D/T Norholm
Updated Jan. 28-2009

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Misc. Convoy Voyages:

Please follow the links for more convoy information; the Commodore's notes are also available for some of them. More convoy details will be added.

The external website that I've linked to at the end of this page lists Norholm in Convoy OS 27 in May-1942, voyaging in ballast from Liverpool to Curacao in station 25 of the convoy, which left Liverpool on May 2 - see also Page 1 above. In June she joined Convoy SL 114, leaving Freetown on June 25. She had a cargo of gasolene and kerosene, and was bound for Belfast, station 72; other Norwegian ships also took part. We now find her in the westbound North Atlantic Convoy ON 117*, originating in Liverpool July 31, Norholm arriving Halifax on Aug. 13. Having made a voyage to Curacao, she headed back to the U.K. on Sept. 13 in Convoy HX 207 from Halifax. She subsequently joined the westbound Convoy ON 137*, which originated in Liverpool Oct. 9-1942 and arrived New York on the 29th. Having made another voyage to Curacao, she returned to the U.K. in Convoy HX 218, sailing from New York on Dec. 5-1942, arriving Liverpool on the 21st, then joined the westbound Convoy ON 157 at the end of that month, sailing in station 44 of the convoy, which arrived New York on Jan. 15-1943.

Arnold Hague has also included her in Convoy HX 227, which departed New York on Febr. 18-1943 and arrived Liverpool March 6 - see also Page 1. This convoy is not available among the HX convoys on my own website, but I've linked directly to Hague's listing at the end of this page. The Norwegian corvettes Acanthus and Eglantine are named among the escorts, and several Norwegian ships took part. Norholm later joined the westbound Convoy ON 177*, originating in Liverpool on Apr. 6-1943, arriving New York on the 23rd, and in May-1943 she was in Convoy HX 237 from New York to the U.K. (Sandanger and Brand were sunk), subsequently joining the westbound Convoy ON 186* (from Liverpool May 24, to New York June 7 - see also Page 2). She headed back across the ocean on June 15 in Convoy HX 244, destination Avonmouth, station 105, then joined the westbound Convoy ON 192*, which originated in Liverpool July 9 and arrived New York on the 22nd. She returned in Convoy HX 252 from New York the following month (in which Santos was lost), later joining Convoy ON 203* (originated in Liverpool Sept. 22, arrived New York Oct. 10). A. Hague now has her in Convoy HX 263, departing New York on Oct. 24, arriving Liverpool Nov. 8 - ref. external link at the end of this page. Just a few days later we find her in Convoy ON 211*, which originated in Liverpool on Nov. 13-1943 and arrived New York Nov. 29. Christmas that year was celebrated while in Convoy HX 270, which left New York on Dec. 10 and arrived Liverpool on the 26th (also available via external link below).

She headed back across the Atlantic again with Convoy ON 219*, which left Liverpool on Jan. 8-1944 and arrived New York on the 27th. From New York, she sailed to Hampton Roads in order to make a voyage to the Mediterranean. Unfortunately, the archive document for the rest of her 1944 voyages is missing, but according to A. Hague, she joined Convoy UGS 32 on Febr. 3 in order to make this voyage; her destination is given as Algiers. This convoy is also available via the external link provided at the end of this page. She also made a voyage from Algiers to Augusta in Febr.-1944, having joined Convoy KMS 42*. The following month she sailed from Augusta to Algiers with Convoy MKS 43*, before returning to the U.S. from Algiers in Convoy GUS 34, which arrived Hampton Roads on Apr. 14.

On Apr. 18 we find her in the New York-U.K. Convoy HX 288, bound for Swansea, returning with the westbound Convoy ON 236*, which left Liverpool on May 11-1944 and arrived New York May 27. She's also listed among the ships in the U.S.-Port Said Convoy UGS 45 in June/July-1944, along with Norheim, Hjalmar Wessel and Roald Amundsen. The Norwegian ships parted company with the 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.

Information on some of her further voyages is available by following the instructions at the external link below.

* 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, the ships sailing in them are named in the section listing ships in all ON convoys. As will be seen, several Norwegian ships sailed in all of them. The MKS and KMS convoys will also be added; for now, please see ships in MKS convoys and ships in KMS convoys.

POST WAR:

Sailed as Haukefjell (Olsen & Ugelstad, Oslo) from 1946. Converted to a motorship in 1949 (see Post War details for Vega). Renamed Bluewater for Cia. Aralantica Pacifica S.A., Panama (Tidewater Commercial Co. Inc., Baltimore, U.S.A.) in 1952. Arrived Osaka on July 27-1959 for breaking up.

Related external links:
OS/KMS Convoys - The site also has a section for the returning SL convoys. As can be seen, Norholm is listed among the ships in Convoy OS 27 and SL 114. Note also that by going to this section of the same site and clicking on "Ship Search", using "Norholm" as keyword, several convoys that are not mentioned in the above narrative will come up. Here are HX 227, HX 263, HX 270, UGS 32, and GUS 34, all mentioned in my text.

Empire Ships - Empire Druid can be found under the D'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".