D/S Ask - Norwegian Merchant Fleet 1939-1945

D/S Ask
Updated March 15-2008

To Ask on the "Ships starting with A" page.

Manager: August Kjerland, Bergen
Tonnage: 1541 gt

Completed in Nov.-1917 by Dublin Dockyard Co. Ltd., Dublin (92) as Lambeth for the South Metropolitan Gas Company. Sold in 1927 and renamed Lowfield (E. T. Lindley, London). Sold in 1935 to August Kjerland, Bergen and renamed Ask. (This information found at the Riversea International website).

Voyage Record
From Febr.-1940 to May-1945:

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

For more information on the convoys mentioned in this table, please follow the links provided. Other Norwegian ships also sailed in some of them. See also my text further down on this page. Information on the following voyages is available (some voyages may be missing, and errors may exist):
	Departure	From	To	Arrival	Convoy	Remarks
1940	Febr. 9	Methil	Norwegian waters	Febr. 12	ON 11	–
	Febr. 22	Norwegian waters	Bergen	Febr. 22	HN 14	Put back
	Febr. 28	Norwegian waters	Methil	March 1	HN 15	–
	March 11	Shields	Methil	March 12	FN 117	See FN 117 (external link)
	March 15	Methil	Norwegian waters	March 18	ON 20	–
	March 27	Norwegian waters	Methil	March 30	HN 22	–
	March 31	Methil	Middlesbrough	Apr. 2	FS 134	See FS 134 (external link)
	May 6	Middlesbrough	Southend	May 8	FS 164	See FS 164 (external link)
	May 8	Southend	–	–	OA 144	Bound for Rouen - detached May 9. See OA 144 (external link)
	May 13	Rouen	Downs	May 15	Independent	–
	May 15	Southend	Shields	May 17	FN 172	See FN 172 (external link)
	May 18	Tyne	Blyth	May 18	–	–
	May 31	Blyth	Southend	June 2	FS 184	See FS 184 (external link)
	June 2	Southend	–	–	OA 160	Bound for St. Nazaire. Convoy dispersed June 4. See OA 160 (external link), as well as this external page
	June 4	Dispersed from OA 160	St. Nazaire	June 5	Independent	–
	June 12	Brest	Casablanca	June 19	49 B	See 49 B (external link)
	July 2	Gibraltar	Liverpool	July 14	HG Y	–
	July 26	Liverpool	Vila Real	Aug. 5	OG 39	See ships in OG convoys
	Aug. 7	Vila Real	Pomaron	Aug. 7	Independent	–
	Aug. 9	Pomaron	Gibraltar	–	Independent	–
	Aug. 11	Gibraltar	Liverpool	Aug. 26	HG 41	–
	Sept. 4	Liverpool	–	–	OG 42	To Pomaron See link to "Ships in OG convoys" above
	Sept. 15	Detached from OG 42	Pomaron	Sept. 16	Independent	–
	Oct. 7	Pomaron	Gibraltar	Oct. 8	Independent	–
	Oct. 9	Gibraltar	Londonderry	Oct. 26	HG 45	–
	Oct. 29	Londonderry	Liverpool	Nov. 1	Independent	–
	Dec. 13	Liverpool	Clyde	Dec. 14	Independent	–
	Dec. 19	Clyde	Methil	Dec. 22	WN 56	See WN 56 (external link)
	Dec. 25	Methil	Southend	Dec. 27	FS 371	See FS 371 (external link)
1941	Jan. 6	Southend	Blyth	Jan. 8	FN 377	See FN 377 (external link)
	Jan. 23	Blyth	Southend	Jan. 26	FS 395	See FS 395 (external link)
	Jan. 24	Blyth	Southend	Jan. 25	FS 394	See FS 394 (external link)
I belive one of the above 2 entries is an error and should be deleted.
