D/T Suderholm
Updated Aug. 2-2012

To Suderholm on the "Ships starting with S" page.

A picture (when Key West) is available on this external page (click in it to enlarge).

Related item on this website:
Guestbook message from Abraham Luxembourg, who sailed on this ship, and who says that she was in service in the Eastern Mediterranean and Red Sea, supplying fuel oil to naval ships, battle cruisers, cruisers, etc. On June 12-2009, I received the following note from him:

"With great sorrow, I would like to advise you that Mr. Mordechai Limon ("Moka") has passed away two weeks ago, age 85. Mr. Limon was a seaman on board the “S.S. Suderholm” with the undersigned during the Second World War. Later he was a captain of many boats who transferred Jews from the concentration camps in Europe to Israel's shores. He was a brilliant seaman and scholar. He was appointed as the admiral of the Israeli Navy. He was beloved and respected by the public, and especially by seamen. Captain Morland was our captain on the Suderholm when Moka Limon and I sailed then. He always respected Mr. Limon, who was an extraordinary seaman and human being.
Regards,
Abraham Luxembourg, Israel
(who also served on the Suderholm)"

Then on Aug. 8-2012, I received the following from David Luxembourg:
"Please be updated that Mr. Abraham Luxembourg passed away last week at age 88 in Tel Aviv Israel. Abraham served on D/T Suderholm during WW II in the Eastern Mediterranean, supplying fuel oil to naval ships".

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

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

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

Follow the convoy links provided for more information on each.

Errors may exist, and as can be seen, the record stops at Sept.-1944.

