D/S Avance I
Updated Apr. 2-2008

To Avance I on the "Ships starting with A" page.


Source: Risør Sjømannsforening collection.

Built by Københavns Flytedok og Skisbsværft, Copenhagen in 1912.

Captain: Victor Pedersen.

Voyage Record From Nov.-1939 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.

Errors may exist, and voyages may be missing.

	Departure	From	To	Arrival	Convoy	Remarks
1939	Nov. 20	Shields	Southend	Nov. 21	FS 39	Convoy available via FS convoys (external link)
	Nov. 22	Southend	–	–	OA 39	For Rouen. Detached Nov. 23. See OA 39 (external link)
1940	Febr. 8	Norwegian Waters	Methil	Febr. 11	HN 10	–
	Febr. 12	Methil	Boston, Lincs.	Febr. 14	FS 94	Convoy available via FS convoys (external link)
	Febr. 23	Boston, Lincs.	Shields	Febr. 24	FN 102	Convoy available via FN convoys (external link)
	Febr. 29	Tyne	Southend	March 2	FS 109	Convoy available via FS convoys (external link)
	March 2	Southend	–	–	OA 102	For Rouen. Detached March 3. See OA 102 (external link)
	May 15	Gibraltar	Liverpool	May 25	HG 30	–
	June 2	Southend	Shields	June 4	FN 186	Convoy available via FN convoys (external link)
	June 12	Seaham	Southend	June 14	FS 193	Convoy available via FS convoys (external link)
	June 15	Southend	–	–	OA 168	For Nantes. Formed OG 34 June 17. See also OA 168 (external link), and this external page
	June 17	OG 34 formed at sea	Weymouth Bay	June 21	OG 34	Put back due to German advance. Convoy will be added. See ships in OG convoys
	Aug. 7	Southend	Shields	Aug. 8	FN 245	Convoy available via FN convoys (external link)
	Aug. 12	Shields	Methil	Aug. 13	FN 249	See FN 249 at above link
	Aug. 16	Methil	Clyde	–	OA 200	Methil to Clyde. See OA 200 (external link)
	Sept. 4	Clyde	Gibraltar	Sept. 16	OG 42	Probably to Lisbon, arrived Gib. Oct. 8. Convoy will be added. See ships in OG convoys
	Oct. 9	Gibraltar	Oban	Oct. 26	HG 45	–
	Oct. 31	Oban	Methil	Nov. 4	WN 29	Convoy available via WN convoys (external link)
	Nov. 12	Methil	Ipswich	Nov. 14	FS 334	Convoy available via FS convoys (external link)
	Nov. 29	Harwich	Shields	Dec. 1	FN 346	Convoy available via FN convoys (external link)
1941	Jan. 30	Shields	Southend	Jan. 31	FS 399	Convoy available via FS convoys (external link)
	Febr. 7	Southend	Shields	Febr. 8	FN 402	Convoy available via FN convoys (external link)
	Febr. 14	Shields	Southend	Febr. 15	FS 411	Convoy available via FS convoys (external link)
	Febr. 21	Southend	Humber	Febr. 22	FN 412A	Convoy available via FN convoys (external link)
	Febr. 25	Humber	Sunderland	Febr. 26	FN 416	See FN 416 at above link
	March 4	Sunderland	Southend	March 7	FS 429	Or perhaps FS 428. Convoys available via FS convoys (external link)
	March 14	Southend	Sunderland	March 15	FN 432	Convoy available via FN convoys (external link)
	March 20	Sunderland	Southend	March 21	FS 441	Convoy available via FS convoys (external link)
	March 26	Southend	Shields	March 28	FN 443	Convoy available via FN convoys (external link)
	Apr. 8	Shields	Southend	Apr. 10	FS 458	Convoy available via FS convoys (external link)
	Apr. 15	Southend	Seaham	Apr. 17	FN 454	Convoy available via FN convoys (external link)
	Apr. 21	Seaham	Southend	Apr. 23	FS 469	Convoy available via FS convoys (external link)
