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M/S Heranger To Heranger on the "Ships starting with H" page.
Heranger, with a general cargo for Liverpool, is listed in the Halifax-U.K. Convoy HX 51 in June-1940, joining the convoy from Bermuda. In July-1940 she's listed in Convoy OB 186 - ref. external link at the end of this page. In Oct. that year she can be found in the Bermuda portion of Convoy HX 80, bound for Liverpool with general and lumber. The following month she shows up in Convoy OB 249, leaving Liverpool on Nov. 24-1940, dispersed 4 days later. Her destination is given as San Pedro, station 63. Again, see the external website that I've linked to at the end of this page for the names of the other ships in this convoy; several of them were Norwegian. In March-1941 she sailed in Convoy HX 114, bound for Belfast and Liverpool with a general cargo, lumber and 5 bombers. In July that year she can be found in Convoy HX 138, bound for Mersey with general cargo, returning with the westbound Convoy ON 8 the following month; her destination is given as Panama. In Nov. she sailed in HX 160. In Apr.-1942 she's listed among the ships in Convoy HX 183, with 4 bombers on her after deck and crated planes on her foredeck, and at the end of May she can be found in Convoy HX 192 with 2 bombers on her deck. A few months later, in Aug.-1942, Heranger sailed in Convoy HX 202, general cargo for Mersey. This convoy arrived Liverpool on Aug. 21, and Heranger returned across the ocean with the westbound Convoy ON 127 - a lot of the ships are currently unnamed, but please go to the section listing ships in all ON convoys for the names of other ships in ON 127, which left Liverpool on Sept. 4-1942 (Liverpool-New York convoy) and in which the company's Hindanger was torpedoed on Sept. 11 (Hindanger had also arrived with HX 202). M/T Sveve was also sunk in this convoy; see also M/T Fjordaas and M/T Daghild. Heranger subsequently joined Convoy HX 211 to head back to Liverpool in Oct., then at the end of Nov.-1942 she's listed in Convoy KMS 4. By then the Allied invasion of North and West Africa had taken place (Operation Torch). No destination is given for Heranger when in Convoy KMS 4, but according to "Nortraships flåte" she was unloading cargo in Algiers on Jan. 11-1943. While there, the gunners were on a 24 hr duty to prevent sabotage attempts from possible agents on shore. She was still there on the evening of Jan. 15 when Algiers was attacked by aircraft and took part in the defense with her Bofors and 12 lb guns. She departed Algiers on the 18th, then took on board ballast at Nemours the next day. Though the air raid sirens were sounded while there, no attack followed. Heranger continued to Oran on Jan. 25 escorted by an armed British trawler, then joined a convoy to Gibraltar, before continuing north in that convoy (Convoy MKS 7). Around midnight the convoy lost 3 ships to a minefield laid off Gibraltar by a U-boat the week before (follow the link to this convoy for more details). Heranger arrived Glasgow on Febr. 17. The external site that I've linked to at the end of this text has her in Convoy HX 232 at the beginning of Apr.-1943. At the end of that month she joined the westbound North Atlantic Convoy ON 181, her destination New York. She returned to the U.K. at the end of May with Convoy HX 242, which left New York City on May 31-1943 and arrived Liverpool on June 15. She had a general cargo for Liverpool, station 95. That fall, in Aug.-1943, she was scheduled for Convoy HX 251 from New York to the U.K., but instead joined the next convoy, HX 252, general cargo for Swansea, station 111. Early in Oct.-1943 she's listed in the New York-U.K. Convoy HX 260, and in Dec. that same year she shows up in HX 270 - again, ref. external links below. Towards the end of Febr.-1944 she was in Convoy HX 280 from New York, bound for London and carrying a general cargo and explosives. She also sailed in the westbound Convoy ON 231 along with 14 other Norwegian ships, namely Bernhard, Ferncourt, Haakon Hauan, Spinanger, Vav, Solstad, Idefjord, President de Vogue, Østhav, Kong Haakon VII, Thorsholm, Skaraas, Høyanger and Nordanger, all listed on this website. This convoy, which is available on this page in the section listing ships in all ON convoys, departed Liverpool on Apr. 7 and arrived New York on the 24th. She returned to the U.K. with Convoy HX 291 in May-1944, which included Vav, Høyanger (Vice Commodore ship), O. B. Sørensen, Para, Villanger, Stirlingville, Minerva, Velox, and others - follow the link for details. This convoy departed New York on May 10 and arrived Liverpool on the 27th; Heranger was bound for Liverpool with general cargo. That summer, in July-1944, she's listed in Convoy HX 299 from New York, bound for Glasgow with general cargo, and it's obvious she unloaded her cargo and went straight back across the ocean in this period (this must have been with Convoy ON 247 - see list further up on this page), because at the end of the following month, we find her, with general cargo for London, in Convoy HX 306. She's also listed in Convoy HX 318 from New York in Nov. that year, bound for Liverpool with general cargo and frozen goods. She was scheduled for the New York-U.K. Convoy HX 333 in Jan.-1945, but instead joined the next convoy, HX 334, carrying a general cargo and explosives for Hull. In March-1945 she sailed in the westbound Convoy ON 288 with Villanger, Viggo Hansteen, Tanafjord, Slemmestad, G. C. Brøvig, Dageid, Polartank, Harald Torsvik and Høyanger. This convoy departed Southend on March 2-1945 and arrived New York on March 19. The Norwegian commodore, R. G. Bruusgaard was on the British Port Fremantle. (ON 288 will be added to this site in due course, in the meantime, scroll down to ON 288 on this page). Going back to the external site already mentioned, we find that she returned to the U.K. at the beginning of Apr.-1945 with Convoy HX 348. (Note that the site also has Heranger in a couple of local Methil-Southend/Southend-Methil convoys).
Sold in July-1959 to Societe Monegasque de Transports Maritimes, Monaco, renamed St. Charles. Broken up in La Spezia 1963. Related external links: See also this To Heranger on the "Ships starting with H" page. Other ships by this name: Westfal-Larsen later had a tanker named Heranger, originally delivered from Kockums, Malmö as H. Westfal-Larsen in Febr.-1950, 10 523 gt. Converted to bulk carrier by W. Gray, W. Hartlepool in 1962, renamed Heranger, 12 239 gt. Sold to Piræus in Dec.-1965, renamed Dimitris A. Lemos, then Cape Dalemos in 1966, Dalemos in 1969. Sold to Panama in 1971, renamed Volos. Broken up in Spain 1972. The company's 3rd Heranger was delivered from Kockums in Oct.-1968, 18 470 gt. Renamed Star Heranger in 1972. Sold to Monrovia in Oct.-1978, renamed Star East. Sold to Piræus in 1980, renamed Star Perseus. Sold to Manilla in 1981, renamed Star Visayas. (Info from company fleet list). The text on this page was compiled with the help of: "Nortraships flåte", J. R. Hegland, "The Allied Convoy System", Arnold Hague, "The World's Merchant Fleets, R. W. Jordan (plus E-mails from author), "Axis Submarine Successes of World War Two", Jürgen Rohwer - ref. My sources.
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