D/S Cresco
Updated Aug. 5-2008

To Cresco on the "Ships starting with C" page.


Received from and painted by Jan Goedhart, Holland.

Source: Bjørn Milde's postcard collection.

Captain: Ingebrigt Teigland, later J. Skylvik, who had previously served on Thore Hafte (until 1944).

Voyage Record From Febr.-1940 to May-1945:

Follow the convoy links provided for more information on each.

Errors may exist, and several voyages are missing.

Compare Arnold Hague's records with these original images from the Norwegian National Archives:
(includes voyages missing from A. Hague's records)
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	Departure	From	To	Arrival	Convoy	Remarks
1940	Febr. 28	Methil	Norwegian Waters	March 2	ON 16	–
	March 16	Tyne	Methil	March 17	FN 121	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	March 19	Methil	Norwegian Waters	March 23	ON 21	–
	Apr. 4	Norwegian Waters	Methil	Apr. 7	HN 24	–
	Apr. 8	Methil	Tyne	Apr. 9	MT 47	Convoy available via this page (external link)
	May 3	Tyne	Southend	May 5	FS 161	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	May 5	Downs	Caen	May 6	Independent	–
	May 18	Caen	Downs	May 20	Independent	–
	May 20	Downs	Methil	May 22	FN 176	Possibly an MT convoy Tyne to Methil. Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	May 31	Methil	Tyne	May 31	MT 78	Convoy available via this page (external link)
	June 9	Tyne	Downs	June 11	FS 191	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	June 11	Downs	Cardiff	June 20	–	Voyage data unknown, had sailed for Caen.
	July 30	Cardiff	Clyde	Aug. 2	Independent	–
	Aug. 12	Clyde	Methil	Aug. 15	WN 7	Convoy available at WN convoys (external link)
	Aug. 18	Methil	Hull	Aug. 20	FS 256	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	Aug. 21	Spurn	Southend	Aug. 22	FS 258	See FS 258 at link above
	Aug. 25	Southend	Tyne	Aug. 27	FN 262	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Sept. 15	Tyne	Methil	Sept. 16	FN 280	See FN 280 at link above
	Sept. 18	Methil	–	–	OA 216	For Chatham N.B. Rendezvoused with OB 216, Sept. 21. See OA 216 and this page (external links)
	Sept. 21	OA 216 & OB 216 joined up	–	–	OB 216	Dispersed in 53N 17 05W, Sept. 23. See OB 216 (external link)
	Sept. 23	Detached from OB 216	Chatham, N.B.	Oct. 5	Independent	–
	Oct. 19	Nelson, N.B.	Sydney, C.B.	Oct. 21	Independent	–
	Oct. 24	Sydney, C.B.	Clyde	Nov. 9	SC 9	–
	Nov. 11	Clyde	Methil	Nov. 16	WN 37	Did not sail. Convoy available at WN convoys (external link)
	Nov. 15	Clyde	Methil	Nov. 19	WN 39	See WN 39 at link above
	Nov. 21	Methil	Boston, Lincs	Nov. 25	FS 341	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	Dec. 4	Boston, Lincs	Hull	–	Independent	–
	Dec. 11	Hull	Immingham	Dec. 11	Independent	–
	Dec. 20	Spurn	Tyne	Dec. 21	FN 363	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
1941	Jan. 4*	Tyne	Southend	Jan. 6	FS 379	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	Jan. 7	Tyne	Southend	Jan. 9	FS 382	See FS 382 at link above
	*I believe the Jan. 4 entry should be deleted. (See also Page 2).
	Jan. 16	Southend	Blyth	Jan. 18	FN 385	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Jan. 28	Blyth	Southend	Jan. 30	FS 397	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	Febr. 5	Southend	Sunderland	Febr. 7	FN 401	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Febr. 14	Sunderland	Rochester	Febr. 17	FS 411	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	Febr. 21	Southend	Tyne	Febr. 23	FN 412A	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	March 11	Tyne	Southend	March 12	FS 433	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	March 20	Southend	Sunderland	March 21	FN 436	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	March 27	Sunderland	Southend	March 29	FS 449	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	Apr. 3	Southend	Blyth	Apr. 5	EC 2	Convoy available at EC convoys (external link)
	Apr. 11	Blyth	Southend	Apr. 13	FS 461	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	Apr. 19	Southend	Tyne	Apr. 21	EC 9	Convoy available at EC convoys (external link)
