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D/S Knoll
Updated Oct. 18-2009

To Knoll on the "Ships starting with K" page.


This shows the ship when she had the name Fager.
Source: Bjørn Milde's postcard collection.
See also the external websites that I've linked to at the end of this page for more pictures.

Manager: A. Salvesen, Oslo
Tonnage:
1151 gt

Built by Trondhjems mek. Verksted, Trondheim, Norway in 1916. Previous names: Fager until 1933, Akabahra until 1936, Mirva until 1939.

What follows was found at the last external website that I've linked to at the end of this page: "Built as Fager for Nilson, Nyquist & Co., Oslo with triple expansion steam reciprocating main engine. Sold in 1933 to E. D. Knutsen, Oslo, renamed Akabahra. Sold in 1935 to Hans B. Jeppesen, Oslo (name unchanged). Sold in 1936 to A/S Salvesens Rederi, Oslo, renamed Mirva. Renamed Knoll in 1939 (same owner).

Captain: Jacob Marcussen

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 | Page 9 | Page 10 | Page 11 | Page 12 | Page 13 | Page 14


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

Voyage Record
From Jan.-1940 to Apr.-1945:

(Received from Don Kindell - His source: The late Arnold Hague's database).

Follow the convoy links provided for more information on each.

Errors may exist, and several voyages are missing.

