M/S Tatra - Norwegian Merchant Fleet 1939-1945

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M/S Tatra
Updated Jan. 10-2011

To Tatra on the "Ships starting with T" page.

Source: Bjørn Pedersen's collection.

See also this external page (click in the photos to enlarge).

The Australian War Memorial has another picture of this ship, from Aug.-1943 - external links. The caption reads: "Aerial starboard view of the Norwegian cargo vessel Tatra. In November/December 1942 she was a member of convoy OW1 which included the Tarakan and Agovi Prince. They were carrying oil refinery equipment for Abadan, Persia." (Ref. link provided in the Voyage Record below).

Manager: Wilh. Wilhelmsen, Tønsberg
Tonnage: 4766 gt

Launched on Oct. 31-1936 by F. Schichau G.m.b.H, Danzig (Yard No. 1378), completed Febr. 4-1937. 4766 gt, 2804 net, 7580 tdwt, 412.0' x 55.5' x 25.6', 8 cyl. 2 scsa oil engine of 5150 ihp by F. Schichau G.m.b.H., Elbing. Service speed 14 knots, 10 passengers.

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

Voyage Record
From Apr.-1940 to Jan.-1946:

(Received from Don Kindell - His source: The late Arnold Hague's database).

Follow the convoy links provided for more information on each.

