M/S Tarn - Norwegian Merchant Fleet 1939-1945

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M/S Tarn
Updated Jan. 10-2011

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

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Manager: Wilh. Wilhelmsen, Tønsberg
Tonnage: 6850 gt

Launched on May 20-1933 by N.V. Nederlandsche Scheepsbouw Maatschappij, Amsterdam (Yard No. 225), completed Sept. 13 that same year. 6850 gt, 4209 net, 10 225 tdwt, 479.1' x 61.1' x 29.0', two 6 cyl. 2 scda oil engines totalling 10 000 ihp by Gebr. Stork & Co. N.V., Hengelo, driving twin screws. Service speed 16.25 knots, 12 passengers.

Related item on this website:
Warsailors stories - Radio Operator Christian S. Christensen's story.

Her voyages are listed on these original images from the Norwegian National Archives:
Page 1 | Page 2 | Page 3 | Page 4 | Page 5

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

Voyage Record
From March-1940 to Nov.-1945:

(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	March 30	Yokohama	Los Angeles	Apr. 13	Independent	See also Page 1
	Apr. 20	Los Angeles	Balboa	Apr. 27	Independent	–
	Apr. 29	Cristobal	New York City	May 4	Independent	–
	May 8	New York City	Boston	May 9	Independent	–
	May 10	Boston	Philadelphia	May 11	Independent	–
	May 17	Philadelphia	Baltimore	May 17	Independent	–
	May 18	Baltimore	New York City	May 19	Independent	–
	June 3*	New York City	Hampton Roads	June 6	Independent	*Page 1 gives departure June 5
	June 7	Hampton Roads	Savannah	June 9	Independent	–
	June 12	Savannah	Cristobal	June 17	Independent	–
	June 18	Balboa	Los Angeles	June 25	Independent	–
	June 26	Los Angeles	Manila	July 16	Independent	–
	July 18	Manila	Shanghai	July 22	Independent	–
	July 29	Shanghai	Manila	Aug. 2	Independent	Missing voyages, Page 1
	Aug. 23	Manila(?)	Hong Kong	Aug. 25	Independent	–
	Aug. 26	Hong Kong	Shanghai	Aug. 29	Independent	–
	Aug. 31	Shanghai	Yokohama	Sept. 5	Independent	–
	Sept. 5	Yokohama	Los Angeles	Sept. 18	Independent	–
	Sept. 19	Los Angeles	Balboa	Sept. 28	Independent	–
	Sept. 30	Cristobal	New York City	Oct. 6	Independent	–
	Oct. 11	New York City	Philadelphia	Oct. 12	Independent	–
	Oct. 17	Philadelphia	Baltimore	Oct. 17	Independent	–
	Oct. 19	Baltimore	New York City	Oct. 20	Independent	–
	Nov. 1	New York City	Cristobal	Nov. 8	Independent	Via Hampton Roads (Page 1).
	Nov. 9	Balboa	Los Angeles	Nov. 17	Independent	–
	Nov. 18	Los Angeles	Manila	Dec. 8	Independent	–
	Dec. 11	Manila	Shanghai	Dec. 15	Independent	–
	Dec. 16	Shanghai	Kobe	Dec. 18	Independent	–
	Dec. 21	Kobe	Yokohama	Dec. 22	Independent	–
	Dec. 26	Yokohama	Manila	Dec. 31	Independent	(Misssing movement, Page 1 above).
1941	Jan. 21	Manila	Hong Kong	Jan. 24	Independent	–
	Jan. 25	Hong Kong	Shanghai	Jan. 28	Independent	–
	Jan. 30	Shanghai	Kobe	Febr. 3	Independent	–
	Febr. 4	Kobe	Los Angeles	Febr. 18	Independent	–
	Febr. 19	Los Angeles	Balboa	Febr. 28	Independent	–
	March 2	Cristobal	New York City	March 8	Independent	–
	March 20	New York City	Baltimore	March 21	Independent	–
	March 25	Baltimore	New York City	March 27	Independent	–
	Apr. 3	New York City	Takoradi	Apr. 18	Independent	–
	Apr. 19	Takoradi	Lagos	Apr. 20	Independent	–
	Apr. 24	Lagos	Takoradi	Apr. 25	Independent	–
	May 1	Takoradi	New York City	May 16	Independent	–
	June 4	New York City	Cristobal	June 10	Independent	Via Hampton Roads (Page 2).
	June 12	Balboa	Los Angeles	June 19	Independent	–
	June 24	Los Angeles	Manila	July 14	Independent	–
	July 19	Manila	Hong Kong	July 21	Independent	–
	July 31	Hong Kong	Manila	Aug. 3	Independent	–
	Aug. 9	Manila	Los Angeles	Aug. 27	Independent	–
	Aug. 28	Los Angeles	Balboa	Sept. 5	Independent	–
	Sept. 7	Cristobal	New York City	Sept. 13	Independent	–
	Sept. 25	New York City	Baltimore	Sept. 26	Independent	–
	Sept. 29	Baltimore	New York City	Sept. 30	Independent	–
	Oct. 8	New York City	Rio	Oct. 23	Independent	–
	Oct. 27	Rio	Santos	Oct. 28	Independent	–
	Nov. 1	Santos	Buenos Aires	Nov. 3	Independent	–
	Nov. 19	Buenos Aires	Montevideo	–	Independent	–
	Nov. 21	Montevideo	Boston	Dec. 8	Independent	–
	Dec. 15	Boston	New York City	Dec. 16	Independent	–
	Dec. 27	New York City	Philadelphia	Dec. 28	Independent	–
	Dec. 31	Philadelphia	New York City	Dec. 31	Independent	–
1942	Jan. 13	New York City	St Thomas	Jan. 17	Independent	–
	Jan. 17	St Thomas	Santos	Jan. 29	Independent	–
	Febr. 1	Santos	Buenos Aires	Febr. 4	Independent	–
