Manager: Brummenæs & Torgersen, Haugesund
Tonnage: 626 gt

Delivered in July-1896 from Akers mek. Verksted, Christiania (Oslo today) as Sarp to Brødrene Bjørnstad, Sarpsborg. Tonnage is given as 622 gt, 354 net, 850 tdwt, 175.6' x 27.6' x 13.7', Triple exp. 72 nhp (Akers). From Jan.-1915 she was owned by Orkla Gruber (Orkla Mines) and registered as Dragset of Trondheim. Purchased by Steffen Staalesen, Haugesund in 1924 and renamed Thore Hafte. Sold in July-1926 (following Staalesen's death) to Brummenæs & Torgersen, Haugesund. See also the external page that I've linked to above, which gives some different information.

Her captain as per Aug.-1942 is said to have been Ole Økland (identical to Salonica's captain?). According to this external page, her captain for a while was Johann Hermann Johansen Skylvik, who had previously commanded Hill. Later served as captain of Cresco, Stadion II and Raftsund.

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

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

Voyage Record From Jan.-1940 to Sept.-1944:

Follow the convoy links provided for more information on each.

Errors may exist, and as can be seen, the record is incomplete.

	Departure	From	To	Arrival	Convoy	Remarks
1940	Jan. 29	Norwegian Waters	Methil	Febr. 2	HN 9B	See also narrative below
	Febr. 25	Hartlepool	Methil	Febr. 26	TM 14	Convoy available at TM 14 (external link)
	March 3	Methil	Norwegian Waters	March 7	ON 17	–
	March 30	Norwegian Waters	Methil	Apr. 3	HN 23A	Arrived Middlesbrough, Apr. 5. See Page 1 Also, missing voyages
	June 27	Southend	Tyne*	June 29	FN 206	*Arrived Sunderland, June 28 (Page 1). Convoy available at FN convoys (external link) Missing movements, Page 1
	July 12	Methil	Ipswich	July 14	FS 221	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	July 18	Southend*	Methil	July 20	FN 225	*From Ipswich (Page 1). Convoy available at FN convoys (external link) Missing movements, Page 1
	July 26	Methil	Ipswich	July 28	FS 233	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link) Left Ipswich July 31 (Page 1)
	Aug. 3	Southend	Tyne	Aug. 5	FN 241	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link) Missing movements: Page 1 & Page 2
	Oct. 30*	Clyde	Methil	Nov. 2	WN 28	*Page 2 gives departure Oct. 28. Convoy available at WN convoys (external link) Left Methil for Tyne Nov. 5 (Page 2)
	Nov. 9	Methil*	Southend	Nov. 11	FS 332	*Compare w/Page 2. Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	Nov. 24	Southend	Methil*	Nov. 26	FN 341	*Again, compare w/Page 2 Convoy available at FN convoys (external link) Missing movements, Page 2
	Dec. 14	Methil	Southend	Dec. 16	FS 361	See also Page 2. Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	Dec. 30	Southend	Methil	Jan. 1-1941	FN 371A	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
1941	Jan. 4	Methil	Oban*	Jan. 7	EN 51/1	*Arrived Aberdeen Jan. 5, on to Methil Jan. 11 (Page 2). Convoy available at EN convoys (external link)
	Jan. 15	Methil	Ipswich	Jan. 17*	FS 389	*Page 2 gives arrival Jan. 19. Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	Jan. 25	Southend	Blyth	Jan. 27	FN 391	See also Page 2. Convoy available at FN convoys (external link) Missing 1941 movements: Page 2, Page 3 & Page 4
1942	May 30	Methil	Inverness	June 1	EN 91	Earlier 1942 movements: Page 4 above & Page 5 Convoy available at EN convoys (external link) Missing movements, Page 5
	Aug. 7	Methil	Inverness	Aug. 7*	EN 121	*Page 5 gives arrival Aug. 9. Convoy available at link above. Missing 1942 movements: Page 5 & Page 6.
	Her 1943 voyages (not included in A. Hague's record) are shown on Page 6, Page 7 & Page 8, the latter page also showing some 1944 voyages. Note also that most of the 1944 voyages in Hague's record below are not detailed on the archive documents and, therefore, comparison cannot be made and accuracy confirmed.
1944	June 5	Barry	Seine Bay	–	EBC 2Y	Earlier 1944 movements, Page 8. Convoy available at EBC convoys (external link) See also narrative below
	June 12	Seine Bay	Swansea	June 14	FBC 2	Convoy available at FBC convoys (external link)
	June 19	Barry	Seine Bay	June 23	EBC 16	Convoy available at EBC convoys (external link)
	June 26	Seine Bay	Bristol Channel	June 28	FBC 11	Convoy available at FBC convoys (external link) See also Page 8
	July 6	Barry	Seine Bay	July 8	EBC 33	Convoy available at EBC convoys (external link)
	July 10	Seine Bay	Fowey	July 12	FBC 24	Convoy available at FBC convoys (external link) On to Plymouth July 13 (Page 8)
	July 24	Solent	Seine Bay	July 24	EBC 49	Convoy available at EBC convoys (external link)
	July 27(?)	Fowey	Bristol Channel	July 29	FBC 38	Convoy available at FBC convoys (external link) Again, see also Page 8
	July 31	Barry	Seine Bay	Aug. 2	EBC 58	Convoy available at EBC convoys (external link)
	Aug. 7	Seine Bay	Fowey	Aug. 8	FBC 47	Convoy available at FBC convoys (external link)
	Aug. 10	Fowey	Plymouth	Aug. 10	EBC 67	Convoy available at EBC convoys (external link) See also Page 9
	Aug. 18	Seine Bay	Fowey	Aug. 19	FBC 58	Convoy available at FBC convoys (external link) To Plymouth Aug. 26 (Page 9)
?	Sept. 1	Barry	Portland	Sept. 2	EBC 90	Convoy available at EBC convoys (external link)
	Sept. 7	Portland	Seine Bay	Sept. 8	EBC 95	Convoy available at link above
	Sept. 13	Seine Bay	Fowey	Sept. 14	FBC 81	Convoy available at FBC convoys (external link) Page 9 gives arrival Plymouth, Sept. 14. Also shows further voyages, w/ more on Page 10

