D/S Askot - Norwegian Merchant Fleet 1939-1945

D/S Askot
Updated March 22-2008

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

Source: Bjørn Milde's post card collection.

Manager: J. T. Farsjø & Co., Oslo
Tonnage: 1323 gt

Built at Fredrikstad mek. Verksted, Fredrikstad in 1938.

Voyage Record – From May-1940 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
(most of them also had other Norwegian ships).

	Departure	From	To	Arrival	Convoy	Remarks
1940	May 6	Cienfuegos	Baltimore	May 13	Independent	–
	May 13	Baltimore	New York City	May 16	Independent	–
	May 18	New York City	Caibarien	May 24	Independent	–
	May 24	Caibarien	Cienfuegos	June 2	Independent	–
	June 5	Cienfuegos	Savannah	June 9	Independent	–
	June 12	Savannah	Cardenas	–	Independent	–
	June 20	Cardenas	Baltimore	June 25	Independent	–
	July 3	Baltimore	New York City	July 4	Independent	–
	Aug. 7	New York City	Pernambuco	Aug. 27	Independent	–
	Aug. 28	Pernambuco	Capetown	Sept. 13	Independent	–
	Sept. 16	Capetown	Aden	Oct. 7	Independent	–
	Oct. 19	Aden	Suez	Oct. 26	BN 7	See BN 7 (external link)
	Nov. 14	Alexandria	Port Said	Nov. 15	Independent	–
	Nov. 19	Suez	–	–	BS 9	For Capetown. Dispersed in 12 30N 48 23E, Nov. 26 See BS 9 (external link)
	Nov. 26	Dispersed From BS 9	Capetown	Dec. 18	Independent	–
	Dec. 19	Capetown	Trinidad	Jan. 10-1941	Independent	–
1941	Jan. 10	Trinidad	Boston	Jan. 21	Independent	–
	Jan. 22	Boston	New York City	Jan. 23	Independent	–
	Jan. 29	New York City	St Thomas	Febr. 5	Independent	–
	Febr. 5	St Thomas	Pernambuco	Febr. 20	Independent	–
	Febr. 21	Pernambuco	Para	Febr. 27	Independent	–
	March 4	Para	St Thomas	March 12	Independent	–
	March 12	St Thomas	New York City	March 20	Independent	–
	March 26	New York City	Hampton Roads	March 27	Independent	–
	March 27	Hampton Roads	Trinidad	Apr. 4	Independent	–
	Apr. 5	Trinidad	Santos	Apr. 21	Independent	–
	May 1	Santos	Trinidad	May 14	Independent	–
	May 14	Trinidad	Baltimore	May 22	Independent	–
	May 27	Baltimore	C Trujillo	June 2	Independent	–
	June 5	C Trujillo	Montreal	June 17	Independent	–
	June 19	Montreal	Rimouski	June 20	Independent	–
	June 28	Rimouski	Argentia	July 2	Independent	–
	July 11	Botwood	Philadelphia	July 17	Independent	–
	July 19	Philadelphia	Hampton Roads	July 20	Independent	–
	July 20	Hampton Roads	Georgetown SC	July 23	Independent	–
	July 24	Georgetown SC	Botwood	Aug. 1	Independent	–
	Aug. 15	Botwood	New York City	Aug. 20	Independent	–
	Aug. 26	New York City	Argentia	Aug. 31	Independent	–
	Sept. 6	Argentia	Botwood	Sept. 10	Independent	Sailing date approximate
	Sept. 16	Botwood	New York City	Sept. 21	Independent	–
	Sept. 29	New York City	Argentia	Oct. 4	Independent	–
	Oct. 8	Argentia	Botwood	Oct. 13	Independent	–
	Oct. 16	Botwood	New York City	Oct. 22	Independent	–
	Oct. 24	New York City	Hamptopn Roads	Oct. 25	Independent	–
	Oct. 26	Hampton Roads	Botwood	Oct. 29	Independent	–
	Nov. 8	Botwood	Alexandria VA	Nov. 15	Independent	–
	Nov. 17	Alexandria VA	Hampton Roads	Nov. 18	Independent	–
	Nov. 18	Hampton Roads	New York City	Nov. 19	Independent	–
	Nov. 24	New York City	Argentia	Nov. 29	Independent	–
	Dec. 5	Argentia	Botwood	Dec. 5	Independent	–
	Dec. 11	Botwood	New York City	Dec. 18	Independent	–
	Dec. 23	New York City	Argentia	Dec. 30	Independent	–
