D/S Vestvangen - Norwegian Merchant Fleet 1939-1945

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

Voyage Record
From Dec.-1941 to July-1945:

(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 the record is incomplete.

	Departure	From	To	Arrival	Convoy	Remarks
1941	Dec. 7	Paramaribo	Trinidad	Dec. 9	Independent	A. Hague says: Previously traded in Caribbean. Earlier voyages: Page 1, Page 2, Page 3 & Page 4 Missing movements, Page 4.
	Dec. 20*	Trinidad	Paramaribo	Jan. 3-1942	Independent	*Page 4 gives departure Dec. 30.
1942	Jan. 4	Paramaribo	Trinidad	Jan. 6	Independent	–
	Jan. 9	Trinidad	Trinidad	Jan. 17	Independent	A. Hague says: Probably via Paramaribo (Page 4 says for Suriname)
	Jan. 19	Trinidad	Paramaribo	–	Independent	–
	Jan. 24	Paramaribo	Trinidad	Jan. 26	Independent	–
	Jan. 28	Trinidad	New Orleans	Febr. 7	Independent	–
	Febr. 10	New Orleans	Port St Joe	Febr. 11	Independent	–
	Febr. 12	Port St Joe	Tampa	Febr. 14	Independent	–
	Febr. 16	Tampa	Trinidad	Febr. 26	Independent	–
	March 9	Trinidad	Paramaribo	–	Independent	Page 4 gives arrival March 12
	March 18	Paramaribo	Trinidad	March 20	Independent	–
	March 24	Trinidad	Paramaribo	March 26	Independent	–
	March 29	Paramaribo	Trinidad	Apr. 1	Independent	–
	Apr. 3	Trinidad	Ciudad Trujillo	Apr. 6	Independent	–
	Apr. 7	Ciudad Trujillo	New Orleans	Apr. 14	Independent	–
	Aug. 25	New Orleans	Key West	Aug. 30	Independent	–
	Sept. 1	Key West	Gitmo	Sept. 4	KG 600	Convoy available at KG convoys (external link)
	Sept. 6	Gitmo	Trinidad	Sept. 13	GAT 3	Convoy available at GAT convoys (external link) A. Hague says: Then Trinidad/Paramaribo trade to June 3-1943. See also Page 4 & Page 5
1943	June 8	Trinidad	Gitmo	June 13	TAG 65	Convoy available at TAG convoys (external link)
	June 14	Gitmo	Key West	June 17	GK 739	Convoy available at GK convoys (external link)
	June 17	Key West	S W Passage	–	Independent	–
	Aug. 5	S W Passage	Key West	Aug. 7	HK 115	S W Passage to Key West. Convoy available at HK convoys (external link)
	Aug. 7	Key West	Gitmo	Aug. 10	KG 650	Convoy available at KG convoys (external link)
	Aug. 12	Gitmo	Trinidad	Aug. 18	GAT 80	Convoy available at GAT convoys (external link) A. Hague says: Then Trinidad/Paramaribo trade to Jan. 14-1944. See also Page 5 & Page 6
1944	Jan. 19	Trinidad	Gitmo	Jan. 24	TAG 110	Convoy available at TAG convoys (external link)
	Jan. 25	Gitmo	Key West	Jan. 28	GK 784	Convoy available at GK convoys (external link)
	Jan. 28	Key West	Mobile	Jan. 30	KH 483	Key West to Mobile. Convoy available at KH convoys (external link)
	Febr. 25	Pilottown	Key West	Febr. 28	HK 197	Pilottown to Key West. Convoy available at HK convoys (external link)
	Febr. 28	Key West	Gitmo	March 2	KG 691	Convoy available at KG convoys (external link)
	March 4	Gitmo	Trinidad	March 11	GAT 121	Convoy available at GAT convoys (external link) A. Hague says: Then Trinidad/Paramaribo trade to June 12-1944. See also Page 6 & Page 7
	June 17	Trinidad	Gitmo	June 22	TAG 140	Convoy available at TAG convoys (external link)
	June 23	Gitmo	Key West	June 26	GK 814	Convoy available at GK convoys (external link)
	June 26	Key West	Mobile	June 28	KH 543	Key West to Pilottown for Mobile. Convoy available at KH convoys (external link)
	July 19	Mobile	Gitmo	July 24	Independent	–
	July 27	Gitmo	Trinidad	Aug. 3	GAT 150	Convoy available at GAT convoys (external link) A. Hague says: Then Trinidad/Demerara trade to Oct. 6-1944. Again, see also Page 7
	Oct. 9	Trinidad	Gitmo	Oct. 19	Independent	–
	Oct. 19	Gitmo	Mobile	Oct. 24	Independent	–
	Nov. 10	New Orleans	Guaira	Nov. 17	Independent	–
	Nov. 20	Guaira	Maracaibo	Nov. 21	Independent	–
	Nov. 24	Maracaibo	Trinidad	Nov. 27	Independent	A. Hague says: Resumed Demerara & Paramaribo trade. See also Page 8
	Dec. 26	Trinidad	Mobile	Jan. 4-1945	Independent	On to Baytown (Page 8)
1945	Jan. 18	New Orleans	Puerto Cabello	–	Independent	Page 8 gives arrival Jan. 26.
	Jan. 26	Puerto Cabello	Maracaibo	Jan. 28	Independent	–
	Jan. 30	Maracaibo	Trinidad	Febr. 2	Independent	–
	Febr. 3	Trinidad	Paramaribo	Febr. 5	Independent	–
	Febr. 6	Paramaribo	Trinidad	Febr. 8	Independent	–
	Febr. 9	Trinidad	Mobile	Febr. 17	Independent	Later arr. New Orleans Febr. 19 (Page 8)
	Febr. 25	New Orleans	Guaira	March 6	Independent	–
	March 7	Guaira	Puerto Cabello	March 8	Independent	–
	March 9	Puerto Cabello	Maracaibo	March 10	Independent	–
	March 13	Maracaibo	Trinidad	March 16	Independent	A. Hague says: Resumed Demerara/Paramaribo trade. See also Page 8 & Page 9
	June 8	Trinidad	Philadelphia	June 15	Independent	–
	July 13	Philadelphia	Baltimore	July 14	Independent	–
	July 21	Baltimore	Puerto la Cruz	July 30	Independent	A. Hague says: Resumed peacetime trade. Subsequent voyages: Page 9 above & Page 10

Notes:

It looks like Vestvangen was in Mobile, Alabama when war broke out in Norway on Apr. 9-1940. According to Page 1 of the archive documents, she left Mobile on Apr. 10, arriving New Orleans the next day. Her 1941 voyages start on Page 2 and continue on Page 3 and Page 4, which also shows most of her 1942 voyages. As will be seen, she appears to have spent quite a long time in New Orleans that year. She had arrived there from Ciudad Trujillo on Apr. 14-1942; departure New Orleans is given as Aug. 25 - arrived Key West Aug. 30. Occasional long stays in port are shown elsewhere in her record as well. Convoy info for some of her voyages can be found in the table above.

POST WAR:

According to this external page, she was owned from 1949 by Skibs A/S Karaibien (Gørrissen & Klaveness A/S), Oslo, no name change. From Febr.- 1950 owners were Rederi A/B Advance (Algot Johansson), Mariehamn, renamed Adeny. From 1952 she was owned by Rederi A/B Sally (Algot Johansson), Mariehamn, same name. From 1962, sailed as Catherine for Overseas Timber Sh. Co. S.A (Vincenzo Pappalardo), Beirut, Lebanon. Sold in Febr.- 1971 to Giuseppe Riccardi, Vado Ligure for breaking up - commenced that same month.