	Departure	From	To	Arrival	Convoy	Remarks
1940	Apr. 9	Galveston	New Orleans	Apr. 10	Independent	Some earlier voyages: Page 1
	May 18	New Orleans	Hampton Roads	May 22	Independent	–
	May 24	Hampton Roads	Baltimore	May 25	Independent	–
	May 28	Baltimore	New York City	May 30	Independent	–
	June 5	New York City	Rio	June 21	Independent	A. Hague says: Traded NYC/S America to Dec. 6-1941 Missing voyages: Page 1 & Page 2
1941	Dec. 9	New York City	Baltimore	Dec. 11	Independent	–
	Dec. 16	Baltimore	Hampton Roads	Dec. 17	Independent	–
	Dec. 18	Hampton Roads	Rio	Jan. 3-1942	Independent	–
1942	Jan. 14	Rio	Baltimore	Jan. 31	Independent	–
	Febr. 26	Baltimore	Providence, RI	Febr. 28	Independent	–
	March 13	Providence, RI	Capetown	Apr. 8	Independent	–
	Apr. 9	Capetown	Abadan	Apr. 26	Independent	–
	May 18	Abadan	Basra	May 20	Independent	–
	May 27	Basra	Bombay	June 1	Independent	–
	July 19	Bombay	Capetown	Aug. 5	Independent	–
	Aug. 5	Capetown	Trinidad	Aug. 23	Independent	–
	Aug. 25	Trinidad	Gitmo	Aug. 30	TAW 16	Convoy available at TAW convoys (external link) See also Page 3
	Aug. 31	Gitmo	New York City	Sept. 6	GN SPEC1	Convoy available at GN convoys (external link)
	Oct. 4	New York City	Gitmo	Oct. 11	NG 311	Convoy available at NG convoys (external link)
	Oct. 12	Gitmo	Cristobal	Oct. 16	GZ 7	Convoy available at GZ convoys (external link)
	Oct. 17	Balboa	Wellington	Nov. 10	Independent	–
	Nov. 10	Wellington	Fremantle	Nov. 22	Independent	–
	Nov. 24	Fremantle	Abadan	Dec. 15	OW 1/1	Convoy available at OW 1 (external link)
	Dec. 19	Abadan	Basra	Dec. 19	Independent	–
1943	Jan. 10	Basra	Abadan	Jan. 10	Independent	–
	Jan. 16	Abadan	Basra	Jan. 16	Independent	–
	Jan. 30	Basra	Khorram Shahr	Jan. 30	Independent	–
	Febr. 3	Abadan	Bahrein	Febr. 4	Independent	–
	Febr. 6	Bahrein	Bandar Abbas	–	Independent	–
	Febr. 11	Bandar Abbas	Bombay	Febr. 17	PB 26	Convoy available at PB 26 (external link)
	Febr. 23	Bombay	Cochin	Febr. 25	Independent	–
	Febr. 27	Cochin	Fremantle	March 12	Independent	–
	March 12	Fremantle	Balboa	Apr. 13	Independent	–
	Apr. 14	Cristobal	Gitmo	Apr. 18	ZG 28	Convoy available at ZG convoys (external link)
	Apr. 19	Gitmo	New York City	Apr. 26	GN 54	Convoy available at GN convoys (external link)
	May 27	New York City	Key West	June 1	NK 543	Convoy available at NK convoys (external link)
	June 3	Key West	Gitmo	June 6	KG 637	Convoy available at KG convoys (external link)
	June 9	Gitmo	Cristobal	June 13	GZ 34	Convoy available at GZ convoys (external link)
	June 14	Balboa	Fremantle	July 18	Independent	–
	Aug. 4	Fremantle	–	–	US 20	For Abadan. Dispersed 0.10N 70 09E Aug. 16. Convoy available at US 20 (external link)
	Aug. 16	Dispersed from US 20	Bombay	Aug. 20	Independent	–
	Aug. 23	Bombay	Bandar Abbas	Aug. 29	BP 92	Convoy available at BP 92 (external link)
	Aug. 29	Bandar Abbas	Abadan	Aug. 31	Independent	–
	Sept. 3	Abadan	Basra	Sept. 3	Independent	–
	Sept. 12	Basra	Abadan	Sept. 12	Independent	–
	Sept. 22	Abadan	Basra	Sept. 22	Independent	–
	Sept. 30	Basra	Karachi	Oct. 5	Independent	–
	Oct. 13	Karachi	Aden	Oct. 19	Independent	–
	Oct. 19	Aden	Suez	Oct. 24	Independent	To Port Said Oct. 26 (Page 4).
	Oct. 27	Port Said	Alexandria	Oct. 28	Independent	–
	Oct. 29	Alexandria	New York City	Nov. 24	GUS 20	Alexandria to USA. Convoy available at GUS convoys (external link)
	Dec. 22	New York City	Hampton Roads	Dec. 23	Independent	–
	Dec. 25	Hampton Roads	Port Said	Jan. 21-1944	UGS 28	For Port Said. Convoy available at UGS convoys (external link) Left Port Said same day (Page 4)
1944	Jan. 23	Suez	Aden	Jan. 27	Independent	–
	Jan. 27	Aden	Bombay	Febr. 2	Independent	–
	Febr. 3	Bombay	Karachi	Febr. 5	Independent	–
	Febr. 7	Karachi	Bombay	Febr. 9	Independent	–
	Febr. 20	Bombay	Cochin	Febr. 22	Independent	–
	Febr. 28	Cochin	Colombo	Febr. 29	Independent	–
	March 7	Colombo	Bombay	March 11	MB 68	Convoy available at MB 68 (external link)
