M/T Maridal

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Some War Voyages:

Maridal is listed in Convoy SL 50, departing Freetown on Oct. 3-1940, arriving Liverpool on the 26th. The Norwegian Beduin, Salamis and Vivi are also listed - see the external website that I've linked to at the end of this text for more information on this convoy. Another section of the same website has her in Convoy OB 241, which left Liverpool on Nov. 9 and dispersed on the 14th. Her destination is given as Trinidad on that occasion.

In Jan.-1941 she was one of 4 Norwegian ships sailing in Convoy OB 275, voyage Glasgow-Aruba in ballast, station 24. The others were Hidlefjord, Mosli and Finnanger. Maridal also sailed in the Halifax-U.K. Convoy HX 131 in June-1941, bound for Milford Haven and Falmouth with a cargo of benzine in station 72 of the convoy, again in the company of several other Norwegian ships. In Aug. that same year we find her in station 83 of Convoy HX 145 from Halifax to the U.K., along with the Norwegian Annavore (station 122), Høyanger (station 95, 3 bombers on deck), Leikanger (station 64, lumber), Vav (station 114), Charles Racine, Kaia Knudsen (station 73), and Slemdal - all listed on this website. Some of these ships, including Maridal, subsequently returned across the ocean with the westbound Convoy ON 15, which left Liverpool on Sept. 11-1941.

In Dec.-1943, she's said to have made a voyage to Malta with Convoy MKS 34 - scroll down to the second table on the page.

A story by Peder Kristoffer Langeland (Norwegian text), who joined this ship in New York in Sept.-1944, states they were in the Caribbean when the news came that the war in Europe was over. He also mentions a mess boy named Johannes Harkestad who joined the ship in Port Arthur (had previously served on Bertha Brøvig), and adds that they were mainly in service to South America and the east coast of the U.S. Early in 1946 they went from Buenos Aires via Curacao to Philadelphia.

POST WAR:

Sold in 1955 for breaking up.

Related external links:
SL Convoys - As will be seen, Maridal is listed in Convoy SL 50. The site also has a section on the OB convoys

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Another Maridal was delivered to A/S Moltzaus Tankrederi (Moltzau & Christensen), Oslo in July-1957, built in Sweden, 12 329 gt. Sold in 1961 to owners in Kristiansand, Norway and renamed Benoil. Sold to Monrovia in 1974, then to Greece in 1976, renamed Stolt Capricorn. Broken up in 1980, following a fire in the engine room while at La Plata in May-1979.