1942	Jan. 3	Argentia	Botwood	Jan. 5	Independent	–
	Jan. 10	Botwood	Vera Cruz	Jan. 27	Independent	–
	Jan. 31	Vera Cruz	Antilla	Febr. 7	Independent	–
	Febr. 10	Antilla	New York City	Febr. 17	Independent	–
	March 17	New York City	Baltimore	March 18	Independent	–
	March 25	Baltimore	Boston	–	Independent	–
	March 29	Boston	St. John, N.B.	March 30	Independent	–
	Apr. 12	St. John, N.B.	Halifax	Apr. 13	BX 6	See BX 6 (external link)
	Apr. 15	Halifax	St. John's, N.F.	Apr. 18	LC 6	See LC 6 (external link)
	May 1	St. John's, N.F.	Halifax	May 4	CL 30	See CL 30 (external link)
	May 6	Halifax	Cape Cod Canal	May 8	XB 17	Thence New York City, arrived May 8. See XB 17 (external link)
	May 11	New York City	Vera Cruz	May 23	Independent	–
	May 30	Vera Cruz	Coatzacoalcos	–	Independent	–
	May 31	Coatzacoalcos	Kingtson	June 6	Independent	–
	June 10	Falmouth, Jamaica	St. John, N.B.	June 19	Independent	–
	June 25	St. John, N.B.	Halifax	June 26	BX 26J	See BX 26J (external link)
	June 29	Halifax	St. John's, N.F.	July 2	HX 196	Detached to St. John's, N.F.
	July 3	St. John's, N.F.	Botwood	July 7	JN 5 (returned)	Independent when convoy put back. See JN 5 (external link)
	July 14	Botwood	St. John's, N.F.	–	Independent	–
	July 20	St. John's, N.F.	Sydney, C.B.	July 22	CL 47	See CL 47 (external link)
	July 24	Sydney, C.B.	Father Point	July 27	SQ 22	See SQ 22 (external link)
	Aug. 5	Father Point	Sydney, C.B.	Aug. 8	QS 24	See QS 24 (external link)
	Aug. 13	Sydney, C.B.	St. John's, N.F.	Aug. 15	LC 37	See LC 37 (external link)
	Aug. 26	St. John's, N.F.	Botwood	Aug. 28	JN 11	See JN 11 (external link)
	Sept. 4	Botwood	St. John's, N.F.	Sept. 5	NJ 11	See NJ 11 (external link)
	Sept. 6	St. John's, N.F.	Sydney, C.B.	Sept. 9	CL 56	See CL 56 (external link)
	Sept. 12	Sydney, C.B.	Father Point	Sept. 16	SQ 36	See SQ 36 (external link)
	Sept. 23	Father Point	–	–	QS 37	Detached to join SG 9, Sept. 27. See QS 37 (external link)
	Sept. 27	Sydney, C.B.	Ivigtut	Oct. 3	SG 9	See SG 9 (external link)
	Nov. 13	Kungnait Bay	St. John's, N.F.	Nov. 19	GS 13	See GS 13 (external link)
	Nov. 23	St. John's, N.F.	Sydney, C.B.	Nov. 26	WB 15	See WB 15 (external link)
	Nov. 28	Sydney, C.B.	Halifax	Dec. 2	SH 65	See SH 65 (external link)
	Dec. 16	Halifax	St. John's, N.F.	Dec. 20	SC 113	See SC 113 (external link)
1943	Jan. 15	St. John's, N.F.	Halifax	Jan. 18	JH 29	See JH 29 (external link)
	Jan. 19	Halifax	Halifax	Jan. 22	ON 158	Put back Convoy will be updated. See ships in ON convoys
	Jan. 25	Halifax	Cape Cod Canal	Jan. 27	HF 32	Onward to NYC, arrived Jan. 28. See HF 32 (external link)
	Febr. 3	New York City	Halifax	Febr. 6	SC 119	For St. John's, N.F. See SC 119 (external link)
	Febr. 6	Halifax	St. John's, N.F.	Febr. 9	–	Sailing date estimated, had put back Febr. 6
	Febr. 18	St. John's, N.F.	Louisburg	Febr. 22	JH 37	See JH 37 (external link)
	Febr. 28	Halifax	St. John's, N.F.	March 3	HJ 37	See HJ 37 (external link)
	March 15	St. John's, N.F.	Halifax	March 18	JH 42	See JH 42 (external link)
	March 21	Halifax	Cape Cod Canal	March 23	XB 38	See XB 38 (external link)
	March 23	Cape Cod Canal	New York City	March 24	Independent	–
	March 25	New York City	Hampton Roads	Apr. 2	Independent	Intermediate call unknown
	Apr. 10	Hampton Roads	New York City	Apr. 12	Independent	–
	Apr. 13	New York City	Boston	–	Independent	–
