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M/T Dalfonn To Dalfonn on the "Ships starting with D" page. Manager: Sigvald Bergesen, Stavanger Built in Gothenburg, Sweden 1928.
Dalfonn, with destination Le Havre, is listed as sailing in the Gibraltar-U.K. Convoy HGF 22 in March-1940. In May that year she was in Convoy HX 41 (having been cancelled from the previous convoy, HX 40), together with the Norwegian Sveve and Rym. Dalfonn was bound for Le Havre with a cargo of fuel oil. She had arrived Curacao on Apr. 23, left again on the 25th for Trinidad with arrival on the 27th, then proceeded to Halifax to join this convoy (arr. May 5), which left for the U.K. on May 8. In July/Aug. she sailed in Convoy HX 60, this time bound for Clyde with Admiralty fuel, joining from Bermuda (having been cancelled from the Bermuda portion of the previous convoy, HX 59). Follow the links for more convoy information. In Dec.-1940 she was in Convoy OB 259, leaving Liverpool on Dec. 14, her destination Cape Town. May very well have saved the Dutch tanker Pendrecht from being shelled and sunk by U-96, which according to "Nortraships flåte" had just attacked the Dutch vessel with her last torpedo when Dalfonn appeared on the scene (Dec. 18) having herself previously lost the convoy in bad weather. When Dalfonn's people spotted the U-boat, which until then had been hidden by the tanker they suspected the stricken vessel to be a decoy, possibly a supply ship, and quickly removed themselves, while at the same time sending out radio signals of the situation and firing the guns. 7 shots were fired, but none hit. A few miles away they now observed a British cargo ship which had also spotted the U-boat and which fired at it, whereupon the boat disappeared. The Dutch seamen were then able to take their ship to port. (Pendrecht was torpedoed and sunk by U-48 on June 8 the following year). The names of other ships in Convoy OB 259 are available at the external link at the end of this page. In June/July-1944 she sailed in Convoy HX 297 from New York, returning across the ocean at the end of July with the westbound Convoy ON 246*. She went back to the U.K. in Aug. that year with Convoy HX 303 with 16 other Norwegian ships, namely Tanafjord, Romulus, Noravind, Atlantic, Sommerstad, Skotaas, Geisha, Thorhild, Petter, Stirlingville, Rena, Para, Titanian, Mui Hock, Fjordaas and Norse Lady, all listed on this website. They can be found with the help of the alphabet index below. The following month we find her in the westbound Convoy ON 253*, and in Oct.-1944 she joined Convoy HX 312, which arrived Liverpool on Oct. 21 (Dalfonn's destination is given as Clyde). A few days later she joined the westbound Convoy ON 262*, and on Nov. 14 she was ready to return to the U.K. with Convoy HX 320, bound for Southampton. The only other Norwegian ships listed in this convoy were Anna Knudsen and Gefion. Dalfonn subsequently returned with the westbound Convoy ON 271* in Dec.-1944. In the middle of Febr.-1945 Dalfonn is listed as bound for Mersey with the New York-U.K. Convoy HX 339, returning across the ocean the following month with the westbound Convoy ON 289*. She must have gone back to the U.K.**, because in Apr.-1945 she's listed in the westbound Convoy ON 298*.
Arrived Barry on Oct. 31-45 for docking and overhaul. Overhauled by Harland & Wolff at Southampton and sold in 1949 to Mosvold Shipping, Farsund, renamed Mostun. Sailed from Southampton on June 6-1949 for Curaçao (Dalfonn had arrived at Southampton on May 6-1949 from Stanlow). Sold in 1950 to Thomas Entz Tanker GmbH, Germany, and renamed Elizabeth Entz. Sold to Japanese breakers in 1960 and sailed from Tokuyama on Sept. 16-1960 for Hirao to be broken up. Related external links: Back to Dalfonn on the "Ships starting with D" page. The text on this page was compiled with the help of: "Nortraships flåte", J. R. Hegland, E-mails from R. W. Jordan, and misc. (ref. My sources).
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