D/S Lisbeth - Norwegian Merchant Fleet 1939-1945

Related item on this website:
A posting to one of my forums from Bruce Bolinger re Lisbeth's radio operator from Sept.-1942, Ambrose J. Tai - see also my crew list for Karmt. Bruce was researching the experiences of Tom Applewhite, an American airman shot down in 1943, who reached Gibraltar on 11 Jan. 1944 after being hidden (together with 4 other airmen) for three days in the ship's propeller compartment of a Norwegian ship that sailed from Seville to Gibraltar. As it turned out, this ship was Lisbeth. Since then he has found a lot more information which has been posted to this external page about Lisbeth, including a crew list. In addition to Ambrose J. Tai, the list also names the Norwegian Radio Operator Arvid Kragstad from Hønefoss and the British Bill Bettinson, who is still with us. Bruce also learned that the captain of Lisbeth at the time was Einar Apeland, who's mentioned several times on this website (see Kongshaug, Nesttun and Lysaker V). Bruce would very much like to get in touch with any surviving crew members or their family. If anyone can help, I can provide his E-mails address; my contact address is at the bottom of this page.

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

Voyage Record
From June-1940 to June-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 some voyages are missing.

	Departure	From	To	Arrival	Convoy	Remarks
1940	June 21	Halifax	Sharpness	July 6	HX 52	Earlier voyages, Page 1
	July 26	Sharpness	Barry	July 26	Independent	–
	Aug. 7	Barry	Milford Haven	Aug. 9	Independent	–
	Aug. 10	Milford Haven	–	–	OB 196	For Herring Cove, N.S. Straggled Aug. 13. Convoy available at OB 196 (external link)
	Aug. 13	Straggled from OB 196	Halifax	Aug. 24	Independent	–
	Aug. 25	Halifax	Herring Cove	Aug. 27	Independent	–
	Sept. 12	Herring Cove	Halifax	Sept. 14	Independent	–
	Oct. 27	Halifax	Sydney, C.B.	Oct. 29	Independent	–
	Nov. 9	Sydney, C.B.	Belfast Lough	Nov. 24	SC 11	–
	Nov. 26	Belfast Lough	Swansea	Nov. 30	Independent	–
	Dec. 17	Swansea	Port Talbot	Dec. 17	Independent	–
	Dec. 21	Port Talbot	Swansea	Dec. 21	Independent	–
1941	Jan. 6	Swansea	Milford Haven	Jan. 7	Independent	–
	Jan. 8	Milford Haven	–	–	OB 271	Dispersed Jan. 12. Convoy available at OB 271 (external link)
	Jan. 12	Dispersed from OB 271	Freetown	Febr. 5	Independent	–
	Febr. 11	Freetown	Lagos	Febr. 16	Independent	–
	Febr. 27*	Lagos	Forcados	Febr. 28	Independent	See also Page 1*
	March 1	Forcados	Sapele	March 1	Independent	–
	March 12	Forcados	Lagos	March 13	Independent	–
	March 16	Lagos	Freetown	March 23	Independent	–
	Apr. 8	Freetown	Oban	May 3	SL 71	Convoy available at SL 71 (external link) See also narrative below
	May 6	Oban	Methil	May 8	WN 124	Convoy available at WN convoys (external link)
	May 12	Methil	Hull	May 13	FS 487	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	May 31	Hull	Oban	June 5	EC 27	Convoy available at EC convoys (external link)
	June 4	Oban	–	–	OG 64	For Takoradi. Detached June 16. Convoy will be added. See ships in OG convoys
	June 16	Detached from OG 64	Takoradi	July 5	Independent	–
	July 5	Takoradi	Lagos	July 7	Independent	–
	July 12	Lagos	Calabar	July 14	Independent	–
	July 19	Calabar	Lagos	July 22	Independent	–
	July 26	Lagos	Freetown	Aug. 2	Independent	–
	Aug. 8	Freetown	Bathurst	Aug. 11	Independent	–
	Aug. 14	Bathurst	Freetown	Aug. 16	Independent	–
	Aug. 25	Freetown	Oban	Sept. 17	SL 85	Convoy available at SL 85 (external link)
	Sept. 18	Oban	Methil	Sept. 21	WN 182	Convoy available at WN convoys (external link)