	Apr. 16	Boston	Halifax	Apr. 18	BX 44	See BX 44 (external link)
	Apr. 19	Halifax	St. John's, N.F.	Apr. 23	HJ 47	See HJ 47 (external link)
	May 4	St. John's, N.F.	Halifax	May 7	JH 52	See JH 52 (external link)
	May 10	Halifax	Cape Cod Canal	May 12	XB 51	See XB 51 (external link)
	May 12	Cape Cod Canal	New York City	May 13	Independent	–
	May 22	New York City	Boston	–	Independent	–
	May 26	Boston	Halifax	May 28	BX 54	See BX 54 (external link)
	June 3	Halifax	Sydney, C.B.	June 5	HS 89	See HS 89 (external link)
	June 6	Sydney, C.B.	St. John's, N.F.	June 8	BW 28	See BW 28 (external link)
	June 22	St. John's, N.F.	Ivigtut	June 28	SG 26	See SG 26 (external link)
	July 22	Greenland	St. John's, N.F.	July 28	GS 26	See GS 26 (external link)
	July 31	St. John's, N.F.	Sydney, C.B.	Aug. 2	WB 38	See WB 38 (external link)
	Aug. 3	Sydney, C.B.	Halifax	Aug. 4	SH 95A	See SH 95A (external link)
	Aug. 9	Halifax	Cape Cod Canal	Aug. 11	XB 68	See XB 68 (external link)
	Aug. 11	Cape Cod Canal	New York City	Aug. 12	Independent	–
	Aug. 27	New York City	Boston	–	Independent	–
	Aug. 30	Boston	Halifax	Sept. 1	BX 71	See BX 71 (external link)
	Sept. 2	Halifax	Sydney, C.B.	Sept. 4	HS 105	See HS 105 (external link)
	Sept. 4	Sydney, C.B.	St. John's, N.F.	Sept. 7	BW 58	St. John's, N. F. for Greenland. See BW 58 (external link)
	Sept. 9	St. John's, N.F.	Greenland	Sept. 15	SG 30	See SG 30 (external link)
	Oct. 25	Greenland	Argentia	Nov. 1	GS 34	See GS 34 (external link)
	Nov. 1	Argentia	Sydney, C.B.	Nov. 2	WB 69	See WB 69 (external link)
	Nov. 3	Sydney, C.B.	Halifax	Nov. 4	SH 110	See SH 110 (external link)
	Nov. 12	Halifax	Sydney, C.B.	Nov. 14	HS 116	See HS 116 (external link)
	Nov. 14	Detached from HS 116	Montreal	Nov. 17	Independent	–
	Nov. 20	Montreal	Sydney, C.B.	–	Independent	–
	Nov. 24	Sydney, C.B.	St. John's, N.F.	Nov. 27	BW 85	See BW 85 (external link)
	Dec. 8	St. John's, N.F.	Halifax	Dec. 11	JH 81	See JH 81 (external link)
	Dec. 17	Halifax	Cape Cod Canal	Dec. 19	XB 88	See XB 88 (external link)
	Dec. 19	Cape Cod Canal	New York City	Dec. 20	Independent	–
	Dec. 23	New York City	Baltimore	Dec. 24	Independent	–
	Dec. 25	Baltimore	Boston	–	Independent	–
	Dec. 29	Boston	Halifax	Dec. 31	HX 273	"Possibly this convoy" (See also narrative below, and this external page)
1944	Jan. 12	Halifax	St. John's, N.F.	Jan. 15	HJ 76	See HJ 76 (external link)
	Jan. 22	St. John's, N.F.	Halifax	Jan. 25	JH 88	See JH 88 (external link)
	Jan. 27	Halifax	Cape Cod Canal	Jan. 29	HF 98	Cape Cod Canal for NYC. See HF 98 (external link)
	Jan. 31	New York City	Philadelphia	Febr. 1	Independent	–
	Febr. 9	Philadelphia	Baltimore	Febr. 10	Independent	–
	Febr. 11	Baltimore	New York City	Febr. 12	Independent	–
	Febr. 12	New York City	Boston	–	Independent	–
	Febr. 18	Boston	Halifax	Febr. 20	BX 96	See BX 96 (external link)
	March 7	Halifax	St. John's, N.F.	March 10	HJ 87	See HJ 87 (external link)
	March 18	St. John's, N.F.	Halifax	March 21	JH 99	See JH 99 (external link)
	March 21	Halifax	Cape Cod Canal	March 23	XB 101	See XB 101 (external link)
	March 23	Cape Cod Canal	New York City	March 23	Independent	–
	March 26	New York City	Key West	Apr. 1	NK 604	Thence Vera Cruz, arrived Apr. 6. See NK 604 (external link)
	Apr. 12	Vera Cruz	Cienfuegos	Apr. 17	Independent	–
	Apr. 19	Cienfuegos	Key West	Apr. 21	Independent	–
