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D/S Austvangen
Updated March 26-2008

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Manager: Gørrisen & Co. A/S, Oslo
Tonnage:
2420 gt

Built in Danzig, Germany in 1930.

Used in aluminum trade to South America.

Gunner for a while was Gunnar Jakobsen who had previously escaped from Norway with Hornfjell.

Some War Voyages
From June-1942 to July-1944:

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

Follow the convoy links provided for more information on each.

Departure From To Arrival Convoy Remarks
1942 June 5 Curacao OT 6 Detached June 9.
See OT 6 (external link)
June 9 Detatched from OT 6 Paramaribo June 11 Independent Except as listed, Trinidad/Paramaribo trade
Oct. 16 Trinidad Paramaribo Oct. 19 TRIN 19 Dispersed to Paramaribo, Oct. 19.
See TRIN 19 (external link)
Oct. 22 Paramaribo Trinidad Oct. 25 Independent
Nov. 3 Trinidad Paramaribo Nov. 7 Independent
Nov. 12 Paramaribo Trinidad Nov. 15 Independent
Nov. 20 Trinidad Paramaribo Nov. 24 Independent
Nov. 30 Paramaribo Trinidad Dec. 2 Independent
Dec. 11 Trinidad Gitmo Dec. 16 TAG 28 See TAG 28 (external link)
Dec. 22 Gitmo Key West Dec. 25 GK 718 See GK 718 (external link)
Dec. 25 Key West Mobile Dec. 28 KP 429 See KP 429 (external link)
1943 Febr. 9 Key West Gitmo Febr. 12 KG 623 See KG 623 (external link)
Febr. 14 Gitmo Trinidad Febr. 20 GAT 44 See GAT 44 (external link)
Aug. 22 Trinidad Gitmo Aug. 27 TAG 80 See TAG 80 (external link)
Aug. 28 Gitmo Key West Aug. 31 GK 754 See GK 754 (external link)
Aug. 31 Key West Mobile Sept. 2 KH 423 See KH 423 (external link)
Oct. 4 S W Passage Key West Oct. 6 HK 139 Possibly this convoy.
See HK 139 (external link)
Oct. 7 Key West Gitmo Oct. 11 KG 662 See KG 662 (external link)
Oct. 11 Gitmo Trinidad Oct. 16 GAT 92 See GAT 92 (external link)
1944 Febr. 13 Trinidad Aruba Febr. 16 TAG 115 See TAG 115 (external link)
March 31 Pilottown Key West Apr. 3 HK 211 See HK 211 (external link)
Apr. 8 Gitmo Trinidad Apr. 16 GAT 128 Gitmo to Trinidad via Demerara.
See GAT 128 (external link)
July 22 Trinidad Gitmo July 27 TAG 147 See TAG 147 (external link)


As can be seen there are several long gaps in the above record. Unfortunately, I have no further voyage details for this ship at this time.

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