Manager: Anders Jahre, Sandefjord
Tonnage: 8234 gt.

Built in 1930 by Götaverken A/B, Gothenborg as Nordanvik for Norrköpings Rederi A/B, Norrköping. 8234 gt, 4864 net, 11 420 tdwt, 451' 1" x 59' 3" x 35' 9", 2 x 7 cyl. diesel engines, 11 knots. Sold in Dec.-1934 to Skips-A/S Noravind (Anders Jahre), Sandefjord and renamed Noravind.

Related item on this website:
Guestbook message from someone whose father served on this ship (and others).

Some of her voyages are listed on these original images from the Norwegian National Archives:
(unfortunately, several pages appear to be missing; these will be added if/when found.
Additionally, the 2nd document is very torn)
1942-1943 | 1943-1944-1945 | 1945

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

Voyage Record From March-1941 to June-1945:

Follow the convoy links provided for more information on each.

Errors may exist, and voyages are missing.

	Departure	From	To	Arrival	Convoy	Remarks
1941	March 11	Singapore	Colombo	March 18	Independent	A. Hague says: Previously traded Pacific/E Indies/Australia
	March 19	Colombo	Aden	March 28	Independent	–
	March 31	Aden	Suez	Apr. 7	BN 22	From Aden. Convoy available at BN convoys (external link)
	Apr. 15	Suez	Abadan	Apr. 29	Independent	–
	May 4	Abadan	Durban	May 23	Independent	–
	June 1	Durban	Lourenço Marques	June 3	Independent	–
	June 5	Lourenço Marques	Bombay	June 22	Independent	–
	July 6	Bombay	Rangoon	July 16	Independent	–
	July 27	Rangoon	Cocanilla	Aug. 1	Independent	–
	Aug. 4	Cocanilla	Calcutta	Aug. 6	Independent	–
	Aug. 8	Calcutta	Rangoon	Aug. 12	Independent	–
	Aug. 14	Rangoon	Madras	Aug. 20	Independent	–
	Aug. 25	Madras	Palembang	Aug. 31	Independent	–
	Sept. 1	Palembang	Singapore	Sept. 3	Independent	–
	Sept. 8	Singapore	Pladjoe	Sept. 9	Independent	–
	Sept. 11	Pladjoe	Singapore	Sept. 12	Independent	–
	Sept. 18	Singapore	Colombo	Sept. 25	Independent	–
	Sept. 28	Colombo	Aden	Oct. 7	Independent	–
	Oct. 9	Aden	Suez	Oct. 15	Independent	–
	Oct. 27	Suez	Aden	Nov. 2	Independent	–
	Nov. 2	Aden	Bahrein	Nov. 9	Independent	–
	Nov. 11	Bahrein	Aden	Nov. 18	Independent	–
	Nov. 21	Aden	Suez	Nov. 28	Independent	–
	Dec. 5	Suez	Aden	Dec. 11	Independent	–
	Dec. 13	Aden	Bahrein	Dec. 20	Independent	–
	Dec. 24	Bahrein	Mombasa	Jan. 4-1942	Independent	–
1942	Jan. 10	Mombasa	Abadan	Jan. 22	Independent	–
	Jan. 25	Abadan	Aden	Febr. 3	Independent	–
	Febr. 7	Aden	Suez	Febr. 13	Independent	–
	Febr. 15	Port Said	Alexandria	Febr. 16	Independent	–
	Febr. 23	Alexandria	Haifa	Febr. 25	Independent	–
	Febr. 27	Haifa	Alexandria	March 1	Independent	–
	March 12	Alexandria	Haifa	March 14	Independent	–
	March 17	Haifa	Tripoli, Syria	March 18	Independent	–
	March 23	Tripoli, Syria	Port Said	March 24	Independent	–
	March 26	Suez	Abadan	Apr. 10	Independent	–
	Apr. 12	Abadan	Melbourne	May 17	Independent	–
	July 17	Melbourne	Abadan	Aug. 19	Independent	–
	Aug. 22	Abadan	Colombo	Sept. 2	Independent	–
	Sept. 8	Colombo	Abadan	Sept. 18	Independent	–
	Sept. 20	Abadan	Bandar Abbas	–	Independent	–
	Sept. 30	Bandar Abbas	Aden	Oct. 7	PA 4	Convoy available via this page (external link)
	Oct. 7	Aden	Suez	Oct. 13	Independent	On to Port Said, Oct. 14 (see this page).
	Oct. 14	Port Said	Alexandria	Oct. 15	Independent	–
	Oct. 22	Alexandria	Port Said	Oct. 23	Independent	–
	Oct. 27	Port Said	Haifa	Oct. 28	Independent	–
	Nov. 2	Haifa	Port Said	Nov. 3	Independent	–
	Nov. 4	Port Said	Alexandria	Nov. 5	Independent	–