	Apr. 28	Southend	Seaham	Apr. 29	EC 13	Convoy available via EC convoys (external link)
	May 6	Seaham	Southend	May 8	FS 482	Convoy available via FS convoys (external link)
	May 13	Southend	Seaham	May 15	FN 466	Convoy available via FN convoys (external link)
	May 19	Seaham	Southend	May 21	FS 493	Convoy available via FS convoys (external link)
	May 25	Southend	Sunderland	May 26	FN 471	Convoy available via FN convoys (external link)
	June 2	Sunderland	Southend	June 4	FS 505	Convoy available via FS convoys (external link)
	June 6	Southend	Seaham	June 7	FN 476	Convoy available via FN convoys (external link)
	June 12	Seaham	Southend	June 14	FS 514	Convoy available via FS convoys (external link)
	June 19	Southend	Tyne	June 21	EC 35	Convoy available via EC convoys (external link)
	June 27	Tyne	Hull	June 27	FS 526	Convoy available via FS convoys (external link)
	July 2	Humber	Seaham	July 3	FN 487	Convoy available via FN convoys (external link)
	July 6	Seaham	Hull	July 7	FS 534	Convoy available via FS convoys (external link)
	July 11	Humber	Tyne	July 11	EC 44	Possibly this convoy. Convoy available via EC convoys (external link)
	July 15	Tyne	Hull	July 16	FS 542	Convoy available via FS convoys (external link)
	July 19	Hull	Seaham	July 21	FN 495	Convoy available via FN convoys (external link)
	Aug. 2	Seaham	Immingham	Aug. 2	FS 557	Convoy available via FS convoys (external link)
	Aug. 7	Immingham	Seaham	Aug. 9	FN 502	Convoy available via FN convoys (external link)
	Aug. 12	Seaham	Hull	Aug. 13	FS 566	Convoy available via FS convoys (external link)
	Aug. 18	Immingham	Sunderland	Aug. 19	FN 506	Convoy available via FN convoys (external link)
	Aug. 21	Sunderland	Hull	Aug. 23	FS 573	Convoy available via FS convoys (external link)
	Aug. 27	Immingham	Seaham	Aug. 30	FN 511	Convoy available via FN convoys (external link)
	Sept. 3	Seaham	Hull	Sept. 4	FS 584	Convoy available via FS convoys (external link)
	Sept. 7	Immingham	Sunderland	Sept. 9	FN 515	Convoy available via FN convoys (external link)
	Sept. 11	Sunderland	Southend	Sept. 13	FS 592	Convoy available via FS convoys (external link)
	Sept. 20	Southend	Sunderland	Sept. 21	FN 521	Convoy available via FN convoys (external link)
	Sept. 23	Sunderland	Southend	Sept. 25	FS 602	Convoy available via FS convoys (external link)
	Oct. 3	Southend	Seaham	Oct. 5	EC 81	Convoy available via EC convoys (external link)
	Oct. 14	Tyne	Southend	Oct. 16	FS 620	Convoy available via FS convoys (external link)
	Oct. 24	Southend	Sunderland	Oct. 26	FN 536	Convoy available via FN convoys (external link)
	Nov. 1	Sunderland	Southend	Nov. 2	FS 635	Convoy available via FS convoys (external link)
	Nov. 7	Southend	Sunderland	Nov. 9	FN 546	Convoy available via FN convoys (external link)
	Nov. 25	Sunderland	Southend	Nov. 27	FS 656	Convoy available via FS convoys (external link)
	Dec. 4	Southend	Seaham	Dec. 6	FN 570	Convoy available via FN convoys (external link)
	Dec. 10	Sunderland	Southend	Dec. 12	FS 669	Convoy available via FS convoys (external link)
	Dec. 17	Southend	Sunderland	Dec. 19	FN 581	Convoy available via FN convoys (external link)
	Dec. 22	Sunderland	Southend	Dec. 24	FS 680	Convoy available via FS convoys (external link)
