D/S Stadion II
Updated July 25-2012
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A picture is available on this external page (click in it to enlarge).
Manager: J. B. Stang, Oslo
Tonnage: 629 gt
Built in Oslo in 1914.
Her voyages are listed on these original images from the Norwegian National Archives:
Page 1 | Page 2 | Page 3 | Page 4 | Page 5 | Page 6 | Page 7 | Page 8 | Page 9 | Page 10 | Page 11 | Page 12 | Page 13 | Page 14 | Page 15 | Page 16 | Page 17 | Page 18 | Page 19 | Page 20 | Page 21 | Page 22
Please compare the above voyages with Arnold Hague's Voyage Record below.
Voyage Record From March-1940 to Apr.-1945:
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(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, and as can be seen, the record is incomplete.
1940 |
March 2 |
Norwegian Waters |
Methil |
March 5 |
HN 16 |
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Apr. 4 |
Norwegian Waters |
Methil |
Apr. 7 |
HN 24 |
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May 1 |
Methil |
Tyne |
May 1 |
MT 62 |
Convoy available via this page
(external link) Missing 1940 voyages:
Page 1 & Page 2 |
1941 |
July 27 |
Holyhead |
Swansea |
July 28 |
BB 53 |
Earlier 1941 movements: Page 2, Page 3, Page 4
& Page 5
Convoy available at BB convoys
(external link) Missing movements:
Page 5 & Page 6 |
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Sept. 18 |
Falmouth |
Milford Haven(?) |
Sept. 19 |
PW 36 |
Convoy available via this page (external link) Missing 1941 movements: Page 6 & Page 7 |
1942 |
*Aug. 14 |
Holyhead |
Mumbles |
Aug. 15 |
BB 209 |
Earlier 1942 movements: Page 7, Page 8, Page 9 & Page 10
Convoy available at BB convoys (external link) |
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*Not entirely sure this matches her voyages in this period - see Page 10 above. Also shows missing voyages, with more on Page 11 |
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Oct. 10 |
Holyhead |
Milford Haven |
Oct. 11 |
HM 37 |
Convoy available via this page
(external link) Subsequent 1942 movements: Page 11 & Page 12 |
1943 |
Her 1943 voyages, missing from A. Hague's record, are shown on Page 12 above, as well as Page 13, Page 14, Page 15, Page 16 and Page 17. |
1944 |
June 6 |
Spithead |
Seine Bay |
June 7 |
EWC 1B |
Earlier 1944 movements: Page 17 & Page 18
Convoy available via this page (external link) |
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Most of these 1944 voyages are not detailed on the archive documents and, therefore, comparison cannot be made and accuracy confirmed. |
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June 18 |
Portland |
Bristol Channel |
June 19 |
FBC 6 |
Convoy available at FBC convoys
(external link) |
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June 23 |
Solent |
Seine Bay |
June 24 |
EBC 17 |
Convoy available at EBC convoys
(external link) |
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June 28 |
Seine Bay |
Solent |
June 29 |
FBC 12 |
Convoy available at FBC convoys (external link) |
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July 2 |
Barry |
Seine Bay |
July 4 |
EBC 29 |
See also Page 18
Convoy available at EBC convoys (external link) |
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July 9 |
Seine Bay |
Southampton |
July 10 |
FBC 23 |
Convoy available at FBC convoys (external link) |
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July 18 |
Solent |
Seine Bay |
July 18 |
EBC 43 |
Convoy available at EBC convoys (external link)
See also Page 19 |
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July 21 |
Seine Bay |
Southampton |
July 22 |
FBC 33 |
Convoy available at FBC convoys
(external link) |
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July 25 |
Solent |
Seine Bay |
July 25 |
EBC 50 |
Convoy available at EBC convoys (external link) |
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Aug. 5 |
Seine Bay |
Southampton |
Aug. 6 |
FBC 45 |
Convoy available at FBC convoys (external link)
Arrived Plymouth, Aug. 7
(Page 19 - Also, missing movements) |
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Aug. 16 |
Barry |
Seine Bay |
Aug. 18 |
EBC 74 |
Convoy available at EBC convoys (external link) Again, see also Page 19 |
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Aug. 26 |
Seine Bay |
Southampton |
Aug. 27 |
FBC 64 |
Convoy available at FBC convoys (external link) |
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Sept. 6 |
Barry |
Seine Bay |
Sept. 8 |
EBC 95 |
Convoy available at EBC convoys (external link)
See also Page 19 |
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Sept. 20 |
Barry |
Seine Bay |
Sept. 22 |
EBC 109 |
Convoy available at link above
See also Page 19 & Page 20 |
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Nov. 10 |
Solent |
Newport |
Nov. 12 |
EBF 32 |
Convoy available via this page (external link)
Left Newport Nov. 14
(Page 20) |
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Nov. 26 |
Solent |
Plymouth |
Nov. 27 |
EBF 48 |
Convoy available via link above.
Further 1944 voyages, Page 20 |
1945 |
Apr. 9 |
Antwerp |
Southend |
Apr. 10 |
ATM 119 |
Earlier 1945 voyages: Page 20 & Page 21
Convoy available at ATM convoys
(external link)
Further voyages: Page 21 & Page 22 |
Stadion II, with a cargo of pulp for Preston, is listed as sailing in Convoy HN 16 from Norway to the U.K. in March.-1940. The following month, she was in Convoy HN 24, which arrived Methil from Norway on Apr. 7-1940; in other words, she got out of Norway just before the German invasion (Apr. 9). Follow the links for more info, several Norwegian ships took part in both these convoys.
Apart from some voyages to France in the spring/summer of 1940 (see Page 1), she was subsequently mostly in service around the U.K.
She took part in the Normandy operations, arriving June 7, leaving again on June 12-1944, according to "Nortraships flåte".
From Page 22 of the archive documents, we learn that she went home to Norway in Sept.-1945, making another voyage home in Apr.-1946.
According to this external page, she was was managed by Jacob Natvig & Co, Oslo from 1951. Sold in Apr.-1954 to Høvding Skipsopphuggeri, Oslo (breakers). In Jan.-1955, after parts of her machinery had been removed, she was loaded with scrap, but sank during a storm while at Sandnessjøen.
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The company had previously had another ship by the name Stadion, delivered in Aug.-1909, 519 gt. Purchased by D/S A/S Nordborg (A. Salomonsen) Kopervik in Febr.1922 and renamed Nordborg. Sold in 1923 to A/S Havlide (H. H. Holta), Skien and renamed Haarfagre. Aground on Dec. 11-1928, 0,5 n. miles south of Craster, Northumberland when on a voyage Skien-Middlesbrough with cargo of pitprops. Condemned in 1929.
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