M/T Norvik
Panamanian flag

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Received from (and painted by) Jan Goedhart, Holland.

Some War Voyages:

The first external website that I've linked to at the end of this text lists Norvik in station 74 of Convoy SL 60 from Freetown in Dec.-1940/Jan.-1941, bound for Swansea Bay with crude oil.

In Sept.-1941 she was in station 84 of Convoy HX 149 along with the Norwegian Aristophanes (station 43), Brasil (83), Daghild (station 63), Thorsholm (33), Innerøy (35), Thorshov (64), Somerville (66?), Glittre (24), Lise (44), Harpefjell (86), and Brant County (87), as well as an unnamed Norwegian tanker in station 73. She's also listed among the ships in Convoy HX 159 in Nov.-1941.

In Jan.-1942 a ship named Narvik can be found in Convoy HX 172. It's listed as Panamanian, and I'm wondering if this should be Norvik? In May that year she was in Convoy HX 188.

Final Fate 1943:

Torpedoed on Jan. 9-1943 by U-522* (Schneider), in Convoy TM 1 and sunk 28 08N 28 20W, 2 died, 43 survived. See an article on Convoy TM 1 and my accounts under M/T Minister Wedel and M/T Albert L. Ellsworth.

* "Nortraships flåte" gives U-575 (Heydemann) as the attacker of Minister Wedel and Norvik. Rohwer says: "U-522 reported three hits, which were also observed by U-575. It is probable that two hit Minister Wedel, which started to burn fiercely, and the other the Norvik. HMS Havelock unsuccessfully tried to sink both ships by gunfire. The two vessels were sunk the next day by torpedoes from U-522" - (same position). He also gives the tonnage 10 034 gt for Norvik, as does "Lloyd's War Losses, Vol. I" and Charles Hocking, who adds she was on a voyage Trinidad-Gibraltar with 13000 tons of fuel oil. He gives the position as about 500 miles west of Teneriffe.

Related external links:
SL Convoys - As will be seen, Norvik is listed in Convoy SL 60.

1 who died - Jan Jens Johansen is commemorated.

TM-1, 3-12 Jan 1943
U-522 | Herbert Schneider

Other ships owned by Johan Rasmussen & Co. - Here is the main page.

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The text on this page was compiled with the help of: Misc. sources, including J. W. Jordan's "The World's Merchant Fleets 1939" and those mentioned within my text above (ref. My sources).