• D/S Eastern Star NS *

D/S Eastern Star has information on her final fate and a crew list at the time of loss (as well as the names of her pre war owners).

• D/S Edle NS

Edle is listed in the Norway-U.K. Convoy HN 10 in Febr.-1940. Early in March we find her in the U.K.-Norway Convoy ON 17, and at the end of that month she joined Convoy HN 23A. Follow the links for more details; several Norwegian ships took part.

Captain Thor Olav Thorsen. Mostly in service along the coast of England. She was on a voyage from Swansea to Southampton with a cargo of coal when German aircraft attacked the convoy she was in (end of Jan.-1942?). The captain got the impression that the aircraft were concentrating on 2 Norwegian tankers sailing nearby, so he decided to pull Edle out of danger, but while maneuvering out of the rear of the convoy an aircraft came in from the starboard side. The gunner waited until it was 70 ft above before firing at it with one of the Marlins. The aircraft was observed crashing into the sea and cries for help were heard, but the captain did not find it advisable to launch a boat to rescue the pilots ("Nortraships flåte").

Took part in the invasion of Normandie, "Operation Neptune" as the maritime side of the operation was called, involving around 7000 vessels of all types and sizes. Edle arrived June 7-1944, unloaded ammunition until June 12 and later continued delivering 9 more loads of ammunition to the American beachheads. Other Norwegian ships arriving on June 7 were D/S Skarv, D/S Stadion, D/S Thore Hafte and D/S Vestmanrød, all listed on this website.

Related external links:
Normandy - 6 June/24 July-1944
The Normandie Invasion - The story in Pictures

Norway had previously had a whale catcher by the name Edle, built Bergen 1912, 156 gt., renamed Windau in 1928, Gun 3 in 1931.

• D/S Edvard Grieg NS

Built as Thomas F. Bayard by Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyards Inc., Baltimore, MD (2139), launched on May 24-1943, delivered May 31. One of 10 (11?) ships added to Nortraship's Fleet in 1943, on bareboat charter from the United States War Shipping Administration. Edvard Grieg was taken over in Baltimore on the day of delivery May 31. See my page "Ship Statistics and Misc." under "Gains 1943" for a list of the others.

Captain Jørgen Jacobsen. Commodore ship for Convoy TJ 1 in July-1943 in which B. P. Newton was sunk.

POST WAR: Sold in 1946 to the Norwegian Government for Andreas Stray, Farsund, then to A/S Sobral (Øivind Lorentzen, Oslo) in 1950. To Socony Vacuum Oil Co. in 1951, converted at Kiel to liquified gas tanker in 1952 and came under the Panamanian flag (owned by Brilliant Transport Co., Panama, also, Øivind Lorentzen Inc., Oslo & New York), 7468 gt, then Liberian flag in 1952 under the name Ultragas Sao Paulo (L.P.G. Carriers Inc, New York). Renamed Mundogas Sao Paulo in 1961 and back to Norwegian flag for A/S Gasskib (Øivind Lorentzen). Converted at Santos to floating store from Febr. 27-1969 for use as permanent, non-propelled storage tank depot. From 1970 - Mundogas Storage Inc. (Info from"Liberty Ships in Peacetime, and their Contribution to World Shipping History" I. G. Steward - 1992).

Related external link:
Liberty Ships - Alphabetical list. Thomas F. Bayard can be found on the T list

• M/T Egda NS

Read more about this ship on a separate page about Egda, includes some convoy voyages.

• M/T Egerø NS

M/T Egerø has some more information and a picture.

• Eglantine (Sorøy)

Please continue to Eglantine.

• M/T Eidanger NS *

M/T Eidanger has information about some of her convoy voyages, as well as details on her final fate and a crew list (also incl. a picture, though not very good quality).

• M/S Eidsvold NS *

M/S Eidsvold has information on her war voyages and final fate (also a picture of the ship and crew list).

• D/S Eika * neutral

Details of her sinking and a casualty list have been added to D/S Eika.

• D/S Eikhaug NS *

Please continue to D/S Eikhaug for more information, including an account on her final fate and a crew list.

