Manager: Hartvig Larsen, Haugesund
Tonnage: 925 gt

According to "Våre gamle skip", Leif M. Bjørkelund & E. H. Kongshavn, she was delivered from Jarlsø Verft, Tønsberg in Sept.-1917 as Pan to E. B. Aabys Rederi, Christiania. 925 gt, 534 net, 1300 tdwt, 200.4' x 31.9' x 12.9', Triple exp. 106 nhp (Trondhjem mek. Verksted, Trondhjem). Purchased (as Sado) by Hartvig Larsen from E. B. Aaby in Jan.-1930 - registered owner D/S A/S Havlyn.
A Swedish source (the magazine "Spantrutan") says she was built by Trondhjems mek Verksted, requisitioned by the British in WW I until 1919 when she was returned to E. B. Aabys Rederi, had the name Pan until sold in 1922 to Standard Linie Reederei AG, Danzig, Germany and renamed Sado, but went back to Aabys Rederi in 1923 (then to D/S A/S Havlyn, Haugesund in Jan.-1930, as mentioned).

Captain Harald Østensjø is mentioned in connection with this ship, but no dates.

Her voyages are listed on these original images from the Norwegian National Archives:
(unfortunately, some of the documents are torn, so that information is missing in the margin)
Page 1 | Page 2 | Page 3 | Page 4 | Page 5 | Page 6 | Page 7 | Page 9 | Page 10 | Page 11 | Page 12 | Page 13 | Page 14 | Page 15 | Page 16 | Page 17

Follow the convoy links provided for more information on each.

Errors may exist and as can be seen, the record is incomplete.

Sado was used for transporting fish. A. Hague has included her in the U.K. to Norway Convoy ON 11 in Febr.-1940. Later that month he has her in Convoy HN 14 from Norway to the U.K., and early in March, he has listed her among the ships in Convoy ON 18 back to Norway. According to Page 1 of the archive documents, she was bound for Sandnes, but arrival there is not given. Please follow the links for more info - several Norwegian ships took part in all these convoys. Sado escaped Norway a little over a month after the German invasion, leaving Harstad in the North of Norway on May 15 (May 11?) and heading for a British port. Going back to the archive document, we learn that she arrived Kirkwall on May 22; it looks like she had come from Reykjavik.

She was mostly in service around the U.K., but also made some voyages to Iceland. In fact, she's listed as bound for Grimsby in Convoy RU 17 from Reykjavik to the U.K. in Apr.-1942. The Norwegian Gudvin also took part. Sado arrived Scrabster Apr. 8 and left again the next day, arriving Grimsby on the 12th (according to Page 5). She also shows up, with the Norwegian Havsten (Commodore Vessel) and Lyra, in Convoy RU 23 in May that year. Her destination is given as Hull, and she arrived there, via various other ports, on May 22.

Another voyage to Iceland is said to have been made in Febr.-1943, and this fits in with the fact that A. Hague has included her in Convoy UR 61, departing Loch Ewe on Febr. 2-1943, arriving Reykjavik Febr. 6 (see also Page 7). The Norwegian Brisk is also listed. Together with the Norwegian Astra, Kongshavn and Solhavn, Sado returned to the U.K. in Convoy RU 66, which left Reykjavik on March 18 and arrived Loch Ewe on the 25th; Sado arrived Scrabster on the 23rd, before proceeding to Grimsby. She's also named in other convoys to and from Reykjavik - ref. links provided in the Voyage Record above.

She was allegedly the first Norwegian ship to shoot down a German aircraft; this took place off Kinnairds Head (by Mate Kjærulv Skjold Pettersen) - date is not known.

A visitor to my website has told me that she ran into trouble on Dec. 7 (year not given, possibly 1943?) when she lost both her anchors during a violent storm, with a northwesterly gale gusting up to 90 m.p.h. She had a cargo of cement at the time. The Thurso lifeboat H.C.J. was launched at 11:45 am, got alongside the drifting Sado and put one of the lifeboat men aboard. She was taken safely into Scrabster Harbour and berthed at 12:30 am.

Capsized and sank off Hirtshals on Jan. 5-1950 (Nov. 5?) after cargo had shifted when on a voyage Visnes-Stettin - no casualties.

The text on this page was compiled with the help of: "Nortraships flåte", J. R. Hegland, "Våre gamle skip", Leif M. Bjørkelund & E. H. Kongshavn, and misc. (ref. My sources).

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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