	Sept. 21	Methil	Hull	Sept. 23	FS 601	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link) See also Page 2
	Sept. 30	Humber	Tyne	Oct. 1	FN 525	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Oct. 13	Tyne	Methil	Oct. 14	FN 531	Convoy available at link above
	Oct. 14	Methil Roads	Oban	Oct. 18	EC 85	Convoy available at EC convoys (external link)
	Oct. 28	Oban	Huelva	Nov. 11	OG 76	Convoy will be added. See ships in OG convoys
	Nov. 23	Huelva	Gibraltar	Nov. 23	Independent	–
	Dec. 14	Gibraltar	Belfast Lough	Dec. 27	HG 76	–
1942	Jan. 13	Belfast	Clyde	Jan. 13	Independent	Missing voyage, Page 2
	Jan. 21	Clyde	Clyde	Jan. 22	ON 58	Returned. Convoy will be added. See ships in ON convoys
	Jan. 27	Clyde	Clyde	Jan. 27	ON 60	Returned, ashore, leaking. Convoy will be added. See link above
	Febr. 3	Clyde	Belfast Lough	Febr. 3	Independent	–
	Febr. 4	Belfast Lough	Cardiff	Febr. 6	BB 133	Convoy available at BB convoys (external link)
	Apr. 24	Cardiff	Milford Haven	Apr. 25	Independent	–
	Apr. 27	Milford Haven	Belfast Lough	Apr. 29	ON 90	Returned. Convoy will be added. See ships in ON convoys
	May 7	Belfast Lough	Halifax	May 21	ON 92	–
	May 22	Halifax	Sydney, C.B.	May 23	HS 4	Convoy available at HS convoys (external link)
	May 23	Sydney, C.B.	Father Point	May 26	SQ 3	Convoy available via this page (external link) See also Page 2 & Page 3
	June 3	Father Point	Sydney, C.B.	June 6	QS 6	Convoy available at link above
	June 12	Sydney, C.B.	Liverpool	June 27	SC 87	–
	July 13	Liverpool	Halifax	July 28	ON 112	For Sydney C.B. Convoy will be added. See ships in ON convoys
	July 29	Halifax	Sydney, C.B.	July 31	HS 36	Convoy available at HS convoys (external link)
	July 31	Sydney, C.B.	Father Point	Aug. 3	SQ 24	Convoy available via this page (external link) Missing voyages, Page 3
	Aug. 19	Father Point	Sydney, C.B.	Aug. 22	QS 28	Convoy available at link above
	Aug. 23	Sydney, C.B.	Halifax	Aug. 25	SH 37	Convoy available at SH convoys (external link)
	Aug. 29	Halifax	Liverpool	Sept. 13	SC 98	See also narrative below. Missing voyages, Page 3
	Oct. 3	Liverpool	Halifax	Oct. 23	ON 136	Convoy will be added. See ships in ON convoys
	Nov. 11	Halifax	Sydney, C.B.	Nov. 13	HS 67	Compare w/Page 3 Convoy available at HS convoys (external link)
	Dec. 7	Sydney, C.B.	Halifax	Dec. 9	SH 67	Convoy available at SH convoys (external link)
	Dec. 16	Halifax	Liverpool*	Jan. 2-1943*	SC 113	Arr. Loch Ewe Jan. 1. Convoy will be added.* See ships in SC convoys
1943	Jan. 2	Loch Ewe	Methil	Jan. 4	WN 379	Convoy available at WN convoys (external link)
	Jan. 6	Methil	Southend	Jan. 8	FS 1005	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	Jan. 23	Southend	Methil	Jan. 25	FN 925	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Jan. 26	Methil	Loch Ewe	Jan. 28	EN 189	Convoy available at EN convoys (external link) Missing voyage, Page 3
	Febr. 10	Oban	Clyde	Febr. 11	Independent	–
	Febr. 22	Clyde	–	–	ON 169	For Philadelphia. Straggled March 6.
	March 6	Straggled from ON 169	Reykjavik	March 10	Independent	–
	Apr. 14	Reykjavik	Loch Ewe	Apr. 18	RU 70	Convoy available at RU convoys (external link)
	Apr. 18	Loch Ewe	Methil	Apr. 20	WN 417	Convoy available at WN convoys (external link)
	Apr. 21	Methil	Tyne	Apr. 22	FS 1095	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	May 7	Tyne	Methil	May 8	FN 1014	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	May 10	Methil	Oban	May 12	EN 227	Convoy available at EN convoys (external link)
	May 18	Oban	Halifax	June 1	ONS 8	Convoy will be added. See ships in ONS convoys
