D/S Sørvangen - Norwegian Merchant Fleet 1939-1945

D/S Sørvangen
Updated Dec. 6-2010

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

Picture received from Sverre Magnus Berg, whose father served a 1st mate on board (ref. Guestbook message below).

Manager: Gørrisen & Co. A/S. Oslo
Tonnage: 2400

Built in Danzig in 1929.

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Unfortunately, Page 2 is torn, so that some information is missing. See also A. Hague's Voyage Record.

Sørvangen's War Voyages: Transcribed from several documents received from Tony Cooper, England (probably from her movement card - Public Records Office, Kew).
	Arrival	Port	Departure	Convoy / Remarks
1939	?	Ciudad Trujillo	?	–
	?	Moengo	?	–
1940	Apr. ?	Trinidad	Apr. 26	–
	May 7	New Orleans	May ?	–
	May 9	Mobile	May 10	–
	May 16	Kingston	May 16	–
	May ?	Guadaloupe	May ?	–
	May 24	Fort de France	May 24	–
	May 25	Barbados	May 26	–
	May 26	Trinidad	May 29	–
	May 31	Demerara	June 1	–
	June 1	Paramaribo	June 1	–
	June 7	Trinidad	June 7	–
	June 12	Kingston	June 13	–
	June 18	Mobile	June 22	–
	June 23	New Orleans	June 29	–
	July 6	Ciudad Trujillo	July 7	–
	July 9	La Guaira	July 9	–
	July 12	Trinidad	July 14	–
	July ?	Paramaribo	July?	–
	July 23	Trinidad	July ?	–
	July 27	Ciudad Trujillo	July 28	–
	July 30	Kingston	July 31	–
	Aug. 5	New Orleans	Aug. 11	–
	Aug. 19	Kingston	Aug. 21	–
	Aug. 25	Curacao	Aug. 25	–
	Aug. 29	Paramaribo	Sept. 3	–
	–	Trinidad	–	See also Page 1
	Sept. 8	Kingston	Sept. ?	–
	Sept. ?	Port Antonio	Sept. 11	–
	Sept. 16	Mobile	Sept. ?	–
	Sept. 22	New Orleans	Sept. 23	–
	Sept. ?	Port-au-Prince	Sept. 30	–
	Oct. 5	La Guaira	Oct. 7	–
	Oct. 9	Maracaibo	Oct. 12	–
	Oct. 14	Trinidad	Oct. 14	–
	Oct. ?	Paramaribo	Oct. ?	–
	Oct. 24	Trinidad	Oct. 26	–
	?	Paramaribo	?	See also Page 2
	Nov. 2	Trinidad	Nov. 3	–
	Nov. 6	Ciudad Trujillo	Nov. 7	–
	Nov. 12	New Orleans	Nov. 20	–
	Nov. 21	Mobile	Nov. 22	–
	Nov. 28	Kingston	Nov. 28	–
	Dec. 3	Aruba	Dec. 3	–
	Dec. 4	Curacao	Dec. 6	–
	Dec. 9	Barbados	Dec. 9	–
	Dec. 11	Demerara	Dec. 14	–
	Dec. 19	Trinidad	Dec. 20	–
	Dec. 24	Kingston	Dec. 25	–
	Dec. 30	Mobile	?	–
1941	Jan. 3	New Orleans	Jan. 4	–
	Jan. 7	Tampa	Jan. 9	–
	Jan. 14	Kingston	Jan. 14	–
	Jan. 22	St Lucia	Jan. 22	–
	Jan. 23	St. Vincent	Jan. 23	–
	Jan. 26	Puerto la Cruz	Jan. 27	–
	Jan. 28	Trinidad	Jan. 30	–
	Febr. ?	Paramaribo	Febr. ?	–
	Febr. 5	Trinidad	Febr. 7	–
	Febr. 10	Paramaribo	Febr. 13	–
	Febr. 15	Trinidad	Febr. 17	–
	Febr. ?	Paramaribo	Febr. ?	–
	Febr. 25	Trinidad	Febr. 26	–
	March 8	Philadelphia	March 13	–
