D/S Askepot
Updated Febr. 23-2011

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From George Robinson, the webmaster of Riversea International (no longer appears to be available), who has also provided the post war details.

Voyage Record From July-1942 to May-1945:

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

Follow the convoy links provided for more information on each (where the "Convoy" column is left blank it means that convo is not known).

	Departure	From	To	Arrival	Convoy	Remarks
1942	July 15	Boston*	Halifax	July 17	BX 29	Earlier voyages: Page 1, Page 2 & Page 3 For Sydney C.B. Convoy available at BX 29 (external link)
	*Convoy BX 29 did sail from Boston on July 15, but according to Page 3 above, Askepot started out from New York on July 14.
	July 22	Halifax	Sydney, C.B.	July 23	HS 33	Convoy available at HS 33 (external link)
	July 26	Sydney, C.B.	Greenland	Aug. 3	SG 3	Convoy available at SG 3 (external link)
	Aug. 25	Greenland	Sydney, C.B.	Sept. 1	GS 6	Convoy available at GS 6 (external link)
	Sept. 2	Sydney, C.B.	Halifax	Sept. 4	SH 40	Convoy available at SH 40 (external link)
	Sept. 6	Halifax	Cape Cod Canal	Sept. 8	XB 37	Convoy available at XB 37 (external link)
	Sept. 8	Cape Cod Canal	New York City	Sept. 9	Independent	–
	Sept. 13	New York City	Boston	Sept. 14	Independent	–
	Sept. 21	Boston	New York City	Sept. 23	Independent	–
	Sept. 24	New York City	Halifax	Sept. 27	HX 209	–
	Sept. 29	Halifax	Sydney, C.B.	Oct. 1	HS 55	Convoy available at HS 55 (external link)
	Oct. 8	Sydney, C.B.	Kungnait Bay	Oct. 16	SG 10	Convoy available at SG 10 (external link)
	Oct. 31	Greenland	Botwood	Nov. 5	GS 12	Arrived Botwood. Convoy available at GS 12 (external link)
	Nov. 11	Botwood	St. John's, N.F.	Nov. 13	NJ 21	Convoy available at NJ 21 (external link)
	Nov. 14	St. John's, N.F.	Sydney, C.B.	Nov. 17	WB 13	Convoy available at WB 13 (external link)
	Nov. 17	Sydney, C.B.	Halifax	Nov. 19	SH 62	Convoy available at SH 62 (external link)
	Nov. 21	Halifax	New York City	Nov. 25	ON 145	Will be updated See ships in ON convoys
	Dec. 13	New York City	St. John's, N.F.	Dec. 21	HX 219	–
1943	Jan. 6	St. John's, N.F.	Greenland	Jan. 11	SG 17	Convoy available at SG 17 (external link)
	Jan. 27	Greenland	St. John's, N.F.	Febr. 2	GS 19	Convoy available at GS 19 (external link)
	Febr. 7	St. John's, N.F.	Halifax	Febr. 13	ON 163	Convoy will be added See ships in ON convoys
	Febr. 15	Halifax	New York City	Febr. 19	ON 164	–
?*	Febr. 19	Boston	New York City	Febr. 20	Independent	*See Page 4
	Febr. 20	New York City	Newport, R.I.	Febr. 21	Independent	–
	Febr. 28	Newport, R.I.	New York City	March 1	Independent	See also narrative below
	March 5	New York City	Loch Ewe	March 23	SC 122	For Iceland
	March 24	Loch Ewe	Reykjavik	March 28	UR 68	Convoy available at UR 68 (external link)
	Apr. 3	Reykjavik	Halifax	Apr. 19	ONS 2	Joined from Iceland Apr. 5, for Halifax. Convoy will be added See ships in ONS convoys
	Apr. 29	Halifax	Sheet Harbour	May 1	HJ 49	Convoy available at HJ 49 (external link)
	May 6	Sheet Harbour	Halifax	May 7	JH 52	Convoy available at JH 52 (external link)
	May 10	Halifax	Cape Cod Canal	May 12	XB 51	Convoy available at XB 51 (external link)
	May 31	New York City	St. John's, N.F.	June 8	HX 242	–
	June 9	St. John's, N.F.	Clarenville	June 10	JN 31	Convoy available at JN 31 (external link) Missing movements, Page 4
	June 18	St. John's, N.F.	Sydney, C.B.	June 20	CL 71	Convoy available at CL 71 (external link)
	June 23	Sydney, C.B.	Halifax	June 25	SH 88	Convoy available at SH 88 (external link)
	June 27	Halifax	Cape Cod Canal	June 29	XB 60	Convoy available at XB 60 (external link)
	June 29	Cape Cod Canal	New York City	June 30	Independent	–
	July 4	New York City	Boston	July 5	Independent	–
	Aug. 1	Boston	Halifax	Aug. 3	BX 66	Convoy available at BX 66 (external link)
	Aug. 4	Halifax	Sydney, C.B.	Aug. 6	HS 100	Convoy available at HS 100 (external link)
	Aug. 8	Sydney, C.B.	St. John's, N.F.	Aug. 10	BW 49	Convoy available at BW 49 (external link)
	Aug. 12	St. John's, N.F.	Greenland	Aug. 20	SG 29	Convoy available at SG 29 (external link)
	Oct. 25	Greenland	St. John's, N.F.	Oct. 30	GS 34	A. Hague says: Probably this convoy. Available at GS 34 (external link) Not included, Page 4
	Nov. 1	Argentia	Boston	Nov. 5	ARG 3	Convoy available at ARG 3 (external link)
	Dec. 13	Boston	Searsport	Dec. 19	Independent	–
	Dec. 26	Searsport	New York City	Dec. 28	Independent	–
	Dec. 29	New York City	Hampton Roads	Dec. 30	Independent	–
1944	Jan. 6	Hampton Roads	New York City	Jan. 8	Independent	–