	Departure	From	To	Arrival	Convoy	Remarks
1940	March 17	New York City	Halifax	–	Independent	–
	March 21	Halifax	–	–	HX 29	Straggled March 23.
	March 23	Straggled from HX 29	Liverpool	Apr. 5	Independent	Missing movements, Page 1
	May 4	Liverpool	–	–	OB 142	For Trinidad. Dispersed 46 28N 30 29W, May 8. Convoy available at OB 142 (external link)
	May 8	Dispersed from OB 142	Trinidad	May 21	Independent	–
	May 24	Trinidad	Aruba	May 27	Independent	–
	May 28	Aruba	Bermuda	June 5	Independent	–
	June 8	Bermuda	–	–	BHX 49	See link to HX 49
	June 13	Bermuda portion joined main convoy	Liverpool	June 23	HX 49	–
	July 21	Liverpool	–	–	OB 187	Dispersed 53 43N 23 30W, July 25. Convoy available at OB 187 (external link)
	July 25	Dispersed from OB 187	Kingston	Aug. 12	Independent	–
	Aug. 20	Kingston	Curacao	Aug. 25	Independent	–
	Aug. 28	Curacao	Sydney, C.B.	Sept. 8	Independent	–
	Sept. 10	Sydney, C.B.	Avonmouth	Sept. 28	SC 4	–
	Oct. 18	Avonmouth	Cardiff	Oct. 18	Independent	–
	Nov. 9	Cardiff	Swansea	Nov. 10	Independent	–
	Nov. 23	Swansea	Southampton	Nov. 27	Independent	–
	Dec. 1	Southampton	Milford Haven	Dec. 8	–	A. Hague says: Notional dates. (See also Page 1)
	Dec. 11	Milford Haven	–	–	OB 258	(See also narrative below). Dispersed Dec. 15. Convoy available at OB 258 (external link)
	Dec. 15	Dispersed from OB 258	Aruba	Jan. 6-1941	Independent	–
1941	Jan. 6	Aruba	Bermuda	Jan. 15	Independent	–
	Jan. 21	Bermuda	Clyde	Febr. 8	BHX 104	–
	Febr. 12	Clyde	Methil	Febr. 15	WN 84	Convoy available at WN convoys (external link)
	Febr. 19	Methil	Southend	Febr. 21	FS 417	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link) See also Page 1
	March 17	Southend	Methil	March 19	FN 433	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	March 21	Methil	Oban	March 23	EN 89/1	Convoy available at EN convoys (external link)
	March 28	Oban	–	–	OG 57	For Aruba. Detached Apr. 6. Convoy will be added. See ships in OG convoys
	Apr. 8(?)	Detached from OG 57	Aruba	Apr. 19	Independent	–
	Apr. 21	Aruba	Halifax	May 7	Independent	See also narrative below.
	May 30	Halifax	Sydney, C.B.	June 1	Independent	–
	June 1	Sydney, C.B.	Liverpool	June 21	SC 33	Missing movements, Page 2
	July 6	Liverpool	–	–	OB 343	For NYC. Dispersed 46N 55W, July 21. Convoy available at OB 343 (external link)
	July 21	Dispersed from OB 343	New York City	July 26	Independent	–
	July 30	New York City	Sydney, C.B.	Aug. 4	Independent	–
	Aug. 10	Sydney, C.B.	Belfast Lough	Aug. 30	SC 40	Convoy will be added. See ships in SC convoys
	Aug. 31	Belfast Lough	Milford Haven	Sept. 2*	BB 70	*Page 2 gives arrival Aug. 31. Convoy available at BB convoys (external link)
	Sept. 2	Milford Haven	Falmouth	Sept. 4	WP 29	Convoy available at WP convoys (external link)
	Oct. 1	Falmouth	Milford Haven	Oct. 2	PW 43	Convoy available via this page (external link)
	Oct. 3	Milford Haven	–	–	ON 23	For NYC. Detached Oct. 13. Convoy will be added. See ships in ON convoys
	Oct. 13	Detached from ON 23	New York City	Oct. 26	Independent	–
	Nov. 1	New York City	Curacao	Nov. 10	Independent	–
	Nov. 12	Curacao	Capetown	Dec. 15	Independent	(See also narrative below).
	Dec. 19	Capetown	Abadan	Jan. 16-1942	Independent	–
1942	Jan. 21	Abadan	Karachi	Jan. 28	Independent	–
	Jan. 31	Karachi	Abadan	Febr. 5	Independent	–
	Febr. 8	Abadan	Bombay	Febr. 16	Independent	–
	Febr. 21	Bombay	Abadan	March 1	Independent	–
	March 2	Abadan	Mombasa	March 17	Independent	–
	March 20	Mombasa	Abadan	Apr. 3	Independent	–
	Apr. 4	Abadan	Bombay	Apr. 12	Independent	–
	Apr. 25	Bombay	Abadan	May 3	Independent	–
	May 7	Abadan	Bombay	May 16	Independent	–
	July 24	Bombay	Colombo	July 29	Independent	–
?*	July 27	Bandar Abbas	Abadan	July 31	Independent	–
	*The above entry has ended up in the wrong place - it belongs under 1943 and has been inserted there.
	Aug. 4	Colombo	Colombo	–	Independent	A. Hague says: Voyage data unknown See Page 2 (for anchorage).
	Aug. 8	Colombo	Abadan	Aug. 24	Independent	–
	Aug. 25	Abadan	Colombo	Sept. 8	Independent	–
	Sept. 15	Colombo	Abadan	Sept. 30	Independent	–
	Oct. 1	Abadan	Bandar Abbas	–	Independent	–
	Oct. 7	Bandar Abbas	Aden	Oct. 16	PA 5	Convoy available via this page (external link)
	Oct. 22	Aden	Massawa	Oct. 24	Independent	–
	Nov. 6	Massawa	Aden	Nov. 9	Independent	–
	Nov. 10	Aden	Bombay	Nov. 21	Independent	–
1943	March 21	Bombay	Bandar Abbas	March 26	BP 72B	Convoy available via link above
	March 26	Bandar Abbas	Abadan	March 30	Independent	Stop at Bandar Abbas not mentioned, Page 3
	Apr. 1	Abadan	Bandar Abbas	–	Independent	–
	Apr. 4	Bandar Abbas	Bombay	Apr. 10	PB 34	Convoy available via link above
