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D/S Gun To Gun on the "Ships starting with G" page. Manager: Sig. Gulbrandsen, Oslo Built in 1918. Previous names: Elgen, Siggen, Eina, Soltind, Belize?
According to "Våre gamle skip" by Leif M. Bjørkelund and E. H. Kongshavn, she was delivered in Oct.-1918 from N. V. Werf Zeeland, Hansweert as Elgen to T. J. Wiborg & Sønn, Christiania (Oslo today). 670 gt, 351 net, 970 tdwt, 179.2' x 30.1' x 12.6', Triple exp. 127 nhp - S & v.d. Dongen. (I'm not sure who owned her when she had the names Eina, Soltind and Belize, nor do I know if these names are correct). From 1934 she sailed as Gun for August Kjerland, Bergen. Further history below. According to British sources this vessel was managed by W. A. Wilson, Southampton during the war, but a posting on my Ship Forum says that Norwegian sources (including Norske Veritas register and "Nortraships flåte") state she was owned/managed by Holter-Sørensen in 1940. "Våre gamle skip", however, says she was managed by Holter-Sørensen from 1946 (Sig. Gulbrandsen before that). One of the responses to a query I posted on my Ship Forum, states the following: According to Lloyd's Register, Holter Sørensen did not "buy" the ship until 1946 and Primo was a Gulbrandsen-managed company up until then.
Gun is listed as sailing in the U.K.-Norway Convoy ON 15 at the end of Febr.-1940. At the end of the following month we find her in Convoy HN 23A from Norway to the U.K., bound for Tyne in ballast, thereby ending up in allied service (the Germans invaded Norway shortly afterwards). Follow the links for more info; several Norwegian ships took part. She took part in the Normandie operations in June-1944, arriving Utah Beach on June 22. The external site below has her in several EBC convoys, as well as in returning FBC convoys in this time period, up until Aug.-1944 - follow the instructions provided at the link to find them. In Jan.-1945 she's listed in Convoy TAM 50, which left Southend on Jan. 15 and arrived Antwerp on the 16th. In March-1945 we find her, together with the Norwegian Avance I, in the Antwerp-U.K. Convoy ATM 106, which left Antwerp on March 27 and arrived Southend the next day. See the external links below.
Managed by Holter-Sørensen & Co. from 1946, then by Bakkevig & Omdahl from 1952. Transferred to Thomas R. Omdahl, Haugesund in 1954, then sold back to Oslo that same year. From 1956 she sailed as Lista of Copenhagen, then as Lena from 1956, registered in Panama. Related external links: Back to Gun on the "Ships starting with G" page. Sweden lost a steamship named Gun to U-3 (Schepke) on Sept. 30-1939, off Hanstholm, Denmark. This website has a list of several vessels named Gun, they appear to be whale catchers. Text is in Norwegian, and here's the main page.
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