	Apr. 23	Key West	Philadelphia	Apr. 29	KN 309	See KN 309 (external link)
	May 2	Philadelphia	Boston	–	Independent	Via Baltimore May 2
	May 9	Boston	Halifax	May 11	BX 107	See BX 107 (external link)
	May 22	Halifax	Cape Cod Canal	May 24	XB 109	See XB 109 (external link)
	May 24	Cape Cod Canal	New York City	May 24	Independent	–
	June 15	New York City	Gitmo	June 21	NG 441	See NG 441 (external link)
	June 21	Gitmo	Kingston	June 23	GAT 143	Possibly this convoy. See GAT 143 (external link)
	June 30	Port Antonio	Gitmo	July 1	Independent	–
	July 2	Gitmo	Boston	July 8	GN 142	Probably in this convoy. See GN 142 (external link)
	July 8	Boston	St. John, N.B.	July 10	–	–
	July 25	St. John, N.B.	New York City	July 29	Independent	Via Walton, N.B. on July 26.
	July 30	New York City	Hampton Roads	Aug. 1	Independent	–
	Aug. 1	Hampton Roads	Boston	–	Independent	–
	Aug. 5	Boston	Clarenville	Aug. 9	–	–
	Aug. 17	Botwood	Halifax	Aug. 20	–	–
	Aug. 20	Halifax	Cape Cod Canal	Aug. 22	XB 121	See XB 121 (external link)
	Aug. 22	Cape Cod Canal	New York City	Aug. 23	Independent	–
	Aug. 24	New York City	Vera Cruz	Sept. 1	Independent	–
	Sept. 3	Vera Cruz	Kingston	Sept. 14	Independent	Probably via KG 730 & indep QV
	Sept. 10	Key West	Gitmo	Sept. 13	KG 730	See KG 730 (external link)
	Sept. 16	Kingston	Port-au- Prince	Sept. 16	Independent	–
	Sept. 19	Port-au- Prince	Trinidad	Sept. 24	Independent	Via Gitmo
	Sept. 26	Trinidad	Barbados	Sept. 27	Independent	–
	Sept. 29	Barbados	Barbados	Oct. 2	Independent	Intermediate call unknown
	Oct. 8	Barbados	Trinidad	Oct. 9	Independent	–
	Oct. 10	Trinidad	Gitmo	Oct. 15	TAG 163	See TAG 163 (external link)
	Oct. 14	Gitmo	New York City	Oct. 22	GN 163	Thence Boston, arrived Oct. 22 See GN 163 (external link)
	Oct. 23	Boston	Halifax	Oct. 25	Independent	–
	Oct. 28	Halifax	Sydney, C.B.	Oct. 31	HS 182	See HS 182 (external link)
	Nov. 1	Sydney, C.B.	Halifax	Nov. 2	Independent	–
	Nov. 2	Halifax	New York City	Nov. 5	Independent	–
	Nov. 12	New York City	–	–	NG 471	Possibly this convoy. Detached indep. to Kingston, Nov. 18. See NG 471 (external link)
	Nov. 26	Kingston	Tunas de Zaza	Nov. 28	Independent	–
	Nov. 30	Tunas de Zaza	Charleston SC	Dec. 7	Independent	–
	Dec. 8	Charleston SC	Boston	Dec. 13	Independent	–
	Dec. 16	Boston	St. John, N.B.	Dec. 18	Independent	–
	Dec. 27	St. John, N.B.	New York City	Dec. 29	Independent	–
	Dec. 30	New York City	Havana	Jan. 6-1945	Independent	–
1945	Jan. 10	Havana	Caibarien	Jan. 11	Independent	–
	Jan. 13	Caibarien	Philadelphia	Jan. 19	Independent	–
	Febr. 1	Philadelphia	Hampton Roads	Febr. 1	Independent	–
	Febr. 4	Hampton Roads	Boston	–	Independent	–
	Febr. 9	Boston	New York City	Febr. 12	Independent	–
	Febr. 15	New York City	Havana	Febr. 22	Independent	–
	Febr. 28	Havana	Boston	March 6	Independent	–
	March 10	Boston	New York City	March 11	Independent	–
	March 28	New York City	Cartagena, Col.	Apr. 5	Independent	–
	Apr. 6	Cartagena, Col.	Barranquilla	Apr. 6	Independent	–
	Apr. 12	Barranquilla	New York City	Apr. 21	Independent	–
	May 1	New York City	Gitmo	May 8	NG 505	See NG 505 (external link)
	May 9	Gitmo	Cartagena, Col.	May 12	GZ 138	See GZ 138 (external link)
	May 14	Cartagena, Col.	Barranquilla	May 14	Independent	–
	May 22	Barranquilla	New York City	May 30	Independent	–

