D/S Asgerd
Updated March 14-2008

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Voyage Record From Febr.-1940 to Sept.-1940:

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

	Departure	From	To	Arrival	Convoy	Remarks
Follow the convoy links provided for more information on them. Information on the following voyages only is available:
1940	Febr. 8	Norwegian waters	–	–	HN 10	–
	Febr. 10	Detached from HN 10	Liverpool	Febr. 13	Independent	–
	March 22	Norwegian waters	Methil	March 25	HN 21	–
	March 25	Methil Roads	Tyne	March 26	FS 129	See FS 129 (external link)
	March 27	Tyne	Hull	March 29	FS 131	See FS 131 (external link)
	Apr. 3	Hull	Tyne	Apr. 5	FN 136	See FN 136 (external link)
	Apr. 26	Tyne	Southend	Apr. 28	FS 156	Thence Rouen, arr. Apr. 29. See FS 156 (external link)
	May 2	Rouen	Downs	–	Independent	–
	May 4	Downs	Hull	May 6	FN 162	See FN 162 (external link)
	May 11	Hull	Downs	May 13	FS 168	See FS 168 (external link)
	May 13	Downs	Verdon	May 17	–	–
	June 1	Port Talbot	Newport	June 1	–	–
	June 4	Newport	Caen	June 6	Independent	–
	June 11	Caen	Downs	June 12	Independent	–
	June 14	Southend	Methil	June 16	FN 195A	See FN 195A (external link)
	July 20	Methil	–	–	OA 187	See OA 187 (external link)
	July 25	Dispersed from OA 187	Sydney, C.B.	Aug. 2	Independent	–
	Aug. 3	Sydney, C.B.	Halifax	Aug. 4	Independent	–
	Aug. 11	Halifax	Sydney, C.B.	Aug. 12	Independent	–
	Aug. 15	Sydney, C.B.	Clyde	Aug. 30	SC 1	–
	Sept. 5	Clyde	Methil	Sept. 8	WN 13	See WN 13 (external link)
	Sept. 24	Methil	(For Sydney, C.B.)	–	OA 219	See OA 219 (external link). Straggled and sunk, see "Final Fate" below

Final Fate - 1940:

Asgerd is said to have left Methil on Sept. 22-1940, bound for Sydney C.B. in Convoy OA 219* (the Norwegian Balduin is also listed). Four days later she had disappeared, and according to my Norwegian sources, which are quite old, the official assumption was that she was torpedoed and sunk in the morning of Sept. 26 or 27 southwest of the Hebrides by U-137 (Wohlfarth, who shortly before had attacked Convoy OB 218 - see M/S Vestvard). Charles Hocking says she was torpedoed and sunk 350 miles west of the Hebrides on the 27th. Norwegian records give the position 56 35N 09 10W. However, more recent information (Jürgen Rohwer) states she was attacked and sunk by an Fw 200 (crew identified the ship as Ascero), about 195 n. miles northwest of Malin Head, Norhern Ireland on the 27th.

* The convoy designation OA 219 is given in "Nortraships flåte" - Arnold Hague says in his "Allied Convoy System" that this convoy departed Methil on Sept. 24 (as opposed to the 22nd found in the Norwegian book), while the earlier OA 218 departed on the 22nd. (Both convoys dispersed).

The entire crew of 17 was lost - an unidentified body drifted ashore at Canna, the Hebrides.

Casualties - No Survivors (all Norwegian):
† Captain Sverre H. Hansen	† 1st Mate Odd Bjørn Olsen	† 2nd Mate Åge F. Nilsen	† Able Seaman Arnold Larsen	† Able Seaman Einar B. W. Berthessen	† Ordinary Seaman Normann Gulbrandsen
† 1st Engineer Kristoffer Andersen	† 2nd Engineer Erik Andersen	† Stoker Hans Rolf Hansen	† Stoker Ånon Salvesvoll	† Stoker Sigurd Johansen	† Stoker Ivar Nævestad
† Trimmer Asbjørn E. Knutsen	† Engine Boy Peder Slettestøl	† Ord. Seaman / Radio Op.(?) Harald Henriksen	† Steward Hans Ferdinand Hansen	† Cook Ove Nilsen

Related external links:
More on the casualties - Position is given as 54N 12W. The Norwegian text says 15 out of the 17 were Norwegian, yet 17 Norwegians are listed here. The names correspond with my listing above, though some of them are spelt a little differently, and some of the titles are also different.

Misc. Convoys - By clicking on "Ship Search", using "Asgerd" as keyword, a few convoys will come up. I've linked directly to them within the above Voyage Record.

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The text on this page was compiled with the help of: "Nortraships flåte", J. R. Hegland, "Sjøforklaringer fra 2. verdenskrig", Norwegian Maritime Museum, Volume I, and misc. other for cross checking facts as named in the text above - ref My sources.