D/S Ingertre- Norwegian Merchant Fleet 1939-1945

Some War Voyages:

Managed to escape St. Nazaire (as the last ship to leave) in June-1940 during the chaotic days of evacuations from France. No pilot or tugs were to be found, but the captain managed to maneuvre the ship out without, just as the Germans marched into the city, and arrived safely in England.

In Sept.-1940 we find her in the slow Sydney (C.B.)-U.K. Convoy SC 4, which had a large number of Norwegian ships. Ingertre was bound for Hull with a cargo of pit props, and appears to have been cancelled from the faster Convoy HX 72, in which Simla and several others were sunk. A couple of months later, in Nov.-1940, Ingertre shows up in Convoy OB 244 together with 11 other Norwegian vessels. Her destination is given as Sydney, C. B. (Cape Breton) and she had station 93 of the convoy, having joined from Oban.

Towards the end of Jan.-1941 she sailed in the slow Halifax-U.K. Convoy SC 20, cargo of pit props for West Hartlepool. In March-1941 she's listed as bound for Canada with Convoy OB 300, leaving Liverpool on March 20 - see the external link at the end of this page. She returned to the U.K. at the end of Apr.-1941 with Convoy SC 30, cargo of lumber for Hull. In Aug.-1941 we find her in station 84 of the westbound North Atlantic Convoy ON 7; her destination is given as St. John's. In Nov. that same year she's listed in station 33 of the westbound Convoy ON 35, bound for Tampa, returning to the U.K. at the end of the following month with Convoy SC 62, cargo of phosphates for the Tees.

She also sailed in Convoy SC 79 from Halifax to the U.K. in Apr.-1942, cargo of timber for Newport. In June that year she sailed in SC 88, steel and cotton for Liverpool, and in Aug./Sept.-1942, she's listed in Convoy SC 98.

In Sept.-1943 she sailed in Convoy SC 141, cargo of lumber for Tyne.

Follow the links for the names of the other ships in these convoys; many of them were Norwegian.

The external website that I've linked to below has Ingertre in Convoy OS 62/KMS 36, which left Liverpool on Dec. 15-1943. Ingertre's destination is given as Sicily, and she's listed in the Gibraltar portion of the convoy (KMS 36), which arrived there on Jan. 3-1944, the convoy having split up the day before (the OS portion was bound for Freetown). I'm not sure what the note "returning" means in this case. The Norwegian Mathilda, Boreas and Fernbank are also included - follow the link for names of other ships.

POST WAR:

Went ashore in fog on Oct. 16th-1949, at Alkhornet, at the entrance to Isfjord. Salvage was impossible (Charles Hocking).

Related external link:
OS and OS/KMS Convoys - The site also has a section on OB convoys, and others. As can be seen, Ingertre is mentioned in Convoy OB 300 and OS 62/KMS 36.