D/S Fjordheim
Updated June 15-2009

To Fjordheim on the "Ships starting with F" page.

Crew List


Source: Bjørn Milde's postcard collection.

Voyage Record From Jan.-1941 to Sept.-1944:

Follow the convoy links provided for more information on each.

Errors may exist, and some voyages are missing.

	Departure	From	To	Arrival	Convoy	Remarks
1941	Jan. 3	Iquique	Valparaiso	Jan. 7	Independent	Previously traded E & W coast of Americas See Page 1
	Jan. 7	Iquique*	Punta Arenas	Jan. 12	Independent	*Should be Valparaiso
	Jan. 13	Punta Arenas	Capetown	Febr. 2	Independent	–
	Febr. 6	Capetown	Lourenço Marques	Febr. 11	Independent	–
	Febr. 21	Lourenço Marques	Capetown	Febr. 27	Independent	–
	Febr. 27	Capetown	St. Thomas	March 24	Independent	–
	March 24	St. Thomas	Baltimore	March 31	Independent	–
	Apr. 6	Baltimore	Hampton Roads	Apr. 7	Independent	–
	Apr. 7	Hampton Roads	New York City	Apr. 8	Independent	–
	Apr. 23	New York City	Halifax	Apr. 26	Independent	–
	May 6	Halifax	Reykjavik	May 19	HX 125 A	6 Passengers, to Iceland. (See also narrative below).
	June 2	Reykjavik	St. John's, N.F.	June 10	Independent	–
	June 13	St. John's, N.F.	Montreal	June 16	Independent	–
	June 24	Montreal	Quebec	June 25	Independent	–
	June 26	Quebec	Sydney, C.B.	June 29	Independent	–
	June 30	Sydney, C.B.	Belfast Lough	July 17	HX 136	–
	July 19	Belfast Lough	Avonmouth	July 21	BB 50	Convoy available at BB convoys (external link)
	Aug. 3	Avonmouth	Milford Haven	Aug. 4	Independent	See also Page 2
	Aug. 5	Milford Haven	–	–	ON 5	For Montreal. Dispersed 53 29N 37 35W, Aug. 14
	Aug. 14	Dispersed from ON 5 5	Montreal	Aug. 21	Independent	–
	Sept. 1	Montreal	Sydney, C.B.	Sept. 4	Independent	–
	Sept. 5	Sydney, C.B.	Belfast Lough	Sept. 20	SC 43	Station 125, later 105. Convoy will be added. See ships in SC convoys
	Sept. 21	Belfast Lough	Avonmouth	Sept. 22	BB 78	Convoy available at BB convoys (external link)
	Oct. 6	Avonmouth	Swansea	Oct. 6	Independent	–
	Oct. 8	Swansea	Milford Haven	Oct. 8	Independent	–
	Oct. 9	Milford Haven	–	–	ON 25	For Montreal. Dispersed Oct. 24. Convoy will be added. See ships in ON convoys
	Oct. 24	Dispersed from ON 25	Montreal	Oct. 30	Independent	–
	Nov. 8	Montreal	Sydney, C.B.	Nov. 11	Independent	–
	Nov. 16	Sydney, C.B.	Liverpool	Dec. 5	SC 55	See also Page 2 - missing voyages
	Dec. 24	Liverpool	Oban	Dec. 26	ON 50	Returned. Convoy will be added. See ships in ON convoys
	Dec. 28	Oban	–	–	ON 51	For Halifax. Dispersed Jan. 11-1942 Convoy will be added. See link above
1942	Jan. 11	Dispersed from ON 51	St. John, N.B.	Jan. 17	Independent	–
	Jan. 30	St. John, N.B.	Halifax	Jan. 31	Independent	–
	Febr. 4	Halifax	Belfast Lough	Febr. 21	SC 68	See also narrative below
	Febr. 22	Belfast Lough	Avonmouth	Febr. 23	BB 141	Convoy available at BB convoys (external link)
	March 14	Avonmouth	Cardiff	March 15	Independent	–
	March 18	Cardiff	Milford Haven	March 19	Independent	–
	March 20	Milford Haven	St. John, N.B.	Apr. 8	ON 78	St. John, N.B. Convoy will be added. See ships in ON convoys
	Apr. 18	St. John, N.B.	Halifax	Apr. 20	BX 8	Convoy available at BX convoys (external link)
	Apr. 23	Halifax	Belfast Lough	May 10	SC 81	See also narrative below
	May 11	Belfast Lough	Avonmouth	May 13	BB 173	Convoy available at BB convoys (external link)
	May 22	Avonmouth	Milford Haven	May 24	Independent	See also Page 3
	May 25	Milford Haven	Halifax	June 11	ON 98	For Sydney C.B. Convoy will be added. See ships in ON convoys
	June 12	Halifax	Sydney, C.B.	June 14	HS 12	Convoy available at HS convoys (external link)
	June 14	Sydney, C.B.	Father Point	June 17	SQ 10	Convoy available at SQ 10 (external link) Compare w/Page 3
	July 5	Father Point	Sydney, C.B.	July 8	QS 15	Convoy available at QS 15 (external link)
	July 10	Sydney, C.B.	Belfast Lough	July 23	SC 91	–
	July 23	Belfast Lough	Avonmouth	July 25	BB 202	Convoy available at BB convoys (external link)
	July 31	Avonmouth	Swansea	July 31	Independent	–
	Aug. 6	Swansea	Milford Haven	Aug. 6	Independent	–
	Aug. 7	Milford Haven	Halifax	Aug. 27	ON 120	For St. John, N.B. Convoy will be added. See ships in ON convoys
	Aug. 30	Halifax	St. John, N.B.	Sept. 1	XB 36	Convoy available at XB convoys (external link)
