Manager: Finn Johnsens Rederi A/S, Bergen
Tonnage: 1908 gt, 3175 tdwt, 1137 net.

Built by Smith's Dock Co. Ltd., Middlesbrough, England in 1930 (Yard Number 916?). Dimensions 270.6'-43'-18.6'. Triple expansion 3 cylinder by Smith's Dock. Cylinders 19" 31" 52" x 36" stroke.

Voyage Record From Sept.-1939 to Nov.-1945:

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

Follow the convoy links provided for more information on each.

Errors may exist, and some voyages may be missing.

	Departure	From	To	Arrival	Convoy	Remarks
1939	Sept. 30	Blyth	Baltimore	Nov. 6	Independent	–
	Nov. 13	Baltimore	Hampton Roads	Nov. 14	Independent	–
	Nov. 17	Hampton Roads	Downs	Dec. 4	Independent	–
	Dec. 13	Downs	New Waterway	Dec. 13	Independent	–
	Dec. 19	New Waterway	Oslo, Norway	–	Independent	–
	Dec. 30	Oslo	New Waterway	Jan. 10-1940	Independent	–
1940	Jan. 26	New Waterway	New York City	Febr. 20	Independent	–
	Febr. 23	New York City	Halifax	–	Independent	–
	March 2	Halifax	–	–	HX 24	Straggled March 3
	March 3	Straggled from HX 24	Falmouth	March 16	Independent	–
	March 19	Falmouth	Downs	March 20	Independent	–
	March 23	Downs	Dover	March 27	Independent	–
	March 27	Dover	Boulogne	March 27	Independent	–
	March 28	Boulogne	New Waterway	March 31	Independent	–
	Apr. 4	New Waterway	Antwerp	Apr. 5	Independent	–
	Apr. 23	Antwerp	Downs	Apr. 24	Independent	–
	Apr. 25	Southend	–	–	OA 136	For St. John, N.B. Dispersed Apr. 27. See OA 136 (external link)
	Apr. 27	Dispersed from OA 136	New York City	May 12	Independent	–
	May 14	New York City	Baltimore	May 15	Independent	–
	May 18	Baltimore	New York City	May 21	Independent	–
	May 24	New York City	Fort de France	June 3	Independent	–
	June 3	Fort de France	Trinidad	June 4	Independent	–
	June 5	Trinidad	Trinidad	June 23	Independent	Intermediate calls unknown
	June 24	Trinidad	Mobile	July 5	Independent	–
	July 11	Mobile	New Orleans	July 12	Independent	–
	July 19	Port au Prince	C Trujillo	July 22	Independent	–
	July 23	C Trujillo	Guaira	July 26	Independent	–
	July 27	Guaira	Maracaibo	July 29	Independent	–
	Aug. 2	Maracaibo	Trinidad	Aug. 12	Independent	–
	Aug. 12	Trinidad	Mobile	Aug. 21	Independent	–
	Sept. 23	Mobile	Galveston	Sept. 24	Independent	–
	Sept. 25	Galveston	Sydney, C.B.	Oct. 8	Independent	–
	Oct. 9	Sydney, C.B.	Bathurst, N.B.	Oct. 11	Independent	–
	Oct. 23	Bathurst, N.B.	Corner Brook	Oct. 25	Independent	–
	Oct. 27	Corner Brook	Hampton Roads	Nov. 1	Independent	–
	Nov. 2	Hampton Roads	Savannah	Nov. 5	Independent	–
	Nov. 13	Savannah	*St L	–	Independent	–
	Nov. 19	*St L	New York City	Nov. 25	Independent	–
	*St. Lawrence?
	Nov. 28	New York City	Hampton Roads	Nov. 30	Independent	–
	Nov. 30	Hampton Roads	Botwood	Dec. 8	Independent	–
	Dec. 13	New Orleans	Port au Prince	–	Independent	–
	Dec. 22	Botwood	Alexandria, VA	Dec. 30	Independent	–
	Dec. 31	Alexandria, VA	Hampton Roads	Jan. 5-1941	Independent	Sailing date approximate
1941	Jan. 5	Hampton Roads	Port au Basques	Jan. 11	Independent	–
	Jan. 17	St. John's, N.F.	Hampton Roads	Jan. 21	Independent	–
	Jan. 21	Hampton Roads	Houston	Jan. 31	Independent	–
	Jan. 31	Houston	Mobile	Febr. 2	Independent	–
	Febr. 5	Mobile	Cristobal	Febr. 12	Independent	–
	Febr. 8(?)	Cristobal	Jacksonville	March* 15	Independent	–
	* Assuming this should be Febr. 15(?)
	Febr. 13(?)	Balboa	Iquique	Febr. 22	Independent	–
	Febr. 24	Iquique	Balboa	March 7	Independent	–
	March 17	Jacksonville	New York City	March 20	Independent	–
	March 23	New York City	Cristobal	Apr. 2	Independent	–
	Apr. 9	Balboa	Iquique	Apr. 19	Independent	–
	Apr. 20	Iquique	Tocopilla	Apr. 21	Independent	–
	Apr. 22	Tocopilla	Balboa	May 3	Independent	–
	May 4	Cristobal	Savannah	May 11	Independent	–
	May 13	Savannah	St L	–	Independent	–
	May 18	St L	New York City	May 24	Independent	–
	July 16	New York City	Louisbourg	July 20	Independent	–
