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Hartvig Larsen, Haugesund
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925 gt
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| Built in Tønsberg 1917. Previous name: Pan.
Delivered from Jarlsø Verft, Tønsberg in Sept.-1917 as Pan to E. B. Aabys Rederi, Christiania. 925 gt, 534 net, 1300 tdwt, 200.4' x 31.9' x 12.9', Triple exp. 106 nhp (Trondhjem mek. Verksted, Trondhjem). Purchased (as Sado) by Hartvig Larsen from E. B. Aaby in Jan.-1930 - registered owner D/S A/S Havlyn. ("Våre gamle skip", Leif M. Bjørkelund & E. H. Kongshavn).
WW II: Sado was used for transporting fish. She's listed in the U.K.-Norway Convoy ON 11 in Febr.-1940. At the end of that month she joined the Norway-U.K. Convoy HN 14, returning to Norway with Convoy ON 18 early in March. She escaped Norway soon after the German invasion, leaving Harstad in the North of Norway on May 15 (May 11?) and heading for a British port.
Captain Harald Østensjø is mentioned in connection with this ship, but no dates. Sado was apparently the first Norwegian ship to shoot down a German aircraft; this took place off Kinnairds Head (by Mate Kjærulv Skjold Pettersen). From little tidbits of information here and there I get the understanding she was mostly in service on the U.K. coast, but also made some trips to Iceland, one of which is said to have been made in Febr.-1943. In fact, there's also a Sado listed in Convoy RU 17 from Reykjavik to the U.K. in Febr.-1942 which I believe must have been the Norwegian Sado. She also shows up in Convoy RU 23 in May-1942.
According to a visitor to my website, Sado ran into trouble on Dec. 7 (year not given, possibly 1943) when she lost both her anchors during a violent storm, with a northwesterly gale gusting up to 90 m.p.h. She had a cargo of cement at the time. The Thurso lifeboat H.C.J. was launched at 11:45 am, got alongside the drifting Sado and put one of the lifeboat men aboard. She was taken safely into Scrabster Harbour and berthed at 12:30 am.
POST WAR: Capsized and sank off Hirtshals on Jan. 5-1950 after cargo had shifted when on a voyage Visnes-Stettin.
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H. E. Hansen-Tangen, Kristiansand
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7554 gt
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| Built in Krimpen, Holland 1929. Previous name: Lion until 1931.
M/T Sagona has some war details.
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I. M. Skaugen, Oslo
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8286 gt
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| Built in in Gothenburg 1939.
Please see M/T Salamis for details on some of her war voyages (incl. a picture).
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I. M. Skaugen, Oslo
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1945 gt
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| Built in Trondheim 1923. Previous name: Oddvar until 1937.
SOLD IN 1939 to Finland and renamed Karl-Erik (Lovisa Rederi A/B - Aktiebolag R. Nordström & Co. O/Y mngrs.). To be handed over to USSR on Jan. 3-1945, refused, returned to owner. Became the Russian Strelma in 1947.
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Brummenæs & Torgersen, Haugesund
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2694 gt
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| Built in Newcastle 1912.
Please see D/S Salonica for more information, including details on her loss and crew list at the time.
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Iver Bugge, Larvik
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8200 gt
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| Built in Gothenburg 1940, launched May 20.
Laid up in Sweden under allied control, released in Apr.-1945.
This comapny had another Salsaas before the war (ex Absia, built 1918).
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Kragerø Saltkompani A/S, Kragerø
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1854 gt
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| Built in Wyandotte, Michigan 1918. Previous names: Launched as War Swift, completed as Lake Weston, then Panaghis Vergottis until 1925, Strand until 1935, Rondo until 1938.
SOLD IN 1939 to Finland and renamed Solbritt. Taken over at Kirkwall on June 17-1941 by Gt. Britain, Ministry of War Transport, returned to Finland in 1946.
Note also that Solbritt is listed in a few of the RU convoys on this site - they are available from the Arctic Convoys page.
Related external link:
More info on this ship - Scroll down on the page to War Swift (I).
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A/S J. Ludwig Mowinckels Rederi, Bergen
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3907 gt
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| Built at Kinderdijk, Holland 1920. Previous name: Salerno until 1921.
This was one of the 26 Norwegian ships interned in North and West Africa 1940-1942. My page Interned Ships has a list of all of them. See also my page M/S Salta.
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Chr. Gundersen & Co., Oslo
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1799 gt
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| Built in Gothenburg 1937.
All available information on this ship, incl. convoy voyages, final fate and a crew/passenger list have been assembled on a separate page - follow this link to M/S Sama.
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Hans Storaas, Bergen
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842 gt
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| Built in Stettin 1908. Previous names: Hansa, Praeces, according to a visitor to my website (his source: "Shipwreck Index of the British Isles").
Please go to D/S Samlanes for more info (w/crew list).
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Westfal-Larsen & Co. A/S, Bergen
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4276 gt
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| Built in Montreal, Canada 1918.
For more details on some of her war voyages as well as on her final fate, please continue to D/S Samnanger (includes a crew list).