	Jan. 17	New York City	Gitmo	Jan. 23	NG 411	Convoy available at NG 411 (external link)
	Jan. 23	Gitmo	San Juan, P.R.	Jan. 25	–	–
	Febr. 2	San Juan, P.R.	Gitmo	Febr. 4	–	See also Page 4
	Febr. 8	Gitmo	New York City	Febr. 15	GN 113	A. Hague says: Onward to Boston, arriving Febr. 16 (back to New York Febr. 19 - Page 4) Convoy available at GN 113 (external link)
	Febr. 25	New York City	Havana	March 2	NK 598	Detached to Havana, March 2, arrived March 2. Convoy available at NK 598 (external link)
	March 5	Havana	Matanzas	March 5	Independent	–
	March 8	Matanzas	Key West	March 8	Independent	–
	March 9	Key West	New York City	March 16	KN 300	A. Hague says: Onward to Boston, arriving March 17. Convoy available at KN 300 (external link)
	March 21	Boston	Searsport	March 24*	Independent	*Page 5 gives arrival March 21
	March 25	Searsport	New York City	March 26	Independent	–
	March 27	New York City	Savannah	March 30	–	–
	Apr. 4	Tybee Roads	Sagua	Apr. 6	Independent	–
	Apr. 9	Sagua	Savannah	Apr. 11	Independent	–
	Apr. 16	Tybee Roads	Sagua	Apr. 18	Independent	–
	Apr. 20	Sagua	Key West	Apr. 21	Independent	–
	Apr. 23	Key West	New York City	Apr. 29	KN 309	A. Hague says: Onward to Boston, arriving Apr. 29. Convoy available at KN 309 (external link)
	May 3	Boston	New York City	May 5	Independent	–
	May 6	New York City	Sagua	May 11	Independent	–
	May 13	Sagua	Key West	May 14	Independent	–
	May 18	Key West	New York City	May 23	KN 314	A. Hague says: Onward to Boston, arriving May 24 (see also Page 5). Convoy available at KN 314 (external link)
	June 10	Boston	Argentia	June 14	–	–
	June 16	Argentia	Greenland	–	–	–
	Aug. 16	Ivigtut	Boston	Aug. 26	GS 50	Convoy available at GS 50 (external link)
	Aug. 26	Boston	New York City	Aug. 27	Independent	–
	Sept. 5	New York City	Baltimore	Sept. 6	Independent	–
	Sept. 8	Baltimore	New York City	Sept. 9	Independent	Left New York same day (Page 5).
	Sept. 10	Sandwich, Mass	St. John, N.B.	Sept. 12	Independent	–
	Sept. 20	St. John, N.B.	Walton, N.S.	Sept. 23	Independent	–
	Sept. 23	Walton	Philadelphia	Sept. 27	Independent	Later arrived Baltimore Sept. 29 (Page 5).
	Sept. 30	Baltimore	New York City	Oct. 1	Independent	–
	Oct. 2	New York City	St. John, N.B.	Oct. 4	Independent	–
	Oct. 10	St. John, N.B.	Windsor, N.S.	–	Independent	–
	Oct. 12	Windsor, N.S.	New York City	Oct. 15	Independent	–
	Oct. 18	New York City	Boston	Oct. 19	Independent	–
	Oct. 29	Boston	Halifax	Oct. 31	BX 131	Convoy available at BX 131 (external link)
	Nov. 1	Halifax	Sydney, C.B.	Nov. 2	Independent	–
	Nov. 3	Sydney, C.B.	St. John's, N.F.	Nov. 5	BW 146	Convoy available at BW 146 (external link)
	Nov. 12	St. John's, N.F.	Sydney, C.B.	Nov. 14	WB 138	Convoy available at WB 138 (external link)
	Nov. 14	Sydney, C.B.	Corner Brook	Nov. 15	SB 91	Convoy available at SB 91 (external link)
	Nov. 20	Corner Brook	Sydney, C.B.	Nov. 21	–	–
	Nov. 22	Sydney, C.B.	Halifax	Nov. 23	SH 183	Convoy available at SH 183 (external link)
	Nov. 24	Halifax	Cape Cod Canal	Nov. 26	XB 135	Convoy available at XB 135 (external link)
	Nov. 26	Cape Cod Canal	Hampton Roads	Nov. 28	Independent	(See also Page 6)
	Dec. 3	Cape Henry	St. John, N.B.	Dec. 6	Independent	–
	Dec. 14	St. John, N.B.	New York City	Dec. 17	Independent	–
	Dec. 19	New York City	Philadelphia	Dec. 19	Independent	–
	Dec. 24	Philadelphia	Sagua	Dec. 29	Independent	–
	Dec. 30	Sagua	Key West	Jan. 1-1945	Independent	–
1945	Jan. 1	Key West	Boston	Jan. 7	Independent	–
	Jan. 10	Boston	New York City	Jan. 11	Independent	–
	Jan. 28	New York City	Caibarien	Febr. 3	Independent	(See also Page 6).
	Febr. 5	Caibarien	Miami	Febr. 6	Independent	–
	Febr. 7	Miami	Boston	Febr. 11	Independent	–
	Febr. 13	Boston	New York City	Febr. 15	Independent	–
	Febr. 15	New York City	Cape Henry	–	Independent	–
	Febr. 17	Cape Henry	Sagua	Febr. 21	Independent	–
	Febr. 23	Sagua	Key West	Febr. 24	Independent	–
	Febr. 24	Key West	New York City	Febr. 28	Independent	–
	March 7	New York City	Boston	March 8	Independent	–
	March 13	Boston	Halifax	March 15	BX 150	Convoy available at BX 150 (external link)
	March 17	Halifax	Belfast Lough	March 31	SC 170	See also Page 6 Convoy will be added See ships in SC convoys
	Apr. 4	Belfast Lough	Reykjavik	Apr. 11	UR 159	Convoy available at UR 159 (external link)
	Apr. 22	Reykjavik	Belfast Lough	Apr. 28	RU 160	Convoy available at RU 160 (external link)
	May 3	Belfast Lough	–	–	ONS 49	For Boston. Convoy will be added See ships in ONS convoys
	May 17	Joined XB 164	Boston	May 19	XB 164	Convoy available at XB 164 (external link) Subsequent voyages: Page 6 & Page 7