	Sept. 18	St. John, N.B.	Halifax	Sept. 20	FH 1	Convoy available at FH convoys (external link)
	Sept. 22	Halifax	Belfast Lough	Oct. 5	SC 102	Convoy will be added. See ships in SC convoys
	Oct. 7	Belfast Lough	Holyhead	Oct. 7	Independent	–
	Oct. 8	Holyhead	Avonmouth	Oct. 10	HM 36	Convoy available at HM 36 (external link)
	Oct. 19	Avonmouth	Swansea	Oct. 20	Independent	–
	Oct. 28	Swansea	Milford Haven	Oct. 28	Independent	–
	Oct. 29	Milford Haven	Halifax	Nov. 18	ON 142	For St. John, N.B. See also Page 4 Convoy will be added. See ships in ON convoys
	Nov. 19	Halifax	St. John, N.B.	Nov. 21	HF 15	Convoy available at HF convoys (external link)
?	Nov. 21	St. John, N.B.	Halifax	Nov. 23	FH 16	Convoy available at FH convoys (external link)
	The above voyage is not included on Page 4, which says she left St. John, N.B. on Dec. 4
	Dec. 6	Halifax	Belfast Lough	Dec. 24	SC 112	Convoy will be added. See ships in SC convoys
	Dec. 25	Belfast Lough	Avonmouth	Dec. 26	BB 248	Convoy available at BB convoys (external link)
1943	Jan. 3	Avonmouth	Swansea	Jan. 3	Independent	–
	Jan. 20	Swansea	Milford Haven	Jan. 21	Independent	–
	Jan. 23	Milford Haven	Halifax	Febr. 13	ON 163	Convoy will be added. See ships in ON convoys
	Febr. 14	Halifax	St. John, N.B.	Febr. 16	HF 36	Convoy available at HF convoys (external link)
	March 8	St. John, N.B.	Halifax	March 10	FH 41	Convoy available at FH convoys (external link)
	March 17	Halifax	Belfast Lough	Apr. 2	SC 123	Convoy will be added. See ships in SC convoys
	Apr. 2	Belfast Lough	Avonmouth	Apr. 4	BB 276	Collision in Barry Roads Apr. 4. Convoy available at BB convoys (external link)
	Apr. 11	Avonmouth	Barry	Apr. 11	Independent	Drydocked for collision repairs
	June 1	Barry	Swansea	June 1	Independent	–
	June 6	Swansea	Milford Haven	June 6	Independent	–
	June 7	Milford Haven	Halifax	June 27	ONS 10	For St. John, N.B. Convoy will be added. See ships in ONS convoys
	June 27	Halifax	St. John, N.B.	June 29	HF 62	Convoy available at HF convoys (external link)
	July 16	St. John, N.B.	Halifax	July 18	FH 66	Convoy available at FH convoys (external link)
	July 19	Halifax	Avonmouth	Aug. 3	SC 137	–
	Aug. 12	Avonmouth	Swansea	Aug. 13	Independent	–
	Aug. 17	Swansea	Milford Haven	Aug. 17	Independent	–
	Aug. 18	Milford Haven	Halifax	Sept. 1	ONS 16	For St. John, N.B. Convoy will be added. See ships in ONS convoys
	Sept. 4	Halifax	St. John, N.B.	Sept. 6	XB 72A	Convoy available at XB convoys (external link)
	Sept. 19	St. John, N.B.	Halifax	Sept. 20	FH 77	Convoy available at FH convoys (external link)
	Sept. 28	Halifax	Swansea	Oct. 13	SC 143	–
	Nov. 2	Swansea	Milford Haven	Nov. 2	Independent	–
	Nov. 3	Milford Haven	Halifax	Nov. 21	ONS 22	Convoy will be added. See ships in ONS convoys
	Dec. 15	Halifax	Swansea	Dec. 31	SC 149	–
1944	Jan. 11	Swansea	Milford Haven	Jan. 11	Independent	–
	Jan. 12	Milford Haven	–	–	ONS 27	For N.Y.C. Detached Jan. 31. Convoy will be added. See ships in ONS convoys
	Jan. 31	Detached from ONS 27	St. John, N.B.	Febr. 1	Independent	–
	Febr. 25	St. John, N.B.	Halifax	Febr. 27	FH 105	Convoy available at FH convoys (external link)
	Febr. 28	Halifax	Liverpool	March 15	SC 154	–
	March 28	Liverpool	–	–	ONS 32	For St. John, N.B. To XB 104 Apr. 17. Convoy will be added. See ships in ONS convoys
	Apr. 17	From ONS 32	–	–	XB 104	Detached to St. John, N.B. Apr. 18. Convoy available at XB convoys (external link)
	Apr. 18	Detached from XB 104	St. John, N.B.	Apr. 19	Independent	–
	May 4	St. John, N.B.	Halifax	May 5	FH 117	Convoy available at FH convoys (external link)
	May 6	Halifax	Sydney, C.B.	May 8	Independent	–
	May 13	Sydney, C.B.	Belfast Lough	May 26	HX 291	–
	May 26	Belfast Lough	Swansea	May 28	Independent	–
	June 22	Swansea	Belfast Lough	June 23	Independent	–
	June 26	Belfast Lough	Halifax	July 9	ON 242	For St. John. Convoy will be added. See ships in ON convoys
	July 9	Halifax	St. John, N.B.	July 11	Independent	–
	July 24	St. John, N.B.	Halifax	July 25	Independent	–
	July 27	Halifax	Avonmouth	Aug. 10	HX 301	–
	Aug. 20	Avonmouth	Swansea	Aug. 21	Independent	–
	Aug. 29	Swansea	Belfast Lough	Aug. 30	Independent	–
	Sept. 1	Belfast Lough	–	–	ON 251	Sunk - See "Final Fate" below. Convoy will be added. See ships in ON convoys

