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L. Harboe Jensen & Co., Oslo
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1855 gt
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| Built in Copenhagen, Denmark 1926.
D/S Cadmus has the details on her final fate as well as a survivors and casualty list.
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Lorentzen Rederi & Co., Oslo
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9892 gt
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| Built in Hamburg 1936.
Please continue to M/T Caledonia for more information, incl. details on her loss and a crew list.
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- M/S California Express NS
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Sigurd Herlofsen & Co., Oslo
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3649 gt
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| Built in Gothenburg 1934.
Read more about this ship - includes a picture.
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Nortraship
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7176 gt
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| Built in S. Portland 1945. Previous name: George N. Drake.
See D/S Carl Oftedal.
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Olsen & Ugelstad, Oslo
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1334 gt
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| Built in Oslo 1935.
A separate page about D/S Carmelfjell has a picture, as well as info on some of her convoy voyages.
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Valdemar Skogland A/S, Haugesund
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3105 gt
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| Built in Le Trait, France 1921. Previous name: Capitaine Bonelli.
See D/S Carrier (includes a crew list).
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Henrik Østervold, Bergen
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2614 gt
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| Built in Port Glasgow 1920. Previous name: Moto until 1936.
More information is available at D/S Cetus.
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Fearnley & Eger, Oslo
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1282 gt
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| Built in Porsgrunn 1935.
One of the well known "Kvarstad"-ships that attempted to break out of Sweden on March 31/April 1-1942 following a long court case there. Only 2 out of a total of 10 ships involved managed to reach their destination (Operation Performance, Sir George Binney). Please go to my page Kvarstad Ships & Men for background facts and details on the breakout and all ships involved, with a crew list for each ship as well as info on their fate.
See also my Norwegian Warsailor Stories section for the story of someone who served on Charente at the time of the breakout, Monrad O. Nordby.
(My page Ships in Sweden has a list of, and information on the Norwegian ships there in 1940).
Related external link:
Astrup Fearnley - the Fearnley company today.
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Sigvald Bergesen d.y. & Co., Stavanger
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9957 gt
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| Built in Odense, Denmark 1937.
See M/T Charles Racine for information on some convoy voyages, as well as details on final fate and a crew list.
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Gunnar Knudsen, Porsgrunn
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4904 gt
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| Built in Copenhagen, Denmark 1925.
M/S Chr. Knudsen has the details on her final fate and a casualty list.
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Olaf Boe & Co., Arendal
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6192 gt
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| Built in Gothenburg 1930.
Learn more about this ship and some of her voyages.
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Olaf Ørvig, Bergen
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1992 gt
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| Built at Schiedam, Holland 1917.
More details and a crew list are available at D/S Christian Krohg.
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- D/S Christian Michelsen NS *
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Nortraship
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7176 gt
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| Built in Baltimore 1943. Previous name John M.T. Finney until 1943.
D/S Christian Michelsen has more information on this ship as well as a crew list at the time of loss.
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Th. Brøvig, Farsund
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1159 gt
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| Built in Trondheim 1925.
D/S Ciss has the details on her fate.
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Jacob Kjøde A/S, Bergen
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2166 gt
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| Built in Sandefjord, Norway 1920. Renamed Inger Elisabeth 1939.
See Inger Elisabeth for an account of what happened to this ship.
Norway also had a steamship named Cissy in WW I, built 1891, 3030 gt - struck a mine and sank off Ushant on June 16-1917.
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Det Bergenske Dampskibsselskab, Bergen
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556 gt
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| Built in Danzig 1922.
Pre war: Built at Danziger Werft & Eisenbahnswerkstatten AG, Danzig (23), laid up almost completed. Purchased in 1923 by Bergenske D/S and delivered in June that year as Clio. 556 gt, 550 tdwt, 153.9' x 24.2' x 17.5 ', Triple exp. 380 ihp. Placed in coastal service.
WW II: In graphite trade between Skaland (Senja) and England in the spring of 1940. To Gt. Britain on May 21-1940.
POST WAR: Ran aground off Scotland when on a voyage from London(?) to Porsgrunn in Dec.-1945, but managed to refloat and continue her journey. Sold in Sept.-1946 to SA de Gerance et d'Armement, Rouen/Pointe Noire, delivered in Bergen on Dec. 11, renamed Ogooue. From 1951 she sailed as Gaspare for Gaspare Russo, Trapani. Converted to motor vessel in 1952. Sold in 1955 to Ubaldo Gennari fu Torquato & C, Rimini, renamed Fulix. Sailed from 1962 as Santa Guistina for Andrea Longobardo, Napoli. Broken up in Italy in the winter of 1965 (pre war and part of post war details are from "Bergenske, byen og selskapet" by Dag Bakke Jr.).