	Jan. 31	Southend	Blyth	Febr. 2	FN 396	See FN 396 (external link)
	Febr. 13	Blyth	Southend	Febr. 15	FS 411	See FS 411 (external link)
	Febr. 21	Southend	Southend	Febr. 21	FN 412A	Put back See FN 412A (external link)
	Febr. 22	Southend	Spurn Head	Febr. 23	FN 414	See FN 414 (external link)
	Febr. 25	Spurn Head	Blyth	Febr. 25	FN 416	See FN 416 (external link)
	March 5	Blyth	Southend	March 7	FS 428	See FS 428 (external link)
	March 12	Southend	Shields	March 13	FN 429	See FN 429 (external link)
	March 19	Shields	Southend	March 21	FS 441	See FS 441 (external link)
	March 26	Southend	Blyth	March 28	FN 443	See FN 443 (external link)
	Apr. 6	Blyth	Southend	Apr. 7	FS 456	See FS 456 (external link)
	Apr. 14	Southend	Blyth	Apr. 15	EC 7	See EC 7 (external link)
	Apr. 22	Blyth	Southend	Apr. 23	FS 469	See FS 469 (external link)
	Apr. 29	Southend	Sunderland	Apr. 30	FN 460	See FN 460 (external link)
	May 7	Sunderland	Southend	May 9	FS 483	See FS 483 (external link)
	May 16	Southend	Shields	May 17	FN 467	See FN 467 (external link)
	May 30	Blyth	Southend	June 1	FS 503	See FS 503 (external link)
	June 5	Southend	Blyth	June 6	EC 29	See EC 29 (external link)
	June 12	Blyth	Southend	June 13	FS 513	See FS 513 (external link)
	June 16	Southend	Blyth	June 17	EC 34	See EC 34 (external link)
	June 22	Tyne	Southend	June 23	FS 522	See FS 522 (external link)
	June 29	Southend	Tyne	June 30	FN 486	See FN 486 (external link)
	July 4	Tyne	Southend	July 6	FS 533	See FS 533 (external link)
	July 10	Southend	Hartlepool	July 11	EC 44	See EC 44 (external link)
	July 14	Hartlepool	Southend	July 16	FS 541	See FS 541 (external link)
	July 20	Southend	Tyne	July 22	EC 48	See EC 48 (external link)
	July 24	Tyne	Southend	July 25	FS 549	See FS 549 (external link)
	July 29	Southend	Hartlepool	July 31	EC 52	See EC 52 (external link)
	Aug. 3	Hartlepool	Southend	Aug. 4	FS 558	See FS 558 (external link)
	Aug. 10	Southend	Tyne	Aug. 11	EC 58	See EC 58 (external link)
	Aug. 15	Tyne	Southend	Aug. 16	FS 568	See FS 568 (external link)
	Aug. 18	Southend	Blyth	Aug. 19	EC 62	See EC 62 (external link)
	Aug. 22	Blyth	Southend	Aug. 23	FS 574	See FS 574 (external link)
	Aug. 29	Southend	Blyth	Aug. 30	FN 511	See FN 511 (external link)
	Sept. 4	Blyth	Southend	Sept. 6	FS 585	See FS 585 (external link)
	Sept. 11	Southend	Blyth	Sept. 13	EC 72	See EC 72 (external link)
	Sept. 17	Blyth	Southend	Sept. 18	FS 596	See FS 596 (external link)
	Sept. 23	Southend	Blyth	Sept. 24	EC 77	See EC 77 (external link)
	Sept. 27	Blyth	Southend	Sept. 28	FS 605	See FS 605 (external link)
	Oct. 14	Southend	Middlesbrough	Oct. 15	FN 532	See FN 532 (external link)
	Oct. 24	Middlesbrough	Tyne	Oct. 24	–	–
	Dec. 1	Tyne	Spurn	Dec. 2	FS 661	See FS 661 (external link)
	Dec. 6	Spurn	Southend	Dec. 7	FS 665	See FS 665 (external link)
