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D/S Skarv To Skarv on the "Ships starting with S" page. Manager: Rich. Otter, Oslo Delivered in July-1923 from Porsgrunds Mek. Værksted A/S, Porsgrunn (82) as cargo vessel Frank to A/S Frank (Chr. J. Reim, Porsgrunn). Steel hull, "Porsgrunn-type" (engine aft and bridge amidships), 212' x 32.2' x 12.4', 930 gt, 1300 tdwt, Tripple Expansion (Porsgrunds) 103nhp, 9 knots. Sold in July-1929 to Rederi-AB Alfhem (Sam Andersson), Gothenburg. Sold in Sept.-1932 to Otters Rederi A/S (Rich. Otter), renamed Skarv.
Skarv is listed in Convoy HN 6 from Norway to the U.K. in Dec.-1939/Jan.-1940. She's also listed in Convoy HN 12 in the middle of Febr.-1940. Early in March we find her in the U.K.-Norway Convoy ON 17, returning to the U.K. later that month with Convoy HN 20, bound for Sunderland in ballast. As will be seen by clicking on the links, several Norwegian ships took part in all these convoys. In British coastal traffic, enduring many attacks by aircraft and E-boats. In May-1944 she was in Swansea, loading war stores for the invasion of Normandie. "Nortraships flåte" states she arrived June 7 and departed June 11 on her first trip. According to a personal story I have found, Skarv was scheduled to be at Omaha an hour after the first soldiers had been landed. She also had on board about 100 American soldiers who were to be be used for the unloading of cargoes. On her second trip to Omaha her crew learned that all(?) of these soldiers had died. Skarv made several trips back and forth to Omaha Beach.
Converted to oil fuelling in Febr.-1952. Sold in Dec.-1953 to Holderness SS Co. Ltd., Hull and renamed Holdernain. Sold in 1963 to Cozrelwaves Ltd., Hull and renamed Emmanuela. Laid up at Trieste, Italy May 12-1963. Sold in Sept.-1964 to unknown breakers at Trieste for breaking up. Back to Skarv on the "Ships starting with S" page. Related external links: Omaha Beach - includes several Maps The text on this page was compiled with the help of: "Nortraships flåte", J. R. Hegland and misc. Pre war and post war info was received from T. Eriksen, Norway - His source: Article about Chr. J. Reim by Kjell Malmgren and Dag Bakka Jr. in "Skipet" 4.88.
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