D/S Sigrid - Norwegian Merchant Fleet 1939-1945

D/S Sigrid
Updated Febr. 28-2010

To Sigrid on the "Ships starting with S" page.

Source: Bjørn Milde's postcard collection.

Owner: A/S Djerv
Manager: Bachke & Co., Trondheim
Tonnage: 1024 gt

Delivered in March-1920 as Nystrand from N. V. Holland Scheeps Werf en Machinenfabriek, Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht to A/S Utsire (C. B. Nielsen), Skien. 1024 gt, 579 net, 1600 tdwt, 216' 4" (lpp) x 34' 5" x 15' 6", Triple exp. steam engine by Machinefabriek Kinderdijk, Kinderdijk, 122 nhp. Sold to A/S Djerv (Bachke & Co.), Trondheim in 1922, renamed Sigrid.

These documents were helter-skelter and it has been difficult to sort them in the right order, but I believe the above result is correct. However, please be aware that some guessing has taken place. Please refresh this page, as I've discovered that some of the links go to the wrong documents, which have since been reorganized and renumbered.

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

Voyage Record
From Febr.-1940 to Apr.-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; this could also mean that she may not have sailed in all the convoys mentioned here, even though she's listed in them. In some cases, she simply had different destinations or started out from different ports than the convoys themselves (A. Hague has often given the ports that the convoys started out in or stopped at). Also, as can be seen, this record is incomplete.

	Departure	From	To	Arrival	Convoy	Remarks
1940	Febr. 12	Norwegian Waters	Methil	Febr. 15	HN 11	–
	March 7	Methil	Norwegian Waters	March 10	ON 18	–
	March 27	Norwegian Waters	Methil	March 30	HN 22	Missing voyages, Page 1
	Sept. 21	Clyde	Methil	Sept. 25	WN 17	Convoy available at WN convoys (external link)
	Sept. 26	Methil	Southend	Sept. 28	FS 292	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	Oct. 11	Southend	Hull	Oct. 13	FN 306	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link) Missing movements, Page 1
	Nov. 2	Methil	Oban*	Nov. 7	EN 17/1	Arrived Holyhead, Nov. 6 See Page 1* Convoy available at EN convoys (external link) Missing 1940 movements, Page 1.
1941	July 17*	Methil	Milford Haven*	July 22	EC 46	Earlier 1941 movements: Page 2 & Page 3 A. Hague says: Independent from off Clyde. Convoy available at EC convoys (external link)
*	July 22	Holyhead	Milford Haven	July 23	BB 51	Convoy available at BB convoys (external link)
	*Page 3 gives departure Methil Roads July 17, arrived Holyhead July 21, then on to Milford Haven July 22, with arrival same day.
	July 31	Milford Haven	Holyhead(?*)	–	MH 7	*Compare w/Page 3. Convoy available at MH 7 (external link)
	Aug. 13	Oban	Methil	Aug. 15	WN 166	Convoy available at WN convoys (external link) Missing movements, Page 3
*	Sept. 27	Oban	Methil	Sept. 30	WN 186	*Compare w/Page 3. Convoy available at link above. Missing movements, Page 3.
	Oct. 15	Southend	Ardrossan	Oct. 21	EC 86	Convoy available at EC convoys (external link) Missing movements, Page 4
	Nov. 8	Oban	Methil	Nov. 11	WN 203	Compare w/Page 4. Convoy available at WN convoys (external link) Missing movements, Page 4.
	Dec. 14	Methil	Oban	Dec. 17	EN 19	Did not sail. Convoy available at EN convoys (external link)
	Dec. 18	Methil	Oban*	Dec. 21*	EN 21	*Arrived Belfast, Dec. 23 (Page 4). Convoy available at link above
	Dec. 24	Belfast Lough	Milford Haven	Dec. 25	BB 115	Convoy available at BB convoys (external link) Left Milford Haven Dec. 31 (Page 4).
1942	March 30	Holyhead	Milford Haven	March 31	BB 155	Earlier 1942 movements: Page 4 & Page 5 Convoy available at link above. Missing movements, Page 5.
	Apr. 26	Holyhead	Milford Haven	Apr. 27	BB 167	Convoy available at link above. Missing movements, Page 5.
	May 16	Holyhead	Milford Haven	May 17	BB 174	Convoy available at link above. Missing movements: Page 5 & Page 6
	June 16	Holyhead	Milford Haven	June 17	BB 187	Convoy available at link above. Missing movements, Page 6.
	July 11	Holyhead	Milford Haven	July 12	BB 197	Convoy available at link above. Missing movements, Page 6.
	Aug. 14	Holyhead	Milford Haven	Aug. 15	BB 209	Convoy available at link above. Again, see also Page 6
	Sept. 6	Holyhead	Barry	Sept. 7	BB 217	Convoy available at link above. Missing 1942 movements: Page 6 & Page 7
1943	Jan. 2	Loch Ewe	Methil	Jan. 4	WN 379	Convoy available at WN convoys (external link) Again, see Page 7, as well as Page 8
	Jan. 23	Methil	Barrow	Jan. 25*	EN 188	Page 8 gives arrival Jan 28. Convoy available at EN convoys (external link) Subsequent movements: Page 8, Page 9* & Page 10
1944	July 21	Southend	Cowes	July 21	ETC 44	Earlier 1944 movements: Page 10 above, Page 11 & Page 12 Convoy available at ETC convoys (external link)
	July 25	Solent	Barry	July 26	FBC 35	Convoy available at FBC convoys (external link) On to Newport (Page 12)
	July 29	Barry	Poole	July 31	EBC 56	Convoy available at EBC convoys (external link)
	Aug. 3	Solent	Barry	Aug. 5	FBC 44	Convoy available at FBC convoys (external link)
	Aug. 7	Barry	Plymouth	Aug. 8	EBC 65	Convoy available at EBC convoys (external link) Missing movements, Page 13
	Sept. 12	Barry	Poole	Sept. 14	EBC 101	Convoy available at link above Again, see also Page 13, as well as Page 14
	Nov. 8	Solent	Newport	Nov. 10	EBF 30	Convoy available at EBF 30 (external link) Missing movements: Page 14 above & Page 15
	Dec. 29	Southend	Milford Haven*	Jan. 1-1945	TBC 22	*Arrived Barry, Jan. 1 (Page 15). Convoy available at TBC convoys (external link)
1945	*Jan. 16	Milford Haven	Southend	Jan. 19	BTC 40	*Compare w/Page 15). Convoy available at BTC convoys (external link)
	Jan. 21	Southend*	Milford Haven	Jan. 24	TBC 45	From Portsmouth, Jan. 21, arr. Barry 24th (Page 15*). Convoy available at TBC convoys (external link) Missing movements, Page 15.
*	Febr. 19	Southend	Milford Haven	Febr. 22	TBC 74	Compare w/Page 15. Convoy available at link above Missing movements: Page 15* & Page 16
*?	March 19	Southend	Milford Haven	March 22	TBC 102	*Compare w/Page 16. Convoy available at link above
*?	Apr. 13	Southend	Milford Haven	Apr. 16	TBC 127	*Compare w/Page 16. Convoy available at link above.
	Apr. 14	Falmouth	Barry	Apr. 16	TBC 126	Convoy available at link above. Subsequent movements: Page 16 & Page 17

