M/S Sørvard

To Sørvard on the "Ships starting with S" page.

Source: Historical Department, MAN B&W Diesel, Copenhagen, who also sent me this picture from her launching.

Source: Source: Kaare S. Sidselrud, Norway (see Lidvard).

WW II:

1 of the 26 Norwegian ships interned in North and West Africa - the names of all of them are available at Interned Ships. According to "Nortraships flåte" she was interned on June 22-1940 (Dakar). "Sjømann - Lang Vakt" by Guri Hjeltnes says she had a crew of 26, 25 Norwegian, 18 escaped, 1 went home (Engineer Einar Eide, who contracted malaria, was sent to Marseilles, then to Norway where he died in Apr.-1947).

Sørvard was returned to Nortraship's register on March 20-1943 (freed because of the allied invasion of North and West Africa in Nov.-1942).

The external website that I've linked to below has her in Convoy SL 130/MKS 14, which left Freetown on May 30-1943 and arrived Liverpool on June 21. Cargo is given as W. A. produce and mails, voyage Takoradi-Mersey.

In Jan./Febr.-1944 she's listed in Convoy HX 277 from New York, cargo of steel and lumber for Southampton. In May that year we find her, with a cargo of sugar for Hull, in Convoy HX 292. In Aug.-1944 she sailed in Convoy HX 305, bound for Cardiff with a cargo of lumber, and in Nov. that year she shows up in HX 318, bound for Liverpool with general cargo. Follow the links for more convoy information.

In Jan.-1945 she was back in New York, joining Convoy HX 332 (in which Solør was torpedoed).

Related external link:
SL convoys and OS/KMS Convoys - The site also has a section for the Russian convoys and OB convoys, and a very useful Multi-Convoy Web Search feature - here's the main page. As can be seen, Sørvard is listed in SL 130/MKS 14, along with several other Norwegian ships.

Back to Sørvard on the "Ships starting with S" page.