	March 13	Baltimore	March 21	–
	March 22	Hampton Roads	March 23	–
	March 28	Havana	Apr. 4	–
	Apr. 11	Trinidad	Apr. 18	–
	Apr. ?	Paramaribo	Apr. ?	See also Page 3
	Apr. 26	Trinidad	Apr. 28	–
	May 1	Paramaribo	May 3	–
	May 5	Trinidad	May 8	–
	May 10	Paramaribo	May 13	–
	May 15	Trinidad	May 16	–
	May 24	Hampton Roads	May 26	–
	May 27	Baltimore	May 29	–
	June 7	La Guaira	June 7	–
	June 8	Puerto Cabello	June 8	–
	June 10	Maracaibo	June 12	–
	June ?	Curacao	June 15	See Page 3 above
	June 28	Trinidad	July 2	–
	July 5	Paramaribo	July 12	–
	July 14	Trinidad	July 18	–
	July 20	Paramaribo	July 24	–
	July 26	Trinidad	July 31	–
	Aug. 2	Paramaribo	Aug. 6	–
	Aug. 8	Trinidad	Aug. 13	–
	Aug. 15	Paramaribo	Aug. 22	–
	Aug. 25	Trinidad	Sept. 7	–
	Sept. 9	Paramaribo	Sept. 10	–
	Sept. 15	Trinidad	Sept. 19	–
	Sept. 22	Paramaribo	Sept. 26	–
	Sept. 28	Trinidad	Sept. 29	–
	Oct. 9	Mobile	Oct. 28	–
	Oct. 30	New Orleans	Nov. 1	–
	Nov. ?	Port-au-Prince	Nov. 8	–
	Nov. 10	Ciudad Trujillo	Nov. 11	–
	Nov. 14	La Guaira	Nov. 15	–
	Nov. 17	Aruba	Nov. 17	–
	Nov. 19	Maracaibo	Nov. 23	–
	Dec. 4	Trinidad	Dec. 7	–
	Dec. 9	Paramaribo	Dec. 13	Compare to Page 3
	Dec. 16	Trinidad	Dec. 21	–
	Dec. 24	Paramaribo	Dec. 27	–
	Dec. 30	Trinidad	Jan. 7-1942	–
1942	Jan. 10	Paramaribo	Jan. 14	–
	Jan. 17	Trinidad	Jan. 28	–
	Febr. 9	Mobile	March 31	–
	March 31	New Orleans	Apr. 4	Put back w/engine trouble
	Apr. 6	New Orleans	Apr. 7	–
	Apr. 14	Port-au-Prince	Apr. 16	–
	Apr. 18	Ciudad Trujillo	Apr. 22	–
	Apr. 25	Maracaibo	May 1	–
	May 2	Curacao	May 7	–
	May 10	Trinidad	May 15	–
	May 25	New Orleans	June 2	–
	June 10	Port-au-Prince	June 11	–
	June 14	Ciudad Trujillo	June 17	–
	June 19	Aruba	June 23	–
	June 24	Maracaibo	June 28	–
	June 29	Curacao	July 1	OT 13 (see A. Hague's Record).
	July 4	Trinidad	July 5	–
	July 8	Paramaribo	July 13	–
	July 15	Trinidad	July 20	–
	July 23	Paramaribo	July 27	–
	July 29	Trinidad	Aug. 3	–
	Aug. 6	Paramaribo	Aug. 8	–
	Aug. 10	Trinidad	Aug. 14	–
	Aug. 17	Paramaribo	Aug. 19	–
	Aug. 21	Trinidad	Aug. 27	–
	Aug. 29	Paramaribo	Sept. 2	–
	Sept. 4	Trinidad	Sept. 11	–
	Sept. 13	Paramaribo	Sept. 16	See narrative below
	Sept. 19	Trinidad	Sept. 28	–
	Oct. 1	Paramaribo	Oct. 4	–
	Oct. 7	Trinidad	Oct. 12	–
	Oct. 15	Paramaribo	Oct. 19	–
	Oct. 23	Trinidad	Oct. 30	–
	Nov. 2	Paramaribo	Nov. 4	–
	Nov. 8	Trinidad	Nov. 12	–
	Nov. 15	Paramaribo	Nov. 19	–
	Nov. 22	Trinidad	Nov. 27	–
	Dec. 1	Paramaribo	Dec. 6	–
	Dec. 8	Trinidad	Dec. 12	–
	Dec. 16	Paramaribo	Dec. 21	–
	Dec. 23	Trinidad	Dec. 30	–
1943	Jan. 3	Paramaribo	Jan. 6	–
