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Owner: Rederi A/S Hauk Delivered in Aug.-1919 from Collingwood Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., Collingwood, Toronto as Canadian Signaller for Marmne Merchant Ltd., Montreal. Later Emperor of Halifax from 1925. Purchased by Nils Røgenæs, Haugesund in Aug.-1929 and renamed Skjoldheim. Sold in Nov. that same year to E. Gerrard & H. I. Ramsland, Kristiansand S. From Febr.-1940 (sold 1939?) she had the name Polyana for Bucha Godager & Co., Oslo. Captain: Karl Jacobsen
Polyana, with a cargo of phosphates for Glasgow, was scheduled for the slow Sydney (C.B.)-U.K. Convoy SC 2 at the end of Aug.-1940, but cancelled and instead joined the next convoy, SC 3, from which the Norwegian Lotos was sunk, among others - follow the link for more details. In Oct.-1940 she's listed as bound for Pugwash in ballast in station 82 of Convoy OB 232, which left Liverpool on Oct. 21-1940 and dispersed on the 26th (see external links below for more on this convoy, which had several Norwegian ships). At the beginning of Dec. that year we find her in the slow Convoy SC 15, cargo of lumber for Great Yarmouth. She was damaged during an air attack in Great Yarmouth on Jan. 25-1941. On my page Warsailor Stories (first story on that page) I've included the personal story of the brother of the mate/radio operator on Polyana at the time of this attack. He was wounded and had to go to hospital, which as it turned out, saved his life. It's the story of 5 brothers and a sister who served outside of Norway during the war; the brothers on 17 different ships altogether. Another sister was involved in "illegal" activities in Norway, as was the father (there's also a link to the original, Norwegian version of the story). Related external links:
Left Sunderland with a cargo of coal on March 22-1941, then departed Oban for Freetown in the Gibraltar bound Convoy OG 58 on April 7, estimated to arrive Freetown on April 30. According to "Nortraships flåte", which does not mention the identity of the convoy, the soutbound section was detached on April 14 in position 44 41N 22 43W, and that's the last time Polyana was seen (as reported by the Norwegian D/S Brisk in the same convoy). She was later found to have been torpedoed and sunk by U-103 (Schütze) in the very early hours of April. 25 (about half an hour after midnight, having been attacked by 2 torpedoes just before midnight on the 24th, Central European Time), position 12 45N 28 21W, with a loss of all 25 men, incl. 2 British, 1 Danish, 1 Tunisian, 1 Spanish and 1 Maltese.
Martin Klovning had previously served on Gard (until Sept.-1940).
Related external links: Back to Polyana on the "Ships starting with P" page. The text on this page was compiled with the help of: "Nortraships flåte", J. R. Hegland, "Våre gamle skip", Leif M. Bjørkelund & E. H. Kongshavn, "The Allied Convoy System", Arnold Hague, "Sjøforklaringer fra 2. verdenskrig", Volume II, Norwegian Maritime Museum. and misc. and misc. (ref. My sources).
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