Some Convoy Voyages:

For information on voyages made in between those mentioned here, please see the documents received from the National Archives of Norway and A. Hague's Voyage Record above.

Thore Hafte is listed in Convoy HN 9B from Norway to the U.K. at the end of Jan.-1940 and is said to have arrived Middlesbrough on Febr. 11, her voyage having started out in Sauda. Early in March, A. Hague has included her in the U.K.-Norway Convoy ON 17, and at the end of that month we find her in Convoy HN 23A from Norway, for which Regin served as Commodore Vessel. Follow the links for more information; several Norwegian ships took part in all these convoys. Thore Hafte was bound for Middlesbrough with a cargo of manganese and from Page 1 of the archive documents, we learn that she arrived her destination on Apr. 5 (remaining there for a month), having sailed from Bergen on March 30 (she thereby ended up in Allied service; the Germans invaded Norway shortly thereafter, Apr. 9).

Apart from a voyage to Dunkirk in May, she was subsequently mostly in service around the U.K. Convoy information for some of these voyages can be found in the Voyage Record above.

Some crew members as per Aug.-1942:
Captain Ole Økland (identical to Salonica's captain?), Boatswain Iver Hansen, Able Seaman Johan Johansen, 1st Engineer Berger Eriksen, 2nd(?) Engineer Kaare Gjerde and Donkeyman Karl Olsen.

Thore Hafte took part in the Normandie invasion, arriving June 7, departing June 12-1944, according to "Nortraships flåte" (this voyage is not noted on Page 8 of the archive documents). Again, A. Hague has listed some convoys for this time period in his Voyage Record above.

It'll be noticed, when going to Page 9, that there's a long gap in her voyages, from Nov. 20-1944, when she arrived Gravesend, to Sept. 19-1945, when she left Gravesend for Tromsø, Norway (via Methil Sept. 21/23). Arrival Tromsø is not given. See also Page 10.

POST WAR:

Ran aground off Högannäs, Sweden on Nov. 29-1945, when on a voyage Bergen-Gdynia with a cargo of herring - again, see Page 10. Sold to a company in Ystad, Sweden, condemned and broken up after having run aground in Nov.-1950.
This external page says she was owned from Oct.-1946 by Rederi A/B Suecia (P.E. Santesson), Ystad, Sweden, still as Thore Hafte. From 1947, sailed as Anita Hans for Rederi A/B Tern (Axel Hansson), Væstervik, Sweden. Ran aground in Nov.-1950, condemned and sold to L.Simons, Pernis, Rotterdam for breaking up.

Back to Thore Hafte on the "Ships starting with T" page.

Steffen Staalesen, Haugesund had also had a ship by this name in 1912, originally D/S Leif (I/S, Hermanstad, Trondhjem), built 1872, 353 gt. Later owned by Torjer Meling, Stavanger, then purchased by Knut Knutsen O.A.S., Haugesund in 1898. Sold to Steffen Staalesen in 1912 and renamed Thore Hafte. Struck a mine near Falsterbro on Aug. 8-1916 with the loss of 3 men, on a voyage Stettin-Haugesund with general cargo.

The text on this page was compiled with the help of: "Nortraships flåte", J. R. Hegland, "Våre gamle skip" Leif M. Bjørkelund and E. H. Kongshavn, "Sjøforklaringer fra 2, verdenskrig", Vol. II, and misc. - (ref. My sources).