	July 22	Louisbourg	Boston	Aug. 14	Independent	–
	Aug. 19	Boston	Sydney, C.B.	Aug. 22	Independent	–
	Aug. 23	Sydney, C.B.	Boston	Sept. 6	Independent	–
	Sept. 11	Boston	Philadelphia	Oct. 7	Independent	Intermediate calls unknown
	Oct. 15	Philadelphia	New York City	–	Independent	–
	Oct. 18	New York City	Philadelphia	Dec. 7	Independent	Intermediate calls unknown
	Dec. 24	Philadelphia	New York City	Dec. 26	Independent	–
1942	Jan. 8	New York City	Halifax	Jan. 11	Independent	–
	Jan. 17	Halifax	Belfast Lough	Febr. 1	SC 65	–
	Febr. 2	Belfast Lough	Milford Haven	Febr. 3	BB 132	Convoy available via BB convoys (external link)
	Febr. 4	Holyhead	Milford Haven	Febr. 5	BB 133	See BB 133 at link above
	Febr. 6	Milford Haven	Southampton	Febr. 8	WP 108	Convoy available via WP convoys (external link)
	Febr. 13	Southampton	Barry	Febr. 15	PW 111	Convoy available via PW convoys (external link)
	Febr. 17	Barry	Milford Haven	Febr. 17	Independent	–
	Febr. 18	Milford Haven	St. John's, N.F.	March 5	ON 68	For St. John's, N.F. Convoy will be added See ships in ON convoys
	March 12	St. John's, N.F.	Halifax	March 15	CL 8	See CL 8 (external link)
	March 18	Halifax	St. John, N.B.	March 19	XB 1	St. John, N.B. Convoy available via XB convoys (external link)
	March 25	St. John, N.B.	Halifax	March 27	Independent	–
	March 30	Halifax	Belfast Lough	Apr. 16	SC 77	–
	Apr. 17	Belfast Lough	Bristol	Apr. 19	BB 163	Convoy available via BB convoys (external link)
	Apr. 25	Barry	Milford Haven	Apr. 26	Independent	–
	Apr. 27	Milford Haven	Halifax	May 15	ON 90	For Montreal. Convoy will be added See ships in ON convoys
	May 21	Halifax	Boston	May 23	XB 21	Convoy available via XB convoys (external link)
	May 24	Boston	St. John, N.B.	May 26	BX 20	To St John, N.B. Convoy available via BX convoys (external link)
	June 9	St. John, N.B.	Halifax	June 12	BX 24	See BX 24 at link above
	June 12	Halifax	Sydney, C.B.	June 14	HS 12	Convoy available via HS convoys (external link)
	June 19	Sydney, C.B.	Wabana	June 22	SC 88	Returned
	June 28	Wabana	Liverpool	July 11	SC 89	–
	Aug. 8	Liverpool	Halifax	Aug. 27	ON 120	For Sydney, C.B. Convoy will be added See ships in ON convoys
	Sept. 9	Halifax	St. John, N.B.	Sept. 11	Independent	–
	Sept. 11	St. John, N.B.	Nelson, N.B.	Sept. 12	Independent	–
	Sept. 19	Chatham, N.B.	Sydney, C.B.	Sept. 21	Independent	–
	Sept. 23	Sydney, C.B.	Loch Ewe	Oct. 5	SC 102	See SC 102 (external link)
	Oct. 6	Loch Ewe	Methil	Oct. 8	WN 345	Convoy available via WN convoys (external link)
	Oct. 8	Methil	Hartlepool	Oct. 9	FS 928	Convoy available via FS convoys (external link)
	Oct. 16	Hartlepool	Methil	Oct. 17	FN 840	Convoy available via FN convoys (external link)
	Oct. 20	Methil	Oban	Oct. 23	EN 152	Convoy available via EN convoys (external link)
	Oct. 24	Oban	Halifax	Nov. 7	ON 141	For Halifax. Convoy will be added See ships in ON convoys
	Nov. 11	Halifax	Sydney, C.B.	Nov. 13	HS 67	Convoy available via HS convoys (external link)
	Nov. 20	Sydney, C.B.	Port au Port	Nov. 22	SB 36	Grounded on arrival, salved. See SB 36 (external link)
	Nov. 30	Port au Port	Humbermouth	Nov. 30	Independent	Discharging & repairs
	Dec. 13	Humbermouth	Sydney, C.B.	Dec. 14	Independent	–
	Dec. 14	Sydney, C.B.	Halifax	Dec. 17	SH 69	For Repairs. Convoy available via SH convoys (external link)
	Dec. 25	Halifax	St. John, N.B.	Dec. 27	HF 24	For docking at Boston, arr. Dec. 27. Convoy available via HF convoys (external link)
1943	March 8	Boston	New York City	March 10	Independent	–
	March 14	New York City	Gitmo	March 21	NG 349	Convoy available via NG convoys (external link)
	March 21	Gitmo	Trinidad	March 27	GAT 51	Convoy available via GAT convoys (external link)
	March 29	Trinidad	Demerara	March 31	Independent	–
	Apr. 12	Demerara	Trinidad	Apr. 13	Independent	–
	Apr. 16	Trinidad	Demerara	Apr. 18	Independent	–