Some Convoy Voyages:

For information on voyages made in between those mentioned here, please see the documents received from the National Archives of Norway as well as Hague's Voyage Record above. Follow the convoy links provided for more details - other Norwegian ships also took part.

As will be seen when going to Page 1 of the archive documents, Fjordheim was on her way from Cristobal to Savannah when Norway was invaded by the Germans on Apr. 9-1940.

In Apr.-1941, British aircraft were stationed in Iceland. The Norwegian 330th Squadron was also placed there and in May that year Fjordheim successfully transported 18 Northrop (N-3-PB) aircraft, spare parts, ammunition and depth charges from Canada to Reykjavik, Convoy HX 125 A, unloading there on May 22. Cruising order/Commodore's narrative are also available for this convoy. From Reykjavik, she made an independent voyage back across the Atlantic the following month, arriving St. John's, N.F. on June 10, proceeding to Montreal a few days later - see Page 2. With a general cargo and trucks, she headed back to the U.K. at the end of June, arriving Avonmouth on July 21, having sailed in Convoy HX 136, joining from Sydney C.B. She subsequently joined the westbound Convoy ON 5, which left Liverpool on Aug. 6-1941. Her destination is given as Montreal, and she arrived there on Aug. 21, having started out from Milford Haven on Aug. 5.