	June 3	Halifax	Sydney, C.B.	June 4	HS 89	Convoy available at HS convoys (external link)
	June 6	Sydney, C.B.	Father Point	June 9	SQ 51A	Convoy available via this page (external link) Missing voyages, Page 4
	June 23	Red Islet	Sydney, C.B.	June 26	QS 54	Convoy available at link above
	June 28	Sydney, C.B.	Loch Ewe	July 9	SC 135	–
	July 11	Loch Ewe	Methil	July 13	WN 453	Convoy available at WN convoys (external link)
	July 13	Methil	Grimsby	July 15	FS 1166	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	Sept. 21	Humber	Methil	Sept. 23	FN 1132	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Sept. 23	Methil	Loch Ewe	Sept. 25	EN 284	Convoy available at EN convoys (external link)
	Sept. 26	Loch Ewe	Oban	Sept. 26	Independent	–
	Sept. 27	Oban	Lisbon	Oct. 7	KMS 28G	Convoy will be added. See ships in KMS convoys
	Oct. 16	Lisbon	Gibraltar	–	Independent	–
	Oct. 18	Gibraltar	Almeria	Oct. 19	Independent	–
	Oct. 21	Almeria	Gibraltar	Oct. 22	Independent	–
	Oct. 23	Gibraltar	–	–	MKS 28	Rendezvoused w/SL 138, Oct. 24.
	Oct. 24	SL 138 & MKS 28 joined up	Barrow	Nov. 6	SL 138/MKS 28	Convoy available at SL 138/MKS 28 (external link)
	Nov. 9	Barrow	Clyde	Nov. 10	Independent	(See also Page 4)
	Dec. 8	Clyde	–	–	OS 61/KMS 35	For Lisbon. See also narrative below. Convoy split Dec. 19. Available at OS 61/KMS 35 (external link)
	Dec. 19	Convoy split	Lisbon	Dec. 22	KMS 35G	Lisbon. Convoy will be added. See ships in KMS convoys
	Dec. 31	Lisbon	Seville	Jan. 3-1944	Independent	–
1944	Jan. 7	Seville	Gibraltar	Jan. 11	Independent	See also this external website
	Jan. 11	Gibraltar	–	–	MKS 36	Rendezvoused w/SL 145, Jan. 12.
	Jan. 12	SL 145 & MKS 36 joined up	Liverpool	Jan. 24	SL 145/MKS 36	Convoy available at SL 145/MKS 36 (external link)
	Febr. 1	Liverpool	Cardiff	Febr. 3	Independent	–
	Febr. 10	Cardiff	Milford Haven	Febr. 10	Independent	–
	Febr. 11	Milford Haven	–	–	OS 68/KMS 42	For Lisbon. Convoy split Febr. 24. Available at OS 68/KMS 42 (external link)
	Febr. 24	Convoy split	Lisbon	Febr. 25	KMS 42G	Convoy will be added. See ships in KMS convoys
	March 7	Lisbon	Gibraltar	March 9	Independent	–
	March 10	Gibraltar	Almeria	March 12	Independent	–
	March 13	Almeria	Gibraltar	March 14	Independent	–
	March 22	Gibraltar	–	–	MKS 43G	Rendezvoused w/SL 152, March 23. Convoy will be added. See ships in MKS convoys
	March 23	SL 152 & MKS 43 joined up	Workington	Apr. 4	SL 152/MKS 43	Convoy available at SL 152/MKS 43 (external link)
	Apr. 8	Workington	Cardiff	Apr. 9	Independent	–
	May 3	Cardiff	Barry Roads	May 3	Independent	–
	May 4	Barry Roads	Devonport	May 5	WP 517	Convoy available at WP convoys (external link)
	May 13	Devonport	Cardiff	May 15	–	See also Page 5
	May 19	Cardiff	Barry Roads	May 19	Independent	–
	May 20	Barry Roads	Devonport	May 21	WP 525	Convoy available at link above
	June 5	Devonport	Cardiff	June 6	–	(Again, see Page 5)
	June 9	Cardiff	Barry Roads	June 9	Independent	–
	June 10	Barry Roads	Cowes Roads	June 12	EBC 8	Convoy available at EBC convoys (external link) Arr. Portsmouth June 16 (Page 5)
	July 3	Portsmouth	Southend	July 4	FTC 25	Convoy available at FTC convoys (external link)
	July 5	Southend	Hull	July 6	FN 1409	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	July 9	Hull	Southend	July 11	FS 1508	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	July 12	Southend	St. Helens Roads	July 12	ETC 35	Convoy available at ETC convoys (external link)
	July 28	Portsmouth	Southend	July 29	FTC 50	Convoy available at FTC convoys (external link)