	March 16	Bombay	Aden	–	Independent	–
	March 22	Aden	Suez	March 26	Independent	To Port Said March 30 (Page 4).
	Apr. 2	Port Said	Alexandria	Apr. 3	Independent	–
	Apr. 5	Alexandria	Hampton Roads*	May 2	GUS 36	Alexandria to USA. *Arrived New York (Page 4). Convoy available at GUS convoys (external link)
	May 21	New York City	Hampton Roads	May 22	Independent	–
	May 23	Hampton Roads	Port Said	June 18	UGS 43	For Port Said. Convoy available at UGS convoys (external link) To Suez same day (Page 4)
	June 19	Suez	Aden	June 22	Independent	–
	June 23	Aden	Karachi	June 28	Independent	–
	July 1	Karachi	Bombay	July 3	Independent	–
	July 21	Bombay	Karachi	July 23	Independent	–
	July 26	Karachi	Colombo	July 31	Independent	–
	Aug. 6	Colombo	Aden	Aug. 14	Independent	–
	Aug. 14	Aden	Suez	Aug. 18	Independent	To Port Said Aug. 19 (Page 4).
	Aug. 23	Port Said	New York City	Sept. 18	GUS 50	Port Said to USA. Convoy available at GUS convoys (external link) Left New York Oct. 11 (Page 4)
	Oct. 12	New York City*	Port Said	Nov. 8	UGS 57	From Hampton Roads (Page 4). For Karachi. Convoy available at UGS convoys (external link) On to Suez same day (Page 4*)
	Nov. 9	Suez	Aden	Nov. 13	Independent	–
	Nov. 14	Aden	Karachi	Nov. 19	Independent	–
	Nov. 25	Karachi	Bombay	Nov. 27	Independent	–
	Dec. 4	Bombay	Cochin	Dec. 6	Independent	–
	Dec. 13	Cochin	Colombo	Dec. 14	Independent	–
	Dec. 31	Colombo	Aden	Jan. 7-1945	Independent	–
1945	Jan. 7	Aden	Suez	Jan. 12	Independent	See also Page 5
	Jan. 13	Port Said	Oran	Jan. 20	Independent	–
	Jan. 22	Oran	New York City	Febr. 10	GUS 67	Convoy available at GUS convoys (external link)
	March 13	New York City	–	–	UGS 80	Dispersed March 29. Convoy available at UGS convoys (external link)
	March 29	Dispersed	Port Said	Apr. 4	Independent	On to Suez same day (Page 5)
	Apr. 5	Suez	Aden	Apr. 10	Independent	–
	Apr. 10	Aden	Karachi	Apr. 15	Independent	–
	Apr. 19	Karachi	Bombay	Apr. 21	Independent	–
	May 2	Bombay	Karachi	May 4	Independent	–
	May 8	Karachi	Suez	May 17	Independent	On to Port Said same day (Page 5)
	May 18	Port Said	Oran	May 24	Independent	–
	May 27	Oran	New York City	June 10	GUS 92	Convoy available at GUS convoys (external link)
	July 15	New York City	Port Said	Aug. 1	Independent	Arrived Suez Aug. 2 (Page 5)
	Aug. 6	Suez	Aden	Aug. 11	Independent	–
	Aug. 11	Aden	Karachi	Aug. 16	Independent	–
	Aug. 26	Karachi	Cochin	Aug. 29	Independent	–
	Sept. 11	Cochin	Suez	Sept. 22	Independent	Arrived Port Said Sept. 23 (Page 5)
	Sept. 24	Port Said	Delaware Capes	Oct. 10	Independent	–
	Oct. 18	Delaware Capes	New York City	Oct. 19	Independent	–
	Nov. 19	New York City	Trinidad	–	Independent	–
	Nov. 26	Trinidad	Rio	Dec. 6	Independent	(Stop at Trinidad not mentioned, Page 5).
	Dec. 12	Rio	Santos	Dec. 13	Independent	–
	Dec. 30	Santos	Montevideo	Jan. 1-1946	Independent	Further voyages: Page 5 & Page 6

Notes:

As will be seen when going to Page 1 of the archive documents, Tatra sailed from Galveston on Apr. 9-1940, the day the Germans invaded Norway. She had arrived the U.S. from Norway the month before. It looks like the intention was to return to Norway but, of course, this did not come to pass. She arrived New Orleans on Apr. 10, remaining there for over a month.

It'll be noticed, when going to the various archive documents, that she occasionally had long stays in port.

POST WAR:

Sold on Sept. 13-1962 to Marfianza Cia. Nav. S.A. (Michail A. Karageorgis S.A.), Greece and renamed Kalamata. Transferred to Panamanian registry in 1965. On Sept. 9-1968, she arrived Kaohsiung to be scrapped by Taiwan shipbreakers.

Back to Tatra on the "Ships starting with T" page.

There were 2 other ships by this name later on.

The text on this page was compiled with the help of: Wilh. Wilhelmsen fleet list and misc. (ref. My sources).

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