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Knut Knutsen O. A. S., Haugesund
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4719 (4744?) gt
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| Built in Gothenburg 1929.
M/S Samuel Bakke has details on some of her convoy voyages, with technical data, a link to a report on Convoy OB 290, and a (post war) picture of the ship.
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Fred Olsen & Co., Oslo
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1975 gt
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| Built at Kinderdijk, Holland 1921.
See M/S San Andres (includes a picture).
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Wallem & Co., Hong Kong
(Panamanian flag)
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3451 gt
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| Built in Lübeck, Germany 1912. Previous names: Horncap until 1921, Maid of Syra until 1931, Nea Tyhi until 1939.
No further info available.
POST WAR: Sold? to China in 1946 and renamed Hsin Kong.
Related external link:
Wallem Group Ltd. - Hong Kong
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Fred Olsen & Co., Oslo
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1995 gt
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| Built in Newcastle 1920, purchased in 1921.
San José in Santa Cruz - Source: Bjørn Milde's postcard collection.
SOLD IN 1939 to Argonaut Shipping Co. Ltd. (Eugene Eugenides, manager), Greece and renamed Argo. Torpedoed and sunk by the Italian submarine Ammiraglio Cagni on November 29-1942, and sunk in position 34 53S 17 54E. 18 died, 18 survived. (R. W. Jordan). Charles Hocking disagrees with this, saying she was torpedoed and sunk by a German U-boat on that date, off the Cape of Good Hope, with the loss of 12 crew and 6 passengers.
Related external link:
Italian Submarine Operations in the Indian Ocean
Norway had lost a ship by this name to WW II, built 1912 for Otto Thoresens Linie, 1586 gt. Sunk by a German U-boat on Aug. 17-1918, voyage Bergen-New York.
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Fred Olsen & Co., Oslo
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2380 gt
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Built at Kinderdijk, Holland 1920.
This ship was in foreign trade, but I've chosen to include her in the Homefleet section, because she was in Norway at the time of invasion, and was sunk there. Follow the link.
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Westfal-Larsen & Co. A/S, Bergen
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9432 gt
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| Built in Sunderland 1938.
M/T Sandanger has information on some of her convoy voyages during the war, her final fate and a crew list.
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Halvor Virik, Sandefjord
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7624 gt
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| Built in Copenhagen, Denmark 1928.
M/T Sandar has more information, including details on her final fate, a crew list and a picture.
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Halvor Virik, Sandefjord
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8038 gt
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| Built in Gothenburg 1929. Previous name: Herbjørn until 1937.
Please continue toM/T Sandefjord for more - includes details on her capture by Admiral Scheer and a crew list at the time.
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Haakon J. Wallem, Bergen
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2916 gt
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| Built Port Glasgow 1926.
Sandviken is listed in Convoy SC 127 from Halifax to the U.K. in Apr.-1943. She then went back across the ocean with Convoy ONS 7 early in May, along with several other Norwegian ships. The following month, on June-16-1943, she returned to the U.K. with Convoy SC 134 (as did many of the other ships from Convoy ONS 7).
At the very beginning of Jan.-1945 Sandviken joined the slow Halifax-U.K. Convoy SC 164, bound for Iceland (via Loch Ewe) with a general cargo and lumber, and at the beginning of Febr. she's listed in the Iceland-U.K. Convoy RU 152, destination Belfast for Halifax.
My Convoys section has more details on all the convoys mentioned here.
POST WAR: Renamed Negosun in 1959. Renamed Nego Sun in 1960. Sold in 1964 to Doreen Shipping Corp, Panama, renamed Carina. Aground on reef off Borneo in 04 35N 119 25E on March 22-1966 on a voyage from Bali to Hong Kong, and abandoned by crew.
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A. F. Klaveness & Co. A/S, Oslo
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4297 gt
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| Built in Hamburg 1925.
Torpedoed on Febr. 18-1940 by U-61 (Oesten) and sunk 59 03N 01 08E, when on a voyage from Buenos Aires to Stavanger with a cargo of grain. Please continue to M/S Sangstad for more details.
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S. Holter Sørensen, Oslo
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4639 gt
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| Built in Copenhagen 1928. Previous names: Sud Africano until 1932, Paraguayo until 1939.
A separate page about M/S Santos has more information, incl. details on her loss and a crew list.
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Johan M. Ugland, Grimstad
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5824 gt
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| Built at Stockton-on-Tees 1914. Previous name: Melania until 1930.
See D/T Sarita for more on this ship (w/crew list).
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M. Thorvik, Oslo
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1864 gt
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| Built in Fredrikstad, Norway 1912.
No further details available.
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A/S Thor Dahl, Sandefjord
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3025 gt
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| Built in Copenhagen, Denmark 1937.
My text under M/S Scebeli has more details on this ship and its final fate - includes a picture and the captain's report, as well as a crew list.
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Lorentzens Rederi Co.,Oslo
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9972 gt
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| Built in Vegesack, Germany 1939.
Please go to M/T Scotia for a harrowing account of the fate of this ship, incl. crew list.
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