Whale oil factory, built by Furness Shipbuilding Co., Middlesbrough in 1930.

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Guestbook message from the son of Reidar Holm Andersen, who served on this ship. Here's a more recent message.

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

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

Voyage Record From Dec.-1941 to June-1945:

Follow the convoy links provided for more information on each.

Errors may exist, and several voyages are missing.

	Departure	From	To	Arrival	Convoy	Remarks
1941	Dec. 4	Curacao	New York City	Dec. 12	Independent	A. Hague says: Previously traded E Coast USA/Caribbean. Earlier voyages: Page 1 & Page 2
	Dec. 16	New York City	Curacao	Dec. 23	Independent	–
	Dec. 24	Curacao	New York City	Jan. 2-1942	Independent	–
1942	Jan. 5	New York City	Curacao	Jan. 13	Independent	–
	Jan. 14	Curacao	New York City	Jan. 23	Independent	–
	March 25	New York City	Curacao	Apr. 7	Independent	Via Hampton Roads (Page 2)
	Apr. 9	Curacao	New York City	Apr. 20	Independent	–
	May 11	New York City	Hampton Roads	–	Independent	–
	May 14	Hampton Roads	Hampton Roads	May 15	KS 500	A. Hague says: Put back (not mentioned on Page 2). Convoy available at KS convoys (external link)
	May 20	Hampton Roads	Key West	May 25	KS 502	Convoy available at link above
	May 25	Key West	Beaumont	May 29	Independent	(Stop at Key West not mentioned, Page 2)
	June 6	Beaumont	Key West	June 10	Independent	–
	June 11	Key West	Hampton Roads	June 16	KN 109	Convoy available at KN convoys (external link)
	June 20	Hampton Roads	New York City	June 21	Independent	–
	July 9	Cape Cod Bay	Halifax	July 11	BX 28	For Sydney, C.B. Convoy available at BX convoys (external link)
	July 14	Halifax	Sydney, C.B.	July 16	HS 28	Convoy available at HS convoys (external link)
	July 17	Sydney, C.B.	Clyde	July 30	SC 92	39 Passengers Again, see also Page 2
	Aug. 6	Clyde	New York City	Aug. 21	ON 119	Convoy will be added. See ships in ON convoys
	Aug. 29	New York City	Cape Cod Bay	–	Independent	–
	Sept. 2	Cape Cod Bay	Halifax	Sept. 4	BX 36	Convoy available at BX convoys (external link)
	Sept. 5	Halifax	Clyde	Sept. 20	SC 99	Missing movements, Page 2
	Sept. 26	Clyde	New York City	Oct. 17	ON 134	Convoy will be added. See ships in ON convoys
	Nov. 25	New York City	Halifax	Nov. 28	SC 111	Returned. Convoy will be added. See ships in SC convoys
	Dec. 6	Halifax	Clyde	Dec. 25	SC 112	Convoy will be added. See link above
1943	Jan. 4	Clyde	New York City	Jan. 21	ON 159	–
	Jan. 30	New York City	Key West	Febr. 4	NK 520	Convoy available at NK convoys (external link)
	Febr. 6	Key West	Galveston	Febr. 10	Independent	–
	Febr. 11	Galveston	New Orleans	Febr. 13	Independent	–
	Febr. 17	Pilottown	Key West	Febr. 20	HK 146	Pilottown to Key West. Convoy available at HK convoys (external link)
	Febr. 20	Key West	Hampton Roads	Febr. 25	KN 223	Convoy available at KN convoys (external link) On to New York Febr. 28 (Page 3).
	March 4	New York City	Gitmo	March 11	NG 347	Convoy available at NG convoys (external link)
