Owner: A/S D/S Jan
Manager: Johan Eliassen, Bergen
Tonnage: 1946 gt

Built by T. van Dijvendijk, Lekkerkerk, Holland in 1920 (possibly 1921). Previous names: Ledaal 1922, Targis 1922, Albert Sauber until 1926, Torsol until 1936.

Captain from Apr. until Sept.-1941 was Karl Helmer Henriksen (previously of M/S Vinni which had been sunk by the German raider Komet - M/S Vinni's Story has more details on this).

Her voyages are listed on these original images from the Norwegian National Archives:
Page 1 | Page 2 | Page 3 | Page 4 | Page 5 | Page 6 | Page 7 | Page 8

Please compare the above voyages with Arnold Hague's Voyage Record below.

Voyage Record From Oct.-1941 to May-1945:

Follow the convoy links provided for more information on each (it might be a good idea to open the external links in a new window, so as not to lose track of this page - please note that some of them are incomplete).

Errors may exist, and several voyages are missing.

	Departure	From	To	Arrival	Convoy	Remarks
1941	Oct. 23	Sydney, C.B.	Belfast Lough	Nov. 9	SC 51	Previously traded E Coast Can/USA & Caribbean See Page 1 & Page 2
	Nov. 9	Belfast Lough	Holyhead	Nov. 10	Independent	Degaussing at Holyhead
	Nov. 12	Holyhead	Bristol	Nov. 15	BB 99	Convoy available at BB convoys (external link)
	Nov. 22	Bristol	Milford Haven	Nov. 23	Independent	Arrived with propeller defects
1942	Jan. 1	Milford Haven	Barry	Jan. 1	Independent	–
	Jan. 8	Barry	Milford Haven	Jan. 8	Independent	–
	Jan. 9	Milford Haven	Loch Ewe	Jan. 12	–	–
	Jan. 12	Loch Ewe	Reykjavik	Jan. 17	UR 7	Convoy available at UR convoys (external link)
	Febr. 8	Reykjavik	Clyde	Febr. 13	RU 11	–
	Febr. 28	Clyde	Belfast Lough	March 1	Independent	–
	March 7	Belfast Lough	Milford Haven*	March 8	BB 146	*Compare w/Page 3 Convoy available at BB convoys (external link)
	March 14	Milford Haven*	Solent	March 16	WP 126	Convoy available at WP convoys (external link)
	March 19	Solent	Barry	March 21	PW 128	Convoy available via this page (external link)
	March 24	Barry Roads	Solent	March 26	WP 131	Convoy available at WP convoys (external link)
	March 29	Solent	Barry	March 31	PW 133	Convoy available via this page (external link)
	Apr. 4	Barry Roads	Solent	Apr. 7	WP 136	Again, see Page 3 Convoy available at WP convoys (external link)
	Apr. 15	Solent	Falmouth	Apr. 16	PW 141	Convoy available via this page (external link)
	May 2	Falmouth	Barry	May 3	PW 149	See also Page 3 above. Convoy available at link above
	May 8	Barry	Milford Haven	May 9	Independent	–
	May 11	Milford Haven	–	–	ON 94	For Parrsboro, NS. Detached May 25. Convoy will be added. See ships in ON convoys
	May 25	Detached from ON 94	Parrsboro	May 27	Independent	–
	June 15	Parrsboro	Halifax	June 20	Independent	–
	July 5	Halifax	Sydney, C.B.	July 7	HS 21	Convoy available at HS convoys (external link)
	July 10	Sydney, C.B.	Loch Ewe	July 23	SC 91	–
	July 23	Loch Ewe	Methil	July 25	WN 313	Convoy available at WN convoys (external link)
	July 25	Methil	Southend	July 27	FS 864	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link) See also Page 3
	Aug. 2	Southend	Tyne	Aug. 4	FN 776	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Aug. 5	Tyne	Methil	Aug. 6	FN 778	Convoy available at link above
	Aug. 7	Methil	Loch Ewe	Aug. 9	EN 121	Convoy available at EN convoys (external link)
	Aug. 15	Loch Ewe	Halifax	Sept. 1	ON 122	For Herring Cove
