and several Norwegian ships took part.

As will be seen when going to Page 1 of the archive documents, Ramø was on her way from Trinidad to New Orleans when war broke out in Norway on Apr. 9-1940; this voyage had started in Caripito. Her 1941 voyages are shown on Page 2, and it'll be noticed that she appears to have had a long stay in Bombay that year and also in Baltimore. This document also has some of her 1942 voyages.

In Jan.-1942 she's listed in the slow Sydney (C.B.)-U.K. Convoy SC 63, cargo of pulp wood. She arrived Reykjavik on Jan. 20, and the following month we find her in Convoy RU 10 from there to the U.K. Her destination is given as Ridham Dock, general cargo. She later had a month's stay at Tyne, then at the beginning of Apr.-1942 she can be found in station 45 of the westbound North Atlantic Convoy ON 82*, which originated in Liverpool on Apr. 2 and arrived Halifax on the 18th (Ramø joined from Loch Ewe). The Norwegian Boreas, Inger Elisabeth, Kaia Knudsen, Lago, Lista and Norse Lady are also listed. From Halifax, she proceeded to St. John, N.B. on Apr. 21, arriving Apr. 23 and now appears to have remained there for over a month; Page 3 gives her departure as May 30 when she headed to Sydney, C.B. in order to join the slow Convoy SC 86 on June 5, cargo of flour for Glasgow, where she arrived June 18, her captain having acted as Vice Commodore for the convoy. Together with Don, Far, Grado, Inger Lise, Iron Baron, Lido, Selbo, Senta, Sneland I and Star, she went back across the Atlantic at the end of that month with Convoy ON 108* (convoy departed Liverpool June 30 - Ramø arrived Halifax July 15, having started out from Clyde June 29).

Having made a voyage to Montreal, she proceeded to Sydney, C.B. (convoy info in table above), joining the Sydney portion of Convoy SC 96 on Aug. 12, cargo of flour for Leith, where she arrived on Aug. 28/29 - again, see Page 3. About a week later she joined the westbound North Atlantic Convoy ON 128. The Commodore's narrative is also available for this convoy, which had New York City as its final destination. Ramø's destination is given as Sydney C.B., station 72; according to the archive document mentioned above, she arrived Halifax on Sept. 21, having started out from Loch Ewe on Sept. 5. The following month, Arnold Hague has included her in the eastbound Convoy SC 105*, which originated in New York on Oct. 11 and arrived Liverpool on the 31st; Ramø, however, joined this convoy from Halifax and stopped at Belfast Lough (cargo of flour). A. Hague says she had become a straggler. Other Norwegian ships were Bonde, Don, Far, Herma, Kisten B, Norelg and Polarland (a couple of these were only bound for St. John's, N.F.).

Ramø later joined the westbound Convoy ON 148*, but returned to port (Clyde). This convoy originated in Liverpool on Nov. 23-1942 and arrived New York on Dec. 13, and included the Norwegian Ada (from Halifax), Don, Far, Herma, Inger Lise and Solsten. Ramø was subsequently scheduled for Convoy ON 152 (with coal for Halifax) on Dec. 9, but did not sail (Commodore in Bonneville). 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, arriving New York on Jan. 12-1943, having lost several ships - see the links provided at the end of this page. Ramø arrived Halifax on Jan. 9, having sailed from Clyde on Dec. 18.

Ramø now started making voyages to Trinidad and Paramaribo, later to Australia - again, see Page 3, as well as Page 4 (as can be seen, she had a long stay in New York in the summer of 1943) and Page 5 (which shows a month's stay in Melbourne in the summer of 1944). Her 1945 voyages start on the latter document. Convoy information for some of these can be found in the Voyage Record above. 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 on this page.

The rest of her 1945 voyages are shown on Page 6, and it'll be noticed that she subsequently spent several months at Tyne (North Shields), later going home to Norway in Aug.-1945, and again at the end of that year.

* The ON convoys mentioned here 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 SC series will eventually be updated and completed, including the already existing convoys (some have already been updated); but for now, see ships in all SC convoys.

For more information on all the other Norwegian ships named on this page, please see the alphabet index below, or go to the Master Ship Index.

POST WAR:

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):
Stoker Johannes Jensen, Mate Karl Johansen, Stoker Finn Lundberg, Oiler Terje Moen, Able Seaman Ragnar Møyland, Stoker Jens Einar Oskarsen, Seaman Thorbjørn Pedersen, Able Seaman Harry Stenehjem, Deck Boy Frank Svendsen, Stoker Johannes Sæten, Seaman Helge Haakon Wold, Able Seaman Konrad Aarvik.

Related external links:
Battle of the Atlantic - Convoy ONS 154 - Describes the battle for this convoy in great detail.

Stavern Memorial - 14 were commemorated here; unfortunately, since the website was updated and redesigned, the names are no longer shown. I'll leave the link, in case they get added. See also this commemoration, where Stoker Kristian Adolf Aulesjord is named; ship is given as Ranøy. The Norwegian text says the ship struck a mine Apr. 21-1946, so this is probably 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. Here's the main page for this site.