In Sept.-1941, she's listed in Convoy SC 43* from Sydney, C.B. This convoy, which departed on Sept. 5, is not yet available among the SC convoys included in my Convoys section, but it will be added. Fjordheim arrived Avonmouth, via Belfast Lough, on Sept. 22, later joining the westbound Convoy ON 25*, which originated in Liverpool on Oct. 10 and dispersed on the 24th, Fjordheim arriving Montreal on Oct. 30. On Nov. 16, we find her in the slow Sydney (C.B.)-U.K. Convoy SC 55, general cargo for Manchester, where she arrived Dec. 7/8. Later that month, she joined the westbound Convoy ON 50*, leaving Liverpool on Christmas Eve, but she returned to port (Oban), subsequently joining ON 51*, which had originated in Liverpool on Dec. 27. Fjordheim arrived St. John, N.B. independently on Jan. 17-1942, the convoy having been dispersed Jan. 11.

On Febr. 4-1942, she started on her voyage back to the U.K. in the slow Convoy SC 68 from Halifax (having been cancelled from the previous convoy, SC 67 in which the Norwegian Heina was sunk). She had a general cargo for Avonmouth, where she arrived, via Belfast Lough, on Febr. 23. In March, she joined the westbound Convoy ON 78*, originating in Liverpool on March 21, arriving Halifax Apr. 9. Fjordheim, carrying aircraft, had station 42 and was bound for St. John, N.B., where she arrived Apr. 8, having started out from Milford Haven March 20. On Apr. 23, she left Halifax in Convoy SC 81 (having been cancelled from the previous convoy, SC 80), and arrived Avonmouth on May 13. She can later be found among the ships in the westbound Convoy ON 98*, which originated in Liverpool on May 26 and arrived New York June 12; Fjordheim, however (carrying china clay, station 13), started out from Milford Haven on May 25 and was bound for Montreal, where she arrived, via Halifax and Sydney, C.B., on June 19 - see Page 3. The following month, she's listed in Convoy SC 91 from Sydney, C.B., general cargo for Avonmouth, with arrival there on July 25.

She now joined the westbound Convoy ON 120*, originating in Liverpool on Aug. 8-1942, dispersed Aug. 27, Fjordheim arriving Halifax that same day, proceeding to St. John, N.B. 3 days later, with arrival Sept. 1. A. Hague has her returning to the U.K. in Convoy SC 102*, which started out in New York on Sept. 19 and arrived Liverpool Oct. 6; Fjordheim joined this convoy from Halifax, and stopped at Belfast Lough on Oct. 5, proceeding to Holyhead a couple of days later, arriving Oct. 7. On the 29th of that month she left Milford Haven in order to head back to Halifax, joining the westbound Convoy ON 142*, which originated in Liverpool on Oct. 30 and arrived New York Nov. 21; Fjordheim arrived Halifax on Nov. 18, continuing to St. John, N.B. the next day - see Page 4. Her last Trans-Atlantic voyage that year was made in Convoy SC 112*, which again started out in New York (Dec. 4), but Fjordheim joined from Halifax, and arrived Avonmouth on Dec. 26.

In Jan.-1943, we find her in the westbound Convoy ON 163*, which departed Liverpool on Jan. 24 and arrived New York Febr. 16; Fjordheim again joined from Milford Haven and stopped at Halifax on Febr. 13, proceeding to St. John, N.B. the next day. She went back in the other direction again in March in Convoy SC 123*, again joining with the Halifax portion, and arrived Avonmouth on Apr. 4 (convoy originated in New York on March 14 and arrived Liverpool Apr. 3). According to A. Hague, she was involved in a collision in Barry Roads on Apr. 4 and was drydocked for repairs - I have no further details on this incident. In June, she's listed among the ships in the westbound Convoy ONS 10*, originating in Liverpool on June 8, arriving Halifax June 27, then in July, she shows up in Convoy SC 137 from Halifax, again bound for Avonmouth with general cargo, arriving there on Aug. 3/4. Later that month, she joined the westbound Convoy ONS 16* (from Liverpool Aug. 19, to Halifax Sept. 1), heading back across the ocean on Sept. 28 in Convoy SC 143, this time bound for Swansea, where she arrived on Oct. 13. Early the following month, she joined the westbound Convoy ONS 22*, which originated in Liverpool on Nov. 4 and arrived Halifax on the 22nd; Fjordheim sailed from Milford Haven on Nov. 3 and her arrival Halifax is given as Nov. 21 on Page 5 of the archive documents. She had time for one more Trans-Atlantic voyage before that year was over, and this was made in Convoy SC 149 from Halifax on Dec. 15. She was again bound for Swansea, where she arrived Dec. 31.