	Sept. 6	Halifax	Herring Cove	Sept. 8	XB 37	Convoy available at XB convoys (external link)
	Sept. 12	Herring Cove	Windsor, NS	Sept. 14	Independent	–
	Sept. 20	Windsor, NS	St. John, N.B.	–	Independent	See also Page 4
	Sept. 23	St. John, N.B.	Halifax	Sept. 25	FH 2	Convoy available at FH convoys (external link)
	Sept. 29	Halifax	Oban	Oct. 14	SC 103	Convoy will be added. See ships in SC convoys
	Oct. 14	Oban	Methil	Oct. 17	WN 349	Convoy available at WN convoys (external link)
	Oct. 18	Methil	Ipswich	Oct. 23	FS 937	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	Nov. 1	Ipswich	Tyne	Nov. 4	FN 855	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Dec. 17	Tyne	Methil	Dec. 18	FN 893	Convoy available at link above
	Dec. 19	Methil	Loch Ewe	Dec. 21	EN 175	Convoy available at EN convoys (external link)
	Dec. 24	Loch Ewe	Reykjavik	Dec. 29	UR 55	Convoy available at UR convoys (external link)
1943	Jan. 19	Reykjavik	Loch Ewe	Jan. 25	RU 58	Missing voyages, Page 4 Convoy available at RU convoys (external link)
	Jan. 26	Loch Ewe	Methil	Jan. 28	WN 388	Convoy available at WN convoys (external link) Missing voyages, Page 4 above
	Febr. 14	Methil	Loch Ewe	Febr. 17	EN 196	Convoy available at EN convoys (external link)
	Febr. 20	Loch Ewe	Liverpool	Febr. 22	Independent	–
	March 3	Liverpool	Clyde	March 4	Independent	–
	March 6	Clyde	Swansea	March 8	Independent	–
	March 11	Swansea	Loch Ewe	March 15	Independent	–
	March 24	Loch Ewe	Reykjavik	March 28	UR 68	Convoy available at UR convoys (external link)
	Apr. 7	Reykjavik	Belfast Lough	Apr. 11	RU 69	Convoy available at RU convoys (external link)
	Apr. 11	Belfast Lough	Barry	Apr. 13	Independent	–
	May 12	Barry	Barry Roads	–	Independent	See Page 5
	May 17	Barry Roads	Milford Haven	May 17	Independent	–
	May 19	Milford Haven	Clyde	May 22	KX 10	Put back with broken pump. Convoy available at KX convoys (external link)
	June 4	Clyde	–	–	OS 49/KMS 16	Convoy split, June 13. Available at OS 49/KMS 16 (external link)
	June 13	Convoy split	Gibraltar	June 15	KMS 16G	Convoy will be added. See ships in KMS convoys
	June 16	Gibraltar	Algiers	June 18	KMS 16	Convoy will be added. See link above
	June 27	Algiers	Oran	June 28	–	–
	July 13	Oran	Bizerta	July 16	–	–
	Sept. 24	Bizerta	Malta	Sept. 26	Independent	–
	Oct. 10	Malta	Naples	Oct. 14	–	Notional sailing date.
	Oct. 29	Naples	Augusta	Oct. 31	NV 6	Convoy available at NV convoys (external link)
	Nov. 2	Augusta	Bizerta	Nov. 4	–	See also Page 5
	Nov. 8	Bizerta	Bizerta	Nov. 19	–	Voyage data unknown.
	Nov. 25	Bizerta	Philippeville	Nov. 27	–	–
	Dec. 5	Philippeville	Augusta	–	–	–
	Dec. 10	Augusta	Catania	Dec. 10	–	–
	Dec. 14	Catania	Augusta	Dec. 14	–	–
	Dec. 15	Augusta	Naples	Dec. 17	VN 12	Convoy available at VN convoys (external link)
1944	Jan. 14	Naples	Torre Annunzio	Jan. 14	–	–
	She had arrived Naples on Dec. 17, as noted above, but it looks like she may have made another voyage, then returned to Naples, with arrival Jan. 12-1944 - see Page 5.
	Jan. 19	Torre Annunziata	Naples	Jan. 19	–	–
	Febr. 10	Naples	Bizerta	Febr. 15	–	Notional sailing date.
	Febr. 26	Bizerta	Augusta	–	–	–
	Febr. 29	Augusta	Barletta	March 2	–	–
	March 3	Barletta	Bari	March 8*	–	Voyage data unknown. *Compare w/Page 5
	March 8	Bari	Brindisi	March 8	–	–
	March 11	Brindisi	Taranto	March 13	Escorted	–
