D/S Kul

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Source: Bjørn Milde's postcard collection.

Some War Voyages:

Kul is listed in Convoy HN 9A from Norway to the U.K. in Jan.-1940. Early in March she joined the U.K.-Norway Convoy ON 17. She must have gotten out of Norway somehow, because she was in allied control during the war.

At the end of July-1940 we find her in Convoy OA 190, bound for Sydney, C.B., station 85. She subsequently returned to the U.K. at the beginning of Sept. with the slow Sydney (C.B.)-U.K. Convoy SC 3, from which the Norwegian Lotos was sunk, among others - follow the link for more details. Kul had a cargo of lumber for Warrington.

In Nov.-1940 she was scheduled for Convoy OB 243, which left Liverpool on Nov. 13, but did not sail. Her destination on that occasion is given as Bathurst. See the external links provided below for more on the OA and OB convoy mentioned here.

Kul (having cancelled from Convoy SC 18) is listed among the ships leaving Halifax with the slow Convoy SC 19 in Jan.-1941, bound for Immingham with pit props in station 12 of the convoy. However, Kul is said to have lost touch with the convoy on the day of departure. Later that year she shows up in the westbound North Atlantic Convoy ON 10, which left Liverpool on Aug. 27-1941.

Took part in Operation Neptune (with ammunition), arriving Normandie June 8 leaving June 17-1944.

POST WAR:

Was carrying iron ore and a deck cargo of timber from Rønnskår to Eitrheim on Nov. 21-1950, when the cargo shifted in heavy seas and she capsized and sank near the Almagrundet lightship (Charles Hocking).

Related external links:
OB (& OA) convoys

OA & OB convoys

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