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D/S Lido To Lido on the "Ships starting with L" page. Owner: D/S A/S Laly Delivered in Sept.-1930 from Nylands Verksted, Oslo as Lido to D/S A/S Laly (C. T. Gogstad & Co.), Oslo. "Våre gamle skip" gives tonnages as 1938 gt, 1133 net, 3150 tdwt, 283.5' x 42.9' x 18.4', Compound 4 cyl. 175 nhp (by yard).
According to R. W. Jordan she was managed by Furness, Withy & Co. Ltd., London during the war. Lido, cargo of flour for London, is listed among the ships in the Halifax-U.K. Convoy SC 75 in March/Apr.-1942 (having cancelled from a previous convoy, SC 73), and in June that year she sailed in Convoy SC 86, cargo of wheat for Swansea. In Aug.-1942 she's listed in the Sydney, C.B. portion of Convoy SC 96, cargo of flour for Liverpool. That fall, in Sept.-1942, we find her in station 62 of the westbound Convoy ON 128, voyage from Liverpool to Halifax. About a year later, in Aug.-1943, she can be found in station 55 of Convoy SC 139 from Halifax, and the following month she shows up in Convoy RU 89 from Reykjavik to the U.K., together with Lyra. Lido was bound for Liverpool in ballast on that occasion. Follow the links for more info on these convoys; as will be seen a number of Norwegian ships took part in them. In Oct./Nov.-1943 Lido is listed in Convoy OS 57/KMS 31, voyaging from Liverpool to Algiers in station 93, carrying medical stores. See the external website that I've linked to at the end of this page for more convoy information. I also have a snippet of information saying that a ship by this name was in Augusta in Aug.-1944, departing for Algiers on Aug. 10.
Purchased in Apr.-1954 by Vards Rederi (Egil Næsheim A/S), Haugesund and renamed Vard. In seasonal lumber trade White Sea-UK. Sold in Jan.-1971 for breaking up. Departed Emden on Jan. 28-1971 in tow for Flushing, where she was broken up. This was Haugesund's last steam ship. Related external link: Back to Lido on the "Ships starting with L" page. This company later had another Lido from 1955; this ship had sailed as Stiklestad during the war. The text on this page was compiled with the help of: "Våre gamle skip", Leif M. Bjørkelund & E. H. Kongshavn, R. W. Jordan, and misc.
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