A couple of weeks later, we find her in the westbound Convoy ONS 27*, originating in Liverpool on Jan. 13-1944, arriving Halifax on the 31st (Fjordheim joined from Milford Haven). Her destination is given as New York, but arrival there is not mentioned in her Voyage Record, which says she was detached on the 31st and arrived St. John, N.B. on Febr. 1, agreeing with the archive document mentioned above. Having sailed to Halifax, she joined Convoy SC 154 from there on Febr. 28, arriving Liverpool March 15, later returning to St. John in Convoy ONS 32*, departing Liverpool on March 28. In May that year, she sailed in the Sydney, C.B. portion of Convoy HX 291, arriving her destination Swansea on May 28, and in June she can be found in the westbound Convoy ON 242*, originating in Liverpool on June 25, arriving New York July 11; Fjordheim, however, stopped at Halifax on July 9, continuing to St. John, N.B. that same day, with arrival July 11. Having sailed from there back to Halifax, she left Halifax on July 27 to join the large Convoy HX 301, which had started out in New York on July 25. The Norwegian Reinholt acted as Commodore Vessel for this convoy, while Samuel Bakke was the Vice Commodore's ship. Fjordheim was bound for Avonmouth with general cargo and arrived there on Aug. 10.

* All the ON and ONS convoys mentioned here are available and will be added to individual pages in my Convoys section in due course, along with further details on each. In the meantime, the ships sailing in them (and escorts) are named in the section listing ships in all ON convoys and the page for ships in all ONS convoys. The SC series will also be completed, but for now, please see the section for ships in all SC convoys. As will be seen, they all had several Norwegian ships.

Final Fate - 1944:

As mentioned above, Fjordheim had arrived Avonmouth from Halifax on Aug. 10-1944. On Aug. 20, she proceeded to Swansea, with arrival Aug. 21, departing on Aug. 29 for Belfast Lough, where she arrived the next day (see Page 5). She left again on Sept. 1, joining the westbound Convoy ON 251, in order to return to Halifax. Fjordheim, cargo of 4000 tons anthracite, took station 165 of the convoy, which originated in Liverpool on Sept. 1 and arrived New York on the 19th. The Norwegian Bernhard, Elg, Evanger, Ferncliff (returned), Germa, Grey County, Heimgar, Henrik Ibsen, Rutenfjell, Snar, Thorhild, Tungsha, Veni and Vera were also in this convoy, as was the Panamaian Norbris, which had Norwegian managers and can be found under the N's on this website. ON 251 will be added to an individual page in my Convoys section, with more information on it; in the meantime, the ships sailing in it are named on this page; the names of the escorts can be found on this page.

At 23:40 ship's time on Sept. 2, Fjordheim was torpedoed by U-482 (Matuschka), the torpedo hitting on the starboard side aft, between hatches No.'s 4 and 5, blowing the hatches to pieces and filling the deck with water and coal. She immediately started to sink by the stern; all 4 lifeboats were manned and launched and had gotten away from the side of the ship when, 6 minutes after the torpedo had struck, the boilers exploded and she sank in position 55 20N 09 58W*.

32 men were in the boats, 1 more was picked up from the water. 5 were still missing, but 2 were found by the British S/S Empire Mallory** which had launched a boat to help in the search. The 33 in the lifeboats were picked up soon afterwards by the Canadian frigate HMCS Montreal (K-319) and transferred to the convoy rescue ship, the British S/S Fastnet on Sept. 7, as were the 2 picked up by Empire Mallory (they were transferred to the rescue ship on Sept. 13).

The 35 survivors were landed at Halifax on Sept. 17. The maritime hearings were held there on Sept. 18-1944 with the captain, the 1st and 2nd mates, the 1st and 2nd engineers, Donkeyman Nilsen, the boatswain and Able Seaman Larsson appearing. The latter had been on lookout duty at the time of the attack, the 2nd mate was on duty on the bridge, while Able Seaman Charley Strøm was at the helm, and the 2nd engineer was on duty in the engine room along with the donkeyman.

*Rowher gives the position for the attack on Fjordheim as 55 55N 09 28W at 00:10 Sept. 3, German time, while a visitor to my website (who has access to the Public Records Office in Kew) has given me the position 55 20N 08 12W.

