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D/S Fagerbro To Fagerbro on the "Ships starting with F" page. Manager: Rob. Nilson & Arild Nyquist, Oslo Delivered in July-1923 from Hølens Verksted, Larvik (29) as Fagerbro to D/S A/S Fagerbro (Rob. Nilson and Arild Nyquist), Oslo. 222.9' x 34.2' x 14.2', Triple Exp., 600 ihp (Davey, Paxman & Co. Ltd. Colchester). Captain: Norman Lagesen. Her voyages are listed on these original images from the Norwegian National Archives:
Please compare the above voyages with Arnold Hague's Voyage Record below.
(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 as can be seen, the record is incomplete (see archive documents above).
Fagerbro is listed in Convoy HN 6 from Norway to the U.K. in Dec.-1939/Jan.-1940. She's also mentioned in connection with Convoy HN 10B in Febr.-1940, bound for Manchester with general cargo. In Apr.-1940 she was in Convoy HN 24, which arrived Methil from Norway on Apr. 7-1940; in other words, she got out of Norway just before the German invasion (Apr. 9). Fagerbro arrived her destination Manchester on Apr. 9. Follow the links for more convoy info, several Norwegian ships took part. In Sept.-1940 she made a voyage from Clyde to Oporto, where she arrived on Sept. 17, having sailed in Convoy OG 42. This convoy will be added to an individual page in my Convoys section; in the meantime, the ships sailing in it (and escorts) are named on the page listing ships in all OG convoys. The Norwegian Ask, Avance I, Kongshaug, Libra, Ophir and Roy are also included. They all returned to the U.K. the following month in the Gibraltar-U.K. Convoy HG 45. Fagerbro was bound for Newport, cargo of pit props. As can be seen when going to the documents received from the National Archives of Norway, she was mostly in service around the U.K., with occasional voyages to Iceland. She was scheduled for Convoy RU 16 from Reykjavik to the U.K. on March 23-1942, cargo of fish for Hull, but appears to have cancelled. Going to Page 7 of the archive documents, we see that she sailed from Reykjavik on March 31; she may have made this voyage independently. Arrival Hull is given as Apr. 9. I've been told by a visitor to my website (Michael Meras) that she on Nov. 28-1943 was involved in a collision with the British Stuart Queen and Dutch Tilly, while in a convoy in Cowe Roads (his source: Lloyd’s Weekly Casualty Reports Sept/Dec 1943 seen at The City of London Guildhall Library). I have no further details on this. Page 12 shows her voyages in this period. She was one of the about 50 Norwegian ships taking part in Operation Neptune (the maritime side of the invasion of Normandie, June-1944), arriving Utah Beach on June 14, according to J. R. Hegland's "Nortraships flåte". Attacked twice by aircraft in the early morning hours of that date, and an aircraft was seen crashing in the sea with its engine on fire after Fagerbro's gunners had fired at it with the port and midship Oerlikons. From Page 17 of the archive documents, we learn that she made some voyages to Norway in the course of 1945.
Sold in Jan.-1949 to Skibs-A/S Idræt (Sverre Monsen), Stavanger and renamed Idræt. Sold in Jan.-1954 to A/S Bokn (Erik Bakkevig), Haugesund, and renamed Kurér, in lumber trade between The White Sea and the U.K. Sold to Brødrene Anda, Stavanger (breakers) in March-1961, arriving Stavanger in tow on March 9-1961 for breaking up. Related external link: Back to Fagerbro on the "Ships starting with F" page. The text on this page was compiled with the help of: "Nortraships flåte", J. R. Hegland, and misc.
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