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M/S Tercero To Tercero on the "Ships starting with T" page.
Owner: Skibs A/S Igadi Completed in Jan.-1926 by Burmeister & Wain, Copenhagen (Yard No. 339) as Tercero for A/S Correct (Ivar An. Christensen), Oslo. 368.5' x 53.7', twin screw, 10 1/2 knots. Renamed Sud Cubano in 1928 (same owners), Tercero in 1930 (same owners). In 1934 manager became S. Holter-Sørensen, Oslo, owned from 1935 by Skibs A/S Igadi (S. Holter-Sørensen). Captain: Simen Holme.
A complete voyage record will be added. In the meantime, please note that Tercero is listed in several westbound North Atlantic convoys - see my page naming ships in all ONS convoys, as well as the section listing ships in all ON convoys, where Tercero is included in Convoy ON 242 in June-1944. Additionally, by going to this external page and clicking on "Ship Search", using "Tercero" as keyword, several more convoy voyages will come up. She was stopped by light cruiser Omaha (CL-4) and destroyer Somers (DD-381) in the Atlantic on Jan. 3-1942 after having failed to answer challenges, with the result that Omaha sent an armed boarding party on board (Robert Cressman - ref. link to "Hyperwar" below). Tercero rescued 33 survivors from the Swedish Agra early in the morning of Apr. 20-1942 about 200 n. miles northwest of Bermuda (torpedoed that night), took them to Bermuda the next day, then continued her own voyage to Rio. In June-1943 she's listed in the slow Convoy SC 135 from Halifax, general cargo for Liverpool. In Sept. that same year I have her in Convoy SC 141 and New Years Eve that year was spent in Convoy SC 150, general cargo for Glasgow. In the notes to the westbound Convoy ON 224 there's mention of a ship by this name, saying the following in connection with Casimir Pulaski, a ship in ON 224: In May that year we find her in Convoy HX 291, bound for Hull, carrying a general cargo and explosives, and in Dec.-1944 she's listed in the slow Halifax-U.K. Convoy SC 162, general cargo for Liverpool. As already mentioned, more voyages, including westbound North Atlantic convoy voyages, will be added in due course. On my page Warsailor Stories I've included the personal story of someone whose brother was on board Tercero at some point in the war (entitled "A Family at War" - there's also a link to the original, Norwegian version). While there are no details on this ship, it's an interesting story about 5 brothers and a sister who served outside of Norway during the war; the brothers on 17 different ships altogether. Another sister was involved in "illegal" activities in Norway, as was their father.
Renamed Milos in 1947, Rederi A/B Helsingborg (O. Hillerström), Helsingborg, Sweden. From 1949 owned by Rederibolaget Re-Be (Hans van Rettig), Åbo, Finland under the name Arabella, from 1954 Rederi A/B Ankaret (Arendt de Jounge), Slite, Sweden, renamed Koala. Sold in March-1960 to Carl Persson & Söner A/B. Broken up at Ystad, 1st quarter 1961. Related external links: Hyperwar - Chapter IV of Cressman's book, scroll down to Jan. 3. Back to Tercero on the "Ships starting with T" page. The text on this page was compiled with the help of: "Nortraships flåte", J. R. Hegland, and misc. (ref. My sources). Pre war and post war details supplied by Terry Whalebone in a posting to my Ship Forum.
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