	Apr. 22	Demerara	Trinidad	Apr. 24	Independent	–
	Apr. 26	Trinidad	Pernambuco	Apr. 29	Independent	–
	May 5	Pernambuco	Trinidad	May 7	Independent	–
	May 9	Trinidad	Gitmo	May 14	TAG 59	Convoy available via TAG convoys (external link)
	May 14	Gitmo	New York City	May 22	GN 59	Convoy available via GN convoys (external link)
	June 6	New York City	*Tandy Pt, Maine	June 7	Independent	Departure date estimated
	June 9	*Tandy Pt, Maine	Boston	June 9	Independent	Thence Halifax, date unknown
	*Should this be Sandy Point, Maine?
	July 7	Halifax	St. John's, N.F.	July 10	HJ 60	See HJ 60 (external link)
	July 15	St. John's, N.F.	Greenland	July 19	SG 28	See SG 28 (external link)
	Sept. 30	Greenland	St. John's, N.F.	Oct. 5	GS 31	See GS 31 (external link)
	Oct. 7	St. John's, N.F.	Sydney, C.B.	Oct. 10	WB 61	Ex St. John's N.F. See WB 61 (external link)
	Oct. 12	Sydney, C.B.	Cape Cod Canal	Oct. 16	–	Possibly ON 204, dep. date estimated. Convoy will be added See ships in ON convoys
	Oct. 14(?)	Halifax	Boston	Oct. 16	XB 78	Convoy available via XB convoys (external link)
	Dec. 13	New York City	Gitmo	Dec. 20	NG 404	Convoy available via NG convoys (external link)
	Dec. 25	Gitmo	Cristobal	Dec. 29	GZ 54	Convoy available via GZ convoys (external link)
1944	Jan. 2	Balboa	Lyttleton	Febr. 3	Independent	–
	Febr. 4	Lyttleton	Brisbane	Febr. 14	Independent	–
	Febr. 24	Brisbane	Townsville	Febr. 29	Independent	–
	March 6	Townsville	Milne Bay	March 10	Independent	Departure date estimated
	March 12	Milne Bay	Buna	March 13	Independent	–
	March 14	Buna	Langemak Bay	March 15	BG 58	Convoy available via BG convoys (external link)
	March 22	Langemak Bay	Milne Bay	March 24	GB 63A	See GB 63A (external link)
	Apr. 6	Milne Bay	Sydney, N.S.W.	Apr. 13	Independent	–
	May 1	Sydney, N.S.W.	Newcastle, N.S.W.	May 1	Independent	–
	May 5	Newcastle, N.S.W.	Townsville	May 11	Independent	–
	May 12	Townsville	Milne Bay	May 16	Independent	–
	May 29	Milne Bay	Townsville	June 2	Independent	–
	June 3	Townsville	Sydney, N.S.W.	June 10	Independent	–
	June 15	Sydney, N.S.W.	Milne Bay	June 26	Independent	Intermediate calls unknown
	June 26	Milne Bay	Townsville	July 29	Independent	Intermediate calls unknown
	July 31	Townsville	Sydney, N.S.W.	–	Independent	Intermediate calls unknown
	Aug. 16	Sydney, N.S.W.	Unknown destination	–	Independent	Movements to Oct. 6 unknown
	Oct. 6	Oro Bay	Madang	–	Independent	–
	Oct. 23	Madang	Langemak Bay	Oct. 24	Independent	–
	Nov. 17	Langemak Bay	Brisbane	–	Independent	–
	Dec. 7	Brisbane	Sydney, N.S.W.	Dec. 27	Independent	Intermediate calls unknown
1945	Jan. 4	Sydney, N.S.W.	Albany	Jan. 16	Independent	–
	Jan. 18	Albany	Colombo	Febr. 11	Independent	–
	Febr. 11	Colombo	Calcutta	Febr. 22	Independent	–
	March 4	Calcutta	Colombo	March 13	Independent	–
	March 14	Colombo	Aden	March 27	Independent	–
	March 27	Aden	Suez	Apr. 4	Independent	–
	Apr. 5	Port Said	Gibraltar	Apr. 17	Independent	–
	Apr. 20	Gibraltar	Falmouth	Apr. 27	MKS 96	Convoy will be added See ships in MKS convoys
	Apr. 27	Falmouth	Southend	Apr. 29	BTC 140	Convoy available via BTC convoys (external link)
	May 20	Southend	Milford Haven	May 23	TBC 164	Convoy available via TBC convoys (external link)
	May 23	Milford Haven	Belfast Lough	May 24	Independent	–
	May 29	Belfast Lough	New York City	June 12	Independent	–
	July 17	New York City	Caraquet	July 22	Independent	–
	July 27	Caraquet	Sydney, C.B.	–	Independent	–
	July 30	Sydney, C.B.	Liverpool	Aug. 10	Independent	–
	Aug. 22	Liverpool	Clyde	Aug. 23	Independent	–
	Aug. 28	Clyde	Bergen, Norway	Sept. 3	Independent	–
	Sept. 5	Bergen	Copenhagen	–	Independent	–
	Sept. 8	Copenhagen	Herno	Sept. 11	Independent	–
	Sept. 24	Herno	Kristiansand	–	Independent	–
	Sept. 30	Kristiansand	Tyne	Oct. 3	Independent	–
	Nov. 1	Tyne	Reykjavik	Nov. 8	Independent	–