Some Convoy Voyages:

Sigrid is listed in Convoy HN 11 from Norway to the U.K. in Febr.-1940, bound for Sheernees with pulp. According to A. Hague, she returned to Norway early in March with Convoy ON 18, and at the end of that month, shortly before the German invasion of Norway, we find her in Convoy HN 22, bound for Preston with general cargo - follow the links for more info; several Norwegian ships took part in all these convoys. As will be seen when going to Page 1 of the archive documents, she left Preston again for Liverpool on Apr. 4, and was still there when war broke out in Norway on Apr. 9, leaving that same day for Swansea (where she remained for several weeks).

Apart from a couple of voyages to France that spring, Sigrid was in service around the U.K. It'll be noticed, when going to the various archive documents, that she sometimes had long stays in port.

From Page 17, we learn that she got to go home to Norway already in July-1945, making several more voyages to Norway before the year was over.

Bachke & Co. lost most of their ships to this war, namely Enid, Eldrid, Hilda, Gunvor, Gudrid (later raised) and Inger, all listed on this website (they can be found via the Ship Index - some are listed in the Homefleet). Bera and Sigrid survived, Nea was laid up, then sold after the war.

POST WAR:

Sold in 1950 to Egon Oldendorff, Lübeck and renamed Dietrich Oldendorff. Sold in 1954 to Paulsen & Ivers Schiffahrts- und Kohlenhandels G.m.b.H., Kiel and renamed Signal. Sold in 1958 to Almwich-Harmstorf & Co., Altona/Hamburg for breaking up. (From Bachke & Co. fleet list, Finn R. Hansen).

Related external link:
Stavern Memorial commemoration - Engineer Arne Sigurd Aagesen is commemorated. The Norwegian text says he died on board on Jan. 2-1943 due to illness (Page 7 states that Sigrid left Loch Ewe for Methil that day).