Manager: Fred. Olsen & Co., Oslo
Tonnage: 1383 gt

Built in Newcastle upon Tyne in 1921.
According to the external page that I've linked to above she was delivered from Wood, Skinner & Co. Ltd., Newcastle in July-1921 to D/S A/S Otto Thoresens Linie (Otto & Thor Thoresen A/S), Kristiania. Taken over by D/S A/S Spanskelinjen (Fred. Olsen & Co.), Kristiania in 1921. Transferred in 1938 to Den Norske Middelhavslinje A/S (Fred. Olsen & Co.), Kristiania.

Her voyages are listed on these original images from the Norwegian National Archives:
(unfortunately, Page 4 is torn and has some information missing in the margin)
Page 1 | Page 2 | Page 3 | Page 4 | Page 5 | Page 6 | Page 7 | Page 8

Follow the convoy links provided for more information on each.

Please note that errors do exist. There was also a British ship by this name and this record appears to include some of that ship's voyages as well. I've chosen to leave A. Hague's record as is, then add my own notes where I've found obvious errors. I have no way of confirming the 1939 voyages, as these are not included on the archive documents. Note also that several voyages are missing.

Again, please note that since there was also a British ship by this name, the records in some cases get the 2 ships mixed up.

Sevilla is listed in station 12 of Convoy OA 28, which departed Southend on Oct 31-1939. This convoy joined up with Convoy OB 28 on Nov. 3, the combined convoy forming the Gibraltar bound convoy OG 5*. Sevilla was bound for Philippeville, cargo of coal. According to A. Hague, she arrived Oporto on Nov. 9.

Judging by the information on Page 1 of the archive documents, it looks like she was in Gibraltar when war broke out in Norway on Apr. 9-1940. She had arrived there from Genoa on Apr. 7. On Apr. 26, we find her in station 64 of Convoy HGF 28 from Gibraltar to the U.K. She was 1 of 5 Norwegian ships in that convoy, the others being Einar Jarl, Kosmos II, Stalheim and Bur. Sevilla arrived London on May 5. Later that month, she headed in the other direction again with Convoy OA 148, which departed Southend on May 14, joined up with Convoy OB 148 on the 16th, the combined convoy forming the Gibraltar bound Convoy OG 30*, which arrived Gibraltar on May 22. Sevilla proceeded to Casablanca the next day, with arrival May 24. With the Norwegian Duala, she later joined Convoy 1-K* from Casablanca on May 31. This voyage has not been included on the archive document, though there's a note saying "Casablanca for London". Also, she's said to have arrived Brest on June 6/7.

* A posting by Alain Croce to my Ship Forum lists the other ships in Convoy 1 K, as follows:
Robur III, Karanan, Bennekom, Alcar, Stad Haarlem, Tourkia, Wickenburgh, Saint Yves, Clintonia, and Redgate, escorted by auxiliary patrol boat Hardi II. He adds that off Cape Spartel, Convoy 1 K was joined by Convoy 26 R sailing from Oran and consisting of Artesien, Roubaisien, Capitaine Maurice Eugene, Saint Bnasile, Petrophalt, Cornouailles, Sainte Maxime, Aragaz, PLM 17 and Luminetta. Between Cape Saint Vincent and Cape Finisterre, two auxiliary patrol boats joined the escort, namely Terre Neuve and Victoria. Here's A. Hague's listing for Convoy 1 K and 26 R - external links.

Sevilla was scheduled for Convoy OA 169 (left Southend on June 17 - ref. external link at the end of this page) but instead joined the next convoy, OA 170, which left Southend on June 18 and dispersed 3 days later. Her destination is given as Hampton Roads, but there's a note stating she was diverted to Falmouth, where she arrived on June 20. A week later, she appears in Convoy OA 175 (link at end of this page), originating in Southend on June 27, dispersed on July 1 (the Vice Commodore's report for this convoy is available on my own page related to OA 175). Her destination on that occasion is given Falmouth, station 77, however, there seems to be a mix-up here; according to Page 1, she sailed from Falmouth on July 1 and arrived Hampton Roads on the 15th. (A. Hague has included her, with destination Liverpool, in Convoy OA 177 on July 1, but her cargo is given as whale oil, which would indicate this was the British Sevilla [though her tonnage is given as 1383 gt]. See the external links provided within the Voyage Record).

Again, please see Page 1 of the archive documents for information on the rest of her 1940 voyages. The document also shows some of her 1941 voyages, which continue on Page 2. These are not included in Hague's Voyage Record. Page 2 also lists some 1942 voyages, and as can be seen, she appears to have spent quite a long time in New Orleans, where she had arrived on Apr. 10-1942; departure is given as June 14.

She's named among the ships in the westbound North Atlantic Convoy ON 142*, which originated in Liverpool on Oct. 30-1942 and arrived New York on Nov. 21, but note that Sevilla was not present from the U.K.; she joined the convoy from Halifax. From Page 3, we learn that she had left Halifax on Nov. 16. According to Arnold Hague, she subsequently joined the eastbound Convoy SC 111*, departing New York on Nov. 25. This convoy had Liverpool as its final destination, but Sevilla only sailed as far as Halifax, arriving there on Nov. 30, proceeding to Sydney, C.B. on Dec. 1, with arrival Dec. 2.

She's also listed in Convoy SC 117*, which left New York on Jan. 12-1943 (arrived Liverpool Febr. 3, Commodore in Geisha). Again, she did not follow the convoy to the U.K., but stopped at Halifax on Jan. 16, later proceeding to St. John's, N.F. on Jan. 26, with arrival Jan. 29. From St. John's, she later joined the westbound Convoy ON 163*, which had sailed from Liverpool on Jan. 24 and arrived New York Febr. 16; Sevilla started out from St. John's on Febr. 7. She's listed as bound for St. John's in the original Advane Sailing Telegram for Convoy SC 121 from New York on Febr. 23 (in which the Commodore Vessel Bonneville and several others were sunk - follow the links for details). However, when comparing this with the details found on Page 3, we see that it does not agree. The document says she left New York on March 5, not Febr. 23. This in turn, fits with the departure date for Convoy SC 122. There is indeed a Sevilla included in this convoy, but again there's great confusion over her nationality. The Advance Sailing Telegram lists her as Norwegian with a general cargo, while Martin Middlebrook's "The Critical Convoy Battles of March 1943", which I've used to assemble some of the information for my page about this convoy, lists her as a tanker of 7022 gt, with fuel oil as cargo (this tonnage fits the British whale oil factory by this name). However, judging from the archive document, this must indeed have been the Norwegian Sevilla. She arrived her destination St. John's on March 12 (as will be seen when following the link, this convoy also lost several ships).

Further voyages are shown in the Voyage Record - please compare A. Hague's information with the details found on the various archive documents.

Related external links:
OB (& OA) convoys - OA 169 and OA 175, in which Sevilla is mentioned, are included.

OA & OB convoys

Back to Sevilla on the "Ships starting with S" page.

Hocking also lists an earlier ship by this name (steam), built 1913, 1318 gt (O. Thoresen) - torpedoed and sunk by a UB-80 in the English Channel on Apr. 25-1918.

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