As can be seen in the Voyage Record, Askot never made any Transatlantic crossings. She's listed among the ships in the Halifax-U.K. Convoy HX 196 at the end of June-1942, station 75, but was only bound for St. John's on that occasion, arriving there on July 2.

In the fall of 1942 she made the first of 3 voyages to Greenland, having joined Convoy SG 9 from Sydney, C.B. (departure Sept. 27, arrival Greenland Oct. 3). She was bound for Ivigtut, where there was a cryolite mine at the time. The Norwegian Aragon and Brush are also included. See the link provided in the above record.

At the end of that year she made a voyage from Halifax to St. John's, N.F in Convoy SC 113, which had originated in New York on Dec. 12-1942 and had Liverpool as its final destination. This convoy is not availble on my own site, but follow the external link provided within the record for more details. The Norwegian Hallanger, Henrik Ibsen, Kirsten B, Lisbeth, Norvarg, O. B. Sørensen, Rio Verde, Ruth I, and Titanian are also listed.

In Jan.-1943 she joined the westbound North Atlantic Convoy ON 158, which had originated in Liverpool on Jan. 2. This convoy will be updated with more info; in the meantime, please go to ON 158 in the section naming ships in ON convoys. Askot was not present from the U.K. but joined from Halifax. However, she returned to port (reason not given), later travelling to New York, where she arrived on Jan. 28, then joined Convoy SC 119 at the beginning of Febr. Again, she did not follow the convoy all the way to the U.K., only going as far as Halifax with arrival there on Febr. 6, later proceeding to St. John's, N.F. Other Norwegian ships in SC 119 were Boreas, Iris, Iron Baron, James Hawson, Kirsten B, and Primo. Ref. the external link provided within the Voyage Record.

Accordng to Arnold Hague Askot, bound for Halifax only, may briefly have sailed in Convoy HX 273 at the end of Dec.-1943. He has added a note saying "possibly in this convoy". Note, however, that she's not mentioned on my page about HX 273, where the information is based on the Advance Sailing Telegram.

Related external links:
Misc. convoys - By clicking on "Ship Search", using "Askot" as keyword, several convoys will come up. I've linked directly to them within the above Voyage Record.