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M/S Fernwood To Fernwood on the "Ships starting with F" page. (A picture can be found at the external link at the end of this text). Manager: Fearnley & Eger, Oslo Built in Nakskov, Denmark in 1930. Captain: William Thoresen. 1st mate on this ship from the spring of 1942 until the end of the war was Gunnar Album, see the text for B. P. Newton on my page about the Kvarstad Ships & Men In service mostly U.S.A.-The Far East up until the fall of 1941, then U.K.-U.S.A. Other pages on this website with information related to this ship:
Fernwood, with a cargo of wheat for Dublin, is listed as sailing in Convoy HG 23F (Gibraltar-Liverpool) in March-1940; further details are available at the link provided above. The Norwegian Svein Jarl also took part. A couple of months later she shows up in Convoy OA 168GF, which left Southend on June 15, then joined up with OB 168GF from Liverpool 2 days later to form Convoy OG 34F, arriving Gibraltar on June 24. Fernwood, however, was only bound for Portsmoouth on that occasion (ref. external links at the end of this text - these convoys had many other Norwegian ships as well). In Febr.-1942 she was in Convoy HX 174, together with the Norwegian James Hawson, Athos, Høegh Giant, Vanja, Thorsholm, Beth and Anderson, as well as the Panamanian Norvinn - all listed on this website. In Sept.-1942 she can be found in Convoy HX 209, and a couple of months later, at the end of Nov.-1942, she joined Convoy HX 217 from New York, general cargo for Glasgow. This convoy was attacked and 2 ships were sunk. Other Norwegian ships taking part were Skiensfjord, Stiklestad, Polartank, Norsol and Noreg. All of them, except Norsol, later returned to the U.S. with the westbound Convoy ON 157 at the end of Dec. that year. In Jan./Febr.-1943 she again headed back to the U.K. with Convoy HX 225 from New York, bound for Cardiff with general and explosives, station 84. The following month she returned to the U.S. with the westbound Convoy ON 170, then in Apr.-she went back to the U.K. with Convoy HX 233, again with a general cargo and explosives, as well as 4 aircraft. By June she was back in New York, joining Convoy HX 244 on June 15, general cargo for Liverpool, station 22, then in Sept. we find her in station 124 of Convoy HX 256, bound for Liverpool and carrying a general cargo as well as explosives. In Febr.-1944 she's listed in Convoy HX 278, destination Milford Haven and Southampton, general cargo. That summer, in June-1944, she was in Convoy HX 297 from New York, bound for Liverpool with general cargo, and in Aug. she sailed in Convoy HX 305, general cargo for Liverpool. In Oct./Nov.-1944 she's listed in Convoy HX 317, again bound for Liverpool with general cargo and in company with several other Norwegian ships. Early in Jan.-1945 she was scheduled for the New York-U.K. Convoy HX 331, but instead joined the next convoy, HX 332 (in which Solør was torpedoed) - general cargo for Liverpool. My Convoys section has more information on the convoys mentioned here, direct links have been provided above. For more info on all the other Norwegian ships named in this text, see the alphabet index below. On my page Warsailor Stories I've included the personal story of someone who was on board Fernwood at some point in the war - the first story on that page (there's also a link to the original, Norwegian version of the story). While there are no details on this ship, it's an interesting story about 5 brothers and a sister who served outside of Norway during the war; the brothers on 17 different ships altogether. Another sister was involved in "illegal" activities in Norway, as was the father. That page also holds another story from someone else who was on board Fernwood.
Sold in 1955 to I/S ms William (manager Pehrson & Wessel, Drammen), and renamed William. Sold in 1959 to Sigbjørn Birkeland Rederi, Bergen, and renamed Tine. Sold in 1963 to Compania Naviera Jezreel SA, Panama (Frederick Shipping Corp, Hong Kong, managers), and renamed Jezreel. On Sept. 16-1963 she went aground in Japan in 32 34N 130 06E shortly after leaving Misumi on a voyage to Pusan with a cargo of coal, steel and general. She later broke in two. On Oct. 14 the afterpart was cut free and refloated and on Oct. 21 she arrived in tow at Tanoura Moji. Related external links: Lillesand Sjømannsforening has a picture of this ship - scroll down to F. There's also some information on a few of her crew members (the text is in Norwegian) Back to Fernwood on the "Ships starting with F" page.
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