	Apr. 28	Tyne	Spurn	Apr. 30	FS 475	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	Apr. 30	Spurn	Southend	May 1	FS 476	See FS 476 at link above
	May 10	Southend	Blyth	May 12	EC 18	Convoy available at EC convoys (external link)
	May 26	Blyth	Southend	May 28	FS 499	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	June 1	Southend	Tyne	June 2	FN 474	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	June 11	Tyne	Loch Ewe	June 13	EC 31	Convoy available at EC convoys (external link)
	June 21	Loch Ewe	Reykjavik	June 25	Independent	–
	July 17	Reykjavik	Clyde	July 22	Independent	–
	Aug. 6	Clyde	Oban	Aug. 7	Independent	–
	Aug. 7	Oban	Methil	Aug. 11	WN 164	Convoy available at WN convoys (external link)
	Aug. 12	Methil	Southend	Aug. 14	FS 566	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	Aug. 28	Southend	Blyth	Aug. 30	EC 66	Convoy available at EC convoys (external link)
	Sept. 6	Blyth	Loch Ewe	Sept. 9	EC 69	See EC 69 at link above
	Sept. 9	Loch Ewe	–	–	ON 14	For Iceland. Detached Sept. 11
	Sept. 11	Detached from ON 14	Reykjavik	Sept. 14	Independent	–
	Sept. 15	Reykjavik	Akureyri	Sept. 17	Independent	–
	Sept. 22	An Icelandic port	Reykjavik	Sept. 23	Independent	–
	Sept. 29	Husavik	Reykjavik	Oct. 3	Independent	Notional sailing date
	Oct. 4	Reykjavik	Scrabster	Oct. 9	Independent	–
	Oct. 9	Scrabster	Methil	Oct. 11	Independent	–
	Oct. 14	Methil	Grimsby	Oct. 16	FS 620	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	Oct. 20	Grimsby	Tyne	Oct. 21	EC 88	Convoy available at EC convoys (external link)
	Oct. 25	Tyne	Southend	Oct. 26	FS 629	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	Nov. 1	Southend	Tyne	Nov. 3	FN 540	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Nov. 19	Tyne	Southend	Nov. 21	FS 651	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	Nov. 27	Southend	Sunderland	Nov. 29	FN 563	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Dec. 5	Sunderland	Southend	Dec. 7	FS 665	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	Dec. 16	Southend	St Helens Roads	Dec. 17	CW 61	Convoy available at CW convoys (external link)
	Dec. 19	Yarmouth Roads	Plymouth	Dec. 20	PW 83	Convoy available via this page (external link)
	Dec. 23	Plymouth	Falmouth	Dec. 23	Independent	–
	Dec. 24	Falmouth	Barry	Dec. 25	PW 85	See PW 85 at link above
1942	Jan. 1	Barry	Milford Haven	–	Independent	–
	Jan. 3	Milford Haven	Liverpool	Jan. 4	MH 59	Independent from Holyhead. Convoy available via link above
	Jan. 8	Liverpool	Clyde	Jan. 10	Independent	–
	Jan. 17	Clyde	Oban	Jan. 18	Independent	–
	Jan. 19	Oban	Methil	Jan. 29	WN 233	Passed Dunnet Jan. 22, later voyage unknown. Convoy available at WN convoys (external link)
	Febr. 1	Methil	Tyne	Febr. 2	FS 715	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	Febr. 4	Tyne	Southend	Febr. 6	FS 717	See FS 717 at link above
	Febr. 14	Southend	Methil	Febr. 16	FN 631	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Febr. 21	Methil	Southend	Febr. 23	FS 732	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	Febr. 26	Southend	Methil	Febr. 28	FN 642	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	March 9	Methil	Southend	March 11	FS 746	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	March 16	Southend	Methil	March 18	FN 657	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	March 25	Methil	Southend	March 27	FS 759	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	March 30	Southend	Methil	Apr. 1	FN 669	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Apr. 6	Methil	Southend	Apr. 8	FS 770	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	Apr. 11	Southend	Methil	Apr. 13	FN 679	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Apr. 17	Methil	Southend	Apr. 19	FS 779	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	Apr. 22	Southend	Blyth	Apr. 24	FN 688	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	May 1	Blyth	Southend	May 3	FS 791	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	May 5	Southend	Blyth	May 7	FN 700	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	May 13	Blyth	Southend	May 15	FS 801	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	May 18	Southend	Blyth	May 19	FN 711	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	June 2	Blyth	Methil	June 3	FN 723	See FN 723 at link above