Further to the above – 1940-1945:

(Not all of her voyages are mentioned here - for information on some of her voyages in between those discussed below, please go back to the Voyage Record).

Aun is listed in the Halifax-U.K. Convoy HX 24 in March-1940, along with a few other Norwegian ships. She had a cargo of grain, and destination is given as Rotterdam in the convoy document. Follow the link for more information. The following month she's listed, together with the Norwegian Octavian, in Convoy OA 136, which departed Southend on Apr. 25-1940 and dispersed 2 days later. Her destination is given as St. John, N.B. - ref. external link provided in the above table.

In Jan.-1942 we find her, with a cargo of timber for Southampton, in the slow Halifax-U.K. Convoy SC 65, having cancelled from the previous convoy, SC 64. She returned across the ocean the following month with the westbound North Atlantic Convoy ON 68*, which left Liverpool on Febr. 19 and dispersed on March 9 (and from which the Norwegian Tyr was sunk). Other Norwegian ships in this convoy were Carrier, Danio, Evanger, Ingertre, and Rio Verde. Aun's destination is given as St. John's, cargo of coal, station 13. Together with Ingertre, she subsequently went to Halifax with Convoy CL 8 from St. John's (departure March 12, arrival March 15 - see external links). At the end of March she joined Convoy SC 77 in order to head back to the U.K. Aun had station 102, cargo of flour for Bristol. The following month she's listed as bound for Montreal in the westbound Convoy ON 90* (departure Liverpool Apr. 28, arrival Halifax May 15). Again, several Norwegian ships are listed, namely Bjørkhaug, Borgholm, Heimgar, Lido, Lisbeth, Nea, Norjerv, Norvarg, Ørnefjell, Rio Verde, Selbo, Snar, Suderøy, and Velox. Some of these ships returned to the U.K. with the slow Sydney (C.B.)-U.K. Convoy SC 87 in June, and Aun was also scheduled, but instead joined the next convoy, SC 88, having previously arrived Sydney C.B. on June 14 with Convoy HS 12 from Halifax (June 12). However, she had to put into St. John's with boiler trouble, and later joined SC 89. Her destination is given as Garston, cargo of lumber.