1942	Jan. 1	Southend	Tyne	Jan. 3	FN 594	Convoy available via FN convoys (external link)
	Jan. 10	Tyne	Southend	Jan. 12	FS 696	Convoy available via FS convoys (external link)
	Jan. 17	Southend	Seaham	Jan. 19	FN 607	Convoy available via FN convoys (external link)
	Jan. 30	Tyne	Southend	Febr. 1	FS 713	Convoy available via FS convoys (external link)
	Febr. 4	Southend	Seaham	Febr. 6	FN 623	Convoy available via FN convoys (external link)
	Febr. 13	Seaham	Southend	Febr. 14	FS 724	Convoy available via FS convoys (external link)
	Febr. 18	Southend	Tyne	Febr. 19	FN 635	Convoy available via FN convoys (external link)
	Febr. 23	Tyne	Southend	Febr. 24	FS 733	Convoy available via FS convoys (external link)
	Febr. 28	Southend	Sunderland	March 2	FN 643	Convoy available via FN convoys (external link)
	March 7	Sunderland	Southend	March 9	FS 744	Convoy available via FS convoys (external link)
	March 14	Southend	Sunderland	March 16	FN 655	Convoy available via FN convoys (external link)
	March 19	Sunderland	Southend	March 21	FS 754	Convoy available via FS convoys (external link)
	March 26	Southend	Seaham	March 28	FN 666	Convoy available via FN convoys (external link)
	March 30	Sunderland	Southend	Apr. 1	FS 764	Convoy available via FS convoys (external link)
	Apr. 12	Southend	Hartlepool	Apr. 13	FN 680	Convoy available via FN convoys (external link)
	Apr. 30	Seaham	Southend	May 2	FS 790	Convoy available via FS convoys (external link)
	May 6	Southend	Seaham	May 7	FN 701	Convoy available via FN convoys (external link)
	May 10	Seaham	Southend	May 12	FS 799	Convoy available via FS convoys (external link)
	May 16	Southend	Seaham	May 17	FN 709	Convoy available via FN convoys (external link)
	May 21	Seaham	Southend	May 23	FS 808	Convoy available via FS convoys (external link)
	May 30	Southend	Sunderland	June 1	FN 721	Convoy available via FN convoys (external link)
	June 8	Sunderland	Southend	June 9	FS 823	Convoy available via FS convoys (external link)
	June 13	Southend	Tyne	June 15	FN 733	Convoy available via FN convoys (external link)
	June 19	Tyne	Southend	June 21	FS 833	Convoy available via FS convoys (external link)
	June 24	Southend	Seaham	June 26	FN 743	Convoy available via FN convoys (external link)
	July 2	Sunderland	Southend	July 4	FS 844	Convoy available via FS convoys (external link)
	July 8	Southend	Sunderland	July 10	FN 755	Convoy available via FN convoys (external link)
	July 15	Sunderland	Southend	July 17	FS 855	Convoy available via FS convoys (external link)
	July 21	Southend	Sunderland	July 22	FN 766	Convoy available via FN convoys (external link)
	Aug. 1	Southend	Seaham	Aug. 3	FN 775	See FN 775 at above link
	Aug. 7	Seaham	Southend	Aug. 9	FS 875	Convoy available via FS convoys (external link)
	Aug. 12	Southend	Sunderland	Aug. 13	FN 785	Convoy available via FN convoys (external link)
	Aug. 19	Sunderland	Southend	Aug. 21	FS 885	Convoy available via FS convoys (external link)
	Aug. 25	Southend	Tyne	Aug. 26	FN 796	Convoy available via FN convoys (external link)
	Oct. 14	Sunderland	Southend	Oct. 16	FS 933	Convoy available via FS convoys (external link)
	Oct. 21	Southend	Sunderland	Oct. 22	FN 845	Convoy available via FN convoys (external link)