	July 30	Southend	Methil	Aug. 1	FN 1434	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Aug. 10	Methil	Loch Ewe	Aug. 12	EN 420	Convoy available at EN convoys (external link) See also Page 6
	Aug. 12	Loch Ewe	Milford Haven	Aug. 14	Independent	–
	Aug. 15	Milford Haven	Devonport	Aug. 16	EBC 73	Convoy available at EBC convoys (external link)
	Aug. 22	Devonport	–	–	FBC 61	Detached Aug. 23. Convoy available at FBC convoys (external link)
	Aug. 23	Detached from FBC 61	Clyde	Aug. 25	Independent	–
	Aug. 31	Clyde	Milford Haven	Sept. 2	Independent	–
	Sept. 7	Milford Haven	Devonport	Sept. 7	EBC 96	Convoy available at EBC convoys (external link) Again, see Page 6
	Sept. 15	Devonport	Falmouth	Sept. 15	–	–
	Sept. 18	Falmouth	–	–	FBC 85	Detached Sept. 19. Convoy available at FBC convoys (external link)
	Sept. 19	Detached from FBC 85	Clyde	Sept. 21	Independent	–
	Sept. 25	Clyde	Mumbles	–	Independent	–
	Sept. 28	Mumbles	Plymouth	Sept. 29	EBC 117	Convoy available at EBC convoys (external link)
	Oct. 15	Plymouth	Falmouth	Oct. 15	–	–
	Oct. 23	Falmouth	–	–	EBF 14	Detached Oct. 24. Convoy available via this page (external link)
	Oct. 24	Detached from EBF 14	Clyde	Oct. 27	Independent	–
	Nov. 25	Clyde	Milford Haven	Nov. 27	Independent	–
	Nov. 27	Milford Haven	Devonport	Nov. 28	BEC 50	Convoy available at link above. See also Page 6
	Dec. 18	Devonport	Southend	Dec. 21	BTC 11	Convoy available at BTC convoys (external link)
	Dec. 23	Southend	Methil	Dec. 25	FN 1580	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
1945	Jan. 11	Methil	Southend	Jan. 13	FS 1694	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	Jan. 14	Southend	Falmouth	Jan. 16	TBC 38	Convoy available at TBC convoys (external link)
	Jan. 16	Falmouth	Plymouth	Jan. 16	–	–
	Jan. 27	Plymouth	Falmouth	Jan. 27	–	–
	Jan. 28	Falmouth	Barry	Jan. 29	TBC 50	Convoy available at link above
	Febr. 16	Barry	Swansea	Febr. 18	BTC 71	Put back. Convoy available at BTC convoys (external link)
	Febr. 19	Swansea	Devonport	Febr. 20	BTC 74	Convoy available at link above
	March 3	Devonport	Falmouth	March 3	–	Compare w/Page 7
	March 4	Falmouth	Milford Haven	March 5	TBC 85	Convoy available at TBC convoys (external link)
	March 5	Milford Haven	Liverpool	March 7	MH 43/2	Convoy available via this page (external link) Again, compare w/Page 7 (missing voyages)
	March 16	Liverpool	Mumbles	March 19	–	Possibly in BB 55/2. (Convoy available at BB convoys but incomplete, external link)
	March 19	Milford Haven*	Devonport	March 20	BTC 102	*Mumbles. Convoy available at BTC convoys (external link)
	March 31	Devonport	Falmouth	March 31	–	See also Page 7
	Apr. 2	Falmouth	Milford Haven	Apr. 3	TBC 114	Convoy available at TBC convoys (external link)
	Apr. 4	Milford Haven	Liverpool	Apr. 5	MH 73/2	Convoy available via this page (external link)
	Apr. 9	Liverpool	Milford Haven	Apr. 10	–	–
	Apr. 10	Milford Haven	St. Helens Roads	Apr. 12	BTC 124	Compare w/Page 7 above. Convoy available at BTC convoys (external link)
	Apr. 26	St. Helens Roads	Milford Haven	Apr. 28	TBC 139	Convoy available at TBC convoys (external link)
	May 1	Milford Haven	Liverpool	May 2	MH 100/2	Convoy available via this page (external link)
	May 6	Liverpool	Milford Haven	–	–	–
	May 8	Milford Haven	St. Helens Roads	May 10	BTC 152	Convoy available at BTC convoys (external link) Again, see Page 7
	May 26	Portsmouth	Thames	May 28	Independent	–
	May 29	Southend	Blyth	May 30	FN 1721	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	June 6	Blyth	Humber	–	Independent	–
	June 7	Humber	Thames	June 8	FS 1823	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link) Subsequent voyages, Page 8 & Page 9