Misc. Voyages:

For information on voyages made in between those mentioned here, please see the documents received from the National Archives of Norway and A. Hague's Voyage Record above. Follow the convoy links provided for further details; the Commodore's notes are also available for some of them and several Norwegian ships took part.

As will be seen when going to Page 1, of the archive documents, Askepot was in New York when war broke out in Norway on Apr. 9-1940. It'll also be noticed that she appears to have spent a long time in Philadelphia that year. Her 1941 voyages also start on this document and continue on Page 2 (which shows a long stay in New York that summer), while Page 3 has her 1942 voyages (showing another long stay in New York at the beginning of that year).

As can be seen in the Voyage Record, A. Hague has her in a Convoy to Greenland in July-1942, namely Convoy SG 3, which left Sydney, C.B. on July 26 and arrived Greenland on Aug. 2. He has her returning in Convoy GS 6, which arrived Sydney, C.B. on Sept. 1. Direct links to both these convoys have been provided within the record. On Sept. 24, she's listed in the New York-U.K. Convoy HX 209, for which Skiensfjord served as Commodore Vessel, but Askepot only went as far as Halifax, rather than following this convoy to the U.K. It'll be noticed, when following the link to my page about this convoy, that she's included in the Halifax portion of the Advance Sailing Telegram, that is, among the ships that joined from Halifax, but from Page 3 we learn that she joined at New York and proceeded to Halifax, where she arrived Sept. 27. Her final destination is given as Greenland; again, see Voyage Record and the archive document.

