D/T Norheim
Updated Jan. 28-2009

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Misc. Convoy Voyages – 1942-1945:

Norheim is listed in the westbound North Atlantic Convoy ON 83*, departing Liverpool on Apr. 4-1942, however, she returned to port, subsequently joining Convoy ON 87*, which departed Liverpool on Apr. 16 and dispersed on the 26th. Her destination is given as Houston, where she arrived May 6. In June we find her in Convoy HX 194 from Halifax to the U.K., returning with the westbound Convoy ON 109*, which left Liverpool on July 3 and arrived Halifax on the 18th; Norheim, however was bound for New York on that occasion, arriving there on July 17 - see Page 1. At the end of the following month she joined Convoy HX 205 from Halifax, gas oil for Mersey, station 64, then headed to New York again with the westbound Convoy ON 138*, departing Liverpool on Oct. 11, arriving New York on Nov. 3 (she joined from Oban). She then went back to the U.K. in Convoy HX 218, sailing from New York on Dec. 5, arriving Liverpool on the 21st. Norheim's destination is given as Manchester, and she had station 82 of the convoy - see also Page 2. (Note that she made some voyages to Key West in between the above mentioned voyages - see instructions at the external link below and compare the results to the voyages listed on the archive documents).

She subsequently headed back to New York on Jan. 4-1943 in station 71 of the westbound Convoy ON 159 (the Commodore's narrative is also available for this convoy), and at the end of that month she joined Convoy HX 225, bound for Milford Haven with aviation fuel in station 102. She's now listed in the westbound Convoy ON 170, which originated in Liverpool on March 3 and had a total of 12 Norwegian ships. Norheim was bound for New York, station 43. Arnold Hague has also included her in Convoy HX 231, which left New York on March 25-1943 and arrived Liverpool on Apr. 10. This convoy is not available among the HX convoys on my own site, but I've linked directly to Hague's listing at the end of this page. About a week later she joined the westbound Convoy ON 179* (departure Liverpool Apr. 18, arrival New York May 6).

In June that same year she made a voyage from Gibraltar to Clyde, cargo of Admiralty fuel, Convoy SL 131/MKS 15 (having previously arrived Gibraltar on June 2 with Convoy UGS 8A, from Hampton Roads May 14-1943 - ref. external link below). She was in the Gibraltar portion, MKS 15, which joined up with the Freetown Convoy SL 131 on June 24-1943, the combined convoy arriving Liverpool on July 4. The external website already mentioned has more information on the combined convoy. Anna Odland, Dagrun, Hallfried and Karmt are also listed.

Norheim then headed back to New York in Convoy ON 194*, which left Liverpool on July 24-1943 and arrived New York on Aug. 7, and later that month we find her in Convoy HX 252 from New York, bound for Avonmouth, station 23, arriving Aug. 29 (according to Page 2). Again, the Commodore's narrative is available, as are several reports - see also Santos. At the beginning of the following month she joined the westbound Convoy ON 200*, which departed Liverpool on Sept. 2 and arrived New York on the 18th. Norheim's destination is not given, but going back to Page 2 of the archive docs, we see that she arrived Philadelphia on Sept. 18, having started out from Milford Haven on the 2nd. A. Hague now has her in Convoy HX 258, departing New York on Sept. 22-1943, arriving Liverpool on Oct. 6 (ref. external link provided below). Christmas and New Year's Eve of that year were celebrated while in the westbound Convoy ON 217*, which left Liverpool on Dec. 24 and arrived New York on Jan. 10-1944. See also Page 3.

Later that month she's listed as bound for Avonmouth in Convoy HX 275, originating in New York on Jan. 13-1944, arriving Liverpool on the 28th. She's listed with the ships in the Halifax portion, but as can be seen on Page 3 of the archive documents, she sailed from New York on the 13th and arrived Avonmouth on the 29th. She subsequently returned with the westbound Convoy ON 223*, which departed Liverpool on Febr. 7 and arrived New York Febr. 24.