	Jan. 9	Trinidad	Jan. 14	–
	Jan. ?	Demerara	Jan. 23	–
	Jan. 25	Trinidad	Jan. 29	TAG 39 (again, see A. Hague's Record)
	Febr. 3	Guantanamo Bay	Febr. 3	GK 723 (see A. Hague's Record)
	Febr. 8	Key West	Febr. 8	–
	Febr. 10	Mobile	March 31	–
	Apr. 3	Key West	Apr. 5	KG 629 (see A. Hague's Record).
	Apr. 8	Guantanamo Bay	Apr. 9	GAT 55 (again, see link above)
	Apr. 15	Trinidad	Apr. 17	–
	Apr. 21	Paramaribo	May 4	–
	May 6	Trinidad	May 12	–
	May 15	Paramaribo	May 17	–
	May 19	Trinidad	May 25	–
	May 28	Paramaribo	June 2	–
	June 4	Trinidad	June 6	–
	June 9	Paramaribo	June 10	–
	June 12	Trinidad	June 13	–
	June 17	Paramaribo	June 20	–
	June 21	Trinidad	June 26	–
	June 29	Paramaribo	July 1	–
	July 3	Trinidad	July 6	–
	July 9	Paramaribo	July 13	–
	July 15	Trinidad	July 18	–
	July 21	Paramaribo	July ?	–
	July ?	Trinidad	July 30	–
	Aug. 2	Paramaribo	Aug. 3	–
	Aug. 5	Trinidad	Aug. 9	–
	Aug. 12	Paramaribo	Aug. 13	–
	Aug. 16	Trinidad	Aug. 20	–
	Aug. 22	Paramaribo	Aug. 26	–
	Aug. 27	Trinidad	Sept. 1	–
	Sept. 4	Paramaribo	Sept. 7	–
	Sept. 9	Trinidad	Sept. 12	–
	Sept. 15	Paramaribo	Sept. 18	–
	Sept. 20	Trinidad	Sept. 29	–
	Oct. 2	Paramaribo	Oct. 3	–
	Oct. 6	Trinidad	Oct. 9	–
	Oct. ?	Paramaribo	Oct. 14	–
	Oct. 15	Trinidad	Oct. 17	–
	Oct. 20	Paramaribo	Oct. 22	–
	Oct. 24	Trinidad	Oct. 26	TAG 93 (see A. Hague's Record).
	Oct. ?	Moengo	Oct. ?	–
	?	Guantanamo Bay	?	GK 767 (See also Page 6)
	?	New Orleans	?	HK 171 (again, see A. Hague's Record)
	Dec. 26	Key West	Dec. ?	KG 678 (A. Hague's Record)
1944	Jan. ?	Guantanamo Bay	Jan. 4	GAT 109 (A. Hague's Record)
	Jan. 10	Trinidad	Jan. 11	–
	Jan. 14	Paramaribo	Jan. 17	–
	Jan. 19	Trinidad	Jan. 21	–
	Jan. 24	Paramaribo	Jan. 26	–
	Jan. 28	Trinidad	Jan. 31	–
	Febr. 3	Paramaribo	Febr. 6	–
	Febr. 8	Trinidad	Febr. 11	–
	Febr. 14	Paramaribo	Febr. 18	–
	Febr. 20	Trinidad	Febr. 23	–
	Febr. 26	Paramaribo	Febr. 29	–
	March 2	Trinidad	March 4	–
	March 7	Paramaribo	March 8	–
	March 12	Trinidad	March 15	–
	March 17	Demerara	March 19	–
	March 20	Trinidad	March 23	–
	March 26	Paramaribo	March 28	–
	March 30	Trinidad	Apr. 1	–
	Apr. 4	Paramaribo	Apr. 7	–
	Apr. 9	Trinidad	Apr. 12	–
	Apr. 15	Paramaribo	Apr. 19	–
	Apr. 21	Trinidad	Apr. 23	–
	Apr. 25	Demerara	Apr. 27	–
	Apr. 28	Trinidad	Apr. 30	–
	May 2	Demerara	May 3	–
	May 4	Trinidad	May 7	–
	May 9	Paramaribo	May 12	–
	May 14	Trinidad	May 18	TAG 134 (see A. Hague's Record).
	May 23	Guantanamo Bay	May 24	GK 808 (A. Hague's Record)
	May 27	Key West	May 27	KH 531 (A. Hague's Record)
	May 29	Mobile	?	–
	June ?	Pilottown	June 20	HK 243 (A. Hague's Record)
