D/S Knoll

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This shows the ship when she had the name Fager.
Source: Bjørn Milde's postcard collection.

Some War Voyages:

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

In Sept.-1940 she was scheduled for the slow Sydney (C.B.)-U.K. Convoy SC 4, which also had a large number of Norwegian ships, but cancelled and instead joined the next convoy, SC 5, cargo of lumber for Great Yarmouth.

In service transporting coal, iron and food supplies from Glasgow and around the British coast. Attacked by 2 aircraft on March 26-1941, 8 n. miles west of Lundy Island, damaged and beached at Lundy Island, temporarily repaired, then taken in tow to Swansea on the 29th.

That summer she was one of many Norwegian ships in the westbound North Atlantic Convoy ON 1, leaving Liverpool on July 26-1941. Her destination is given as St. Stephen. The following month she's listed, with a cargo of lumber, in the eastbound Convoy SC 42 - 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 ship S/S Macbrae was attacked at the same time and between them they managed to hit the attacking aircraft, which subsequently withdrew.

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. 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. See also this thread on my Ship Forum.

Related external link:
Post War info & pictures - Pictures of this ship when named Ramsnes (from 1961, J. Hetland & K. Nilsen). Tonnage for Ramsnes is given as 1143 gt (some dates are also different from what I've listed). This website says she stranded in Sept.-1971 and was broken up the following year.

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