	March 1	Buenos Aires	Boston	March 19	Independent	–
	March 24	Boston	New York City	March 25	Independent	–
	Apr. 3	New York City	Philadelphia	Apr. 4	Independent	–
	Apr. 9	Philadelphia	New York City	Apr. 9	Independent	–
	Apr. 20	New York City	Rio	May 6	Independent	–
	May 9	Rio	Santos	May 10	Independent	–
	May 15	Santos	Buenos Aires	May 18	Independent	–
	May 30	Buenos Aires	New York City	June 17	Independent	–
	July 13	New York City	–	–	AS 4	Convoy available at AS 4 (external link)
	Aug. 5	From AS 4	Capetown	Aug. 13	WS 21P	–
	Aug. 16	Capetown	Aden	Aug. 29	WS 21P (link above)	See also WS 21P (external link)
	Also, go to WS Convoys (external link), click on WS 21, then "Find Convoy", and on the page that comes up, click on "WS 21P Arrive/Depart Capetown".
	Aug. 29	Aden	Suez	Sept. 2	Independent	Missing movements, Page 3
	Sept. 11	Suez	Mombasa	Sept. 20	Independent	–
	Sept. 22	Mombasa	Tanga	Sept. 22	Independent	–
	Sept. 26	Tanga	Beira	Sept. 30	Independent	–
	Oct. 7	Beira	Capetown	Oct. 12	Independent	–
	Oct. 16	Capetopwn	Philadelphia	Nov. 6	Independent	–
	Nov. 15	Philadelphia	New York City	Nov. 15	Independent	–
	Dec. 10	New York City	Takoradi	Dec. 26	Independent	–
1943	Jan. 4	Takoradi	Lagos	Jan. 5	Independent	–
	Jan. 11	Lagos	Matadi	Jan. 16	Independent	–
	Jan. 30	Matadi	Lobito	Febr. 1	Independent	–
	Febr. 3	Lobito	New York City	Febr. 21	Independent	–
	March 10	New York City	Lagos	March 25	Independent	–
	March 30	Lagos	Matadi	Apr. 2	Independent	–
	Apr. 18	Matadi	Lobito	Apr. 19	Independent	–
	Apr. 24	Lobito	New York City	May 13	Independent	–
	June 9	New York City	Lagos	June 24	Independent	–
	July 3	Lagos	Matadi	July 6	Independent	–
	July 21	Matadi	Lobito	July 22	Independent	–
	July 26	Lobito	New York City	Aug. 12	Independent	–
	Sept. 8	New York City	Takoradi	Sept. 22	Independent	–
	Sept. 27	Takoradi	Lagos	Sept. 28	Independent	–
	Oct. 1	Lagos	Congo River	–	Independent	Page 3 gives arrival Oct. 4
	Oct. 4	Congo River	Matadi	Oct. 14	Independent	–
	Oct. 14	Matadi	Lobito	Oct. 15	Independent	–
	Oct. 18	Lobito	New York City	Nov. 5	Independent	–
	Nov. 17	New York City	Savannah	Nov. 19	Independent	–
	Dec. 3	Savannah	Takoradi	Dec. 17	Independent	–
	Dec. 26	Takoradi	Lagos	Dec. 28	Independent	–
	Dec. 28	Lagos	Congo River	Dec. 31	Independent	–
1944	Jan. 11	Congo River	Takoradi	Jan. 14	Independent	(See also Page 4).
	Jan. 17	Takoradi	New York City	Jan. 31	Independent	–
	Febr. 21	New York City	Takoradi	March 6	Independent	–
	March 10	Takoradi	Matadi	March 14	Independent	–
	March 24	Congo River	Lobito	March 25	Independent	A. Hague says: Voyage Matadi/Congo River unknown
	March 29	Lobito	New York City	Apr. 15	Independent	–
	May 14	New York City	Dakar	May 24	Independent	–
	May 28	Dakar	Congo River	June 4	Independent	–
	June 13	Congo River	Lobito	June 14	Independent	–
	June 18	Lobito	New York City	July 4	Independent	–
	July 29	New York City	Dakar	Aug. 8	Independent	–
	Aug. 13	Dakar	Congo River	Aug. 21	Independent	–
	Aug. 27	Congo River	Lobito	Aug. 28	Independent	–
	Sept. 1	Lobito	Takoradi	Sept. 5	Independent	–
	Sept. 10	Takoradi	New York City	Sept. 24	Independent	–
	Oct. 17	New York City	Dakar	Oct. 27	Independent	–
	Nov. 1	Dakar	Takoradi	Nov. 5	Independent	–
	Nov. 9	Takoradi	Congo River	Nov. 12	Independent	–
	Nov. 18	Congo River	Lobito	Nov. 19	Independent	–
	Nov. 22	Lobito	Pointe Noire	Nov. 23	Independent	–
	Nov. 23	Pointe Noire	Takoradi	Nov. 26	Independent	–
	Nov. 29	Takoradi	New York City	Dec. 14	Independent	–
1945	Jan. 14	New York City	Dakar	Jan. 24	Independent	–
	Jan. 27	Dakar	Congo River	Febr. 4	Independent	–
	Febr. 16	Congo River	Lobito	Febr. 17	Independent	–
	Febr. 24	Lobito	New York City	March 14	Independent	–
	Apr. 8	New York City	Takoradi	Apr. 22	Independent	–
	Apr. 24	Takoradi	Congo River	Apr. 28	Independent	–
	May 12	Congo River	Lobito	May 12	Independent	–
	May 19	Lobito	New York City	June 5	Independent	–
	June 22	New York City	Dakar	–	Independent	Page 5 gives arrival July 2
	July 7	Dakar	Pointe Noire	July 13	Independent	–
	July 13	Pointe Noire	Matadi	July 20	Independent	Notional sailing date
	Aug. 3	Matadi	Lobito	Aug. 4	Independent	–
	Aug. 8	Lobito	New York City	Aug. 25	Independent	–
	Sept. 28	New York City	Dakar	Oct. 7	Independent	–
	Oct. 12	Dakar	Takoradi	Oct. 16	Independent	–
	Oct. 19	Takoradi	Matadi	Oct. 26	Independent	–
	Nov. 1	Matadi	Luanda	Nov. 6	Independent	Notional sailing date
	Nov. 15	Luanda	Lagos	Nov. 18	Independent	Subsequent voyages, Page 5