	Apr. 17	Bombay	Bandar Abbas	Apr. 21	BP 76A	Convoy available via link above
	Apr. 21	Bandar Abbas	Abadan	Apr. 25	Independent	Stop at Bandar Abbas not mentioned, Page 3
	Apr. 28	Abadan	Bandar Abbas	–	Independent	–
	May 4	Bandar Abbas	Bombay	May 10	PB 39	Convoy available via this page (external link)
	June 4	Bombay	Bandar Abbas	June 10	BP 82	Convoy available via link above
	June 10	Bandar Abbas	Abadan	June 13	Independent	Again, compare w/Page 3
	June 14	Abadan	Bandar Abbas	–	Independent	(See Page 3)
	June 20	Bandar Abbas	Bombay	June 26	PB 45	Convoy available via link above
	July 1	Bombay	Colombo	July 7	BM 56	Convoy available at BM convoys (external link)
	July 10	Colombo	Bombay	July 16	MB 41	Convoy available via this page (external link)
	July 21	Bombay	Bandar Abbas	July 27	BP 88	Convoy available via link above
*	July 27	Bandar Abbas	Abadan	July 31	Independent	–
	*The above voyage has been taken from 1942 entries above (but compare w/Page 3).
	Aug. 1	Abadan	Bandar Abbas	–	Independent	–
	Aug. 7	Bandar Abbas	Bombay	Aug. 13	PB 51	Convoy available via link above
	Aug. 23	Bombay	Bandar Abbas	Aug. 29	BP 92	Convoy available via link above
	Aug. 29	Bandar Abbas	Abadan	Aug. 31	Independent	–
	Sept. 2	Abadan	Bandar Abbas	–	Independent	–
	Sept. 8	Bandar Abbas	Bombay	Sept. 14	PB 55	Convoy available via link above
	Sept. 18	Bombay	Colombo	Sept. 23	BM 66	Convoy available at BM convoys (external link)
	Sept. 25	Colombo	Bombay	Sept. 30	Independent	–
	Nov. 25	Bombay	Bandar Abbas	Dec. 1	BP 104	Convoy available via this page (external link)
	Dec. 1	Bandar Abbas	Abadan	Dec. 3	Independent	Stop at Bandar Abbas not mentioned, Page 3
	Dec. 5	Bandar Abbas*	Masirah	Dec. 6	PB 66	*From Abadan, Dec. 5. Convoy available via link above
	Dec. 8	Masirah	Bombay	Dec. 19	Independent	A. Hague says: Notional sailing date (again, compare w/Page 3)
	Dec. 21	Bombay	Colombo	Dec. 26	BM 79	Convoy available at BM convoys (external link)
	Dec. 27	Colombo	Madras	Jan. 1-1944	JC 31	Convoy available at JC convoys (external link)
1944	Jan. 6	Madras	Colombo	Jan. 9	CJ 11	Convoy available via this page (external link)
	Jan. 10	Colombo	–	–	MB 61	Detached Jan. 15. Convoy available via link above
	Jan. 15	Detached from MB 61	Abadan	Jan. 21	Independent	–
	Jan. 24	Abadan	Colombo	Febr. 5	Independent	–
	Febr. 13	Colombo	–	–	MB 65	Detached Febr. 18. Convoy available via link above
	Febr. 18	Detached from MB 65	Abadan	Febr. 25	Independent	–
	Febr. 26	Abadan	Bandar Abbas	–	Independent	–
	March 1	Bandar Abbas	Aden	March 9	PA 71	Convoy available via link above
	March 9	Aden	Aden	March 12	Independent	Put back
	March 13	Aden	Suez	March 20	Independent	See also Page 4
	May 4	Port Said	Haifa	May 5	Independent	–
	May 7	Haifa	Alexandria	May 9	Independent	–
	May 10	Alexandria	Tripoli, Libya	May 16	XT 24	Convoy available via link above
	May 16	Tripoli, Libya	Augusta	May 18	–	–
	May 19	Augusta	Bizerta	May 21	GUS 40	Augusta to Bizerta. Convoy available at GUS convoys (external link)
	May 25	Bizerta	Tripoli, Libya	–	–	Page 4 gives arrival May 30
	June 2	Tripoli, Libya	Alexandria	June 7	TX 25	Convoy available via this page (external link)
	June 19	Alexandria	Port Said	June 20	Independent	–
	June 21	Port Said	Haifa	June 22	Independent	–
	June 26	Haifa	Port Said	June 27	Independent	–
	June 28	Port Said	Bizerta	July 5	MKS 54	Port Said to Palermo (stop at Bizerta not mentioned, Page 4). Convoy will be added. See ships in MKS convoys
	July 6	Bizerta	Palermo	July 8	Escorted	–
	July 9	Palermo	Bizerta	July 10	Escorted	–
	July 12*	Bizerta	Port Said	July 20	UGS 46	Bizerta to Port Said. *Page 4 gives departure July 14. Convoy available at UGS convoys (external link)
	July 20	Port Said	Haifa	July 21	Independent	–
	July 22	Haifa	Port Said	July 23	Independent	–
	July 28	Port Said	Bizerta	Aug. 4	MKS 57	Port Said to Bizerta. Convoy will be added. See ships in MKS convoys
	Aug. 6	Bizerta	Palermo	Aug. 8	Escorted	–
	Aug. 11	Palermo	Augusta	Aug. 11	Escorted	–
	Aug. 14	Augusta	Port Said	Aug. 19	UGS 49	Augusta to Port Said. Convoy available at UGS convoys (external link)
	Aug. 19	Port Said	Haifa	Aug. 20	Independent	–
	Aug. 22	Haifa	Port Said	Aug. 23	Independent	–
	Aug. 27	Port Said	Algiers	Sept. 5	MKS 60	For Algiers. Convoy will be added. See ships in MKS convoys
	Sept. 14	Algiers	Port Said	Sept. 22	KMS 62	Algiers to Port Said. Convoy will be added. See ships in KMS convoys
	Sept. 22	Port Said	Haifa	Sept. 23	Independent	A. Hague says: Then Port Said/Haifa/Alexandria to end 1945. Subsequent voyages: Page 4, Page 5, Page 6, Page 7 & Page 8