	Oct. 25	Sunderland	Southend	Oct. 27	FS 943	Convoy available via FS convoys (external link)
	Nov. 1	Southend	Sunderland	Nov. 2	FN 854	Convoy available via FN convoys (external link)
	Nov. 6	Sunderland	Southend	Nov. 8	FS 953	Convoy available via FS convoys (external link)
	Nov. 14	Southend	Tyne	Nov. 16	FN 865	Convoy available via FN convoys (external link)
	Nov. 18	Tyne	Southend	Nov. 20	FS 963	Convoy available via FS convoys (external link)
	Nov. 25	Southend	Tyne	Nov. 26	FN 875	Convoy available via FN convoys (external link)
	Nov. 28	Tyne	Southend	Nov. 30	FS 972	Convoy available via FS convoys (external link)
	Dec. 3	Southend	Seaham	Dec. 5	FN 882	Convoy available via FN convoys (external link)
	Dec. 10	Sunderland	Southend	Dec. 12	FS 982	Convoy available via FS convoys (external link)
	Dec. 17	Southend	Sunderland	Dec. 19	FN 894	Convoy available via FN convoys (external link)
	Dec. 23	Sunderland	Southend	Dec. 25	FS 993	Convoy available via FS convoys (external link)
	Dec. 30	Southend	Sunderland	Jan. 1-1943	FN 905	Convoy available via FN convoys (external link)
1943	Jan. 8	Sunderland	Southend	Jan. 10	FS 1007	Convoy available via FS convoys (external link)
	Jan. 14	Southend	Tyne	Jan. 16	FN 917	Convoy available via FN convoys (external link)
	Jan. 20	Tyne	Southend	Jan. 22	FS 1017	Convoy available via FS convoys (external link)
	Jan. 26	Southend	Tyne	Jan. 28	FN 928	Convoy available via FN convoys (external link)
	Febr. 3	Tyne	Southend	Febr. 5	FS 1029	Convoy available via FS convoys (external link)
	Febr. 9	Southend	Sunderland	Febr. 11	FN 940	Convoy available via FN convoys (external link)
	Febr. 13	Sunderland	Southend	Febr. 15	FS 1038	Convoy available via FS convoys (external link)
	Febr. 18	Southend	Seaham	Febr. 20	FN 948	Convoy available via FN convoys (external link)
	Febr. 24	Seaham	Southend	Febr. 26	FS 1047	Convoy available via FS convoys (external link)
	March 2	Southend	Sunderland	March 4	FN 958	Convoy available via FN convoys (external link)
	March 6	Sunderland	Southend	March 8	FS 1056	Convoy available via FS convoys (external link)
	March 13	Southend	Seaham	March 14	FN 967	Convoy available via FN convoys (external link)
	March 17	Seaham	Southend	March 19	FS 1065	Convoy available via FS convoys (external link)
	March 24	Southend	Seaham	March 26	FN 977	Convoy available via FN convoys (external link)
	March 28	Seaham	Southend	March 30	FS 1075	Convoy available via FS convoys (external link)
	Apr. 3	Southend	Seaham	Apr. 5	FN 985	Convoy available via FN convoys (external link)
	Apr. 9	Sunderland	Southend	Apr. 11	FS 1085	Convoy available via FS convoys (external link)
	Apr. 15	Southend	Sunderland	Apr. 17	FN 996	Convoy available via FN convoys (external link)
	Apr. 21	Sunderland	Southend	Apr. 23	FS 1095	Convoy available via FS convoys (external link)
	Apr. 29	Southend	Sunderland	Apr. 30	FN 1008	Convoy available via FN convoys (external link)
	May 5	Sunderland	Southend	May 7	FS 1107	Convoy available via FS convoys (external link)
	May 12	Southend	Sunderland	May 14	FN 1019	Convoy available via FN convoys (external link)
	May 16	Sunderland	Southend	May 18	FS 1117	Convoy available via FS convoys (external link)