• D/S Einar Jarl NS *

D/S Einar Jarl has more (includes crew list).

• D/S Einvik NS *

See D/S Einvik (includes crew list).

• M/S Elg NS

M/S Elg has some info on her war voyages.

• M/S Eli NS *

See M/S Eli for more information (incl. crew list at the time of loss).

• M/T Eli Knudsen NS *

M/T Eli Knudsen has more information on this ship, incl details on her final fate and a crew list.

• M/S Elin K NS *

M/S Elin K has more info, including details on her final fate and a crew list.

• M/S Elisabeth Bakke NS

Captain Fjærtoft. Elisabeth Bakke was in Sweden at the outbreak of the war in Norway but was able to get to Gr. Britian along with 4 other Norwegian ships on Jan. 25-1941, and was in Nortraship's service until the end of the war. A separate page on Elisabeth Bakke has a lot more details on the breakout, as well as more details on her history and some of her later voyages. (The other ships taking part in the breakout were John Bakke from the same company, M/S Tai Shan, M/S Taurus and M/T Ranja). This operation, codenamed "Rubble", was lead by George Binney, who was also leader of the disastrous "Operation Performance" in April of the following year (see Kvarstad Ships & Men).

• M/T Elise NS

See M/T Elise.

• D/S Ellavore NS *

See D/S Ellavore.

• D/S Elna E NS *

D/S Elna E has details on her final fate and a crew list at the time.

• M/T Elsa NS *

M/T Elsa has a picture, details on her loss and a crew list.

• D/S Elsie *

Pre war history: Delivered in Oct.-1920 from Bergsunds Mek. Verk., Stockholm as Norrtelje to Norrtalje Rederi AB, (C. G. Grönstedt), Norrtalje, steel hull, 188.1' x 30.4 x 12.8', 1dk MA triple exp. - 8.5 knots - then registered to Norrtalje Nya Rederi AB (M. T. Sjöblom) Stockholm in 1922. Manager became Otto Hellsten, Stockholm in 1928 (same owners), then to Gabor Rederi AB (Olof Borin) Gothenburg in 1935. Sold to Norway in 1936 and renamed Elsie.

Captain Johan Dale. On a voyage from Tyne, England to Kristiansand, Norway with a cargo of 700 tons coke (116 tons on deck) in the morning of Jan. 15-1939, having departed Tyne on Jan. 13, when she had an explosion in the engine room, rendering her helpless. Due to the strong current in the area she drifted ashore near Odd, Norway and later became a total loss due to subsequently worsening weather. She broke in 3, and the middle section could not be found. No casualties; all on board rescued from 2 lifeboats by a pilot boat and a fishing vessel and taken to Kleven near Mandal. She had a complement of 16. 2 years earlier, the Finnish steamer Savonmaa was lost with her 26 men in the same area, considered "a ship graveyard" by the locals. (Received from Morten Nygaard, Norway - part of a several page document, but since this took place before WW II started, I've only included the main facts).

It's possible the company later had another ship named Elsie which came under German control in 1940(?).

• M/S Emma Bakke NS

Find out more about this ship, and some of her convoy voyages.

• D/S Enern NS

Whale catcher owned by A/S Odd, Sandefjord. Signal letters LDHR. Transferred to control of Royal Netherlands Navy on July 5-1940. Later hired by Royal Navy (Br.) for use as minesweeper in the West Indies, with Dutch crew, 1941?-46.

POST WAR: Sold on March 30-1950 to Compania de Pesca Norte de Brazil. By 1962 she had been deleted from Lloyd's Register (Source: Ulf W. Gustavsen, Norway).

Related external Link: - Jan Visser has some information on
Enern and Femern as well as a picture of Toern. (These names simply mean, directly translated The One'er, The Fiver, and The Two'er).

Thor Dahl later had another whaler (motor) by this name, built in Moss, Norway 1952, 908 gt - sold in June-1970 to Ivan Ulsund, Rørvik and renamed Trønderbas.

