M/S Trondanger - Norwegian Merchant Fleet 1939-1945

M/S Trondanger

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Source: Received from Bjørn Milde, Norway (from his postcard collection), who has also provided me with the post war details.

Manager: Westfal-Larsen & Co. A/S Bergen
Tonnage: 6826 gt

Delivered in Sept.-1932 from Nederlandsche Scheepsbouw Mij., Amsterdam, 6826 gt, 9774 tdwt, 456' x 61' x 31.3', 7 cyl. 2T 8200 ihp, 15.5 knots.

Misc. War Voyages:

More voyages will be added.

Trondanger was mostly in service South America-US.

Together with the Norwegian Besholt, Brand, Fernglen, Kaia Knudsen, and Skandinavia, Trondanger is listed in Convoy TAW 14, which left Trinidad on Aug. 16-1942 and arrived Key West on the 25th. Besholt, Braganza, Fernglen, Kaia Knudsen, Skandinavia and Trondanger subsequently joined Convoy KN 134, departing Key West on Aug. 26-1942, arriving Hampton Roads on the 31st. The following month, she shows up, with destination Cristobal, in Convoy NG 309, which left New York on Sept. 27-1942 and arrived Guantanamo on Oct. 4. Braganza was again in company, as were Atlantic, Granville, Kollbjørg, Meline, and Petter. See the external links provided below for more details on these convoys.

At the beginning of 1943, Trondanger is listed in Convoy NG 335, which departed New York on Jan. 7 and arrived Guantanamo on the 14th. Borgfred and Far are also included - again, see the external link below.

At the end of March-1945, she sailed in the fast New York-U.K. Convoy CU 64, as the only Norwegian ship, returning to the U.S. the following month (together with Nordahl Grieg) in Convoy UC 65A, which left Liverpool on Apr. 23 and arrived New York on May 5. This convoy will be added to an individual page in my Convoys section; in the meantime, the ships sailing in it are named on the page listing ships in all UC convoys. Later that month we find her among the ships in Convoy CU 71, departing New York on May 20, arriving Liverpool on the 30th. The Norwegian Elisabeth Bakke, Kaptein Worsøe and Mosdale are also listed in this convoy.

For more information on all the other Norwegian ships mentioned on this page, please see the alphabet index at the bottom of this page, or go to the Master Ship Index.

POST WAR:

Sold in Apr.-1960 to Johs. Presthus, Bergen and renamed Helene Bakke, later Helene Presthus. Broken up in Taiwan in 1968.

Related external links:
Convoy TAW 14 - The site also has KN 134, NG 309, and NG 335.

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