	June 6	Methil	Southend	June 8	FS 822	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	June 11	Southend	Methil	June 13	FN 732	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	June 17	Methil	Southend	June 19	FS 831	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	June 24	Southend	Methil	June 26	FN 743	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	June 29	Methil	Southend	July 1	FS 842	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	July 6	Southend	Methil	July 8	FN 753	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	July 11	Methil	Southend	July 13	FS 852	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	Aug. 4	Southend	Tyne	Aug. 6	FN 778	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Aug. 7	Tyne	Methil	Aug. 8	FN 780	See FN 780 at link above
	Aug. 12	Methil	Belfast	Aug. 14	EN 123	Convoy available at EN convoys (external link)
	Aug. 21	Belfast Lough	Barry	Aug. 23	BB 212	Convoy available at BB convoys (external link)
	Sept. 5	Barry	Liverpool	Sept. 7	Independent	–
	Sept. 10	Liverpool	Swansea	Sept. 11	HM 23	Independent Liverpool to Holyhead. Convoy available via this page (external link)
	Sept. 16	Swansea	Yarmouth Roads	Sept. 18	WP 219	Via Dartmouth. Convoy available at WP convoys (external link)
	Sept. 19	St Helens Roads	Southend	Sept. 20	CE 120	Convoy available at CE convoys (external link)
	Sept. 27	Southend	St Helens Roads	Sept. 28	CW 124	Convoy available at CW convoys (external link)
	Sept. 29	Portsmouth	Plymouth	Sept. 30	PW 225	Convoy available via this page (external link)
	Oct. 5	Plymouth	Swansea	Oct. 6	PW 227	See PW 227 at link above
	Oct. 10	Swansea	Plymouth	Oct. 11	WP 231	Convoy available at WP convoys (external link)
	Oct. 12	Plymouth	Dartmouth	Oct. 12	WP 231	See link above
	Oct. 13	Dartmouth	Portland	Oct. 13	–	–
	Oct. 14	Portland	Southampton	Oct. 14	–	–
	Oct. 17	Portsmouth	Barry	Oct. 20	PW 234	Via Portland and Dartmouth. Convoy available via this page (external link)
	Oct. 23	Barry	Liverpool	Oct. 25	Independent	–
	Nov. 1	Liverpool	Cardiff	Nov. 3	Independent	Notional sailing date
	Nov. 6	Cardiff	Liverpool	–	Independent	–
	Nov. 19	Liverpool	Barry	Nov. 20	Independent	–
	Nov. 23	Barry	Yarmouth Roads	Nov. 25	WP 253	Convoy available at WP convoys (external link)
	Nov. 28	Cowes Roads	Barry	Nov. 30	PW 255	Convoy available via this page (external link)
	Dec. 2	Barry	Garston	Dec. 5	Independent	–
	Dec. 15	Garston	Barry	Dec. 18	Independent	–
	Dec. 21	Barry	Yarmouth Rds	Dec. 23	WP 267	Convoy available at WP convoys (external link)
	Dec. 23	St Helens Roads	Southend	Dec. 24	CE 141	Convoy available at CE convoys (external link)
1943	Jan. 3	Southend	St Helens Roads	Jan. 4	CW 146	Convoy available at CW convoys (external link)
	Jan. 5	Cowes Roads	Milford Haven	Jan. 7	PW 274	Convoy available via this page (external link)
	Jan. 17	Milford Haven	Barry	Jan. 18	Independent	–
	Jan. 23	Barry	Garston	Jan. 25	Independent	–
	Jan. 27	Garston	Barry	Jan. 31	Independent	–
	Febr. 3	Barry	Yarmouth Roads	Febr. 5	WP 289	Convoy available at WP convoys (external link)
	Febr. 8	Yarmouth Roads	Portland	Febr. 8	PW 291	Put in. Convoy available via this page (external link)
	Febr. 10	Portland	Barry	Febr. 12	–	–
	Febr. 17	Barry	Yarmouth Roads	Febr. 19	WP 296	Convoy available at WP convoys (external link)
	Febr. 20	St Helens Roads	Southend	Febr. 21	CE 155	Convoy available at CE convoys (external link)
	Febr. 26	Southend	St Helens Roads	Febr. 27	CW 159	Convoy available at CW convoys (external link)
	Febr. 28	Portsmouth	Plymouth	March 1	PW 301	Via Portland. Convoy available via this page (external link)
	March 5	Plymouth	Barry	March 6	–	–
	March 19	Barry	Yarmouth Roads	March 21	WP 311	Convoy available at WP convoys (external link)
	March 25	St Helens Roads	Southend	March 26	CE 163	Convoy available at CE convoys (external link)