	May 22	Southend	Seaham	May 23	FN 1027	Convoy available via FN convoys (external link)
	May 27	Seaham	Southend	May 29	FS 1126	Convoy available via FS convoys (external link)
	June 3	Southend	Seaham	June 5	FN 1038	Convoy available via FN convoys (external link)
	June 6	Seaham	Southend	June 8	FS 1135	Convoy available via FS convoys (external link)
	June 12	Southend	Sunderland	June 14	FN 1045	Convoy available via FN convoys (external link)
	Sept. 1	Methil	Sunderland	Sept. 3	FS 1209	Convoy available via FS convoys (external link)
	Sept. 6	Southend	Sunderland	Sept. 7	FN 1119	Convoy available via FN convoys (external link)
	Sept. 11	Sunderland	Southend	Sept. 13	FS 1218	Convoy available via FS convoys (external link)
	Sept. 18	Southend	Seaham	Sept. 20	FN 1129	Convoy available via FN convoys (external link)
	Sept. 24	Seaham	Southend	Sept. 26	FS 1229	Convoy available via FS convoys (external link)
	Sept. 29	Southend	Sunderland	Sept. 30	FN 1139	Convoy available via FN convoys (external link)
	Oct. 2	Sunderland	Southend	Oct. 4	FS 1236	Convoy available via FS convoys (external link)
	Oct. 12	Southend	Sunderland	Oct. 13	FN 1148	Convoy available via FN convoys (external link)
	Oct. 17	Sunderland	Southend	Oct. 19	FS 1249	Convoy available via FS convoys (external link)
	Oct. 24	Southend	Tyne	Oct. 26	FN 1160	Convoy available via FN convoys (external link)
	Oct. 28	Tyne	Southend	Oct. 30	FS 1258	Convoy available via FS convoys (external link)
	Nov. 4	Southend	Sunderland	Nov. 5	FN 1170	Convoy available via FN convoys (external link)
	Nov. 10	Sunderland	Southend	Nov. 12	FS 1269	Convoy available via FS convoys (external link)
	Nov. 16	Southend	Sunderland	Nov. 18	FN 1180	Convoy available via FN convoys (external link)
	Nov. 24	Methil	Sunderland	Nov. 26	FS 1281	Convoy available via FS convoys (external link)
	Dec. 2	Southend	Sunderland	Dec. 3	FN 1194	Convoy available via FN convoys (external link)
	Dec. 8	Sunderland	Southend	Dec. 10	FS 1294	Convoy available via FS convoys (external link)
	Dec. 15	Southend	Sunderland	Dec. 16	FN 1206	Convoy available via FN convoys (external link)
	Dec. 24	Sunderland	Southend	Dec. 25	FS 1309	Convoy available via FS convoys (external link)
	Dec. 30	Southend	Sunderland	Jan. 1-1944	FN 1221	Convoy available via FN convoys (external link)
1944	Jan. 3	Sunderland	Southend	Jan. 5	FS 1320	Convoy available via FS convoys (external link)
	Jan. 14	Sunderland	Southend	Jan. 18	FS 1331	See FS 1331 at above link
	Jan. 22	Southend	Sunderland	Jan. 23	FN 1244	Convoy available via FN convoys (external link)
	Febr. 9	Sunderland	Southend	Febr. 11	FS 1357	Convoy available via FS convoys (external link)
	Febr. 16	Southend	Sunderland	Febr. 17	FN 1269	Convoy available via FN convoys (external link)
	Febr. 21	Sunderland	Southend	Febr. 23	FS 1369	Convoy available via FS convoys (external link)
	Febr. 26	Southend	Sunderland	Febr. 28	FN 1279	Convoy available via FN convoys (external link)
	March 4	Sunderland	Southend	March 6	FS 1381	Convoy available via FS convoys (external link)
	March 11	Southend	Tyne	March 12	FN 1293	Convoy available via FN convoys (external link)
	March 14	Tyne	Southend	March 16	FS 1391	Convoy available via FS convoys (external link)