Misc. Convoy Voyages:

For information on voyages made in between those discussed here, please see the documents received from the National Archives of Norway as well as Hague's Voyage Record above. Follow the convoy links provided for more details on them - other Norwegian ships also took part.

Lisbeth, bound for Portland with a cargo of pulp, was in the Halifax-U.K Convoy HX 52 in June/July-1940. She subsequently shows up, together with Havørn and Kolsdal, in Convoy OB 196, which originated in Liverpool on Aug. 10 and dispersed on the 15th - ref. external link provided within the Voyage Record. Her destination is given as Herring Cove, N.S. where she arrived, via Halifax, on Aug. 27 - see Page 1. According to A. Hague, she had become a straggler from the convoy on the 13th. She headed back to the U.K. on Nov. 9 in Convoy SC 11 from Sydney, C.B., in which Bruse and Salonica were lost, but Lisbeth escaped harm, as did all the other Norwegian ships in this convoy.

On Jan. 2-1941, she's said to have lost 2 crew members (or possibly former crew members?) - ref. text for the external link to the Stavern Memorial at the end of this page. A few days later, we find her in Convoy OB 271, originating in Liverpool on Jan. 8, dispersed on the 12th. Her destination is not given, but when going back to Page 1 of the archive documents, we find that she arrived Freetown on Febr. 5, having started out from Milford Haven Jan. 8. This convoy is also available via the external link in the Voyage Record; Skiensfjord and Troubadour are also listed. The same website also has her in station 14 of Convoy SL 70, which left Freetown on March 29-1941 (link at the end of this page). However, it looks like she did not sail, because she also shows up in the next convoy, SL 71, departing Freetown on Apr. 8. Dagfred, Gudvin, Lise, Ravnefjell and Thorshov are also included. That summer she's listed, with Gudvin, Kos VII, Kos X, Kos XI, Kos XII, Loke, Norse King and Ranella, in Convoy OG 64*, originating in Liverpool on June 4, arriving Gibraltar on the 18th; Lisbeth, however, was bound for Takoradi, where she arrived on July 5, having started out from Oban on June 5, according to Page 2. The following month she can be found in station 12 of Convoy SL 85, departing Freetown on Aug. 25, arriving Liverpool on Sept. 17; Lisbeth stopped at Oban that day. Again, follow the link in the Voyage Record for names of other Norwegian ships taking part. Together with Blink (returned), Erica, Hildur I and Lago, Lisbeth later joined Convoy OG 76*, which left Milford Haven on Oct. 26-1941 and arrived Gibraltar on Nov. 11; Lisbeth joined from Oban and was bound for Huelva, with arrival there on Nov. 11. When returning to the U.K. a month later, she witnessed the battle for Convoy HG 76 (Annavore has more info, as do my page about this convoy and the external links at the end of this page). She had a cargo of 4450 tons iron ore from Huelva, and was placed in the first column on the port side of the convoy, which left Gibraltar on Dec. 14. See also HMS Vanoc's report.