• D/S Enid * neutral

For details on her final fate (and a picture), please continue to D/S Enid.

• M/T Equatore

Ordered 1911, delivered in June-1912 from A/S Burmeister & Wains Maskin- og Skibsbyggeri, Copehagen as Fionia to the Danish company A/S Det Østasiatiske Kompagni, Copenhagen (sister ship of Selandia and Jutlandia). 4953 gt, 3054 net, 7300 tdwt, 370.2' x 53' x 27.5', 2 x 8 cyl. 4 tev B & W, 2500 ihp, 11 knots, 2 props. One of the world's first ocean going ships equipped with a diesel motor. Sold to Hamburg-Amerikanischer Packetfart A/G immediately after delivery and renamed Christian X (equipped with a grand piano and silver cutlery, in case celebreties such as the Kaiser himself should happen on board). Taken as prize by Italy in 1916 and put into service under the Italian flag as Fratelli Bandiera of Genoa, then from 1922 as Clelia C and from 1925 as Equatore of Genoa. Purchased by A/S Britannic (Brummenæs & Torgersen), Haugesund in Oct. 1929, keeping the same name. The only motor ship owned by this company. Used for general tramping, but due to the worn down machinery she was often off hire. For a while she was used for grain storage in Stavanger. (Source: "Våre motorskip", Leif M. Bjørkelund & E. H. Kongshavn).

SOLD IN MARCH 1939 to Stavanger Skibs-Ophugnings Co. A/S and broken up in Stavanger.

• D/S Erica NS

Please see my page D/S Erica.

• D/S Erland

SOLD IN 1939 to Estonia and renamed Neme. Damaged by ice March 22-1940, abandoned, sank 58 53 05N 18 52E ("The World's Merchant Fleets", Roger W. Jordan).

• M/T Erling Brøvig NS

For more information and a picture, please continue to my page M/T Erling Brøvig. Also includes crew list at the time of loss.

• D/S Erviken NS *

See D/S Erviken for more details - incl. crew list.

• M/S Estrella NS

See M/S Estrella.

• M/T Europe NS

This company was controlled by The Texas Co., US, and its ships managed by Haakon Chr. Mathiesen, Oslo.

Pre war: Delivered on Nov. 30-1934 from Odense Staalskibsværft, Odense (53) as Europe to The Texas Company (Norway) A/S, Oslo. 8371 gt, 12 835 tdwt, 471.3' x 62.3' x 34.3', 6 cyl. 4T single acting DM (B & W, Copenhagen), 3150 bhp.

WW II: Europe can be found in Convoy HXF 18 in Jan.-1940. That spring, in March/Apr.-1940 she's listed in Convoy HX 28, together with the Norwegian Stiklestad, Annik, Boreas, Varanger and Mathilda. In May/June that year she was in Convoy HX 44, along with Charles Racine and Polarsol. Europe joined this convoy from Bermuda.

In Sept.-1943 I have her in Convoy PA 54/PB 57, together with the Norwegian Torborg, Norfjell, Norfold, Havkong and Ima.

All the convoys mentioned here are available in my Convoys section (click on "Misc. other" to get to Convoy PA 54/PB 57).

POST WAR: Sold in 1954 to Skibs-A/S Adour (K. Salvesen & Sønner), Kragerø, Norway and renamed Adour. Converted to bulk carrier at Kiel. Sold in 1959 to Panama Nav. Corp., Panama and renamed Oremar. Sold in 1967 to Navemar S/A de Nav., Buenos Aires. Arrived Hamburg in tow on Sept. 15-1969 for breaking up.

Another Europe was delivered to this company in Nov.-1956. Renamed Texaco Europe in 1960. Sold in 1969 to Monrovia and renamed Akti, then Star in 1976. Sold for breaking up 2003.

• D/S Eva NS *

See D/S Eva for an account on her final fate and a (partial) crew list.

• D/S Evanger NS

Follow this link to D/S Evanger for more information (and a picture).

• M/T Evita NS

My page about M/T Evita has information on some of her convoy voyages.

• D/S Evviva NS

See D/S Evviva.