	March 19	Southend	Sunderland	March 20	FN 1301	Convoy available via FN convoys (external link)
	March 29	Sunderland	Southend	March 31	FS 1406	Convoy available via FS convoys (external link)
	Apr. 4	Southend	Sunderland	Apr. 5	FN 1317	Convoy available via FN convoys (external link)
	Apr. 8	Sunderland	Southend	Apr. 10	FS 1416	Convoy available via FS convoys (external link)
	Apr. 13	Southend	Sunderland	Apr. 14	FN 1326	Convoy available via FN convoys (external link)
	June 11	Newport	Omaha Beach	June 15	EBC 9	Convoy available via EBC convoys (external link)
	July 10	Barry	Seine Bay	July 12	EBC 37	See EBC 37 at above link
	July 16	Seine Bay	Barry	July 18	FBC 29	Convoy available via FBC convoys (external link)
	July 27	Barry Roads	Seine Bay	–	EBC 54	Convoy available via EBC convoys (external link)
	Aug. 3	Seine Bay	Barry	Aug. 5	FBC 44	Convoy available via FBC convoys (external link)
	Aug. 10	Barry	Seine Bay	Aug. 12	EBC 68	Convoy available via EBC convoys (external link)
	Aug. 18	Seine Bay	Barry	Aug. 20	FBC 58	Convoy available via FBC convoys (external link)
	Aug. 27	Barry	Seine Bay	Aug. 29	EBC 85	Convoy available via EBC convoys (external link)
	Oct. 4	Barry Roads	Seine Bay	–	EBC 123	See EBC 123 at above link
	Nov. 5	Barry Roads	Seine Bay	–	EBC 128	See EBC 128 at above link
	There are obviously some voyages missing in between the above 3 voyages.
	Nov. 16	Solent	Barry Roads	Nov. 18	EBF 38	See EBF 38 (external link)
	Dec. 18	Barry Roads	St Helens Roads	Dec. 20	BTC 11	Convoy available via BTC convoys (external link)
	Dec. 20	St Helens Roads	Rouen	Dec. 21	WVC 12	See WVC 12 (external link)
	Dec. 31	St Helens Roads	Plymouth	Jan. 1-1945	TBC 23	Convoy available via TBC convoys (external link)
1945	Jan. 15	Southampton	Seine Estuary	Jan. 16	WVC 38	See WVC 38 (external link)
	Jan. 25	St. Helens Roads	Cardiff	Jan. 27	TBC 48	Convoy available via TBC convoys (external link)
	Febr. 8	Barry Roads	St. Helens Roads	Febr. 10	BTC 63	Convoy available via BTC convoys (external link)
	Febr. 10	St. Helens Roads	Cherbourg	Febr. 11	WVC 64	See WVC 64 (external link)
	Febr. 17	St. Helens Roads	Southend	Febr. 18	BTC 70	Convoy available via BTC convoys (external link)
	Febr. 20	Southend	Grimsby	Febr. 22	FN 1639	Convoy available via FN convoys (external link)
	Febr. 28	Grimsby	Southend	March 2	FS 1742	Convoy available via FS convoys (external link)
	March 2	Southend	Terneuzen	March 3	TAC 153	See TAC 153 (external link), and "Notes" below
	March 7	Antwerp	Southend	March 8	ATM 85	Convoy available via ATM convoys (external link)
	March 9	Southend	Grimsby	March 10	FN 1656	Convoy available via FN convoys (external link)
	March 19	Grimsby	Southend	March 21	FS 1761	Convoy available via FS convoys (external link)
	March 23	Southend	Terneuzen	March 24	TAC 174	See TAC 174 (external link)
	March 27	Antwerp	Southend	March 28	ATM 106	Convoy available via ATM convoys (external link)
	March 28	Southend	Grimsby	March 30	FN 1675	Convoy available via FN convoys (external link)
	Apr. 8	Grimsby	Great Yarmouth	Apr. 8	FS 1777	Convoy available via FS convoys (external link)
	Apr. 23	Southampton	Seine Estuary	Apr. 24	WVC 131	See WVC 131 (external link)
	May 14	St. Helens Roads	Cherbourg	May 15	WVC 151	See WVC 151 (external link)

