M/T Storanger - Norwegian Merchant Fleet 1939-1945

Some Convoy Voyages:

More convoy information will be added.

According to a posting to my Ship Forum (by Roland Berr), U-26 sighted Storanger at 09:30 on Nov. 4-1939 in square CG 46. The boat dived at 09:45 and started to follow the tanker, surfacing nearby at 11:00 and stopped her for a control. She was in ballast en route from Rotterdam to Suez at the time and was released again arround 12:00. Roland says, "As U-26 operated without MQ-charts on this mission there are very poor positions given. In this case we have just the so called Mittagsbesteck (position at noon) that shows 39°15'N - 11°35'W. This would be square CG 4633". (For info, Roland has collected a lot of KTB's, which can be reached through this external page).

In May-1940 Storanger can be found among the ships in the Bermuda portion of Convoy HX 47 (the Norwegian Italia was sunk). Several Norwegian ships took part. In Aug.-1940, she appears in Convoy OB 204, which originated in Liverpool on Aug. 26 and dispersed on the 29th, Storanger arriving Cape Town on Sept. 26 - ref. external site at the end of this page.

The same website has her in station 72 of Convoy SL 70, which left Freetown on March 29-1941 and arrived Liverpool on Apr. 23. Follow the link for names of other Norwegian ships taking part.

She received minor damages during an air attack in Milford Haven on May 7-1941. 1 man was injured. Later that month, we find her in Convoy OG 62*, originating in Liverpool on May 15-1941. This was a Gibraltar bound convoy, which arrived there on May 29; her destination is not given, but when going to Page 1, we find that she arrived Aruba June 5 (having started out from Milford Haven on May 14), so must have left the convoy at some point in order to proceed to that destination. OG 62 will be added to an individual page in my Convoys section; but for now, the ships sailing in it are named on the page listing ships in all OG convoys.

According to Arnold Hague, she returned to the U.K. the following month in Convoy HX 141, departing Halifax on July 27-1941. She had a cargo of crude oil and fuel oil, and sailed in station 82. She subsequently headed back across the Atlantic with the westbound Convoy ON 9, leaving Liverpool on Aug. 20-1941. Storanger's destination is given as Curacao, where she arrived on Sept. 10, the convoy having been dispersed on Aug. 25. On Sept. 28, we find her in station 83 of Convoy HX 152 from Halifax, along with the Norwegian Drammensfjord (106), Beth (44), Evita (93), Trondheim (95), Salamis (84), and Høegh Giant (92), all listed on this website. Storanger (and Evita) subsequently joined the westbound Convoy ON 40, which originated in Liverpool on Nov. 25-1941 and dispersed Dec. 4. Storanger's destination is given as Baytown; according to Page 2 of the archive documents, she arrived Galveston on Dec. 20. This convoy is available and will be added to my Convoys section on an individual page, along with more information on it - in the meantime, please go to ON 40 in the section listing ships in all ON convoys.

Subsequent voyages are listed on the archive documents. Convoy information for some of these (as well as for some voyages made in between those noted above) can be obtained by following the instructions provided at the external link below.

POST WAR:

Sold in Febr.-1957 to Calibris Nav. Co., Liberia, and renamed Calibris (Liberian flag). Sold April 1959 to Eckhardt & Co. GmbH and arrived at Hamburg on May 17-1959 to be broken up.

Related external link:
SL convoys - As can be seen, Storanger is listed in Convoy SL 70, as are several other Norwegian ships. Note also that by going to this section of the same site (based on Arnold Hague's database) and clicking on "Ship Search", using "Storanger" as keyword, several convoys that are not mentioned in my text above will come up (please be aware that errors may exist). Here is OB 204, mentioned in the above narrative.