D/S Mammy
Updated Febr. 2-2012

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A French visitor to my website has told me that Mammy sailed from Le Verdon on June 6-1940 in Convoy 63 X under French escort (Malmanger and Star are also listed in this convoy). At Casablanca June 13. Sailed from Casablanca on June 20 in Convoy 10 K under French escort (Kongsgaard is also included). At Oran June 22 (if this is correct, she must have barely avoided being interned like so many other Norwegian ships at that time). Both these convoys are available via the external links provided in the Voyage Record.

In July that year she made a voyage to Sydney, C.B., then on to Quebec, where she spent over a month before returning to Sydney, C.B. (again, see Page 1), and from there, she joined Convoy HX 72 on Sept. 9, in which Simla and several others were sunk (follow the links for more info - this convoy had originated in Halifax on Sept. 9). Mammy arrived Clyde on Sept. 24, subsequently making voyages around the U.K., with a voyage to Iceland and back in July-1941, according to Page 2.

The following month, we find her, with destination Iceland, in the westbound North Atlantic Convoy ON 8. She arrived Reykjavik on Aug. 22, having sailed from Loch Lew Aug. 18. In Sept.-1941 she's included among the ships in the westbound Convoy ON 20, again bound for Iceland, station 26, arriving Reykjavik on Oct. 2. She also made a voyage to Iceland with Convoy ON 35 in Nov.-1941, and arrived Reykjavik on Nov. 15. According to the Commodore's notes, she was among 4 Iceland bound ships that had parted company at 17:00 on Nov. 13 with escort Thirlmere, in 60 23N 14 21W. The Commodore's narrative is also available for this convoy (see also ON convoy escorts) - Mammy's voyages in this period are shown on Page 3. As can be seen, she returned to the U.K. on Nov. 23, and it'll be noticed that she appears to have spent a long time in Hull, where she arrived Nov. 29-1941; departure is given as Jan. 17-1942, and a week later she headed to Iceland again (convoy info in table above).

Her subsequent voyages are listed on Page 4, where we learn that she made several more voyages to Iceland that spring and summer. At the beginning of July-1942 I have her in Convoy RU 30 from Reykjavik, her destination is given as Glasgow, where she arrived July 7.

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 provided in the Voyage Record. From Gibraltar, she proceeded to Oran, later to Algiers and Bone, and back to Algiers - see Page 5.

In Febr.-1943, she's said to have made a voyage from Bone to Oran with Convoy MKS 8 - see also Page 6, which says she arrived Bougie on Febr. 19.

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 in the table above, has told me that she had left Algiers on June 27 (agreeing with the archive document), 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 - Arosa and Gabon are also named in the combined convoy). Going back to Page 6, we learn that Mammy arrived Manchester (via Liverpool and Eastham) on July 22, and it looks like she subsequently spent a long time there.

Her 1944 voyages start on Page 7 and continue on Page 8. She was used in Operation Neptune (the Maritime side of the invasion of Normandie) in June-1944, arriving June 12 and leaving June 23, according to "Nortraships flåte". Page 9 also shows some 1944 voyages and also lists some early 1945 voyages (convoy info for some of them can be found in the Voyage Record above). See also Page 10, Page 11 and Page 12.

More details on the other Norwegian ships mentioned here can be found with the help of the alphabet index at the end of this page, or go to the Master Ship Index.

POST WAR:

Sold in Sept.-1945 (Jan.-1946?) to Shri Ambica Steam Navigation Co. Ltd., Bombay and renamed Ambica. Broken up in India in 1958.

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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).