	Dec. 14	Southend	Blyth	Dec. 15	FN 578	See FN 578 (external link)
	Dec. 19	Blyth	Spurn	Dec. 22	FS 677	See FS 677 (external link)
	Dec. 26	Spurn	Southend	Dec. 27	FS 682	See FS 682 (external link)
1942	Jan. 2	Southend	Blyth	Jan. 4	FN 594A	See FN 594A (external link)
	Jan. 9	Blyth	Southend	Jan. 10	FS 694	See FS 694 (external link)
	Jan. 15	Southend	Blyth	Jan. 17	FN 606	See FN 606 (external link)
	Jan. 27	Blyth	Southend	Jan. 28	FS 710	See FS 710 (external link)
	Febr. 1	Southend	Blyth	Febr. 3	FN 620	See FN 620 (external link)
	Febr. 5	Blyth	Southend	Febr. 7	FS 718	See FS 718 (external link)
	Febr. 11	Southend	Blyth	Febr. 13	FN 629	See FN 629 (external link)
	Febr. 16	Methil	Southend	Febr. 18	FS 728	See FS 728 (external link)
	Febr. 19	Southend	Blyth	Febr. 23	FN 636	See FN 636 (external link)
	Febr. 27	Blyth	Southend	March 1	FS 737	See FS 737 (external link)
	March 4	Southend	Tyne	March 6	FN 647	See FN 647 (external link)
	March 8	Tyne	Blyth	March 8	–	–
	March 14	Blyth	Southend	March 16	FS 750	See FS 750 (external link)
	March 21	Southend	Blyth	March 23	FN 661	See FN 661 (external link)
	March 25	Blyth	Southend	March 27	FS 759	See FS 759 (external link)
	March 30	Southend	Blyth	March 31	FN 669	See FN 669 (external link)
	Apr. 4	Blyth	Southend	Apr. 6	FS 768	See FS 768 (external link)
	Apr. 9	Southend	Blyth	Apr. 11	FN 678	See FN 678 (external link)
	Apr. 23	Blyth	Southend	Apr. 25	FS 784	See FS 784 (external link)
	Apr. 30	Southend	Blyth	May 1	FN 695	See FN 695 (external link)
	May 2	Blyth	Southend	May 4	FS 792	See FS 792 (external link)
	May 7	Southend	Blyth	May 8	FN 702	See FN 702 (external link)
	May 14	Blyth	Southend	May 16	FS 802	See FS 802 (external link)
	May 20	Southend	Blyth	May 21	FN 713	See FN 713 (external link)
	May 28	Blyth	Southend	May 30	FS 814	See FS 814 (external link)
	June 2	Southend	Blyth	June 4	FN 724	See FN 724 (external link)
	June 6	Blyth	Southend	June 8	FS 822	See FS 822 (external link)
	June 10	Southend	Tyne	June 11	FN 731	See FN 731 (external link)
	July 4	Tyne	Blyth	July 4	–	–
	July 8	Blyth	Southend	July 10	FS 849	See FS 849 (external link)
	July 12	Southend	Blyth	July 13	FN 758	See FN 758 (external link)
	July 19	Blyth	Southend	July 21	FS 859	See FS 859 (external link)
	July 23	Southend	Blyth	July 24	FN 768	See FN 768 (external link)
	Aug. 1	Blyth	Southend	Aug. 3	FS 870	See FS 870 (external link)
	Aug. 10	Southend	Methil	Aug. 12	FN 783	See FN 783 (external link)
	Aug. 19	Methil	Blyth	Aug. 19	FS 885	See FS 885 (external link)
	Aug. 22	Blyth	Southend	Aug. 24	FS 888	See FS 888 (external link)
	Aug. 26	Southend	Blyth	Aug. 27	FN 797	See FN 797 (external link)
	Aug. 31	Blyth	Southend	Sept. 2	FS 896	See FS 896 (external link)
	Sept. 5	Southend	Blyth	Sept. 7	FN 805	See FN 805 (external link)
	Sept. 9	Blyth	Southend	Sept. 11	FS 903	See FS 903 (external link)
