Owner: D/S A/S Ramø
Manager: R. Ursin-Smith, Oslo
Tonnage: 2334 gt

Built by Eltringhams Ltd., Willington Quay-on-Tyne in 1921. Previous names: Asborg until 1931, Speed until 1933.

Her voyages are listed on these original images from the Norwegian National Archives:
Page 1 | Page 2 | Page 3 | Page 4 | Page 5 | Page 6

Misc. Convoy Voyages:

(More convoy information will be added).

Ramø is listed in the slow Sydney (C.B.)-U.K. Convoy SC 63 early in Jan.-1942, cargo of pulp wood. According to Page 2 she arrived Reykjavik on Jan. 20, and the following month she joined Convoy RU 10 from there to the U.K. Her destination is given as Ridham Dock, general cargo. At the beginning of Apr.-1942 we find her in station 45 of the westbound North Atlantic Convoy ON 82*, which left Liverpool on Apr. 2 and arrived Halifax on the 18th. The Norwegian Boreas, Inger Elisabeth, Kaia Knudsen, Lago, Lista, and Norse Lady are also listed. That summer, in June-1942, she acted as the Vice Commodore's ship for the slow Convoy SC 86 from Sydney, C.B., cargo of flour for Glasgow, where she arrived June 18, heading back across the Atlantic at the end of that month with the westbound Convoy ON 108* (convoy departed Liverpool June 30 - Ramø arrived Halifax July 15, having started out from Clyde June 29). She had again been in the company of several other Norwegian ships, namely Don, Far, Grado, Inger Lise, Iron Baron, Lido, Selbo, Senta, Sneland I, and Star.

Ramø returned to the U.K. the following month (Aug.-1942) in the Sydney, C.B. portion of Convoy SC 96, cargo of flour for Leith, where she arrived on Aug. 28 - see Page 3. In Sept.-1942 she was 1 of several Norwegian ships in the westbound North Atlantic Convoy ON 128. The Commodore's narrative is also available for this convoy. Ramø's destination is given as Sydney C.B., station 72; according to the archive document mentioned above, she arrived Halifax on Sept. 21, having started out from Loch Ewe on Sept. 5. According to Arnold Hague, she returned with the eastbound Convoy SC 105, which departed New York on Oct. 11-1942 and arrived Liverpool on the 31st; Ramø, however, joined this convoy from Halifax and stopped at Belfast Lough. Other Norwegian ships were Bonde, Don, Far, Herma, Kisten B, Norelg, Polarland. This convoy is not available among the SC convoys listed in my own Convoys section, but I've linked directly to Hague's listing at the end of this page.

Ramø later joined the westbound Convoy ON 148*, but returned to port (Clyde). This convoy left Liverpool on Nov. 23-1942 and arrived New York on Dec. 13, and included the Norwegian Ada, Don, Far, Herma, Inger Lise, and Solsten. Ramø was subsequently scheduled for Convoy ON 152 (with coal for Halifax) on Dec. 9-1942, but did not sail. She shows up again, together with Fana, James Hawson, Norhauk, Norse King (sunk - follow link for details), Ravnefjell, Veni and Vest, in Convoy ON 154*, leaving Liverpool on Dec. 18-1942, arriving New York on Jan. 12-1943, with the loss of several ships - see the links provided at the end of this page. Ramø arrived Halifax on Jan. 9, having sailed from Clyde on Dec. 18.

Ramø now started making voyages to Trinidad and Paramaribo, later to Australia - again, see Page 3, as well as Page 4. Also, by following the instructions provided at the external link to "Misc. convoys" at the end of this page, information on some of her convoy voyages in this time period will come up. Compare these to the details found on the archive documents. Page 5 shows her 1944 and some 1945 voyages, while Page 6 lists the rest of her 1945 voyages.

In Apr.-1945 she appears, together with the Norwegian Norbryn, in the Gibraltar-U.K. Convoy MKS 95, departing Gibraltar on Apr. 15, arriving Liverpool on the 23rd. This convoy will be added to my Convoys section, but for now, the ships sailing in it are named on this page.

As will be seen when going to Page 6 above, she got to go home to Norway in Aug.-1945.

* The ON convoys mentioned here are available and will be added to individual pages in my Convoys section in due course, along with further details on each. In the meantime, please go to these convoys in the section listing ships in all ON convoys.

For more information on all the other Norwegian ships named on this page, please see the alphabet index below, or go to the Master Ship Index.

POST WAR:

Ramø survived the war but struck a mine on Apr. 21-1946 and blew up, while alongside the quay at Henningsvær, Lofoten, Norway. 14 died out of a complement of 27. According to a book written in 1999 about this incident Ramø had anchored up in a German minefield, which was presumed swept and safe.

"Minner og minnesmerker" by Øistein Wiik lists the following casualties (in alphabetical order):
Stoker Johannes Jensen, Mate Karl Johansen, Stoker Finn Lundberg, Oiler Terje Moen, Able Seaman Ragnar Møyland, Stoker Jens Einar Oskarsen, Seaman Thorbjørn Pedersen, Able Seaman Harry Stenehjem, Deck Boy Frank Svendsen, Stoker Johannes Sæten, Seaman Helge Haakon Wold, Able Seaman Konrad Aarvik.

Related external links:
Battle of the Atlantic - Convoy ONS 154 - Describes the battle for this convoy in great detail.

Stavern Memorial commemorations/Ramø - 14 are commemorated here. See also this commemoration, where Stoker Kristian Adolf Aulesjord is named; ship is given as Ranøy. The Norwegian text says the ship survived the war but struck a mine Apr. 21-1946, so this is probably a mix-up with Ramø.

Ramø - From a Norwegian website for divers. Picture of the ship, details on her demise, and location of the wreck (also in English). Here's the main page for this site.

The Australian War Memorial also has a picture of this ship. It can be found by running a search through their collection search page, with "Ramo" as keyword and second World War in the other field.