	Nov. 7	Alexandria	Port Said	Nov. 8	Independent	–
	Nov. 9	Port Said	Alexandria	Nov. 10	Independent	–
	Nov. 15	Alexandria	Port Said	Nov. 16	Independent	–
	Nov. 18	Port Said	Haifa	Nov. 19	Independent	–
	Nov. 23	Haifa	Port Said	Nov. 24	Independent	A. Hague says: Repairing engines at Suez until March 16-1943. See also archive document
1943	March 16	Suez	Massawa	March 20	Independent	–
	March 23	Massawa	Aden	March 25	Independent	–
	March 26	Aden	Shatt-el-Arab Anchorage	Apr. 3	AP 26	Convoy available at AP convoys (external link) Later arrived Abadan Apr. 5 (see doc. above).
	Apr. 6	Abadan	Fremantle	May 3	Independent	A. Hague says: Possibly via PA 32 initially Available via this page (external link)
	May 20	Fremantle	Geraldton	May 21	Independent	–
	May 25	Geraldton	Abadan	June 16	Independent	–
	June 23	Abadan	–	–	Independent	A. Hague says: Joined PA 43
	June 26	Bandar Abbas	Aden	July 3	PA 43	Convoy available via link above
	July 9	Aden	Abadan	July 17	Independent	–
	July 19	Abadan	–	–	Independent	A. Hague says: Joined PA 47
	July 29	Bandar Abbas	Aden	Aug. 6	PA 47	Convoy available via link above
	Aug. 7	Aden	Suez	Aug. 13	Independent	–
	Aug. 19	Suez	Massawa	Aug. 23	Independent	–
	Aug. 28	Massawa	Aden	–	Independent	–
	Aug. 31	Aden	Bandar Abbas	Sept. 6	AP 43	Convoy available at AP convoys (external link)
	Sept. 6	Bandar Abbas	Abadan	Sept. 8	Independent	See also archive document
	Sept. 10	Abadan	Bandar Abbas	–	Independent	–
	Sept. 15	Bandar Abbas	Aden	Sept. 22	PA 53	Convoy available via this page (external link)
	Sept. 22	Aden	Massawa	Sept. 24	Independent	–
	Sept. 28	Massawa	Port Sudan	Sept. 29	Independent	–
	Oct. 1	Port Sudan	Massawa	Oct. 2	Independent	–
	Oct. 6	Massawa	Aden	Oct. 8	Independent	–
	Oct. 9	Aden	Bandar Abbas	Oct. 16	AP 48	Convoy available at AP convoys (external link)
	Oct. 16	Bandar Abbas	Abadan	Oct. 18	Independent	See also this document
*	Oct. 19	Abadan	Bandar Abbas	–	Independent	–
	*Voyage inserted from entry below and date corrected.
	Oct. 24	Bandar Abbas	–	–	PA 58	Detached Oct. 26. Convoy available via this page (external link)
	Oct. 26	Detached from PA 58	Albany	Nov. 19	Independent	–
?*	Oct. 29	Abadan	Bandar Abbas	–	Independent	–
	*Departure should probably be Oct. 19 and voyage belongs above.
	Nov. 19	Albany N.S.W.	Fremantle	Nov. 20	Independent	–
	Nov. 22	Esperance Bay	Melbourne	–	Independent	–
	Nov. 27	Melbourne	Sydney, N.S.W.	Nov. 30	OC 146	Convoy available at OC convoys (external link)
	Dec. 4	Sydney, N.S.W.	Balboa	Jan. 10-1944	Independent	–
1944	Jan. 11	Cristobal	Curacao	Jan. 15	Independent	–
	Jan. 21	Curacao	Gitmo	Jan. 24	TAG 110	Curacao to Gitmo. Convoy available at TAG convoys (external link)
	Jan. 24	Gitmo	New York City	Febr. 1	GN 110	Convoy available at GN convoys (external link)
	Aug. 11	New York City	Clyde	Aug. 26	HX 303	–
	Oct. 15	Clyde	Londonderry	Oct. 16	Independent	–
	Oct. 16	Londonderry	Belfast Lough	Oct. 17	Independent	–
	Oct. 29?*	Belfast Lough	Clyde	Oct. 20	Independent	*Compare w/archive document A. Hague says: Collision in Clyde Oct. 20-1944
	Nov. 24	Clyde	Londonderry	Nov. 24	Independent	A. Hague says: Presumably as station tanker Moville
1945	Apr. 26	Londonderry	Clyde*	Apr. 27	Independent	*For Bowling (see doc. above)
	June 2	Clyde	Methil Roads	–	Independent	Arrived June 5
	June 5	Methil Roads	Kristiansand	–	Independent	Back to Methil June 23 (see archive doc) See also further 1945 voyages

