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M/S Sevilla To Sevilla on the "Ships starting with S" page. Manager: Fred Olsen & Co., Oslo Built in Newcastle upon Tyne in 1921.
Please note that since there was also a British ship by this name, the records in some cases get the 2 ships mixed up. Sevilla is listed in station 12 of Convoy OA 28, which departed Southend on Oct 31-1939. This convoy joined up with OB 28 on Nov. 3, the combined convoy forming the Gibraltar bound convoy OG 5*. Sevilla was bound for Philippeville, cargo of coal. Towards the end of Apr.-1940, we find her in station 64 of Convoy HGF 28 from Gibraltar to the U.K. She was 1 of 5 Norwegian ships in that convoy, the others being Einar Jarl, Kosmos II, Stalheim and Bur. The following month she headed in the other direction again with Convoy OA 148, which departed Southend on May 14, joined up with OB 148 on the 16th, the combined convoy forming the Gibraltar bound Convoy OG 30*. Sevilla's destination, however, is given as Casablanca. With the Norwegian Duala, she later joined Convoy 1-K* from Casablanca on May 31. The following month she was scheduled for Convoy OA 169 (left Southend on June 17) but instead joined the next convoy, OA 170, which left Southend on June 18 and dispersed 3 days later. Her destination is given as Hampton Roads, but there's a note stating she was diverted to Falmouth. Later that month she was one of several Norwegian ships in Convoy OA 175, departing Southend on June 27-1940, dispersed on July 1. Her destination on that occasion is given Falmouth, station 77 - see the external links below, as well as my own page related to OA 175 (Vice Commodore's report). She's named among the ships in the westbound North Atlantic Convoy ON 142*, which originated in Liverpool on Oct. 30-1942 and arrived New York on Nov. 21, but Sevilla was not present from the U.K.; she joined the convoy from Halifax. The external site that I've linked to below now has her, with several other Norwegian ships, in the eastbound Convoy SC 111, departing New York on Nov. 25-1942. The convoy had Liverpool as its final destination, but Sevilla was only bound for Sydney, C.B. She's also listed as bound for St. John's only in Convoy SC 117, which left New York on Jan. 12-1943 (arrived Liverpool Febr. 3), later joining the westbound Convoy ON 163*, which originated in Liverpool on Jan. 24-1943, and arrived New York Febr. 16, Sevilla joining this convoy from St. John's. At the end of Febr.-1943 she's mentioned in Convoy SC 121 from New York (in which Bonneville and several others were sunk), but was again only bound for St. John's. See also my notes for SC 122. The external site that I've linked to at the end of this page has information on some of her other voyages, but again, please be aware that there was also a British ship by this name, and some of the information may be incorrect, and may be referring to the British ship instead of the Norwegian Sevilla, or vice versa. It looks like she traded mostly to places like Halifax, St. John's, Botwood, Sydney, C.B. etc. in 1942 and 1943 - she's included in a convoy to Reykjavik and back in Sept./Oct.-1942 at the website below, but I believe this is a mistake, the dates for these voyages do not fit in with her other voyages in this time period. In 1944, she started making some voyages to Trinidad.
Foundered at Blokksund, near Haugesund on March 29-1947. Charles Hocking (ref. My Sources) says she was on a voyage from Bergen to Lisbon with dried fish, and that she sank in a collision off Ryvarden on this date. Related external links: Back to Sevilla on the "Ships starting with S" page. Hocking also lists an earlier ship by this name (steam), built 1913, 1318 gt (O. Thoresen) - torpedoed and sunk by a UB-80 in the English Channel on Apr. 25-1918.
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