	Apr. 14	Taranto	Augusta	Apr. 16	HA 36	Convoy available at HA convoys (external link)
	Apr. 19	Augusta	Algiers	Apr. 23	GUS 37	Augusta to Algiers. Convoy available at GUS convoys (external link)
	May 4	Algiers	Bizerta	May 6	KMS 48A	Algiers to Bizerta. Convoy will be added. See ships in KMS convoys
	May 7	Bizerta	Augusta	–	–	–
	May 12	Augusta	Torre Annunzio	May 13	VN 39	Via Naples - see Page 5. Convoy available at VN convoys (external link)
	May 17	Torre Annunziata	Naples	May 18	–	–
	June 5	Cagliari	San Antioco	Oct. 19*	–	*This date must be an error (arr. date not given on Page 6)
	June 13	San Antioco	Bizerta	June 17	–	–
	June 20	Bizerta	Algiers	June 22	GUS 43	Bizerta to Algiers. Convoy available at GUS convoys (external link)
	July 7	Algiers	Gibraltar	July 10	MKS 54	Algiers to UK. Convoy will be added. See ships in MKS convoys
	Aug. 7	Gibraltar	Loch Ewe	Aug. 20	XK 18	Convoy available via this page (external link)
	Aug. 22	Loch Ewe	Methil	Aug. 24	WN 624	Convoy available at WN convoys (external link)
	Aug. 25	Methil	Middlesbrough	Aug. 26	FS 1555	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	Sept. 30	Middlesbrough	Sunderland	Sept. 30	–	–
	Oct. 4	Sunderland	Southend	Oct. 6	FS 1595	Convoy available at link above
	Oct. 9	Southend	Methil	Oct. 11	FN 1505	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link) Compare w/Page 6 (also, missing voyages)
	Oct. 24	Methil	Southend	Oct. 26	FS 1615	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	Oct. 28	Southend	Tyne	Oct. 30	FN 1524	Again, see Page 6 above. Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Nov. 6	Tyne	Southend	Nov. 9	FS 1628	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	Nov. 14	Southend	Methil	Nov. 16	FN 1541	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Nov. 19	Methil	Londonderry	Nov. 22	EN 455	Via Loch Ewe - see Page 6 Convoy available at EN convoys (external link)
	Nov. 28	Londonderry	Cardiff	Nov. 30	Independent	–
	Dec. 4	Cardiff	Belfast	Dec. 7	Independent	–
	Dec. 10	Belfast	Barry	Dec. 12	Independent	–
	Dec. 16	Barry	Southend	Dec. 19	BTC 9	Convoy available at BTC convoys (external link) See also Page 7
1945	Jan. 4	Southend	Middlesbrough	Jan. 6	FN 1592	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Jan. 16	Middlesbrough	Downs	Jan. 19	FS 1699	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	Jan. 20	Southend*	Plymouth	Jan. 22	TBC 44	*From Downs. Convoy available at TBC convoys (external link)
	Febr. 5*	Plymouth	Barry	Febr. 6	TBC 58	*Febr. 3? - See Page 7 Convoy available at link above
	Febr. 10	Barry Island	Belfast	Febr. 12	MH 20/2	Again, see also Page 7 above. Convoy available via this page (external link)
	Febr. 17	Belfast Lough	Barry	Febr. 19	BB 27/2	Convoy available at BB convoys (external link)
	Febr. 23	Barry Island	Liverpool	Febr. 24	MH 33/2	Convoy available via this page (external link)
	March 4	Liverpool	Barry	March 5	BB 41/2	Convoy available at BB convoys (external link)
	March 9	Barry	Southend	March 12	BTC 92	Convoy available at BTC convoys (external link) See also Page 7
	March 23	Southend	Sharpness	March 26	TBC 106	Convoy available at TBC convoys (external link)
	Apr. 10	Sharpness	Barry Island	–	Independent	–
	Apr. 11	Barry Island	Belfast	Apr. 12	MH 80/2	Convoy available via this page (external link)
	Apr. 29	Belfast	Newport	May 1	–	Further voyages, Page 7 & Page 8

