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D/S Mammy To Mammy on the "Ships starting with M" page. Manager: Torlak Skogland, Haugesund Delivered in March-1911 from Burmeister & Wain, Copenhagen as Mandeville (fruit carrier) to A. F. Klaveness & Co., Christiania. 1656 gt, 1038 net, 2100 tdwt, 255.3' x 35.7' x 18.03', Triple exp. 233 nhp (B&W). In the banana trade in the West Indies. Purchased in Apr.-1934 by D/S A/S Carrier (Valdemar Skogland A/S), Haugesund and renamed Mammy. Taken over in Dec.-1939 by D/S A/S Mammy (Torlak Skogland). Part owner was Hilmar Røthing, Haugesund. Captain: Henry Røthing. Her voyages are listed on these original images from the Norwegian National Archives:
Mammy is listed in Convoy HN 9A from Norway to the U.K. in Jan.-1940. She was scheduled for Convoy HN 19 in March-1940, but instead joined the next convoy, HN 20, bound for Le Havre with zinc concentrates. As will be seen when clicking on the links, several Norwegian ships took part in all these convoys. A French visitor to my site has told me that Mammy sailed from Le Verdon on June 6-1940 in Convoy 63-X under French escort (Malmanger was also in this convoy; A. Hague has also included Star). At Casablanca June 13. Sailed from Casablanca on June 20 in Convoy 10-K under French escort (Kongsgaard is also listed). At Oran June 22 (if this is the case, she must have barely avoided being interned like so many other Norwegian ships at that time). Both these convoys are avilable via the external links provided at the end of this page. In the summer of 1940 she made a voyage to Sydney, C.B. and Quebec, then back to Sydney, C.B. (see Page 1), and from there, she joined Convoy HX 72 in Sept.-1940, in which Simla was sunk (this convoy had originated in Halifax on Sept. 9). Skipping now to Aug.-1941, when we find her, with destination Iceland, in the westbound North Atlantic Convoy ON 8 (see also Page 2). The following month she's included among the ships in the westbound Convoy ON 20, again bound for Iceland, station 26. She also made a voyage to Iceland with Convoy ON 35 in Nov. that year; the Commodore's narrative is also available (see also Page 3). In July-1942 I have her in Convoy RU 30 from Reykjavik, her destination is given as Glasgow (see also Page 4). She later took part in the Torch operations as ammunition and supply ship. Operation Torch commenced on Nov. 8-1942 (my page about Athos has the names of other Norwegian ships involved). Together with Audun, Facto and Selvik, Mammy is listed in Convoy KX 6, which left Milford Haven on Nov. 8 and arrived Gibraltar on the 17th - ref. external link below. In Febr.-1943, she's said to have made a voyage from Bone to Oran with Convoy MKS 8 - see also Page 6. In July-1943 we find her in Convoy SL 132/MKS 16, voyaging from Algiers to Manchester with 1120 tons of iron ore, 45 tons of molybdenum ore. Mike Holdoway, the webmaster of the external website that I've linked to at the end of this page, has told me that she had left Algiers on June 27, and required an "extensive overhaul" after arrival U.K. Mammy was in the Gibraltar portion of the convoy, MKS 16, as were Kong Haakon VII, Dux and Audun. She was also used in Operation Neptune (the Maritime side of the invasion of Normandie) in June-1944, arriving June 12 and leaving June 23 (this voyage is not included on the archive document for this time period, Page 8).
Sold in Sept.-1945 (Jan.-1946?) to Shri Ambica Steam Navigation Co. Ltd., Bombay and renamed Ambica. Broken up in India in 1958. Related external link: Back to Mammy on the "Ships starting with M" page. The text on this page was compiled with the help of: "Våre gamle skip" by Leif M. Bjørkelund and E. H. Kongshavn (pre war details), "Nortraships flåte", J. R. Hegland, E-mails from Roger W. Jordan - and misc. other as named within the above text. (See also My sources).
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