Other Norwegian ships listed in the convoys mentioned above:
In BN 22 - Athene, Cypria, Ima
In AP 43 - Torborg
In PA 58 - Ima and Panamanian Norvinn (Norwegian managers)
In TAG 110 - Vestvangen
In GN 110 - Bomma

Notes:

According to A. Hague, Noravind spent 2 months in Melbourne in the summer of 1942. He says she had arrived there on May 17 and did not leave again until July 17. It'll also be noticed, when going to this document, that there's a long gap in her voyages later on that year. She had arrived Suez from Haifa and Port Said on Nov. 26-1942 and departure is given as March 16-1943, when she proceeded to Massowah. A. Hague provides the explanation that she had been undergoing engine repairs.

Skipping now to 1944, when we find another long gap in her voyages. She had arrived New York City from Curacao on Febr. 1 and did not leave until Aug. 11. For this voyage, I have her in the New York-U.K. Convoy HX 303, together with Tanafjord, Dalfonn, Romulus, Atlantic, Sommerstad, Skotaas, Geisha (Vice Commodore), Thorhild, Petter, Stirlingville, Rena, Para, Titanian, Mui Hock, Fjordaas and Norse Lady, all listed on this website. The easiest way to find them is through the Master Ships Index. Noravind's voyages in this period are listed on this document. Unfortunately, the page is torn so that arrival dates are not visible, but see A. Hague's record above (he mentions a collision on Oct. 20; I have no further details on this). Another long gap is shown at the end of that year. She had arrived Londonderry on Nov. 24-1944, and according to the archive document she did not leave until Apr. 26-1945, bound for Bowling - arrival there is not provided.

As will be seen when going back to the document referred to above, she got to go home to Norway already in June-1945, making another voyage home the following month. In fact, it looks like she remained there through July and into Aug.-1945, visiting several Norwegian ports (see her 1945 voyages).

POST WAR:

(according to the website below):

Belonged to Fratelli d’Amico, Rome from 1951 to 1954, same name. Owners from 1957 were Soc di Nav per Azioni (Fratelli d’Amico), Rome, renamed Normanna. Laid up in Naples from March-1958 until June 1962, then towed to Trieste for breaking up.

Related external link:
Pictures of Noravind - The site also has pictures and information on several other A. Jahre ships; here's a list, and here's the main page. Text is in Norwegian.