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D/S Mosna To Mosna on the "Ships starting with M" page. Manager: J. M. Johannesen, Farsund A posting to my Ship Forum, says she was delivered as Lauwerzee (Willem van Driel's Transport Onderneming, Rotterdam) from A. van Duivendijk, Papendrecht (279) in July-1923, having been launched on June 6 that year. Sold to A/S Fido (Mathias Hansen), Kristiansand that same year and sailed as Fiorella from Dec.-1923 until March-1933, then renamed Mosna for A/S Østkysten. Owners became A/S Mosvolds Rederi in 1935, then A/S Farsund Shipping Co. in 1937. Captain: David Johannesen (he apparently had his wife with him all through the war). Her voyages are listed on these original images from the Norwegian National Archives: As will be seen when going to Page 1 above, Mosna was on a voyage from Hong Kong to Saigon when Norway was invaded on Apr. 9-1940. She's said to have escaped Sourabaya at the last minute, avoiding capture by the advancing Japanese forces (March-1942). The external website that I've linked to below has info on some of her convoy voyages - as will be seen, she appears in a few Tripoli-Libya and return convoys in 1943 and 1944. Compare this convoy information to dates and voyages found on the documents from the Norwegian archives.
Renamed Jayhind in 1946 for New Dholera Steamship, India. Scrapped in India in 1966. (Roel Zwama, who posted the message on my forum, has his own website at Shiplovers Homepage which includes a list of Dutch ships sold to Norway). Related external link: Back to Mosna on the "Ships starting with M" page. The text on this page was compiled with the help of: "Nortraships flåte", J. R. Hegland, and misc. - (ref. My sources).
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