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D/S Facto To Facto on the "Ships starting with F" page. Manager: B. Stolt-Nielsen & Sønner A/S, Haugesund Built in Larvik, Norway 1921. Previous name: Octo 1921. According to "Våre gamle skip" by Leif M. Bjørkelund and E. H. Kongshavn this ship was delivered (from Larvik Slip og Værksted) as Facto for A/S D/S Facto (B. Stolt-Nielsen), Haugesund in Nov.-1921. This book does not mention the fact that she had the name Octo at any point, but it does state she was originally ordered for the company A/S D/S Octo, then transferred to the Facto company in Sept. that year, so it makes sense of course that she was named Octo for a while. Tonnages given as 1522 gt, 883 net, 2500 tdwt, 244.8' x 39.5' x 17.1', Triple exp. 162 nhp (by yard). Captain: Einar Kristiansen. Related item on this website:
In service on the coast of the U.K., Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranian. In the middle of Oct.-1940 Facto is listed in the slow Sydney (C.B.)-U.K. Convoy SC 8, cargo of lumber for Great Yarmouth. In Febr.-1941 she's listed as bound for London with lumber in the slow Halifax-U.K. Convoy SC 22, and at the end of Apr. that year she was scheduled for the slow Convoy SC 30, but instead joined the next convoy, SC 31, again with a cargo of lumber for London. In Aug.-1941 we find her in station 45 of the westbound North Atlantic Convoy ON 7; her destination is given as Sydney, C.B. In Oct. that same year she's listed in Convoy SC 48 in which several Norwegian ships were sunk, one of them being Erviken. At the end of May-1942 she sailed in Convoy SC 85, cargo of lumber for London. In Aug. that year she was scheduled for the Newfoundland portion of Convoy SC 97, but instead joined the next convoy, SC 98. Served as ammunition and supply ship for the allied forces in Norh Africa 1942/1943 (several of the Norwegian ships that had been in Convoy SC 98 took part in these operations). Facto was scheduled for Convoy MKS 9 in March-1943, but is crossed out on the form so it looks like she did not sail. On Aug. 15-1943 she was in a southbound convoy which was attacked by aircraft west of Cape St. Vincent. This must have been Convoy OS 53/KMS 23, ref. the first external website that I've linked to below. According to this site Facto was on a voyage from Belfast to Algiers in station 52.
Modernized and converted to oil fuelling at Haugesund mek. Verksted in the spring of 1952. In lumber trade in the 1950's. Sailed for Stolt-Nielsen for 39 years altogether. Laid up in Haugesund from Nov.-1957, then sold "as is" in Aug.-1960 (possibly 1961?) to A. P. Steffansen, Denmark, and used as storage vessel Ago. Sold to Paul Bergsoe & Co and arrived at Masnedø, Denmark, in Jan.-1964 for breaking up. Related external links: S/S Facto - Technical data and funnel (Darren Dypevåg). Back to Facto on the "Ships starting with F" page. Stolt-Nielsen had another steamship by this name in WW I, built in Sunderland 1904, 2372 gt - torpedoed and sunk by UB-18 in the English Channel on Sept. 16-1917, 16 n. miles west/northwest of Lizzard on a voyage in convoy Le Havre-Cardiff in ballast. 2 died, survivors were picked up by an American destroyer. This ship had originally been delivered in July-1904 as Hekla for A/S Hekla (Mail & Holby), Christiania. Purchased by A/S D/S Facto (B. Stolt-Nielsen), Haugesund in June-1915 and renamed Facto. The text on this page was compiled with the help of: "Våre gamle skip" by Leif M. Bjørkelund and E. H. Kongshavn and misc. (ref. My sources).
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