	March 11	Gitmo	Curacao	March 14	GAT 49	Gitmo to Curacao. Convoy available at GAT convoys (external link)
	March 19	Curacao	Trinidad	March 23	GAT 50	Curacao to Trinidad. Convoy available at link above
	March 24	Trinidad	–	–	TB 9	Detached Apr. 9 (Page 3 gives arrival Capetown Apr. 26). Convoy available via this page (external link)
	Apr. 30	Capetown	Durban	May 4	CD 16	Convoy available via link above
	May 9	Durban	–	–	DN 37	Dispersed May 11. Convoy available via link above
	May 11	Dispersed from DN 37	Aden	May 25	Independent	–
	May 25	Aden	Suez	May 31	Independent	–
	June 4	Suez	Aden	June 9	Independent	–
	June 13	Aden	Bandar Abbas	June 19	AP 33	Convoy available at AP convoys (external link)
	June 19	Bandar Abbas	Abadan	June 22	Independent	Stop at Bandar Abbas not mentioned, Page 3
	June 25	Abadan	Bandar Abbas	–	Independent	–
	June 29	Bandar Abbas	–	–	PB 46	Detached for Durban, July 2. Convoy available via this page (external link)
	July 2	Detached from PB 46	Durban	July 26	Independent	–
	July 31	Durban	Capetown	Aug. 4	DC 37	Convoy available via link above
	Aug. 8	Capetown	Hobart	Sept. 3	Independent	–
	Sept. 5	Hobart	Los Angeles	Oct. 9	Independent	–
1944	March 28	Los Angeles	Pearl Harbor	Apr. 7	Independent	–
	Apr. 10	Pearl Harbor	Balboa	May 2	Independent	–
	May 3	Balboa	Pearl Harbor	May 23	Independent	–
	May 26	Pearl Harbor	Balboa	June 15	Independent	–
	June 16	Balboa	Pearl Harbor	July 6	Independent	–
	July 8	Pearl Harbor	Balboa	July 30	Independent	–
	July 30	Cristobal	Curacao	Aug. 3	Independent	–
	Aug. 8	Curacao	Gitmo	Aug. 10	TAG 150	Curacao to Gitmo. Convoy available at TAG convoys (external link)
	Aug. 10	Gitmo	New York City	Aug. 16	Independent	–
	Aug. 17	New York City	Halifax	Aug. 21	HX 304	NYC for Halifax
	Oct. 3	Halifax	Cape Cod Canal	Oct. 5	XB 128	Convoy available at XB convoys (external link)
	Oct. 6	Cape Cod Canal	New York City	Oct. 6	Independent	–
	Oct. 13	New York City	Gitmo	Oct. 20	NG 465	Convoy available at NG convoys (external link)
	Oct. 20	Gitmo	Curacao	Oct. 23	GAT 167	Gitmo to Curacao. Convoy available at GAT convoys (external link)
	Oct. 25	Curacao	Cristobal	Oct. 28	Independent	–
	Oct. 29	Balboa	Valparaiso	Nov. 11	Independent	–
	Nov. 12	Valparaiso	South Georgia	Nov. 24	Independent	–
	Nov. 25	South Georgia	South Georgia	March 27-1945	Independent	A. Hague says: "Presumably to & from whaling grounds" See also Page 3 & narrative below
1945	Apr. 4	South Georgia	Balboa	May 2	Independent	–
	May 3	Cristobal	Gitmo	May 7	ZG 137	Convoy available at ZG convoys (external link)
	May 8	Gitmo	New York City	May 15	GN 204	Convoy available at GN convoys (external link)
	May 19	New York City	Boston	–	Independent	See also Page 4
	May 22	Boston	Halifax	May 24	BX 164	Convoy available at BX convoys (external link)
	May 26	Halifax	Belfast Lough	June 8	SC 177	Convoy will be added. See ships in SC convoys
	June 8	Belfast Lough	Methil Roads	June 11	Independent	–
	June 13	Methil Roads	Sandefjord	–	Independent	Further voyages, Page 4