Lisbeth left Clyde on Jan. 21-1942 and joined the westbound North Atlantic Convoy ON 58*, but returned to port, joining Convoy ON 60* a few days later, but again returned (ashore, leaking, according to Arnold Hague). As can be seen on Page 2, she spent over 2 months at Cardiff, so it's possible some kind of repairs were undertaken there, before she joined Convoy ON 90* towards the end of Apr.-1942, but must have experienced problems yet again because she's said to have put in at Bangor Bay on Apr. 29, then finally got away in May with Convoy ON 92, arriving Halifax on May 21, having joined from Belfast Lough. From Halifax, she proceeded to Sydney, C.B. and Quebec then back to Sydney, C.B., subsequently heading back to the U.K. on June 12 with the slow Convoy SC 87, cargo of steel and pulp for Liverpool, where she arrived June 26, according to Page 3. In July she's listed as bound for Sydney, C.B. in Convoy ON 112* (departure Liverpool July 13) and, having made another voyage to Quebec as well as Montreal and other ports, returned to the U.K. on Aug. 29 with Convoy SC 98 from Halifax, cargo of aluminium and pulp for Manchester, with arrival there on Sept. 14. (Lisbeth had been cancelled from the previous convoy, SC 97, in which Bronxville was sunk). The following month, she joined the westbound Convoy ON 136*, which left Liverpool Oct. 3 and arrived New York on the 26th; Lisbeth, however, was bound for Halifax, where she arrived on Oct. 24, later proceeding to Mulgrave, N.S. and Chatham, N.B. According to A. Hague, she went back to the U.K. with Convoy SC 113*, which originated in New York on Dec. 12-1942 and arrived Liverpool on Jan. 2-1943, but Lisbeth joined from Halifax and stopped at Loch Ewe on Jan. 1. This convoy is not yet available among the SC convoys included on my website, but will be added; several Norwegian ships took part.

She's also mentioned in connection with the westbound Convoy ON 165 at the beginning of Febr.-1943, however, she could not have been in this convoy because she's listed as sailing in ON 169. Her destination is given as New York on Page 3 of the archive documents, but she did not travel all the way to the U.S. She had left Clyde on Febr. 22, and when going to Page 4, we see that she arrived Reykjavik on March 10 (A. Hague says she had straggled on the 6th), heading back to Loch Ewe on Apr. 14. About a month later we find her in station 122 of the westbound Convoy ONS 8*(convoy left Liverpool on May 17; Lisbeth joined from Oban), bound for Halifax, where she arrived on June 1, subsequently proceeding to Quebec and Rimouski.

Lisbeth lost a crew member that month. Engineer Abraham Abrahamsen had taken ill in March-1943 and had been admitted to a hospital in Glasgow (Stobhill Hospital) where he died on June 21 (buried in Sandefjord, Norway). Meanwhile, on June 28, we find Lisbeth, with a cargo of steel and lumber for Grimsby, in the Sydney, C.B. portion of Convoy SC 135. She arrived Grimsby on July 15.

