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M/T Fosna To Fosna on the "Ships starting with F" page. Manager: A/S J. Ludwig Mowinckels Rederi, Bergen Delivered as Fosna in Nov.-1930, built by A/B Götaverken, Gothenburg, hull built by Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd., Dundee (340), 8202 gt, 4855 net, 12 310 tdwt, 451.1' x 59.2' x 27.3', 2 x 7 cyl. 4 TEV DM (Götaverken), 3000 bhp. There's a message with regard to this ship in my Guestbook. The poster of this message is looking for more details about the captain and crew in March-1939, I have his address in my files. (I've suggested he contact the Norwegian Maritime Museum and/or the National Archives. The addresses can be found on the main page of my ship lists).
Managed by British Tanker Co. during the war. "Nortraships flåte" states that Fosna fired upon a suspicious vessel in 08 04N 74 48E on Dec. 9-1940. The ship later turned out to be the British Katie Moller. Fosna was scheduled for the New York-U.K. Convoy HX 292 in May-1944, but instead joined the next convoy, Convoy HX 293. In July-1944 she's listed as sailing in Convoy HX 299, then towards the end of the following month she joined Convoy HX 305. In Oct. she shows up in Convoy HX 312, bound for Heysham, then Mersey, and in Dec. that same year we find her in Convoy HX 326 from New York. She returned to the U.S. with the westbound Convoy ON 277 in Jan.-1945, and on that occasion picked up survivors from the American Jonas Lie which had been torpedoed. Follow link for more info, as well as the external link provided below.
Sold in 1951 to D'Amico Societa di Navigazione SpA, Rome, and renamed Marinella. Laid up at Venice from March 7-1958. Sold to Italian breakers during Aug.-1960. Related external links: The Australian War Memorial has a picture of Fosna. It can be found by running a search through their collection search page. A casualty - This man, Able Seaman Mons Havnerås is listed as having died in an accident on board on July 29-1943. Additionally, I've been told by a visitor to my site that Ordinary Seaman Otto Johannes Nyberg, from Askvoll in Sogn og Fjordane lost his life in an accident in Auckland, New Zealand on Oct. 18-1940. He's buried in Auckland. (Source for this information: "Våre falne"). Back to Fosna on the "Ships starting with F" page. Other ships by this name: Historical Index of the Great Lakes has a lot of information and a picture of a later ship named Fosna, same company - built in Middlesbrough in 1955, 10 880 gt. Type "Fosna" in the field for 'vessel', then on the page that comes up, click in the little box with the item number. The page that comes up has technical details on the ship and a picture thumbnail - clicking on the thumbnail will bring up a larger photo. It also lists all her later names (Eurochemist, Cabatern, Baffin Transport) and owners. Broken up in 1978. Typing 'Norway" in the search field for 'Registry' on the main page will bring up some of the Norwegian vessels listed on the site. The text on this page was compiled with the help of: "Nortraships flåte", J. R. Hegland, Roger W. Jordan - and misc.
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