Departure From To Arrival Convoy Remarks
1940 Jan. 27 Norwegian Waters Methil Jan. 31 HN 9A
March 23 Tyne Southend March 25 FS 127 Convoy available at FS convoys
(external link)
Missing voyages, Page 1
July 31 Milford Haven OB 192 For Sydney, C.B.
Dispersed 54 26n 20 16W, Aug. 4 (arr. Aug. 14).
Convoy available at OB 192
(external link)
Missing voyages, Page 1 above
Sept. 19 Sydney, C.B. Liverpool* Oct. 4 SC 5 See also narrative below
(*arr. Clyde, Oct. 3)
Oct. 7 Clyde Methil Oct. 10 WN 21S Convoy available at WN convoys
(external link)
Oct. 16 Methil Yarmouth Oct. 19 FS 311 Convoy available at FS convoys
(external link)
Oct. 29 Yarmouth Hartlepool Oct. 31 FN 322 Convoy available at FN convoys
(external link)
Missing voyages, Page 2
1941 July 25 Milford Haven ON 1 Earlier 1941 voyages, Page 2 above, Page 3 & Page 4
For St. Stephen.
Dispersed 42 29N 45 45W, Aug. 9 (arr. Aug. 14).
Aug. 30 Sydney, C.B. Loch Ewe Sept. 18 SC 42 Missing voyages, Page 4 above
Sept. 19 Loch Ewe Methil Sept. 21 WN 182 Convoy available at WN convoys
(external link)
Again, see Page 4 (missing voyages)
Oct. 11 Belfast Lough Milford Haven Oct. 12 BB 87 Convoy available at BB convoys
(external link)
Further 1941 voyages, Page 4 & Page 5
1942 Jan. 5 Holyhead Barry Jan. 7 BB 120 Convoy available at link above
(also, missing voyages, Page 5)
Jan. 20 Holyhead Barry Jan. 22 BB 126 Convoy available at link above
Again, see 5, & Page 6
(missing voyages)
Febr. 27 Holyhead Swansea Febr. 28 BB 143 Convoy available at link above
(also, missing voyages, Page 6)
March 14 Holyhead Barry March 15 BB 149 Convoy available at link above
(again, see Page 6 for missing voyages)
March 28 Holyhead Newport March 30 BB 154 Convoy available at link above
(missing voyages, Page 6)
Apr. 11 Holyhead Barry Apr. 13 BB 160 Convoy available at link above
(more missing voyages, Page 6)
May 11 Holyhead Newport May 13 BB 173 Convoy available at link above
Missing voyages, Page 7
June 8 Methil Oban* June 10 EN 95 Convoy available at EN convoys
(external link)
*Arr. Belfast June 11/12
June 16 Belfast Lough Holyhead June 17 BB 187 Convoy available at BB convoys
(external link)
June 19 Holyhead Cardiff June 20 BB 188 Convoy available at link above
Missing voyages, Page 7
July 21 Holyhead Swansea July 22 BB 200 Convoy available at link above
More missing voyages, Page 7 & Page 8
Aug. 11 Loch Ewe Methil Aug. 13 WN 321 Convoy available at WN convoys
(external link)
Again, see also Page 8
Sept. 18 Methil Belfast Sept. 20 EN 139 Convoy available at EN convoys
(external link)
Sept. 25 Belfast Lough Cardiff Sept. 26 BB 223 Convoy available at BB convoys
(external link)
Further 1942 voyages, Page 8 & Page 9
1943 Oct. 22 Milford Haven Gibraltar Nov. 1 KX 11 Earlier 1943 voyages, Page 9 above, Page 10 & Page 11
Convoy available at KX convoys
(external link)
Nov. 10 Gibraltar Algiers Nov. 13 KMS 31 Again, see Page 11 above for later 1943 voyages.
Convoy will be added.
See ships in KMS convoys
1944 Jan. 7 Naples Augusta Jan. 8 NV 14A Convoy available at NV convoys
(external link)
Missing voyages, Page 11 & Page 12
March 10 Naples Augusta March 13 Escorted Again, see also Page 12
Apr. 6 Augusta Barletta Escorted Arr. Apr. 9 (Page 12)
May 23 Taranto Augusta May 25 HA 44 (Had arr. Taranto, Apr. 16).
Convoy available at HA convoys
(external link)
Missing voyage, Page 12
June 2 Tripoli, Libya Alexandria June 7 TX 25 Convoy available at TX 25
(external link)
See Page 12 (missing voyages)
June 25 Alexandria Tripoli, Libya July 1 XT 27 Convoy available at XT 27
(external link)
Again, see Page 12 (more missing voyages)
Oct. 21 Naples Toulon Oct. 24 SM 16A Convoy available at SM 16A
(external link)
Nov. 9 Augusta Brindisi Nov. 11 AH 78 See also Page 13
Convoy available at AH convoys
(external link)
Dec. 20 Naples Leghorn Dec. 21 VN 85A Convoy available at VN convoys
(external link)
Dec. 26 Leghorn Naples Escorted Arr. Dec. 28
1945 March 1 Barletta Ancona March 2 AH 15/2 Missing voyages, Page 13.
Convoy available at AH convoys
(external link)
March 5 Ancona Brindisi March 7 HA 17A Convoy available at HA convoys
(external link)
Again, see also Page 13
March 20 Ancona Barletta March 21 HA 21/2 Convoy available at link above
March 27 Barletta Ancona March 29 AH 24/2 Convoy available at AH convoys
(external link)
Apr. 1 Ancona Bari Apr. 2 HA 25/2 Convoy available at HA convoys
(external link)
See also narrative below
Apr. 21 Bari Brindisi* Apr. 22 Escorted *Arr. Taranto, Apr. 22.
Further voyages, Page 13 & Page 14


 Some Convoy Voyages & Misc.: 
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.

Knoll is listed among the ships in Convoy HN 9A from Norway to the U.K. in Jan.-1940. As will be seen when clicking on the link, several other Norwegian ships also took part.

According to Page 1 of the archive documents, she arrived Greenock on Apr. 9-1940, the day of the German invasion of Norway. She had sailed from Manchester on Apr. 7.

At the end of July that same year we find her, with destination Sydney, C.B., in Convoy OB 192, which originated in Liverpool on July 31 and dispersed Aug. 4, Knoll arriving her destination on Aug. 14 (she had started out from Milford Haven on July 31) - ref. external link provided within the Voyage Record. Having made a voyage to Quebec and back to Sydney, C.B. she was scheduled to return to the U.K. with the slow Convoy SC 4 on Sept. 10, but instead joined the next convoy on the 18th, SC 5, cargo of lumber for Great Yarmouth.