	June 22	Key West	June 22	KG 714 (A. Hague's Record)
	June 25	Guantanamo Bay	June 27	GAT 144 (A. Hague's Record)
	July ?	Trinidad	July 4	–
	July 6	Demerara	July 12	–
	July 13	Trinidad	July 16	–
	July 18	Demerara	July 20	–
	July 21	Trinidad	July 23	–
	July 25	Demerara	July 26	–
	July 27	Trinidad	July 29	–
	July 31	Demerara	Aug. 2	–
	Aug. 3	Trinidad	Aug. 6	–
	Aug. 8	Demerara	Aug. 10	–
	Aug. 11	Trinidad	Aug. 14	–
	Aug. 16	Demerara	Aug. 17	–
	Aug. 19	Trinidad	Aug. 22	–
	Aug. 23	Demerara	Aug. 24	–
	Aug. 26	Trinidad	Aug. 30	–
	Aug. 31	Demerara	Sept. 2	–
	Sept. 3	Trinidad	Sept. 6	–
	Sept. 7	Demerara	Sept. 10	–
	Sept. 11	Trinidad	Sept. 14	–
	Sept. 16	Demerara	Sept. 17	–
	Sept. 18	Trinidad	Sept. 21	–
	Sept. 23	Paramaribo	Oct. 2	–
	Oct. 4	Trinidad	Oct. 5	–
	Oct. ?	Mobile	Oct. 14	–
	Oct. ?	New Orleans	Oct. 22	–
	Oct. 30	La Guaira	Nov. 3	–
	Nov. 3	Guanta	Nov. 4	–
	Nov. 4	Puerto la Cruz	Nov. 5	–
	Nov. 7	Trinidad	Nov. 8	–
	Nov. 10	Demerara	Nov. 12	–
	Nov. 13	Trinidad	Nov. 14	–
	Nov. 25	Delaware Capes	Nov. ?	–
	Nov. 29	Baltimore	Dec. 19	–
	Dec. 19	Cape Henry	Dec. 19	See also Page 8
1945	Jan. 7	Trinidad	Jan. 8	–
	Jan. 10	Paramaribo	Jan. 13	–
	Jan. 15	Trinidad	Jan. 18	TAG 183 (see A. Hague's Record).
	Jan. 23	Guantanamo Bay	Jan. 23	GN 183 (see link above)
	Jan. 30	Chesapeake Bay	Jan. 30	–
	Jan. 30	Delaware Capes	?	–
	Febr. 2	Philadelphia	Febr. 2	–
	Febr. 2	Hampton Roads	Febr. 4	–
	Febr. 8	Boston	Febr. 9	–
	Febr. 12	New York	Febr. 15	–
	Febr. 17	Boston	Febr. 19	–
	Febr. 21	New York	Febr. 23	–
	Febr. 24	Boston	Febr. 28	–
	March 1	New York	March 2	–
	March 3	Baltimore	March 12	–
	March 12	Cape Henry	March 12	–
	March 23	Puerto la Cruz	March 28	–
	March 29	Trinidad	March 30	–
	Apr. 2	Paramaribo	Apr. 5	–
	Apr. 7	Trinidad	Apr. 8	–
	Apr. 11	Paramaribo	Apr. 15	–
	Apr. 18	Trinidad	Apr. 19	–
	Apr. 21	Demerara	Apr. 22	–
	Apr. 24	Trinidad	Apr. ?	–
	Apr. ?	Demerara	Apr. 29	See also Page 8
	Apr. 30	Trinidad	May 2	–
	May 3	Demerara	May 6	–
	May 7	Trinidad	May 8	–
	May 9	Demerara	May 11	–
	May 13	Trinidad	May 14	–
	May 17	Demerara	May ?	(See Page 8)
	May 18	Trinidad	May 20	–
	May 21	Demerara	June 1	–
	June 2	Trinidad	June 5	–
	June 7	San Juan	June 19	–
	June 22	La Guaira	June 30	–
	July 1	Trinidad	July 3	–
	July 6	Paramaribo	July 7	–
	July 10	Trinidad	July 11	–
	July 14	Paramaribo	July 15	–
	July 18	Trinidad	July 20	–
	July 23	Paramaribo	July 27	–
	July 27	Trinidad	July 27	–
	?	Claymont, Del.	?	–
	Aug. 6	Philadelphia	Aug. ?	–
	Aug. 8	Baltimore	Sept. 1	–
Page 9 has further voyages, up to and including Apr.-1946.

