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D/S Hada County To Hada County on the "Ships starting with H" page. Manager: A/S J. Ludwig Mowinckels Rederi, Bergen Delivered from Craig, Taylor & Co. Ltd., Stockton-on-Tees (202) in March-1921 as Nordkyn to A/S Doris (Gørrison & Co. A/S) Christiania. 386' x 53' x 26.6', Triple exp. (Blair & Co. Ltd., Stockton-on-Tees), 515 nhp. In 1922 owners became A/S Baltic (same managers), and from 1923 owned by A/S Panama (same managers). Sold to A/S J. Ludwig Mowinckels Rederi, Bergen in 1925, renamed Hada, owned by A/S Samseiling from 1927 (A/S J. Ludwig Mowinckels Rederi), Bergen, renamed Hada County. Captain: Andreas Hansen, who had been on board for 14 years, first as 3rd mate, then 2nd mate and 1st mate. He had been her captain for 2 months when the ship ran aground.
Hada County can be found listed in Convoy OB 149, departing Liverpool on May 16-1940, dispersed the next day. Her voyage information is given as Swansea-Quebec, and she had station 12 of the convoy. The Norwegian Sandar and Novasli are also included. The external websites that I've linked to below have more on the OB convoys. In July/Aug.-1940 we find her in station 92 of the Halifax-U.K. Convoy HX 59, bound for Milford Haven with general cargo, later joining Convoy OB 205 towards the end of Aug. (departed Liverpool Aug. 26, dispersed Aug. 29). She headed back to the U.K. in Sept. that year in Convoy HX 76 - follow links for more convoy details, several Norwegian ships took part. At the beginning of Nov.-1940 Hada County joined Convoy OB 239, which left Liverpool on Nov. 4, but is said to have returned to Oban on the 8th. In Jan.-1941 she sailed in the Halifax-U.K. Convoy HX 101, bound for Avonmouth with a general cargo. In March we find her in Convoy OB 294, from which the Norwegian Bianca and several others were lost (convoy left Liverpool on March 5, dispersed on March 9). Hada County was scheduled to return to the U.K. the following month in Convoy HX 122, but did not sail. She shows up again among the ships in Convoy HX 126 in which M/T John P. Pedersen was sunk in May-1941. Hada County had a general cargo for Liverpool and had station 83 of the convoy - my page about HX 126 and the page about John P. Pedersen have a lot more details. The external site that I've linked to below now has her in Convoy OB 335, which left Liverpool on June 16-1941 and arrived Halifax, Hada County's destination, on July 2. The same site has also included her in Convoy HX 141, leaving Halifax on July 27-1941. As can be seen by following the link, she's not mentioned on my own page for this convoy, but my information is incomplete. She returned with the westbound North Atlantic Convoy ON 11 at the end of the following month, bound for Boston, station 55. Going back to the external site, we also find her in Convoy HX 155, leaving Halifax on Oct. 16-1941, arriving Liverpool on the 31st. (this convoys is not available on my own site). She subsequently went back across the Atlantic with the westbound Convoy ON 38 (left Liverpool on Nov. 19, dispersed on the 30th) - this convoy will be added to my site, in the meantime, the ships sailing in it are named in the section listing ships in all ON convoys. As will be seen below, this proved to be her last voyage. Related external links: See also this chronological
Hada County ran aground near Grand Manan Island, New Brunswick on Dec. 6-1941, when on a voyage with cargo of coal from Swansea to St. John; total loss. From the U.K. she had been in the westbound North Atlantic Convoy ON 38, as already mentioned. (Other Norwegian ships taking part were Atlantic, Fjordaas, Geisha, Marit II, O. A. Knudsen, Sandanger, Skaraas, Stiklestad and Troubadour).
Back to Hada County on the "Ships starting with H" page. This company had another Hada County after the war, ex Furnifield M. Simmons, built in Wilmington in 1943, 7177 gt. Became Danish Ellen Maersk in 1947 (A. P. Møller, Copenhagen), then sold to Mowinckels in 1948 and renamed Hada County. Sailed under the Liberian flag as Comet from 1952 (Frinton Shipbrokers, London), managers became Pegasus Ocean Services, London in 1964. Broken up in Sakaide, Japan in 1968. The text on this page was compiled with the help of: Misc. sources, incl. "Nortraships flåte", J. R. Hegland, "Sjøforklaringer fra 2. verdenskrig", Volume I (Norwegian Maritime Museum) - ref. My sources.
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