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D/S Ara To Ara on the "Ships starting with A" page. Manager: Det Bergenske Dampskibsselskab, Bergen Delivered in Aug.-1919 from Trosvik Mek. Verksted, Brevik as cargo vessel Bois to D/S A/S Bois (Harald Hansen), Skien, 196.9’ x 32.5’ x 12.4’, 966 gt, 1254 tdwt, Triple Expansion (Akers) 126nhp, 9.25 knots. Purchased by Bergenske D/S in Dec.-1921, renamed Ara and used in the company's cargo lines. By the summer of 1939 she was in the company's Trondheim-Bergen-Dunkerque-Bordeaux route together with owner's Delfinus.
Follow the convoy links provided for more information on them. Compare Arnold Hague's records with these original images from the Norwegian National Archives:
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. As can be seen on Page 19, Ara got to go home to a free Bergen in July-1945. She also made 2 voyages to Norway in Aug.-1945, and again in Sept.-1945, as well as in Oct. and Nov. that year. In fact, it looks like Christmas of 1945 was celebrated while in Norway. The page also shows a few of her 1946 voyages.
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: Back to Ara on the "Ships starting with A" page. The text on this page was compiled with the help of: Misc. sources, including info received from T. Eriksen, Norway (his source: Articles by Dag Bakka Jr. about Bergenske D/S in the Norwegian magazine "Skipet", 1-2.88).
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