Some Convoy Voyages:

For information on voyages made in between those mentioned here, please see the documents received from the Norwegian archives and Hague's Voyage Record above. Follow the convoy links provided for more details on them, several Norwegian ships took part.

As will be seen when going to Page 1 of the archive documents, Jan was on her way from Cienfuegos to New Orleans when Norway was invaded by the Germans on Apr. 9-1940.

It looks like she made a voyage to Greenland later that year; arrival/departure Ivigtut is not given, but she was back in the U.S. on Dec. 9.

Jan, bound for Bristol with lumber, is listed in the slow Sydney (C.B.)-U.K. Convoy SC 51 on Oct. 23-1941. She arrived her destination, via Belfast Lough and Holyhead, on Nov. 15 - see Page 2.

In Febr.-1942, we find her in Convoy RU 11 from Reykjavik to the U.K., bound for Clyde. She subsequently made voyages to Belfast, Barry, Southampton, Falmouth etc. (see Page 3), then in May that year she shows up in the westbound North Atlantic Convoy ON 94, which originated in Liverpool on May 12 and arrived Halifax on the 25th; Jan's destination is given as Parrsboro, N.S., where she arrived on May 27, having detached from the convoy on the 25th. The Norwegian Carmelfjell (returned), Dux, Evanger, Ingertre, Mathilda, Norelg (returned) and Torfinn Jarl are also listed. This convoy will be added to an individual page in my Convoys section, but for now, the ships sailing in it are named on this page. Jan headed back to the U.K. on July 10 with the slow Sydney (C.B.)-U.K. Convoy SC 91, cargo of lumber for London; several Norwegian ships took part, as will be seen when following the link. Some of them, including Jan, returned across the Atlantic the following month with the westbound Convoy ON 122 (in which the Norwegian Trolla was sunk). The Norwegian corvettes Acanthus, Eglantine, Montbretia and Potentilla were among the escorts - see also the Commodore's report. Jan was bound for Herring Cove, arriving there, via Halifax, on Sept. 8, according to Page 4. Arnold Hague has her returning to the U.K. in Convoy SC 103*, which originated in New York on Sept. 26 and arrived Liverpool on Oct. 14, but Jan joined this convoy from Halifax, stopping at Oban on the 14th. The Norwegian Ada, Boreas, Ingerfire, Rio Branco, Rolf Jarl, Solitaire, Carmelfjell, Norfalk, Pan Aruba, Solhavn, Solstad and Vinland are also listed in this convoy.

She now made voyages to places like Methil, Ipswich, Tyne, Loch Ewe, Reykjavik, Liverpool, Swansea, Barry, Milford Haven etc. until June-1943, when she's included in Convoy OS 49/KMS 16, which departed Liverpool on June 4 and split up on the 13th. Jan was in the Gibraltar portion, KMS 16*, which arrived there on June 15, however, she continued to Algiers, where she arrived on June 18 - again, several Norwegian ships took part, ref. external link in table above. Jan subsequently made voyages to Oran, Bizerta (July-1943), Malta (Sept.-1943), Naples and Augusta (Oct.-1943), back to Bizerta and on to Philippeville (Nov.-1943), Catania, Augusta and Naples (Dec.-1943) - see Page 5 and Voyage Record above.

In 1944 she made further voyages to Naples, Bizerta, Bari, Taranto, Augusta etc., bringing us to May-1944, when we find her in Convoy KMS 48A*, which left Gibraltar on May 1 and arrived Augusta on the 6th, Jan, however, joined this convoy from Algiers (left Algiers May 4, having previously arrived Algiers from Augusta on Apr. 23 with Convoy GUS 37) and was bound for Bizerta, where she arrived May 6. In July that same year she's listed in Convoy MKS 54*, originating in Port Said on June 28, arriving Gibraltar on July 10, but Jan joined from Algiers (left July 7), having previously arrived Algiers from Bizerta on June 22 with Convoy GUS 43 (both the GUS convoys mentioned here are available at the external website that I've linked to in the Voyage Record; these convoys had originated in Port Said and had the U.S. as their final destination).

The following month she travelled from Gibraltar to the U.K., subsequently making several voyages around the U.K. - see Page 6.

From Page 7, we learn that she got to go home to Norway in July-1945. Page 8 shows her voyages to Febr.-1946.

* The entire SC series will be updated and completed, but for now, please go to ships in all SC convoys for the names of other ships sailing in SC 103. All the KMS and MKS convoys will also be added to individual pages in my Convoys section; in the meantime, the ships sailing in them are named in the section listing ships in all KMS convoys, and ships in all MKS convoys. More details on the other Norwegian ships mentioned here can be found with the help of the alphabet index at the end of this page, or go to the Master Ship Index.

Back to Jan on the "Ships starting with J" page.

A fishing vessel, M/B Jan (H 135 S) escaped from Tælavåg on Oct. 5-1941 with 19 people on board.