	March 31	Southend	Blyth	Apr. 2	FN 983	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Apr. 3	Blyth	Southend	Apr. 5	FS 1080	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	Apr. 8	Southend	St Helens Roads	Apr. 9	CW 169	Convoy available at CW convoys (external link)
	Apr. 11	Cowes Roads	Plymouth	Apr. 12	PW 322	Convoy available via this page (external link)
	Apr. 15	Plymouth	Falmouth	Apr. 15	–	–
	Apr. 16	Falmouth	Cardiff	Apr. 17	PW 324	See PW 324 at link above
	Apr. 20	Cardiff	Liverpool	Apr. 22	Independent	–
	Apr. 23	Liverpool	Clyde	Apr. 24	Independent	–
	May 1	Clyde	Loch Ewe	May 2	Independent	–
	May 2	Loch Ewe	Methil	May 3	WN 422	Convoy available at WN convoys (external link)
	May 5	Methil	Southend	May 7	FS 1107	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	May 13	Southend	Methil	May 15	FN 1020	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	June 26	Methil	Sunderland	June 26	FS 1152	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	June 29	Sunderland	Tyne	June 29	–	–
	July 10	Tyne	Blyth	July 10	–	–
	July 13	Blyth	Southend	July 15	FS 1166	Possibly in FS 1167. See link above
	July 17	Southend	St Helens Roads	July 18	CW 194	Convoy available at CW convoys (external link)
	July 20	Cowes Roads	Plymouth	July 20	PW 372	Convoy available via this page (external link)
	July 24	Plymouth	Barry	July 26	PW 374	See PW 374 at link above
	July 29	Barry	Yarmouth Roads	July 31	WP 377	Convoy available at WP convoys (external link)
	Aug. 3	St Helens Roads	Southend	Aug. 4	CE 196	Convoy available at CE convoys (external link)
	Aug. 8	Southend	Methil	Aug. 10	FN 1094	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Aug. 16	Methil	Sunderland	Aug. 17	FS 1196	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	Aug. 21	Sunderland	Southend	Aug. 23	FS 1200	See FS 1200 at link above
	Aug. 30	Southend	Methil	Sept. 1	FN 1113	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Sept. 1	Methil Roads	Liverpool	Sept. 6	–	–
	Sept. 11	Liverpool	Cardiff	Sept. 14	Independent	–
	Sept. 22	Cardiff	Liverpool	Sept. 23	Independent	–
	Sept. 25	Liverpool	Barry	Sept. 26	Independent	–
	Oct. 2	Barry	Liverpool	Oct. 3	Independent	–
	Oct. 9	Liverpool	Newport	Oct. 11	Independent	–
	Oct. 22	Newport	Clyde	Oct. 24	Independent	–
	Nov. 15	Clyde	Methil Roads	Nov. 18	Independent	–
	Nov. 20	Methil	Southend	Nov. 22	FS 1278	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	Nov. 30	Southend	Methil	Dec. 2	FN 1192	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Dec. 2	Methil	Dundee	Dec. 3	Independent	–
	Dec. 7	Methil	Southend	Dec. 9	FS 1293	Independent from Dundee to join. Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	Dec. 16	Southend	Sunderland	Dec. 18	FN 1207	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Dec. 23	Sunderland	Methil	Dec. 24	FN 1213	See FN 1213 at link above
	Dec. 24	Methil	Belfast Lough	Dec. 28	Independent	–
1944	Jan. 6	Belfast	Bristol	Jan. 8	Independent	–
	Jan. 13	Bristol	Barry	Jan. 13	Independent	–
	Jan. 21	Barry	Yarmouth Roads	Jan. 24	WP 465	Sheltered Falmouth Bay Jan. 22/23. Convoy available at WP convoys (external link)
	Jan. 28	Cowes Roads	Newport	Jan. 30	PW 468	Convoy available via this page (external link)
	Febr. 3	Barry	Liverpool	Febr. 5	Independent	–
	March 22	Liverpool	Milford Haven	March 23	Independent	–
	March 25	Milford Haven	Plymouth	March 26	WP 497	Convoy available at WP convoys (external link)
	March 30	Plymouth	Newport	March 31	PW 498	Convoy available via this page (external link)
	Apr. 4	Newport	Yarmouth Roads	Apr. 6	WP 502	Convoy available at WP convoys (external link)
	Apr. 8	St Helens Roads	Southend	Apr. 9	CE 258	Convoy available at CE convoys (external link)
	Apr. 26	Southend	Sunderland	Apr. 27	FN 1339	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	May 13	Sunderland	Southend	May 15	FS 1451	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	June 9	Solent	Seine Bay	June 10	ETC 4W	Convoy available at ETC convoys (external link)
	June 17	Seine Bay	Southend	June 18	FTC 10	Convoy available at FTC convoys (external link)
