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D/S Fagerbro
Updated June 4-2009

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Manager: Rob. Nilson & Arild Nyquist, Oslo
Tonnage:
994 gt

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:
Page 1 | Page 2 | Page 3 | Page 4 | Page 5 | Page 6 | Page 7 | Page 8 | Page 9 | Page 10 | Page 11 | Page 12 | Page 13 | Page 14 | Page 15 | Page 16 | Page 17

Please compare the above voyages with Arnold Hague's Voyage Record below.

Voyage Record
From Jan.-1940 to Apr.-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 as can be seen, the record is incomplete (see archive documents above).

Departure From To Arrival Convoy Remarks
1940 Jan. 1 Norwegian Waters Methil Jan. 4 HN 6
Febr. 11 Norwegian Waters Methil Febr. 13 HN 10B
Apr. 4 Norwegian Waters Methil Apr. 7 HN 24
Sept. 4 Clyde Gibraltar Sept. 16 OG 42 Convoy will be added.
See ships in OG convoys
Oct. 9 Gibraltar Liverpool Oct. 27 HG 45
1942 Febr. 28 Loch Ewe Reykjavik March 4 UR 14 Convoy available at UR convoys
(external link)
See also narrative below
Apr. 17 Methil Oban Apr. 19 EN 72 (2) Convoy available at EN convoys
(external link)
Sept. 7 St Helens Roads Southend Sept. 8 CE 118 Convoy available at CE convoys
(external link)
Sept. 8 Southend Hartlepool Sept. 10 FN 808 Convoy available at FN convoys
(external link)
Sept. 19 St Helens Roads Southend Sept. 20 CE 120 Convoy available at CE convoys
(external link)
1943 Jan. 23 Methil Loch Ewe Jan. 25 EN 188 Convoy available at EN convoys
(external link)
Jan. 25 Loch Ewe Reykjavik Jan. 30 UR 60 Convoy available at UR convoys
(external link)
Febr. 26 Reykjavik Loch Ewe March 2 RU 63 Convoy available at RU convoys
(external link)
1944 June 7 Solent Seine Bay June 8 ETC 22A Convoy available at ETC convoys
(external link)
* June 13 Solent Seine Bay June 14 EBC 8 Convoy available at EBC convoys
(external link)
* June 14 Solent Seine Bay June 15 EBC 9 Convoy available at link above
*I believe 1 of the above 2 entries should be deleted, but it's difficult to determine from Page 14 which is correct (as is the case with regard to subsequent voyages listed here - see archive docs for voyage comparison).
July 17 Solent Seine Bay July 17 EBC 42 Convoy available at link above
July 24 Solent Seine Bay July 24 EBC 49 Convoy available at link above
July 31 Southampton Seine Bay Aug. 1 ETC 54 Convoy available at ETC convoys
(external link)
Aug. 3 Seine Bay Southampton Aug. 3 FTC 56 Convoy available at FTC convoys
(external link)
Aug. 6 Southampton Seine Bay Aug. 7 ETC 60 Convoy available at ETC convoys
(external link)
Aug. 10 Seine Bay Southampton Aug. 10 FTC 63 Convoy available at FTC convoys
(external link)
Aug. 14 Southampton Seine Bay Aug. 14 ETC 67 Convoy available at ETC convoys
(external link)
Aug. 18 Seine Bay Southend Aug. 19 FTC 71 Convoy available at FTC convoys
(external link)
Sept. 4 Southend Seine Bay Sept. 5 ETC 89 Convoy available at ETC convoys
(external link)
Sept. 8 St Helens Roads Dieppe Sept. 8 WDC 3 Convoy available via this page
(external link)
Sept. 13 Southampton Southend Sept. 14 FTC 7A Convoy available at FTC convoys
(external link)
Sept. 18 Southend Dieppe Sept. 19 ETC 102 Via Newhaven with WDC 13.
Convoy available at ETC convoys
(external link)
1945 March 7 Southend Milford Haven March 10 TBC 90 Convoy available at TBC convoys
(external link)
Apr. 16 Falmouth Mumbles Apr. 18 TBC 129 Convoy available at link abvove


 Some Convoy Voyages: 
(Only a few of her voyages are mentioned here).

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.

 POST WAR: 

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:
Utah Beach


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

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