** From Gerry Calderbank, I've received the following letter, dated New York Oct. 14-1944 and written by Captain Jansen to his father, Captain W. A. Calderbank of Empire Mallory:
"I wish to express my profound thanks for your very noble act in stopping your ship and searching for survivors from my own ill-fated ship. It must give you great satisfaction to know that in doing so you were directly responsible for saving the lives of two of my men. I also wish you would express my thanks to your gallant Third Engineer for his heroic attempt to save the life of a third one who swam towards your good ship. It was almost equally sad for the two of them that the attempt failed. Your acts have been reported to the proper authorities, and I hope it will be duly appreciated. Please consider this as an acknowledgement for the receipt of ring and watch belonging to E. Hansen. I have handed same over to him some days ago, and he was most thankful for same. Hoping to have the pleasure of meeting you personally in a not too distant future,
I remain,
Very truly yours
A. Jansen"

Crew List:
Norwegian, unless otherwise noted

Survivors
Captain Arthur Jansen	1st Mate Gustav Berntsen	2nd Mate Harald Syversen	3rd Mate Lars Larsen	Radio Operator Marcus Myhre*	Radio Operator James A. Walker (British)
Carpenter August Hågensen	Boatswain Ole Augustsen	Able Seaman Ragnar Olsen	Able Seaman Hans Leiknes	Able Seaman Sverre Gudmestad	Able Seaman Einar Beruldsen
Able Seaman Charley Strøm	Able Seaman Frithjof Larsson (Danish)	Ordinary Seaman Ernst Hansen	Ordinary Seaman Kenneth Williams (British)	Ordinary Seaman Edward J. Driscoll * (British)	1st Engineer Birger Balchen
2nd Engineer Olaf Johannessen	3rd Engineer Reimath Dyrstad	Donkeyman Wilhelm Nilsen	Stoker Nils Sjøstrøm	Stoker Ole Bjørnebo	Stoker Ernst Mikenberg (Estonian)
Oiler Johannes Utne	Trimmer Carl Lundblad (Swedish)	Trimmer Andreas Selbach	Steward Hans L. Johansen	Cook Anker Kristiansen	Galley Boy Rolf B. Sandvik
Mess Boy John McMahon (British)	Gunner Ingvald Moldestad	Gunner Kristian Mælen	Gunner Thoralf Gundersen**	Gunner Alf Borge
Casualties:
† Donkeyman Harald Ballovarre	† Stoker Einar Lillås	† Stoker Håkon Johansen

* Radio Operator Marcus Myhre had previously served on Carrier and Thoris. After the loss of Fjordheim he joined D/S Henrik Ibsen, later Rutenfjell.

** Gunner Thoralf Gundersen had previously served on Hardanger, Nandi, Kolsdal, and Cetus. After the loss of Fjordheim, he joined Roseville, later Torrens.

Related external links:
Stavern Memorial commemorations - The names are spelt a little differently at this memorial for seamen in Stavern, Norway.

Operations information for U-482

U-482 - Note the info here that U-482's previously established fate has recently been altered. To add to this, Ian Wilson has told me: "A U boat wreck in the English Channel when filmed by divers was announced to be U 322. Previously it had been thought this boat had been sunk west of the Shetlands. So what was the boat sunk there? It has been concluded that it could only have been U 482 in the area that day, 24 November 1944, heading from Bergen back again to the area she sank Fjordheim and four others. In thick fog a Norwegian Sunderland flying-boat got a radar contact and led HMS Ascension to the position, which began a depthcharge attack. No. 330 (Norwegian) Squadron operated from Oban in the west of Scotland and Sullom Voe a fjord in the Shetland Islands".

Picture of HMCS Montreal - On the Naval Museum of Manitoba website.

River Class Frigates - On the WW II Canadian ships website.

Back to Fjordheim on the "Ships starting with F" page.

Norway had previously had another steam ship by this name, delivered in Oct.-1904 as Fjordheim for A/S Hekla (Mail & Holby), Christiania, 2363 gt. Purchased by A/S D/S Dicto (B. Stolt-Nielsen), Haugesund in June-1915 and renamed Dicto. Sunk on Apr. 5-1917 by UB-39 southeast of Arment Rock on a voyage Agulias-Maryport with 3560 tons iron ore. 1 died.

The text on this page was compiled with the help of: "Våre gamle skip", Leif M. Bjørkelund & E. H. Kongshavn, "Nortraships flåte", J. R. Hegland, "Sjøforklaringer fra 2. verdenskrig", Norwegian Maritime Museum, Volume I, and misc. for cross checking info - ref. My sources.