Notes:

As will be seen when going to Page 1 of the archive documents, Tarn was on her way from Yokohama to Los Angeles when war broke out in Norway on Apr. 9-1940.

It'll be noticed, when going to Page 2, that the last date on that page is Apr. 20-1942 (departure New York for Rio); this entry probably belongs in the 3rd line on Page 3. In other words, she departed New York (where she had arrived from Philadelphia on Apr. 9) on Apr. 20-1942 and arrived Rio de Janeiro on May 6.

Tarn usually sailed independently, but in July-1942, she's listed in Convoy AS 4, which left New York on July 13 and joined up with Convoy WS 21P on Aug. 5. The WS convoy had started out in Clyde on July 17 and arrived Freetown July 27. See the external links provided within the Voyage Record. Tarn's destination is not given, but from Page 3 of the archive documents, we learn that she arrived Aden on Aug. 29, proceeding to Suez that same day (the document indicates that she had also stopped by Table Bay before arrival Aden, but there are no dates on the document - however, according to A. Hague, she had arrived Table Bay on Aug. 13, leaving again for Aden on the 16th).

According to the Memorial for Seamen in Stavern, Norway, which I've linked to at the end of this page, Tarn lost a crew member on March 14-1945. Boatswain Olav Arktander Lauritzen is commemorated at the memorial. The Norwegian text says he died at sea following an illness. Tarn arrived New York from Lobito on that date - see Page 4.

The rest of her 1945 voyages, as well as some 1946 voyages, are shown on Page 5.

POST WAR:

Sold on Sept. 26-1960 to Michail A. Karageorgis, Greece and renamed Roula. Sold in 1960 to Marnuestro Cia. Nav. S.A. (Michail A. Karageorgis), Panama. Sold in 1966 to Taiwan shipbreakers and arrived Kaohsiung on May 20, but was reconditioned by Chou's Iron & Steel Company and sold to Ta Lai S.S. Co. Ltd., Panama who renamed her Ruta. Demolition commenced in April-1967 at Keelung, where she'd been since the end of 1966.

Related external link:
Stavern Memorial commemoration - Boatswain Olav Arktander Lauritzen is commemorated.

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

Wilh. Wilhelmsen later had 2 more ships by this name.

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

Aa–Al	An–Ar	As–Av	Ba	Be	Bi–Bl	Bo	Br–Bu	C	D
E	F	G	Ha	He	Hi–Hy	Hø	I	J	K
L	M	N	O	PQ	R	Sa–Sc	Se–Sj	Sk–Sn	So
Sp–St	Su–Sø	Ta–Te	Th–Ti	To	Tr–Tø	U	V	W	Ø

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