Some Convoy Voyages:

For information on voyages made prior to and 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; several Norwegian ships took part.

According to Page 1 of the archive documents, she was on her way from the Antarctic to Sandefjord, Norway in the spring of 1940, but was diverted to Halifax when war broke out in Norway (see also my page about the Suderøy factory and catchers). From Halifax, where she had arrived May 3, she later proceeded to Curacao and unless voyages are missing from the record, she remained there for a long time. Arrival Curacao is given as June 29-1940, departure as Sept. 19. She arrived Halifax on Sept. 27 and again there's a long gap in her voyages; departure Halifax is listed as Dec. 26, when she headed to Aruba. Her 1941 voyages are also shown on this document and continue on Page 2, which also lists her 1942 voyages (it'll be noticed that she had a long stay in New York at the beginning of that year). Convoy information for some of these is available in the Voyage Record above.

In the middle of July-1942 she's listed in the slow Sydney (C.B.)-U.K. Convoy SC 92; the Advance Sailing Telegram says she carried 40 passengers. She arrived Clyde on July 30, subsequently returning across the Atlantic with Convoy ON 119*, which originated in Liverpool on Aug. 5-1942 and arrived New York on the 20th. This convoy also had other Norwegian ships, namely Scebeli, Belinda, Trondheim and Tungsha. Early the following month we find her in Convoy SC 99 from Halifax to the U.K., later joining the westbound Convoy ON 134*, which started out in Liverpool on Sept. 26 and arrived New York Oct. 17. The Norwegian Askeladden, Glarona, Grado, Granfoss, Hallfried, Hjalmar Wessel, Loke, Mathilda, Maud, Bonneville (Commodore Vessel) and Veni are also listed, as is the Panamanian Nortun, which had Norwegian managers and is, therefore, included under the N's on this website. Sir James Clark Ross was still in New York loading cargo on Nov. 24, incl. aircraft and landing crafts, then departed for the U.K. on Nov. 25 in Convoy SC 111*, but returned to port/put into Halifax, later joining Convoy SC 112* from there (this convoy had started out in New York on Dec. 4 and also had Acasta, Aragon, Borgholm, Dageid, Fjordheim, Garnes, Harpefjell, Heimgar, Norjerv, Primo, Solitaire and Tropic Star among its ranks). She arrived port safely after having endured horrendous weather on the crossing. Page 2 of the archive docs states she arrived Clyde on Dec. 25, having sailed from Halifax on Dec. 6.

From Clyde, she returned to New York in Jan.-1943 in Convoy ON 159, her arrival New York is given as Jan. 21 - the Commodore's narrative is also available for this convoy (Commodore was in Laurits Swenson). In March that year she travelled to Curacao and Trinidad, then on to Durban - Page 3 and the Voyage Record above have information on her voyages in this period.

Skipping now to Oct. 9-1943, when she arrived Los Angeles (from Hobart). According to the archive document referred to above, she did not leave again until March 28-1944, when she proceeded to Pearl Harbor. The reason for this long stay is unknown. In Aug.-1944, A. Hague has included her in Convoy HX 304 (Vice Commodore in Emma Bakke), voyage New York-Halifax only - as can be seen when following the link to my page about this convoy, she's not mentioned in the original Advance Sailing Telegram, but going back to Page 3, we learn that she did leave New York for Halifax on Aug. 17, and appears to have stayed there for quite a long time (departure is given as Oct. 3). From the same document we see that she headed to the whaling grounds on Nov. 12 that year*, and it looks like she remained there until the end of March-1945 (Page 4).

*There's a note in my text for Globe IX on my page about the Globe whale catchers saying that this whale catcher was catcing for Sir James Clark Ross in the 1944-1945 season (and was fitted out at Walvis Bay in 1945 for a new season with the factory). Also, there's a note on my page about Thorfjell, stating that this catcher was with Sir James Clark Ross in the 1944-1945 season (as well as in the 1945-1946 season). Additionally, my page about Suderøy mentions that this factory served as transport for Sir James Clark Ross' whaling expedition in the Anarctic in the winter of 1945, adding that this was the only Norwegian expedition in the 1944-1945 season.

Together with Geisha (listed as British, but this was a Norwegian ship), Germa, Hardanger, Heimgar, Lago, Orwell, Slemmestad, Sommerstad, Strix and Velma, she's listed in Convoy SC 177*, which left Halifax on May 26-1945 and arrived Liverpool on June 8; Sir James Clark Ross, carrying a general cargo, whale oil and explosives, stopped at Belfast Lough that day, proceeding to Sandefjord, Norway a few days later. This fits in with what can be found in an old book, "Norsk presse under Hakekorset" (The Norwegian Press under the Swastika), Vol. II, 1946 by Gunnleik Jensson (a collection of newspaper articles from the war years), which has a little note in the Oslo newspaper "Aftenposten", dated May 15-1945 saying that Sir James Clark Ross is on her way to Norway with 17 000 tons whale oil. The whale oil is to be distributed to the De-No-Fa and Sandar factories, and will supply 20 mill. kg. of margarine. According to Page 4, she did not leave Sandefjord again until Sept. 22, when she headed back to New York and from there to Curacao and on to Walvis Bay (again, see the note re. Globe IX and Thorfjell above. Also my text for Kos XV at Kos whale catchers mentions Sir James Clark Ross).

* The ON convoys will be added to individual pages in my Convoys section in due course, with more information on each; in the meantime, the ships sailing in them are named in the section listing ships in all ON convoys. Also, the entire SC series will 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 details on the other Norwegian ships named on this page, please see the alphabet index below, or go to the Master Ship Index

POST WAR:

According to the external website below she was broken up in Taiwan in 1966.

Related External link:
Sir James Clark Ross - The site also has info on some other ships owned by Johan Rasmussen & Co. Here is the main page.