Notes:

From Page 1 of the archive documents, we learn that Sørvangen was in Curacao when war broke out in Norway on Apr. 9-1940, having arrived there from Ciudad Trujillo that same day. Her 1941 voyages start on Page 2 and continue on Page 3, while most of her 1942 voyages are shown on Page 4 (it'll be noticed that she spent several weeks in Mobile at the beginning of that year).

On Sept. 17-1942, she rescued 31 crew and 9 gunners from the American ship Mae. They were then transferred to the Canadian Gypsum King, which landed them at Georgetown. Mae had been torpedoed, shelled and sunk that same day by U-515, about 41 miles north of Georgetown, British Guiana, 08 03N 58 13W, 1 of the crew died (Robert Cressman, "The Official Chronology of the U.S. Navy in World War II", see link to "Hyperwar" below). From Page 4, we learn that Sørvangen was on her way from Paramaribo to Trinidad on this date. According to "Skip og Menn" by Birger Dannevig, she rescued a total of 72 men from 3 different ships in 1943 (Atlantic and Caribbean). It's possible this number includes the men rescued from Mae in 1942?

The following day, she was attacked by gunfire from U-175 (Bruns), position 07 20N 58 35W, but was not hit. According to J. Rohwer she grounded herself. Going back to the archive document, we see that she arrived Trinidad on Sept. 19.

Her 1943 voyages start on Page 5 (showing another long stay in Mobile early that year), while the rest are listed on Page 6, which also has some 1944 voyages. Others are shown on Page 7 and Page 8. The latter document also has several 1945 voyages - as can be seen, she was in Trinidad on VE Day. See also Page 9, which lists voyages to Apr.-1946. Links to some of the convoys she sailed in can be found in A. Hague's Voyage Record.

POST WAR:

Sold in 1950 and renamed Asta. Sold in 1954 to Northern Steamship Co Ltd (Northern Chartering A/B O/Y, Helsinki, manager) and renamed Mercur. Sold in 1958 and renamed Los Aztecas. Sold in 1959 to Guam Navigation Corp, Liberia, and renamed Guam Pioneer. On Dec. 17-1959 she foundered about 340 miles southwest of Los Angeles when on a voyage from San Francisco to Kobe. The crew was rescued.

Related external links:
Hyperwar - Linked directly to 1942 of Robert Cressman's book (go to Sept. 17).

The attack on Mae

U-175 - The U-boat which is said to have fired at Sørvangen.

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