On Nov. 21 that same year, we find her in the westbound North Atlantic Convoy ON 145 (Vice Commodore in Thorhild), joining from Halifax, travelling to New York City, where she arrived Nov. 25; in other words, she was not present from the U.K. (convoy had started out in Liverpool on Nov. 9). She was reported and reprimanded for straggling and failing to keep station. In the opinion of the Senior Officer Lt. Commander Mackay RNR "she endangered both herself and the convoy as she never caught up with the main body till arrival in port". The following month, she joined Convoy HX 219 from New York, sailing as far as St. John's, N.F. only, carrying Army stores, station 11. According to the Commodore's notes, she left the convoy at 15:15 on Dec. 19 in 47 27N 47 58W, escorted by St. Clair (S.O.), Brantford, Dundas, Truro and Lavender. From St. John's, where she had arrived Dec. 21, she subsequently made a voyage to Greenland and back in Jan/Febr.-1943 (convoy info in Voyage Record). Again, see also Page 3.

A. Hague has now included her in the westbound North Atlantic Convoy ON 163*, which had originated in Liverpool on Jan. 24-1943 and arrived New York on Febr. 16. Askepot, however, sailed from St. John's on Febr. 7, travelling as far as Halifax, with arrival there Febr. 13 (Page 3). She left Halifax again on Febr. 15, joining the next westbound convoy, ON 164, sailing with it to New York (station 53), arriving on Febr. 19, according to Page 4. Later that month, she's mentioned in the Advance Sailing Telegram for Convoy HX 228 from New York (in which Brant County was later sunk - follow the link for details), with a note saying "not for U.K." According to the archive document, she was at Newport, R.I. on the date this convoy departed New York (Febr. 28), leaving that same day for New York, with arrival March 1.

A few days later, she's listed in one of the convoys discussed in more detail under M/S Abraham Lincoln (SC 122 / HX 229). Gudvor, Polarland and Askepot had started out from New York in Convoy SC 122 on March 5, but only Askepot, bound for Reykjavik, was present when the attacks started, the other 2 having lost touch with the convoy in a storm and returned to port. The battle lasted for 5 days and when it was over on March 20, 22 merchant ships had been sunk, with HX 229 being the hardest hit (Abraham Lincoln was the Commodore Vessel for HX 229 in which Elin K was sunk). Follow the links for more information - cruising order/charts and an analysis of attacks are also available (see also the external links provided at the end of this page). Askepot arrived Reykjavik, via Loch Ewe, on March 28, leaving again on Apr. 3, joining the westbound North Atlantic Convoy ONS 2* on Apr. 5 (Ingerfire was sunk - follow the link for details). This convoy had originated in Liverpool on March 28 and arrived Halifax, Askepot's destination, on Apr. 19. According to Arnold Hague, she made a voyage from New York to St. John's, N.F. with Convoy HX 242 at the end of May - as can be seen when following the link, she's not mentioned on my own page about this convoy, but some ships may be missing from my documents(?). She arrived St. John's on June 8.

The rest of her 1943 voyages are shown on Page 4, which also has some 1944 voyages. These continue on Page 5, while her 1945 voyages start on Page 6. Convoy information for some of them can be found in the Voyage Record above (as can be seen, she occasionally had long stays in port). A. Hague has included her in Convoy SC 170*, which departed Halifax on March 17-1945 and arrived Liverpool on the 31st. Askepot stopped at Belfast Lough that day - she was bound for Reykjavik again, later arriving there on Apr. 11. The Norwegian Biscaya, Brønnøy, Brush, Chr. Th. Boe, Frontenac, Geisha (Commodore Vessel), Romulus, Tercero and Titanian are also named in this convoy. On VE Day she was en route to Boston in station 34 of Convoy ONS 49*, joining from Belfast Lough, arriving Boston May 19 (convoy departed Liverpool May 2, arrived Halifax May 18).

Page 7 shows her voyages to Apr.-1946 - as can be seen, she went home to Norway earlier that year.

* The ON and ONS convoys will be added to individual pages in my Convoys section in due course, with more information on each, but in the meantime, the ships sailing in them (and escorts) are named in the section for ships in all ON convoys and ships in all ONS convoys. Other Norwegian ships also took part. Additionally, the entire SC series will be updated and completed (including the already existing convoys - some have already been updated), but for now, see ships in all SC convoys.

More information on the Norwegian ships mentioned here can be found via the alphabet index below, or go to the Master Ship Index.

POST WAR:

Sailed as Pakistan Progress for Karachi Steam Nav. Co. from 1957, Shafaat for East Bengal S.S. Co. from 1962. Still listed in Lloyd's Register in 1964, but not in 1966.

Related external links:
HX 229, 16-19 March | SC 122, 17 -19 March

List of Greenland Convoys - Convoy SG 3 is included. Here's the the main page.

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