She now made a voyage to Augusta the following month, arriving there on March 27 (see link to Convoy UGS 35 provided below), and in Apr.-1944 she shows up in another MKS convoy, namely MKS 46*, which arrived Gibraltar on Apr. 21. Norheim, however, was bound for Algiers, where she arrived on the 19th, having started this voyage from Augusta on the 14th. (For info, MKS 46 joined up with the Freetown Convoy SL 155 on Apr. 23, the combined convoy arriving Liverpool on May 3, but Norheim was not present in this convoy). She subsequently travelled back to the U.S. from Algiers with Convoy GUS 37, according to the site below (convoy arrived Hampton Roads on May 11-1944; Norheim arrived New York that day, having left Algiers on Apr. 23). In June/July-1944 we find her among the ships in the U.S.-Port Said Convoy UGS 45, together with Norholm, Hjalmar Wessel and Roald Amundsen. The Norwegian ships parted company with this convoy at Augusta, then on July 19 Norholm, Norheim and Roald Amundsen joined Convoy GUS 46, going in the other direction. This convoy had originated in Port Said on July 14, arrived Hampton Roads on Aug. 8.

Later that year, in Oct.-1944, she shows up in Convoy HX 313 from New York to the U.K. This convoy arrived Liverpool on Oct. 24 (Norheim's destination was Avonmouth), and about a week later we find her in the westbound Convoy ON 263*, which arrived New York on Nov. 15. From New York, Norheim now travelled back to Augusta, returning to the U.S. in Jan.-1945 - again, see Page 3 of the archive docs (and Convoy UGS 61 and GUS 63 below).

She was scheduled for the New York-U.K. Convoy HX 339 in the middle of Febr.-1945, but did not sail. Note, however, that the external site below has her in Convoy UGS 75 at this time (convoy left Hampton Roads on Febr. 17-1945, arrived Gibraltar March 4; Norheim arrived Casablanca March 5 - see Page 4), returning the following month in Convoy GUS 79, which arrived Hampton Roads on Apr. 9. (The site also has her in other UGS and GUS convoys in the course of 1944 and 1945 - follow the instructions at the link to find them).

* All the ON convoys mentioned here are available and will be added to individual pages in my Convoys section in due course, along with further details on each. In the meantime, please go to these convoys in the section listing ships in all ON convoys. As will be seen, several Norwegian ships sailed in all of them. The MKS convoys will also be added; for now, the ships sailing in them are named in the section listing ships in MKS convoys.

More information on all the other Norwegian ships mentioned here is available via the alphabet index at the end of this page.

POST WAR:

Named Kollgrim (O. Berg, Oslo) in 1946. Converted to motor ship in 1950 (see Post War details for Vega). Sailed as Walton, Dingwall Shipping Co. Ltd., Halifax N.S. (Nordstrom & Thulin A/B, Sweden) in 1955. Converted to an ore carrier (10 080 gr. 14 350 rdw). Renamed James Hamel (United Shipping and Trading Co. Ltd.) in 1963, then Pager Trader, Pager Traders Inc., Liberia (Ship Services Ltd., Bermuda) that same year. In 1968 she was owned by Pecos SS Co. Inc., Liberia (Elkan Ltd., Bermuda). Scrapped at Vinaroz, Spain in Jan.-1969.

Related external links:
SL convoys - As can be seen, Norheim is listed in Convoy SL 131 / MKS 15, as are several other Norwegian ships. Note also that by going to this section of the same site and clicking on "Ship Search", using "Norheim" as keyword, several convoys that are not mentioned in my own text will come up, including some more UGS and GUS convoys, among others. Here are HX 231, UGS 8A, HX 258, UGS 35, GUS 37, UGS 61, GUS 63, UGS 75, and GUS 79, all mentioned in my text above.

Empire Ships - Empire Pearl can be found under the P's.

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The text on this page was compiled with the help of: "Nortraships flåte", J. R. Hegland, and misc., including information received from Barbara Mumford, her source Mitchell & Sawyer's "Empire Ships".