	June 28	Southend	Seine Bay	June 29	ETC 21	Convoy available at ETC convoys (external link)
	July 2	Seine Bay	Southend	July 3	FTC 24	Convoy available at FTC convoys (external link)
	July 9	Southend	Seine Bay	July 10	ETC 32	Convoy available at ETC convoys (external link)
	July 13	Seine Bay	Southend	July 14	FTC 35	Convoy available at FTC convoys (external link)
	July 23	Southend	Seine Bay	July 24	ETC 46	Convoy available at ETC convoys (external link)
	July 29	Seine Bay	Southend	July 30	FTC 51	Convoy available at FTC convoys (external link)
	Aug. 4	Southend	Seine Bay	Aug. 5	ETC 58	Convoy available at ETC convoys (external link)
	Aug. 8	Seine Bay	Southend	Aug. 9	FTC 61	Convoy available at FTC convoys (external link)
	Aug. 20	Southend	Seine Bay	Aug. 21	ETC 74	Convoy available at ETC convoys (external link)
	Aug. 24	Seine Bay	Southend	Aug. 25	FTC 77	Convoy available at FTC convoys (external link)
	Aug. 27	Southend	Hull	Aug. 28	FN 1462	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Sept. 30	Hull	Southend	Oct. 2	FS 1591	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	Oct. 6	Southend	Seaham	Oct. 8	FN 1502	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Oct. 10	Seaham	Southend	Oct. 12	FS 1601	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	Oct. 24	Southend	St Helens Roads	Oct. 25	TMC 15	Convoy available via this page (external link)
	Oct. 26	Solent	Plymouth	Oct. 26	EBF 17	Convoy available via link above
	Oct. 27	Plymouth	Falmouth	Oct. 27	Independent	–
	Oct. 28	Falmouth	Newport	Oct. 30	EBF 18	Convoy available via link above
	Nov. 2	Barry Roads	Plymouth	Nov. 3	BEC 25	Ex Newport Nov. 1. Convoy available via link above
	Nov. 4	Plymouth	Granville	Nov. 5	COC 2	Convoy available via link above
	Nov. 9	Granville	Falmouth	Nov. 10	Escorted	–
	Nov. 11	Falmouth	Mumbles	Nov. 12	EBF 32	Convoy available via link above
	Nov. 20	Barry Is.	Plymouth	Nov. 21	BEC 43	Convoy available via link above
	Nov. 23	Plymouth	St Malo	Nov. 24	COC 10	Voyage Record shows sailed Nov. 22. Convoy available via link above
	Nov. 30	Granville	Newport	Dec. 2	EBF 52	Joined at sea from Granville. Convoy available via link above
	Dec. 5	Barry Roads	Plymouth	Dec. 6	BEC 58	Convoy available via link above
	Dec. 6	Plymouth	Granville	Dec. 8	COC 17	Convoy available via link above
	Dec. 14	Granville	Falmouth	Dec. 15	Escorted	–
	Dec. 17	Falmouth	Newport	Dec. 18	TBC 8	Convoy available at TBC convoys (external link)
1945	Jan. 10	Barry Roads	St. Helens Roads	Jan. 12	BTC 34	Convoy available at BTC convoys (external link)
	Jan. 14	St. Helens Roads	Dieppe	Jan. 15	WVC 37	For Dieppe. Convoy available via this page (external link)
	Jan. 20	Dieppe	St. Helens Roads	Jan. 21	–	Departure date approx., possibly in VWC 41
	Jan. 21	St. Helens Roads	Southend	Jan. 22	BTC 43	Convoy available at BTC convoys (external link)
	Jan. 23	Southend	Hull	Jan. 25	FN 1611	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Apr. 1	Hull	Southend	Apr. 2	FS 1773	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	Apr. 4	Southend	St. Helens Roads	Apr. 4	TBC 118	Thence Rouen in WVC 114, arrived Apr. 5. Convoy available at TBC convoys (external link) WVC 114 is available via this page (Cresco not listed)
	Apr. 21	Rouen	Southend	Apr. 22	VWC 133	Thence Southend in BTC 113*, probably. Convoy available via link above See also BTC convoys
	* I believe this must be a typing error - Convoy BTC 113 left Milford Haven on March 30-1945 and arrived Southend on Apr. 2. Perhaps A. Hague means BTC 133(?) - from Milford Haven Apr. 19, to Southend Apr. 22 (final destination for VWC 133 had been Solent, w/arrival Apr. 22).
	Apr. 24	Southend	Hull	Apr. 24	FN 1695	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Apr. 28	Hull	Southend	Apr. 29	–	–
	May 1	Downs	Dieppe	May 1	–	–
	May 12	Dieppe	Southend	May 13	–	–
	May 13	Southend	Immingham	May 14	FN 1710	See FN 1710 at link above
	May 17	Immingham	Downs	May 18	FS 1806	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	May 18	Downs	Rouen	May 19	–	–
	May 22	Rouen	Downs	May 23	–	–
	May 23	Downs	Hull	May 24	–	*