Bergenske later had another ship by this name. Built 1939 as Bukarest (Deutsche Levant Line, Hamburg), 4622 gt. Seized at Kiel by the Allies in 1945, renamed Empire Ettrick. Became Norwegian Bremnes in 1946 (possibly war reparation?), then Clio for Bergenske in 1947. Later sailed as Greek Panorea from 1963 (E.T.Kolintzas & Maltakis), Charity from 1972 Scrapped in Taiwan in 1974.
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T. Evers, Haugesund
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795 gt
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Built in Bergen 1893.
Pre war: Delivered in Dec.-1893 from Bergens mek. Verksted, Bergen (87) as Colombia to Adolph Halvorsen e.a., Bergen. 795 gt, 533 net, 950 tdwt, 206.2' x 29.7' x 12', Triple exp. 127 nhp (Bergen mek. Verksted). Sold in Dec.-1926 to Skibs-A/S Colombia (Adolf Andersen), Bergen. Taken over by a bank in Bergen in 1932. Sold in Dec.-1934 to Ingvar Jansen & Co. A/S, Bergen. Sold in Jan.-1936 to D/S A/S Brandalnut (Erik Grant Lea, Gjølanger), Florø, Norway. Purchased by A/S Pretex (Tycho Evers), Haugesund in Dec.-1936.
WW II: Rescued the crew from the Norwegian ship Luna in the North Sea in Dec.-1939.
Colombia is listed as sailing in the U.K.-Norway Convoy ON 15 at the end of Febr.-1940. The following month we find her, with general cargo for Hull, in Convoy HN 20 from Norway to the U.K. (just a couple of weeks before the German invasion).
POST WAR: Sold in Febr.-1952 to Naviera International Transportes Maritimes, Panama and renamed Semra, then from 1956 she sailed as the Spanish Xacharias Lecumberri of Seville. Broken up in Castellon, Spain in 1963. ("Våre gamle skip", Leif M. Bjørkelund & E. H. Kongshavn).
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Det Bergenske Dampskibsselskab, Bergen
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3794 gt
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| Built in Copenhagen 1921.
M/S Cometa has more info, incl. details on her fate.
NOTE: Another Cometa was built in 1941, seized by the Germans, listed here in the Homefleet section.
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A. F. Klaveness & Co., Oslo
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4544 gt
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| Built in Copenhagen, Denmark 1930.
See M/S Corneville (includes a crew list).
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H. M. Wrangell & Co. A/S, Haugesund
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3264 gt
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| Built in Middlesbrough 1920.
Please continue to D/S Corona for more details.
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Det Bergenske Dampskibsselskab, Bergen
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1317 gt
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| Built in Copenhagen 1921.
D/S Corvus has more information and a crew list at time of loss.
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Helmer Staubo & Co., Oslo
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2161 gt
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| Built in Sunderland, England 1930.
From April 9-1940 till January 1-1945 this ship had sailed 311 129 nautical miles, transporting everything from bananas to cows to coffee to or from ports in South America, Jamaica, Savannah, Tampa, and many, many more. Very rarely sailed in convoys, and got through the war without mishaps of any kind, and with most of the original officers on board for the duration. I've written up a detailed account of her war voyages on my page Crawford Ellis (includes the names of some of her crew members).
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J. W. Prebensen, Oslo
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5069 gt
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Built in Gothenburg 1916. Previous names: Laid down as Varjag, then Hamlet until 1937.
Renamed Realf II in 1940 - follow link for further history, including post war.
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E. B. Aaby, Oslo
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1270 gt
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| Built in Dordrecht 1916.
See D/S Cresco.
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Det Bergenske Dampskibsselskab, Bergen
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3828 gt
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| Built in Copenhagen, Denmark 1923.
Follow this link to M/S Crux for more information, including a crew list at the time of loss.
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Wilh. Wilhelmsen, Tønsberg
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5810 gt
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| Built in Sunderland 1921.
See D/S Cubano for more details, as well as crew list.
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A/S Rederiet Odfjell, Bergen
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4366 gt
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| Built in Copenhagen 1931.
Please continue to a separate page about M/S Cypria, detailing her WW II voyages.
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