In Aug.-1942 she's listed, with destination Sydney, C.B., in the westbound Convoy ON 120*, which left Liverpool on Aug. 8 and dispersed on the 27th. The Norwegian Borgfred, Fjordheim, Måkefjell, Solitaire, and Suderøy are also listed. Arnold Hague now has her returning to the U.K. with Convoy SC 102, which originated in New York on Sept. 19, but Aun joined this convoy from Sydney, C.B., cargo of lumber, station 11. This convoy, which arrived Liverpool on Oct. 6, is not available on my own site, but I've linked directly to it within the table above, and as will be seen, the Norwegian Aragon, Bestik, Borgfred, Fjordheim, Nea, Norvarg, Orwell, Solitaire and Solsten are also included (though Nea and Solitaire returned to port). Aun subsequently headed back across the Atlantic later that month with Convoy ON 141*. This convoy originated in Liverpool on Oct. 24 and arrived New York on Nov. 10, but Aun was bound for Halifax on that occasion, arriving there on the Nov. 7. (She's said to have left Halifax again on Nov. 11 with Convoy HS 67, which arrived Sydney, C.B. on the 13th).

According to Arnold Hague, she ran aground on arrival destination when in Convoy SB 36 from Sydney, C.B. to Port au Port, which left on Nov. 20-1942 and arrived 2 days later. She needed some repairs afterwards; she's listed in Convoy SH 69 (from Sydney, C.B. Dec. 14-1942, to Halifax Dec. 17), and later that month she proceeded to Boston where she arrived on Dec. 27 for docking and repairs, having joined Convoy HF 24 for this voyage (departed Halifax Dec. 25-1942, arrived St. John, N.B. Dec. 27).

Early in March-1943 she made an independent voyage from Boston to New York, and on March 14 she joined Convoy NG 349, arriving Guantanamo on the 21st (the Norwegian Baalbeck and Brønnøy are also included). She subsequently joined the Guantanamo-Trinidad Convoy GAT 51, which left on March 21 and arrived on the 27th. In May that same year we find her, together with the Norwegian Askeladden and Litiopa, in Convoy TAG 59, departing Trinidad on May 9, arriving Guantanamo on the 14th, then joined Convoy GN 59 that same day, arriving New York on May 22. The Norwegian Heimgar and Litiopa are also listed in this convoy, ref. links in the above table.

That summer she's listed, together with the Norwegian Annik, Lutz, Nyco, Ørnefjell and Sevilla, in the Halifax to St. John's Convoy HJ 60, leaving Halifax on July 7-1943, arriving St. John's on the 10th, then made a voyage to Greenland in Convoy SG 28 - departure St. John's, N.F. July 15-1943, arrival Greenland July 19. (Annik, Carmelfjell, Gudvor, Havmøy, Iris, Lutz, Nyco, and Ørnefjell are also included in this convoy). A couple of months later she's listed as 1 of 2 ships in Convoy GS 31 from Greenland to St. John's, N.F. (departure Sept. 30-1943, arrival Oct. 5). She then travelled to Sydney, C.B. in Convoy WB 61, originating in Wabana on Oct. 7, arriving Sydney, C.B. on the 10th. At the end of that year, in Dec.-1943, Aun shows up (with the Norwegian Bernhard and Drafn) in Convoy NG 404, from New York Dec. 13, to Guantanamo Dec. 20, and is then listed, together with the Norwegian Lillemor, in Convoy GZ 54, departing Guantanamo on Dec. 25, arriving Cristobal on the 29th.

In the spring of 1944 she appears in Convoy BG 58 from Buna to Langemak Bay (departure March 14, arrival next day), and is said to have joined Convoy GB 63A a week later (departure Langemak Bay March 22, arrival Milne Bay March 24). The rest of her 1944 voyages are noted in the above table.

In Apr.-1945 Aun is listed in Convoy MKS 96* and arrived Falmouth on Apr. 27 (convoy left Gibraltar Apr. 20, arrived Liverpool Apr. 28). Again, please see the Voyage Record for some further voyages.