* See Page 14 and Page 15 for further voyages, to Febr.-1946. As can be seen, she got to go home to Norway in the summer of 1945.

Further to the above:

(Please note that only a few of her voyages are mentioned here - for other voyages, please go back to the Voyage Record).

Cresco is listed in the U.K.-Norway Convoy ON 16 at the end of Febr.-1940. Towards the end of March we find her in Convoy ON 21 to Norway, returning to the U.K. the following month with Convoy HN 24, which arrived Methil on Apr. 7-1940; in other words, she got out of Norway just before the German invasion (Apr. 9). Several other Norwegian ships took part in all these convoys; follow the links for more info.

In Sept.-1940 she's listed in station 83 of Convoy OA 216, which left Methil on Sept. 18-1940 and joined up with OB 216 on Sept. 21. She was in ballast for Chatham, N.B. on that occasion - ref. external links in the table above; The Norwegian Brisk and Don are also listed, A. Hague has also included Eikhaug in this convoy. Convoy OB 216 had left Liverpool on Sept. 19 and dispersed on the 23rd, Cresco arriving Chatham, N.B. independently on Oct. 5. She returned to the U.K. at the end of that month with the slow Sydney (C.B.)-U.K. Convoy SC 9, bound for Boston, Lincs. with pit props.

In Sept.-1941 she's mentioned, with a cargo of coal for Iceland, in the westbound North Atlantic Convoy ON 14, again in the company of other Norwegian ships, as can be seen when clicking on the link. The Commodore's narrative is also available for this convoy. ON 14 originated in Liverpool on Sept. 7, and according to A. Hague, Cresco detached from the convoy on Sept. 11, arriving Reykjavik on the 14th, having joined the convoy from Loch Ewe.

Cresco was otherwise mostly in service around the U.K.

She took part in Operation Overlord (Normandie) as ammunition and supply ship, arriving June 9-1944, departing June 17 to pick up another cargo. See her Voyage Record for information on some of the convoys she was in during this time period.

Related external links:
Normandy - 6 June/24 July-1944

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