	Sept. 13	Southend	Blyth	Sept. 14	FN 812	See FN 812 (external link)
	Sept. 21	Blyth	Southend	Sept. 23	FS 914	See FS 914 (external link)
	Sept. 27	Southend	Blyth	Sept. 28	FN 824	See FN 824 (external link)
	Oct. 2	Blyth	Southend	Oct. 4	FS 923	See FS 923 (external link)
	Oct. 7	Southend	Blyth	Oct. 9	FN 833	See FN 833 (external link)
	Oct. 11	Blyth	Middlesbrough	Oct. 12	FS 931	See FS 931 (external link)
	Oct. 12	Middlesbrough	Southend	Oct. 14	FS 932	See FS 932 (external link)
	Oct. 18	Southend	Blyth	Oct. 19	FN 842	See FN 842 (external link)
	Oct. 22	Blyth	Southend	Oct. 24	FS 940	See FS 940 (external link)
	Oct. 28	Southend	Blyth	Oct. 30	FN 851	See FN 851 (external link)
	Nov. 1	Blyth	Southend	Nov. 3	FS 949	See FS 949 (external link)
	Nov. 8	Southend	Blyth	Nov. 9	FN 860	See FN 860 (external link)
	Nov. 11	Blyth	Southend	Nov. 13	FS 957	See FS 957 (external link)
	Nov. 17	Southend	Blyth	Nov. 19	FN 868	See FN 868 (external link)
	Nov. 22	Blyth	Southend	Nov. 24	FS 967	See FS 967 (external link)
	Nov. 29	Southend	Blyth	Dec. 1	FN 878	See FN 878 (external link)
	Dec. 5	Blyth	Southend	Dec. 7	FS 978	See FS 978 (external link)
	Dec. 12	Southend	Blyth	Dec. 14	FN 889	See FN 889 (external link)
	Dec. 21	Blyth	Southend	Dec. 23	FS 992	See FS 992 (external link)
	Dec. 26	Southend	Blyth	Dec. 28	FN 901	See FN 901 (external link)
1943	Jan. 2	Blyth	Southend	Jan. 4	FS 1002	See FS 1002 (external link)
	Jan. 7	Southend	Blyth	Jan. 9	FN 912	See FN 912 (external link)
	Jan. 15	Blyth	Southend	Jan. 17	FS 1013	See FS 1013 (external link)
	Jan. 20	Southend	Blyth	Jan. 21	FN 923	See FN 923 (external link)
	Jan. 23	Blyth	Southend	Jan. 25	FS 1020	See FS 1020 (external link)
	Jan. 28	Southend	Blyth	Jan. 29	FN 930	See FN 930 (external link)
	Febr. 5	Blyth	Southend	Febr. 6	FS 1030	See FS 1030 (external link)
	Febr. 9	Southend	Blyth	Febr. 11	FN 940	See FN 940 (external link)
	Febr. 14	Blyth	Southend	Febr. 16	FS 1039	See FS 1039 (external link)
	Febr. 22	Southend	Tyne	Febr. 24	FN 951	See FN 951 (external link)
	March 23	Tyne	Blyth	March 23	–	–
	March 26	Blyth	Southend	March 28	FS 1073	See FS 1073 (external link)
	Apr. 1	Southend	Blyth	Apr. 3	FN 984	See FN 984 (external link)
	Apr. 8	Blyth	Southend	Apr. 10	FS 1084	See FS 1084 (external link)
	Apr. 13	Southend	Blyth	Apr. 15	FN 994	See FN 994 (external link)
	Apr. 17	Blyth	Southend	Apr. 19	FS 1092	See FS 1092 (external link)
	Apr. 24	Southend	Blyth	Apr. 26	FN 1003	See FN 1003 (external link)
	May 6	Blyth	Southend	May 8	FS 1108	See FS 1108 (external link)
	May 12	Southend	Blyth	May 13	FN 1019	See FN 1019 (external link)
	May 15	Blyth	Southend	May 17	FS 1116	See FS 1116 (external link)
	May 22	Southend	Blyth	May 24	FN 1027	See FN 1027 (external link)
	May 27	Blyth	Southend	May 29	FS 1126	See FS 1126 (external link)
	June 2	Southend	Blyth	June 3	FN 1037	See FN 1037 (external link)
