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M/T Norsktank To Norsktank on the "Ships starting with N" page. Pictures are available at the 2nd external website that I've linked to at the end of this page. Manager: Nortraship Delivered in 1928 as Nike from A/B Götaverken, Gothenburg (413) to Rederi-A/B Transoil, Gothenburg. 9720 gt, 5965 net, 14 544 tdwt. Sold in 1938 to Anders Jahre, Sandefjord, renamed Jaguar. Broke in two, abandoned Jan. 17-1939 (no casualties), new forepart fitted, renamed Janko in 1939 (Panamanian flag, Pankos Operating Co.), Anders Jahre, Sandefjord, manager. Included in Nortraship's register on Nov. 20-1941, after the Dutch had taken her as prize upon her arrival in Curaçao in Oct. (since Anders Jahre was located within a German controlled area), with the agreement that she would later be transferred to the Norwegian flag. S. Jansen, who served in the Maritime Dept. of Nortraship in New York had been sent to Curaçao by the Dept. of Foreign Affairs in London to look after the Norwegian interests. According to an agreement with the Norwegian authorities in London and the Dutch Maritime authorities, he saw to the necessary degaussing and the installation of armament on board, arranged for a crew etc. before taking her to Halifax himself, where she was turned over to the captain employed by Nortraship, Otto Nygaard. The whole precedure took close to 2 months. Renamed Norsktank. Captain: Otto Nygaard.
There's a Norsetank listed among the ships in Convoy HX 164 in Dec.-1941; not sure if this is a misspelling of Norkstank? Other Norwegian ships were Polarsol, Gallia, Hilda Knudsen, Kaia Knudsen (and possibly Leiesten). HX 164 departed Halifax on Dec. 8-1941. Norsktank also shows up in Convoy OS 23 in the spring of 1942, voyaging in ballast from Belfast to Curacao, station 35. This convoy left Liverpool on March 24-1942 and arrived Freetown on Apr. 11. That summer she's listed in Convoy SL 112, which left Freetown on June 4-1942 and arrived Liverpool on the 23rd. Norsktank was on a voyage from Aruba to Manchester, cargo of fuel oil, station 53. The Norwegian Bralanta, Glittre, Herbrand and Atlantic are also included, along with the Panamanian Vestfold (Norwegian managers, and therefore listed under the V's on this site). Please refer to the first external link below for more on these convoys. She was scheduled for Convoy HX 225 from New York at the end of Jan.-1943, but instead joined the next convoy, HX 226. However, she became a straggler and went into St. John's. In July/Aug. (same year) Norsktank is listed as sailing in the slow Convoy SC 138 from Halifax to the U.K. At the end of March-1944 she joined the slow Convoy SC 156, in which the Norwegian Ruth I and South America were sunk - her destination is given as Mersey and Manchester. That summer, in July-1944, she can be found in the large Convoy HX 300 from New York, then at the end of the following month she joined Convoy HX 306. Early in Nov. that same year she shows up in the slow Halifax-U.K. Convoy SC 160. At the end of Jan.-1945 she joined the slow Halifax-U.K. Convoy SC 166, bound for Shellhaven - follow the links for further information on the convoys mentioned here.
According to details found on the Riversea International website she became Panamanian Janko again in 1947 (Pankos Operating Co., Panama). Laid up in the Fal from March 22-1951 to Sept. 17-1951. It appears she broke in 2 again at some point. According to the 2nd website that I've linked to below this happened on Jan. 28-1951, both parts salvaged and broken up. Related external links: More on this ship - The site also has pictures and information on several other Anders Jahre ships; here's a list, and here's the main page. Text is in Norwegian. Back to Norsktank on the "Ships starting with N" page. The text on this page was compiled with the help of: "Nortraships flåte", J. R. Hegland, and misc.
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