D/S Ara
Updated March 3-2008

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Some War Voyages:

(Received from Don Kindell - His source: The late Arnold Hague's database).

Follow the convoy links provided for more information on them.

	Departure	From	To	Arrival	Convoy	Remarks
As can be seen, there are several gaps in this record - information on the following voyages only is available:
1940	March 27	Norwegian waters	Methil	March 30	HN 22	–
	May 23	Tyne	Southend	May 25	FS 178	See FS 178 (external link)
	July 14	Southend	Southampton	July 15	CW 5	See CW 5 (external link) See also Balder
	July 20	St. Helens Roads	Southend	July 22	CE 6	See CE 6 (external link)
	July 22	Southend	Tyne	July 24	FN 229	See FN 229 (external link)
	Aug. 3	Sunderland	Southend	Aug. 5	FS 241	Did not sail, reason not known
	Aug. 4	Sunderland	Southend	Aug. 6	FS 242	See FS 242 (external link)
	Aug. 11	Southend	Seaham	Aug. 13	FN 249	See FN 249 (external link)
	Sept. 2	Southend	Tyne	Sept. 4	FN 270	See FN 270 (external link)
	Sept. 6	Methil	–	–	OA 210	Convoy dispersed Sept. 10 See OA 210 (external link)
	Nov. 12	Methil	Southend	Nov. 14	FS 334	See FS 334 (external link)
	Nov. 24	Southend	Tyne	Nov. 26	FN 342	See FN 342 (external link)
	Dec. 6	Southend	Tyne	Dec. 8	FN 352	See FN 352 (external link)
	Dec. 14	Blyth	Southend	Dec. 16	FS 361	See FS 361 (external link)
	Dec. 25	Blyth	Southend	Dec. 28	FS 371	See FS 371 (external link)
1941	July 9	Clyde	Methil	July 13	WN 151	See WN 151 (external link)
	Aug. 28	Southend	Aberdeen	Aug. 30	EC 66	See EC 66 (external link)
	Sept. 18	Oban	Methil	Sept. 21	WN 182	See WN 182 (external link)
	Dec. 18	Methil	Lyness	Dec. 21	EN 21	See EN 21 (external link)
	Dec. 20(?)	Oban	Methil	Dec. 23	WN 221	See WN 221 (external link)
1942	Jan. 1	Stromness	Dundee	Jan. 2	WN 225	See WN 225 (external link)
	Febr. 16	Methil	–	–	EN 47	Detached Febr. 19 See EN 47 (external link)
	March 7	Oban	Methil	March 10	WN 255	See WN 255 (external link)
	Apr. 22	Loch Ewe	Methil	Apr. 24	WN 273	See WN 273 (external link)
There's no information on 1943 voyages.
1944	June 14	Solent	Seine Bay	June 15	ETC 9	See ETC 9 (external link)
	July 6	Seine Bay	Southend	July 7	FTM 29	See FTM 29 (external link)
	Sept. 9	Southend	Southampton	Sept. 10	ETC 93	See ETC 93 (external link)
	Sept. 12	Southampton	Southend	Sept. 12	FTC 6A	See FTC 6A (external link)
	Sept. 19	Southend	Portsmouth	Sept. 20	ETC 103	See ETC 103 (external link)
	Nov. 2	Southend	St. Helens Roads	Nov. 3	TMC 24	See TMC 24 (external link)
	Nov. 7	St. Helens Roads	Southend	Nov. 8	MTC 29	See MTC 29 (external link)
	Nov. 15	Southend	St. Helens Roads	Nov. 16	TMC 37	See TMC 37 (external link)
	Nov. 18	St. Helens Roads	Southend	Nov. 19	MTC 40	See MTC 40 (external link)

Further to the above:

As will be seen when following the links provided in the Voyage Record, other Norwegian ships also sailed in some of the convoys listed.

At the end of March-1940, shortly before the German invasion of Norway, Ara, with a cargo of fresh fish and mails, is listed as sailing in Convoy HN 22 from Norway to the U.K., thereby ending up in allied service throughout the war. Follow the link for more details; several Norwegian ships took part in this convoy.

In Sept.-1940 she shows up, with no voyage information, in Convoy OA 210, which left Methil on Sept. 6 and dispersed on the 10th. The Norwegian Tautra is also included - ref. external link within the Voyage Record.

According to the website that I've linked to below there was an accident on board on Jan 4-1943 in which Seaman Lars E. Toranger died.

POST WAR:

Sold in July-1948 to A. F. Bjørnstads Rederi A/S, Tvedestrand, renamed Bjørnvik. Laid up in Antwerp in the fall of 1949. Sold in Aug.-1950 to Skips-AS Motor (E. Salvesen), Kragerø, renamed Rim (this was a forced sale). Sold in Febr.-1951 to D/S A/S Vivi & D/S A/S Asta (Clemeth Dann), Oslo, renamed Sjofna. Sold in Oct.-1953 to Everest Cia. Mar. SA, Panama, renamed Panagis. Renamed Lucia in 1955. Possibly involved in a collision in 1957? Broken up in Greece in the winter of 1958.

Related external link:
The one who died on board - Commemorated at the Stavern Memorial for Seamen.

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