She was subsequently mostly in service transporting coal, iron and food supplies around the U.K. On March 26-1941, she was attacked by 2 aircraft, 8 n. miles west of Lundy Island, damaged and beached at Lundy Island, temporarily repaired, then taken in tow to Swansea on the 29th. (According to Page 2 of the archive documents, she had left Falmouth on March 25, arrived Swansea March 29, left again on Apr. 26 - see also Page 3 for further 1941 voyages).

That summer, she was one of many Norwegian ships in the westbound North Atlantic Convoy ON 1, originating in Liverpool on July 26, dispersed Aug. 9. Her destination is given as St. Stephen, where she arrived on Aug. 14, having started out from Milford Haven on July 25 (see Page 4). On Aug. 30, she's listed, with a cargo of lumber, in station 76 of Convoy SC 42 from Sydney, C.B., in which Stargard and several others were sunk - follow the link for details on this convoy battle and the names of ships sunk (incl. the cruising order of the convoy).

Knoll had no form of armament at the time of the attack in March-1941 described above, but on Nov. 28-1941 she was better able to defend herself (equipped with 3 Marlin guns) when she was under attack again between St. Ives and Trevose Head. The British S/S Macbrae was attacked at the same time and between them they managed to hit the attacking aircraft, which subsequently withdrew. Page 5 shows her voyages in this period.

Skipping now to Oct.-1943, when she headed to Gibraltar - see Page 11 of the archive documents. To make this voyage she had joined Convoy KX 11, which left Milford Haven on Oct. 22 and arrived Gibraltar Nov. 1. Knoll proceeded to Algiers on the 10th, with arrival there Nov. 13, having sailed in Convoy KMS 31. This convoy will be added to an individual page in my Convoys section; in the meantime, the ships sailing in it are named in the section listing ships in all KMS convoys. She now remained in that part of the world for quite some time, as will be seen from the archive document already mentioned, as well as Page 12 and Page 13. Convoy information for some of these voyages is available in Hague's Voyage Record.

She was damaged again at Bari on Apr. 9-1945 when the ammunition ship S/S Charles Henderson (Liberty Ship, built 1943) blew up during the unloading of cargo. Knoll had arrived Bari from Ancona on Apr. 2 with Convoy HA 25 (ref. link in table above). The harbour was badly damaged and several people injured or killed. 3 other ammunition ships were set ablaze but further explosions were avoided. One of the ships set on fire was Knoll, which had a large cargo of bombs, and her holds had to be filled with water. This thread on my Ship Forum has some further details. See also my page about Far. Knoll left Bari again on Apr. 21, arriving Taranto the next day, later proceeding to Naples and Brindisi (according to Page 13 above).

The rest of her voyages are listed on Page 14; as can be seen, she went home to Norway in Nov.-1945.

 POST WAR: 
(According to the last external website below).

Sold in 1947 to H. Gjerpen & Co, Oslo, same name. Sold in 1956 to Ole T. Flakke, Kristiansund N, same name. Re-engined in 1958 (steam to diesel). From 1960 owners were Kristiansund N. & Nordmøre Forretningsbank A/S, Kristiansund N (this was a bank). Sold in 1961 and renamed Ramsnes. Ran aground on Sept. 21-1971 and stranded at Drogsholmen. Refloated and towed to a yard in Haugesund for repairs, but condemned. Sold in 1972 for scrapping by Machinehandel en Scheepssloperij de Koophandel Nieuw Lekkerland, Rotterdam, arriving in tow on March 15.

Related external links:
Post war pictures - Pictures of this ship when named Ramsnes (the site says she was owned by J. Hetland & K. Nilsen when she had that name). Tonnage for Ramsnes is given as 1143 gt.

Another picture is available on
this page - Caption says: 4/3/1969 arriving Imperial Paper Mills Wharf, Gravesend with cargo of wood-pulp.

Back to Knoll on the "Ships starting with K" page.

The text on this page was compiled with the help of: "Nortraships flåte", J. R. Hegland, and misc. (ref. My sources).

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