	June 7	Blyth	Southend	June 9	FS 1136	See FS 1136 (external link)
	June 12	Southend	Blyth	June 14	FN 1045	See FN 1045 (external link)
	June 24	Blyth	Southend	June 26	FS 1150	See FS 1150 (external link)
	June 29	Southend	Sunderland	July 1	FN 1060	See FN 1060 (external link)
	July 3	Sunderland	Southend	July 5	FS 1158	See FS 1158 (external link)
	July 7	Southend	Tyne	July 8	FN 1067	See FN 1067 (external link)
	July 23	Tyne	Southend	July 25	FS 1175	See FS 1175 (external link)
	July 28	Southend	Blyth	July 29	FN 1085	See FN 1085 (external link)
	July 31	Blyth	Southend	Aug. 2	FS 1182	See FS 1182 (external link)
	Aug. 5	Southend	Blyth	Aug. 7	FN 1092	See FN 1092 (external link)
	Aug. 20	Blyth	Southend	Aug. 22	FS 1199	See FS 1199 (external link)
	Aug. 25	Southend	Blyth	Aug. 26	FN 1109	See FN 1109 (external link)
	Sept. 1	Blyth	Southend	Sept. 3	FS 1209	See FS 1209 (external link)
	Sept. 7	Southend	Blyth	Sept. 9	FN 1120	See FN 1120 (external link)
	Sept. 10	Methil	Blyth	Sept. 12	FS 1217	See FS 1217 (external link)
	Sept. 16	Southend	Blyth	Sept. 18	FN 1128	See FN 1128 (external link)
	Sept. 23	Blyth	Southend	Sept. 25	FS 1228	See FS 1228 (external link)
	Sept. 28	Southend	Blyth	Sept. 29	FN 1138	See FN 1138 (external link)
	Oct. 2	Blyth	Southend	Oct. 4	FS 1236	See FS 1236 (external link)
	Oct. 9	Southend	Sunderland	Oct. 11	FN 1147	See FN 1147 (external link)
	Oct. 14	Sunderland	Southend	Oct. 16	FS 1246	See FS 1246 (external link)
	Oct. 23	Southend	Blyth	Oct. 26	FN 1159	See FN 1159 (external link)
	Oct. 27	Blyth	Southend	Oct. 29	FS 1257	See FS 1257 (external link)
	Nov. 3	Southend	Blyth	Nov. 4	FN 1169	See FN 1169 (external link)
	Nov. 6	Blyth	Southend	Nov. 8	FS 1266	See FS 1266 (external link)
	Nov. 13	Southend	Blyth	Nov. 15	FN 1177	See FN 1177 (external link)
	Nov. 18	Blyth	Southend	Nov. 20	FS 1276	See FS 1276 (external link)
	Nov. 26	Southend	Blyth	Nov. 28	–	–
	Dec. 4	Blyth	Southend	Dec. 6	FS 1290	See FS 1290 (external link)
	Dec. 9	Southend	Blyth	Dec. 10	FN 1200	See FN 1200 (external link)
	Dec. 11	Blyth	Southend	Dec. 13	FS 1297	See FS 1297 (external link)
	Dec. 19	Southend	Blyth	Dec. 20	FN 1210	See FN 1210 (external link)
	Dec. 25	Blyth	Southend	Dec. 27	FS 1311	See FS 1311 (external link)
1944	Jan. 5	Southend	Tyne	Jan. 7	FN 1227	See FN 1227 (external link)
	Febr. 4	Tyne	Blyth	Febr. 4	–	–
	Febr. 6	Blyth	Southend	Febr. 8	FS 1354	See FS 1354 (external link)
	Febr. 12	Southend	Blyth	Febr. 14	FN 1265	See FN 1265 (external link)
	Febr. 15	Blyth	Southend	Febr. 17	FS 1363	See FS 1363 (external link)
	Febr. 23	Southend	Blyth	Febr. 24	FN 1276	See FN 1276 (external link)
	Febr. 29	Blyth	Southend	March 2	FS 1377	See FS 1377 (external link)
	March 5	Southend	Blyth	March 6	FN 1287	See FN 1287 (external link)
	March 10	Blyth	Southend	March 12	FS 1387	See