In Sept.-1943 she made a voyage to Lisbon, having joined Convoy KMS 28*, which departed Liverpool on Sept. 26 and arrived Gibraltar Oct. 7; Lisbeth arrived Lisbon that same day, having started out from Oban on Sept. 27. She later returned with Convoy SL 138/MKS 28 in Oct.-1943, in which the Norwegian Hallfried was sunk. For info, the SL convoy had started out in Freetown on Oct. 13 and joined up with the MKS convoy from Gibraltar on Oct. 24, then proceeded as a combined convoy to the U.K. - ref. external link in the Voyage Record. Lisbeth's voyage information is given as Almeria to Middlesbrough, cargo of iron ore (MKS portion). Other Norwegian ships in this convoy were Kristianiafjord and Norefjord. The MKS portion is also available on my own site at MKS 28, which also adds the Norwegian Spurt, and in the Advance Sailing Telegram Lisbeth's destination is given as Barrow-in-Furness. According to Page 4, she arrived Barrow on Nov. 6, having sailed from Almeria on Oct. 21, from Gibraltar Oct. 23. She was scheduled for station 13 of Convoy OS 60/KMS 34* later that month (ref. link at the end of this page), but instead joined the next convoy, OS 61/KMS 35*, voyage Clyde-Lisbon with coal in station 45. She left Clyde on Dec. 8 and arrived Lisbon on Dec. 22, the convoy having been split up on the 19th (the OS convoy continued to Freetown) - again, ref. external link in the Voyage Record for more convoy details. From Lisbon, Lisbeth later headed to Seville, with arrival Jan. 3-1944.

With a cargo of oranges she now sailed back to the U.K. in Convoy SL 145/MKS 36. The SL portion of this convoy had departed Freetown on Jan. 1-1944, joined up with the MKS convoy from Gibraltar on the 12th (in which Lisbeth took part - also available in my Convoys section at MKS 36), and arrived Liverpool on Jan. 24. We also find her in Convoy OS 68/KMS 42* the following month, on a voyage from Milford to Lisbon in station 14, arriving Lisbon on Febr. 25 (the convoy having been split up the day before), and towards the end of March she returned with Convoy SL 152/MKS 43, voyage from Almeria to Workington with iron ore, joining from Gibraltar with the MKS* section, together with Astrid, Cetus, Snar and Slemmestad. Lisbeth arrived Workington on Apr. 5, according to Page 5.

Please go to the archive documents that I've linked to further up on this page for information on the rest of her voyages - convoy info for some of these can be found in Hague's Voyage Record. As will be seen when going to Page 8, she got to go home to Norway in the fall of 1945. See also Page 9.

* The OG convoys mentioned here are available and will be added to individual pages in my Convoys section in due course, along with further details on each. In the meantime, the ships sailing in them are named on the page listing ships in all OG convoys. The ON convoys will also be added, but for now, please see the section listing ships in all ON convoys. ONS 8 is available on this page. Aditionally, the MKS and KMS convoys will be added; see this section for MKS convoys, and this section for KMS convoys. The entire SC series will also be updated and completed (including the already existing ones); ships in all SC convoys has the names of the other ships sailing in Convoy SC 113.

POST WAR:

Sold in June-1951 to Henckel & Schander A/B, Gothenburg. From Jan.-1963 she sailed as Panaga Drysiani of Piræus. Damaged by fire on Aug. 27-1968 on a voyage Abu Dahbi-Kuwait. Broken up in Shat al Arab at the beginning of 1970.

Related external links:
SL/MKS convoys and OS/KMS Convoys - As can be seen, Lisbeth is mentioned in Convoy SL 70 and OS 60/KMS 34. See also the links provided within the Voyage Record.

HG 76 - December 1941 - A long detailed article on the battle.
HG-76, 16 - 23 Dec 1941 - Uboat.net's account.

Stavern Memorial commemorations - Stoker Sigurd Stensen and Mechanic Erling Vik are commemorated. Both are listed as having been killed in a war related incident in Cardiff on Jan. 2-1941. Checking with the book "Våre falne", which lists Norwegian WW II casualties, I find that the Seamen's Home in Cardiff was bombed on that date. They are buried in Cardiff. Again, see also my page about Senta.