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M/S Fernmoor To Fernmoor on the "Ships starting with F" page.
Manager: Fearnley & Eger, Oslo Built by Burmeister & Wains Maskin- og Skipsbyggeri, Copenhagen in 1928. Captain: Konrad Gjørtz-Hansen. 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 some voyages are missing.
As can be seen when going to Page 1 of the archive documents, it looks like she was in Calcutta when Norway was invaded by the Germans on Apr. 9-1940; she had arrived there from Rangoon on Apr. 4. Fernmoor (station 52, carrying 3 bombers and crated aircraft) was in Convoy HX 146 in Aug.-1941 along with the Norwegian Skaraas (station 74, behind Gallia), Høegh Scout (possibly station 63?), Gallia (station 73), Anna Knudsen (station 35), and Strix. Fernmoor returned across the Atlantic with the westbound Convoy ON 20, which left Liverpool on Sept. 25-1941. She had station 105 of the convoy and arrived Halifax on Oct. 11, the convoy having been dispersed on the 9th. According to Arnold Hague, she headed back to the U.K. with Convoy HX 157* from Halifax on Oct. 28, arriving Liverpool Nov. 15. This convoy is not yet available among the HX convoys included in my Convoys section, but it will be added. Fernmoor subsequently joined the westbound Convoy ON 40*, departing Liverpool on Nov. 25. She arrived New York independently on Dec. 14, the convoy having been dispersed Dec. 4. In Jan.-1942, we find her in Convoy HX 168 from Halifax, together with the Norwegian N. T. Nielsen Alonso, Tai Shan and G. C. Brøvig (Brimanger was also scheduled, but did not sail). The following month, she's listed in the westbound Convoy ON 63*, which left Liverpool on Febr. 2 and dispersed on the 13th, Fernmoor arriving Cristobal Febr. 22. She did not head back to the U.K. again until May 31, when she joined Convoy HX 192 from Halifax, arriving Liverpool on June 11, and later that month, she's listed in Convoy ON 107*, departing Liverpool on June 26, dispersed July 9, Fernmoor arriving New York the next day. On July 27, we find her in Convoy HX 200, together with Norfjell, Morgenen, Gallia and Samuel Bakke. Fernmoor arrived Cardiff, via Belfast Lough, on Aug. 10, according to Page 2 of the archive documents, later returning to the U.S. with the westbound Convoy ON 123 (station 102), which originated in Liverpool on Aug. 21. Fernmoor sailed from Milford Haven on Aug. 20 and arrived New York on Sept. 6. On the 17th of that month, she joined Convoy HX 208 in order to go back to the U.K.; the Commodore's report is also available for this convoy. She arrived Liverpool on Oct. 2, and later joined the westbound Convoy ON 139* on Oct. 16, but went into Belfast Lough, subsequently joining ON 141* from there on Oct. 24, arriving New York Nov. 10. A little over a week later, she was one of many Norwegian ships in Convoy HX 216 from New York, general cargo and explosives for Liverpool, station 75. Her last Trans-Atlantic convoy voayge that year took place in the westbound Convoy ON 155, departing Liverpool on Dec. 19, arriving New York Jan. 6-1943. See also the Commodore's narrative (Fernmoor is mentioned under Dec. 31). She now joined Convoy HX 224 from New York on Jan. 22-1943 (general and explosives for Swansea, station 133, arriving Swansea Febr. 7), then in March she's listed in the westbound Convoy ON 170, which originated in Liverpool on March 3, arrived New Yok on the 20th and had a total of 12 Norwegian ships - follow the link for their names. On Apr. 13-1943, while in port in New York, there was a fatal accident on board, when 3rd Engineer Leif Løckra died in an explosion. Captain at that time was Konrad Gjørtz-Hansen, 1st Engineer Olaus Andersen, assistant Per Thoresen. She left New York on Apr. 18 in Convoy HX 235, which arrived Liverpool on May. 5, returning to New York with Convoy ON 184* on May 15, with arrival May 31. The following month, she can be found in Convoy HX 244, leaving New York on June 15, general cargo for Liverpool, station 23. She subsequently joined the westbound Convoy ON 194*, which departed Liverpool on July 24 and arrived New York Aug. 7, then on Aug. 27, we find her Convoy HX 254, bound for Cardiff, station 105, arriving her destination on Sept. 12. She later joined the westbound Convoy ON 204*, originating in Liverpool on Sept. 28, arriving New York Oct. 15, and according to A. Hague, she returned to the U.K. with Convoy HX 265*, which left New York on Nov. 6 and arrived Liverpool on the 20th. She had time for one more Trans-Atlantic voyage before the year was over, and this was made in the westbound Convoy ON 215*, which sailed from Liverpool on Dec. 9 and arrived New York on the 28th. In Jan.-1944, she sailed in Convoy HX 275 from New York, bound for Liverpool with general cargo, then returned to the U.S. with Convoy ON 224, which left Liverpool on Febr. 14-1944 and arrived New York on March 2. The Norwegian Samuel Bakke, Molda, Pan Scandia, Skaraas and Vanja are also listed. Some of them, including Fernmoor, went back to the U.K. with Convoy HX 284 on March 21 (Commodore in Abraham Lincoln), and the following month, she's listed in Convoy ON 234*, which originated in Liverpool on Apr. 26 and arrived New York May 12. Fernmoor, general cargo for Liverpool, now joined Convoy HX 293 on May 27, for which Samuel Bakke acted as the Commodore Vessel, and in June she's listed in the westbound Convoy ON 242* (departure Liverpool June 25, arrival New York July 11). In Aug.-1944, she's listed as sailing in Convoy HX 302 from New York, general cargo for London, returning to the U.S. the following month with Convoy ON 252*. She arrived Portland, Maine on Sept. 22, having departed Loch Ewe Sept. 7. She was scheduled for Convoy HX 311 (Boston section) at the end of Sept., but instead joined the next convoy, HX 312, general cargo for Tyne, where she arrived Oct. 23, having left Boston Oct. 6. She subsequently joined the westbound Convoy ON 266* (from Southend Nov. 12, to New York Dec. 3), and that year was rounded off by sailing back to the U.K. in Convoy HX 328, bound for Liverpool with general cargo, arriving there on Jan. 9-1945; Commodore in Brimanger (Fernmoor had been scheduled for Convoy HX 327, but did not sail). Later that month, she joined Convoy ON 280*, departing Liverpool on Jan. 23, arriving New York Febr. 9, heading back across the Atlantic on Febr. 28 in Convoy HX 341*. Her last convoy voyage was made in the westbound Convoy ON 295*, which left Liverpool on Apr. 7 and arrived New York on the 26th.
Sold in 1954 to Sameiet Varangskip, (manager A/S Malmfart) Norway, and renamed Varangmalm. In 1955 managers became A/S Malmfart and Fearnley & Eger's Befragtningforretning, Oslo. During the night of Jan. 23/24-1960, she ran aground off Bodø, when on a voyage from Hartlepool to Narvik, and later refloated. Found not worth repairing and sold to Netherlands breakers. Arrived in the New Waterway in tow on March 4-1960 on way to yard of Utrechtse Ijzerhandel. Back to Fernmoor on the "Ships starting with F" page.
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