D/T Petter II

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Misc. War Voyages:

Petter II was scheduled for the slow Sydney (C.B.)-U.K. Convoy SC 51 in Oct.-1941 (Newfoundland portion), but did not sail. She subsequently joined the next convoy, SC 52, but returned to port, as did all the other ships in this convoy. She also returned to port when in Convoy SC 53, but eventually got away with SC 55 on Nov. 16.

The external website that I've linked to below has Petter II in station 93 of Convoy SL 111/SLF 111, which departed Freetown on May 24-1942 and arrived Liverpool on June 16 (the SLF section detached on June 8 and arrived Liverpool on the 13th, but Petter II, bound for Belfast with a cargo of gas oil, was in the slow section). Other Norwegian ships listed are Havkong, Sandanger, Skandinavia and Solsten. The same website has Petter II in station 32 of Convoy OS 38, leaving Liverpool on Aug. 20-1942, voyage Milford-Gibraltar. (Note that she had been scheduled for the westbound North Atlantic Convoy ON 122 on Aug. 15, in which the Norwegian Trolla was sunk, but did not sail).

In the spring of 1943 she's listed in the first convoy in the ONS series, Convoy ONS 1, leaving Clyde on March 16-1943. Her destination is given as Baltimore, station 71. This convoy, which had several Norwegian ships, will be added to my Convoys section in due course. In May-1943 we find her in Convoy SC 132 from Halifax, in Sept. that same year she's listed in Convoy SC 142, and in Dec. she sailed in Convoy SC 149 (leaving Halifax on Dec. 15-1943).

While the Normandy beaches were being invaded in June-1944, Petter II was en route to London with the New York-U.K. Convoy HX 294, which had a large number of Norwegian ships.

Related external links:
SL Convoys and OS and OS/KMS - The site also has a section for the Russian convoys and OB convoys, and a very useful Multi-Convoy Web Search feature - here's the main page. As can be seen, Petter II is listed among the ships in Convoy SL 111/SLF 111 and Convoy OS 38.

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The text on this page was compiled with the help of: "Nortraships flåte", J. R. Hegland, "The World's Merchant Fleets 1939", Roger W. Jordan - and misc.