At the the external website that I've linked to at the end of this page, she's listed as scheduled for Convoy OB 256, leaving Liverpool on Dec. 8, but she did not sail. She shows up again, with destination Curacao, in the next convoy, OB 257, which left on Dec. 10 and dispersed on the 13th. Arnold Hague, however, has instead included her, along with Torborg, in Convoy OB 258, originating in Liverpool on Dec. 12, dispersed Dec. 15. Suderholm had started out from Milford Haven on Dec. 11 and arrived Aruba on Jan. 6-1941 (according to A. Hague), continuing to Bermuda that same day in order to join a convoy back to the U.K.

With diesel oil for London, she's listed in Convoy BHX 104 from Bermuda on Jan. 21-1941 (scroll down to the second table on my page for HX 104 - Hilda Knudsen served as Commodore Vessel for the Clyde portion), again, see also Page 1. In March, she shows up in the Gibraltar bound Convoy OG 57, originating Liverpool on March 27, arriving Gibraltar Apr. 11 (will be added - see ships in all OG convoys) - Suderholm, however, was bound for Aruba on that occasion, arriving there on Apr. 19 (having started out from Oban March 28). According to A. Hague, she had been detached from the convoy on Apr. 6 (Apr. 8?). Loke, Ranella and Salamis are also named. Suderholm was scheduled for the Halifax-U.K. Convoy HX 125 on May 6, but did not sail, and was also cancelled from HX 126, which lost so many ships (including John P. Pedersen - follow the links for much more information on this convoy battle). She eventually got away with the slow Convoy SC 33 from Sydney, C.B. at the beginning of June, destination Manchester - her voyages in this period are shown on Page 2. The following month, she's listed as bound for New York in Convoy OB 343, leaving Liverpool on July 6, dispersed July 21, Suderholm arriving her destination on July 26. Arosa, Evviva, Fanefjeld, Ferncourt (bombed - returned, follow link for details), Grado, Henrik Ibsen, Idefjord, Måkefjell (for Iceland), Nesttun, Slemdal, Spurt, Star and Taborfjell are also listed (ref. link in Voyage Record).

