D/S Skum - Norwegian Merchant Fleet 1939-1945

D/S Skum
Updated March 20-2010

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

Source: Bjørn Milde's postcard collection.

Manager: Lorentz S. Lyngaas & Jacob O. Lyngaas, Tønsberg
Tonnage: 1304 gt

Built in Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, Holland in 1916. (According to this external page, she was built as Eikland and renamed Skum in 1934 - see also this external page).

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

Voyage Record
From Jan.-1940 to March-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. Also, several voyages are missing.

	Departure	From	To	Arrival	Convoy	Remarks
1940	Jan. 9	Norwegian Waters	Methil	Jan. 12	HN 7	–
	Jan. 19	Norwegian Waters	Methil	Jan. 22	HN 8	–
	Febr. 15	Tyne	Southend	Febr. 17	FS 97	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	Febr. 28	Southend	Methil	March 1	FN 106	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	March 24	Tyne	Southend	March 26	FS 128	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link) Missing voyages, Page 1
	May 7	Southend*	Methil*	May 9	FN 165	*From Downs to Shields (Page 1). Convoy available at FN convoys (external link) Missing voyages, Page 1.
	Aug. 23	Sunderland	Southend	Aug. 25	FS 260	Again, see also Page 1. Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	Sept. 5	Tyne	Southend	Sept. 7	FS 273	Convoy available at link above
	Sept. 23	Southend	Tyne	Sept. 25	FN 289	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Sept. 29	Tyne	Southend	Sept. 30	FS 294	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link) See also Page 1
	Oct. 7	Southend	Sunderland	Oct. 9	FN 302	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Oct. 13	Sunderland	Southend	Oct. 17	FS 308	See also Page 2 Convoy available at FS convoys (external link) Missing movements, Page 2.
	Nov. 23	Tyne	Southend	Nov. 25	FS 343	Convoy available at link above Missing movements, Page 2.
	Dec. 2	Southend	Tyne	Dec. 4	FN 348	Via Sunderland (Page 2). Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Dec. 11	Tyne	Southend	Dec. 14	FS 359	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link) Again, see also Page 2
	Dec. 30	Southend	Blyth	Jan. 1-1941	FN 371A	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
1941	*Jan. 4	Blyth	Southend	Jan. 6	FS 379	*Compare w/Page 2. Convoy available at FS convoys (external link) Missing movements, Page 2.
	Jan. 23	Tyne	Southend	Jan. 26	FS 395	Convoy available at link above Compare w/Page 2. More missing movements: Page 2 & Page 3
	May 22	Southend	Tyne	May 24	EC 23	Convoy available at EC convoys (external link) Missing movements, Page 3
	June 21	Southend	Clyde*	June 27	EC 36	Damaged by aircraft June 21 (see also narrative below). *Arr. Gt. Yarmouth, June 22 (Page 3). Convoy available at link above
	Sept. 6	Southend	Tyne	Sept. 8	EC 70	Convoy available at link above Missing movements, Page 3
	Sept. 22	Southend	Tyne	Sept. 24	EC 76	Convoy available at link above Missing 1941 movements: Page 3 & Page 4
1942	Sept. 20	Methil	Londonderry	Sept. 22	EN 140	Earlier 1942 movements: Page 4 above, Page 5 & Page 6 Convoy available at EN convoys (external link) Subsequent 1942 movements, Page 6.
1943	Apr. 18	Loch Ewe	Methil	Apr. 20	WN 417	Earlier 1943 movements: Page 6 & Page 7 Convoy available at WN convoys (external link) Missing movements, Page 7
	May 29	Loch Ewe	Methil	May 31	WN 434A	Convoy available at link above. Missing movements, Page 7.
	July 1	Methil	Belfast	July 3*	EN 250	Page 7 gives arrival July 5. Convoy available at EN convoys (external link) Missing 1943 movements: Page 7, Page 8* & Page 9
1944	March 17	Loch Ewe	Methil	March 19	WN 558A	Earlier 1944 movements, Page 9 above. Convoy available at WN convoys (external link) Missing movements: Page 9 & Page 10
	Most of the following voyages are not detailed on the archive documents and, therefore, comparison cannot be made and accuracy confirmed.
	June 7	Barry	Seine Bay	June 10	EBC 4	Convoy available at EBC convoys (external link)
	June 18	Seine Bay	Bristol Channel	June 20	FBC 7	Convoy available at FBC convoys (external link)
	June 30	Barry	Seine Bay	July 2	EBC 27	Convoy available at EBC convoys (external link)
	July 6	Seine Bay	Bristol Channel	July 9	FBC 20	Convoy available at FBC convoys (external link) See also Page 10
	July 18	Barry	Seine Bay	July 20	EBC 45	Convoy available at EBC convoys (external link)
	July 24	Seine Bay	Penarth	July 26	FBC 35	Convoy available at FBC convoys (external link) Missing movements, Page 10.
	Aug. 6	Barry	Seine Bay	Aug. 8	EBC 64	Convoy available at EBC convoys (external link)
	Aug. 14	Seine Bay	Penarth	Aug. 16	FBC 54	Convoy available at FBC convoys (external link) Again, see also Page 10
	Aug. 25	Barry	Seine Bay	Aug. 27	EBC 83	Convoy available at EBC convoys (external link) See also Page 10
	Sept. 12	Barry	Seine Bay	Sept. 14	EBC 101	Convoy available at link above Missing movements, Page 11
	Nov. 25	Solent	Newport	Nov. 27	EBF 47	Convoy available via this page (external link) Missing movements, Page 11.
?*	Dec. 11	Southend	Milford Haven	Dec. 14	TBC 4	*Compare w/Page 11. Convoy available at TBC convoys (external link)
?	Dec. 21	Milford Haven	Southend	Dec. 24	BTC 14	Compare w/Page 11. Convoy available at BTC convoys (external link)
1945	March 28	St. Helens Roads	Havre*	March 29	WVC 107	Earlier 1945 voyages: Page 11 & Page 12 Arrived Rouen March 28. Convoy available via this page (external link) Subsequent voyages: Page 12 above, Page 13, Page 14* & Page 15

Notes:

Arnold Hague has included Skum in the Norway-U.K. Convoy HN 7 in Jan.-1940. Later that month, he has her in Convoy HN 8 from Norway (Pluto was sunk). Follow the links for more information; several Norwegian ships took part in both these convoys.

According to Page 1 of the archive documents, Skum arrived Setubal on Apr. 9-1940, the day of the German invasion of Norway. She had started out in Bayonne on Apr. 5.

Apart from a few voyages to France, she was subsequently mostly in service around the U.K., as will be seen from the various archive documents and A. Hague's Voyage Record above.

She was damaged in an air attack on June 21-1941, about 25 n. miles off Cromer. On that date, she's listed in Convoy EC 36 (external link, incomplete listing). The Norwegian Dux, Fana, Jernland and Tautra are also listed. Skum was taken in tow to Harwich. Her voyages in this period are shown on Page 3 and it'll be noticed that there's subsequently a long gap in her voyages - perhaps repairs had been necessary.