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M/T Nyholm To Nyholm on the "Ships starting with N" page.
Manager: Christian Haaland, Haugesund Delivered in Nov.-1927 from Odense Staalskibsværft, Odense as Nyholm to D/S A/S Idaho, Haugesund. (Chr. Haaland). A few of the crew members: Mechanic Martin Tollaksen
A personal story in the book "Sjøfolk i krig", told by oiler Magne Lilleaas states that Nyholm had been on a voyage from Baytown, Texas via New Orleans to Genoa with a cargo of oil, arriving Genoa on Apr. 4-1940. On the evening of Apr. 7 the men on board were told by the mate to go and find everyone who had gone ashore and bring them back on board as quickly as possible. This was accomplished, whereupon the ship slowly and quietly departed, managing to avoid being stopped by Italian authorities. Not until the next day was the crew informed of the situation in Norway. On Apr. 9 they all got the news from BBC that Norway had been invaded. Able Seaman Jacob Eide says they were stopped in the Mediterranean that day by a French destroyer telling them to proceed to a neutral port. At the time she was en route to Suez in order to take on a cargo of oil in Abadan, Iran. The voyage was continued with the destroyer following. They were delayed for a few days in the Suez Canal; at Port Said a great number of ships were anchored up, many of which were Norwegian, so while waiting Nyholm's men paid them a visit using the motorboat. Nyholm acted as supply ship for Royal Navy 1941-'42, first at St. Helena and later Port Victoria, the Seychelles. According to Jacob Eide, Nyholm was at St. Helena from March until Aug. 1941, then proceeded to Durban for docking. He says they were replaced at St. Helena by the English tanker Darkdale, adding that this ship was torpedoed soon afterwards in the very spot where Nyholm had previously been. I cross checked this information with Rohwer, who says Darkdale was indeed torpedoed and sunk at St. Helena, on Oct. 22-1941 by U-68 (Merten). Nyholm departed Durban early in Sept.-1941 for the Persian Gulf, made some voyages in the Indian Ocean, then arrived Mahe, the Seychelles at the end of Apr.-1942, supplying allied warships there for about 5 months; mostly destroyers and submarines according to Jacob Eide, who adds that they proceeded to Mombasa in Sept. for further orders. In the middle of Jan.-1945 she shows up in the slow Halifax-U.K. Convoy SC 165.
Important: From Jan.-1952 until Apr.-1953 a British able seaman by the name Thomas Patrick Shaw sailed with this ship - see my text for Hallfried for a picture and more details on him, including some of his WW II and other post war ships. If anyone remembers this man, please contact me via the address provided at the end of this page. Nyholm was sold in 1956 (57?) to Meropsar Shipping Co., Monrovia, Liberia and renamed Evangelistria. Laid up in the River Blackwater, England, from May 1958. Sold to Eisen & Metall KG Lehr & Co and arrived at Hamburg Oct. 2-1959 to be broken up. Related external link: To Nyholm on the "Ships starting with N" page. The company had another Nyholm built 1966, 41 328 gt. Sold to France in 1969 and renamed Bourgogne, then Vignemale from 1975, Hamoude of Panama 1980. Sold for breaking up in Taiwan in 1983. The text on this page was compiled with the help of: "Våre motorskip", Leif M. Bjørkelund & E. H. Kongshavn, and "Sjøfolk i krig" by Leif M. Bjørkelund - Ref. Sources/Books.
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