With Brisk, Henrik Ibsen, Ingerfire, Nesttun, Novasli, Selvik and Spurt, A. Hague now has her in Convoy SC 40*, departing Sydney, C.B. on Aug. 10-1941, arriving Liverpool on the 29th; Suderholm, cargo of fuel oil, stopped at Belfast Lough that day, later proceeding to Milford Haven and Falmouth, where she remained for almost a month. She's subsequently listed as bound for New York in the westbound North Atlantic Convoy ON 23* (departure Liverpool Oct. 4, arrival Halifax Oct. 19). Suderholm arrived New York on Oct. 26, having sailed from Milford Haven on the 3rd; according to A. Hague she had been detached from the convoy on Oct. 13. She had again been in the company of other Norwegian ships, namely Astrell, Jan Mayen (for Iceland), Lancing and Nyholt (from Iceland).

She's said to have rescued some Greek seamen in the Atlantic in 1941 (name of their ship and exact date not known).

According to an article in the very last issue of "Krigsseileren" (2000) Suderholm, on a voyage alone from Aruba(?) to Cape Town, narrowly missed an encounter with the German raider Atlantis. Suderholm had to alter course in order to avoid running into the lifeboats from Atlantis being towed by U-126 after having been attacked by Devonshire on Nov. 22-1941 while replenishing the U-boat. See the newspaper articles under the heading Silvaplana at the end of this page, as well as the external links provided there for more information on these events. Going back to Page 2 of the archive documents, we learn that Suderholm had left Curacao on Nov. 12 and arrived Cape Town Dec. 15.

Some of her 1942 voyages are listed on the archive document referred to above (as can be seen, she had a long stay in Bombay that spring/summer), while the rest of her 1942 voyages and 1943 voyages are shown on Page 3 (it'll be noticed that she had another long stay in Bombay, where she had arrived from Aden on Nov. 21-1942; departure is given as March 21-1943. She also spent almost 2 months there that fall). Page 3 also has a few 1944 voyages, with the rest listed on Page 4 (showing that she spent several weeks at Port Said that spring). Convoy information can be found in the Voyage Record above.

In June-1944, she made a voyage from Port Said to Palermo in Convoy MKS 54*, which departed Port Said on June 28 - again, see Page 4 above. The following month, she shows up in Convoy MKS 57* (departure Port Said July 28), voyage Port Said to Bizerta. She arrived Bizerta on Aug. 4, and later that month, she's listed as bound for Algiers in Convoy MKS 60*, arriving her destination on Sept. 5, according to A. Hague (convoy left Port Said Aug. 27). She later made a voyage from Algiers to Port Said with Convoy KMS 62*, which left Gibraltar on Sept. 12 and arrived Port Said on the 22nd; Suderholm had started out from Algiers on Sept. 14.

Her subsequent voyages are available on Page 4, Page 5 (1945, from which we learn that she was in Port Said on VE Day), Page 6 (more 1945), Page 7 (1945-1946) and Page 8 (more 1946).

* The SC series will be updated and completed (including the already existing convoys - some have already been updated), but for now, see ships in all SC convoys. The ON convoys will also be added to individual pages in my Convoys section in due course, along with further details on each. In the meantime, the ships sailing in them (and escorts) are named in the section listing ships in all ON convoys. Additionally, the MKS and KMS convoys will be added - see ships in all MKS convoys and ships in all KMS convoys.

More details on the other Norwegian ships mentioned here can be found with the help of the alphabet index at the end of this page, or go to the Master Ship Index.

POST WAR:

Suderholm is said to have been in the Suderøy expedition during the 1945/'46 season (but I can't see that this agrees with the details found on Page 7 of the archive documents? - see also Suderøy) and in the 1946/'47 season, then the company's tanker Anna Knudsen took over. Sold in July-1947 to S.A. Hellenic Transpetrol, Piræus and renamed Rodos. Broken up in Holland in 1953.

Back to Suderholm on the "Ships starting with S" page.

The text on this page was compiled with the help of: Misc. sources. Pre war details (and some of the post war info) received from T. Eriksen, Norway - His sources: Article about Hvalfanger-AS Suderøy by Dag Bakka Jr. in "Skipet" 1.89, "Knut Knutsen O.A.S., -Høvdingen av Haugesund", Tor Inge Vormedal 2002, and "Hvalfangsten, -Eventyret tar slutt", Dag Bakka Jr. 1992.