D/S Romulus

To Romulus on the "Ships starting with R" page.

Some War Voyages:

Note that Romulus is also listed in several westbound North Atlantic convoys that have not been added to individual pages yet. Please see the list of ships in ON convoys, and the ships in ONS convoys.

At the end of Nov.-1941 we find Romulus, with a general cargo for Avonmouth, in the slow Sydney (C.B.)-U.K. Convoy SC 57. She also carried 3 passengers on this voyage.

"Nortraships flåte" mentions an encounter with 2 U-boats off Bahia in Apr.-1942. A radio message was immediately sent, but not acknowledged. She opened fire with her 4" gun and left the area at full speed. Though one of the boats fired back, none of them followed her (identity unknown).

A year later, in Apr.-1943 Romulus is listed in the slow Halifax-U.K. Convoy SC 128, together with Iron Baron, Mathilda and Norbryn; then in July she shows up in Convoy SC 137, general cargo for London, station 14.

In Sept. that same year she rescued 21 survivors from the torpedoed British ship S/S Fort Jemseg and 1 of the survivors from Oregon Express during the battle for the westbound Convoy ON 202/ONS 18 - see text under Oregon Express. (Gunners on Romulus at this time were Hugo Anders Thorleif Jensen, Halfdan Trommestad and Leiv Edgar A. Larsen). A couple of months later, in Nov.-1943, we find her in station 91 of Convoy SC 147 from Halifax, bound for Liverpool with pulp, mail and sugar.

At the end of March-1944 she joined the slow Convoy SC 156, in which the Norwegian Ruth I and South America were sunk - her destination is given as Liverpool, cargo of sugar, citrus pulp and mail. In July that same year, Romulus was scheduled for the New York-U.K. Convoy HX 301, but instead joined HX 303 the following month with 16 other Norwegian ships, namely Tanafjord, Dalfonn, Noravind, Atlantic, Sommerstad, Skotaas, Geisha, Thorhild, Petter, Stirlingville, Rena, Para, Titanian, Mui Hock, Fjordaas and Norse Lady, all listed on this website. Romulus' destination is given as Methil and London, and she had a cargo of sugar. In Dec.-1944 she's listed in the slow Halifax-U.K. Convoy SC 162, cargo of sugar and mail for Liverpool.

Follow the links provided for more info on the convoys mentioned here - as will be seen, several Norwegian ships sailed in them. More information on each of them can be found with the help of the alphabet index below.

POST WAR:

Sold in Nov.-1953 to Cia. de Muelles de la Poblacion Vergara (Hans R. Samsing), Valparaiso, Chile and renamed Curauma. Sold again the following year to Naviera Chilena del Pacifico S/A, Valparaiso and renamed Roble. Sold for breaking up in 1959.

Related external link:
Fort Ships of WW II - Alphabetical lists with details of each ship. Also covers the "Ocean" and "Park" ships. Has an individual page on the loss of Fort Longueuil, crew list, survivors' stories etc.

Back to Romulus on the "Ships starting with R" page.

This company later had another Romulus post war, originally delivered as Belevelyn to owners in Oslo in Sept.-1948, 4696 gt. Sold to Wiel & Amundsen A/S (Alf Rød), Halden in 1954 and renamed Romulus. Later names: Majoy 1963, Katerina 1966, Makron 1967, Sea Captain 1968, Marcos Proios 1970. Broken up around 1971.

The text on this page was compiled with the help of: "Nortraships flåte", J. R. Hegland, E-mail from Roger W. Jordan - and misc.