Further to the above Voyage Record:

(Only a few of her voyages are mentioned here - for information on voyages in between those discussed below, please go back to the Voyage Record).

As mentioned, Avance I is listed as bound for Rouen in Convoy OA 39, which left Southend on Nov. 22-1939 and dispersed Nov. 25 - see the external link to this convoy provided in the above record.

In Febr.-1940 she sailed in the Norway-U.K. Convoy HN 10, bound for Wisbech with timber, according to the convoy document. Arnold Hague now has her, with destination Rouen, in Convoy OA 102, departing Southend on March 2-1940, dispersed March 5; again, follow link provided in the above table - the Norwegian Rym is also listed.

It looks like she subsequently proceeded to Gibraltar, because in May that same year I have her in station 53 of the Gibraltar-U.K. Convoy HG 30. According to the convoy document, Avance I was bound for Portland on that occasion, cargo of iron ore. Follow the link for more details; other Norwegian ships also took part. The following month she's listed in Convoy OA 168, together with the Norwegian Benwood, Fernbank, Ledaal, Nea, Svint and Topdalsfjord. This convoy left Southend on June 15, joined up with OB 168 from Liverpool 2 days later, the combined convoy forming Convoy OG 34*, which arrived Gibraltar on June 24. Avance I, however, bound for Nantes with a cargo of coal, returned to the U.K. due to the German advance on France. (See the external link at the end of this page for more on the OA convoys).

In Aug.-1940 she's listed, together with Keret, in Convoy OA 200, which left Methil on Aug. 16 and dispersed on the 20th; her voyage information is given as "Methil to Clyde". At the beginning of Sept. we find her, with Ask, Fagerbro, Kongshaug, Libra, Ophir and Roy, in Convoy OG 42*, which departed Liverpool on Sept. 4 and arrived Gibraltar on the 16th (Arnold Hague indicates she may have been bound for Lisbon, later arriving Gibraltar on Oct. 8). All of these ships returned to the U.K. the following month with Convoy HG 45; Avance I's destination is given as Methil and Kings Lynn, cargo of iron pyrites.

She had 82 round trips through the so called "E-boat Alley" (an area between Hull and Boston, England where the E-boats were particularly bothersome, leaving a virtual graveyard of ships in their wake), transporting coal between Sunderland and London.

On July 20-1941 she was hit by a 500 pound bomb during an air attack outside Seaham Harbour, but it didn't explode, and she arrived port with the bomb still on board.

Avance I witnessed an E-boat attack on the convoy she was in and saved 14 men from the British Firelight which had been torpedoed, but there's some disagreement as to the date of this attack, one source placing it on Nov. 2-1941, another in Nov.-1943. 4 ships were sunk.

She took part in the invasion of Normandie, transporting bombs and ammunition to Omaha and Utah. She arrived Omaha Beach on June 15-1944. Arnold Hague lists her in Convoy EBC 9, which left Barry on June 11-1944 and arrived Seine Bay on the 15th. He has also included her in several other EBC convoys in this time period, as well as in returning FBC convoys - again, follow the links in the above table.

* All the OG convoys are available and will be added to individual pages in my Convoys section in due course, along with more details on them; in the meantime, the ships sailing in them are named on the page listing ships in all OG convoys.

For more information on all the other Norwegian ships mentioned on this page, please see the alphabet index below, or go to the Master Ship Index.

POST WAR:

Sold in 1956.

Related external links:
OB (OA & OG) convoys - Convoy OA 168 is included. Note also that by going to this section of the same site and clicking on "Ship Search", using "Avance I" as keyword, several convoys will come up - ref. the links provided within the above Voyage Record.

See also this chronological list of
OA & OB convoys

Utah Beach - Includes maps

Omaha Beachhead

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O. N. Henriksen & Jens Henriksen, Risør had a ship named Avance from 1954, originally delivered in 1945 as American Muscatine, 3914 gt. Sailed as Palma for J. Ludwig Mowinckels Rederi, Bergen from 1947, before being sold to Risør in 1954 and renamed Avance. Sold to owners in the Philippines in 1968 and renamed Duke Kl - broken up in 1972.

The text on this page was compiled with the help of: "Nortraships flåte", J. R. Hegland, and misc.