Manager: Brummenæs & Torgersen, Haugesund
Tonnage: 626 gt

Delivered in July-1896 from Akers mek. Verksted, Christiania (Oslo today) as Sarp to Brødrene Bjørnstad, Sarpsborg. Tonnage is given as 622 gt, 354 net, 850 tdwt, 175.6' x 27.6' x 13.7', Triple exp. 72 nhp (Akers). From Jan.-1915 she was owned by Orkla Gruber (Orkla Mines) and registered as Dragset of Trondheim. Purchased by Steffen Staalesen, Haugesund in 1924 and renamed Thore Hafte. Sold in July-1926 (following Staalesen's death) to Brummenæs & Torgersen, Haugesund.

Her voyages are listed on these original images from the Norwegian National Archives:
Page 1 | Page 2 | Page 3 | Page 4 | Page 5 | Page 6 | Page 7 | Page 8 | Page 9 | Page 10

Please compare the above voyages with Arnold Hague's Voyage Record below.

Voyage Record From Jan.-1940 to Sept.-1944:

Follow the convoy links provided for more information on each.

Errors may exist, and as can be seen, the record is incomplete.

	Departure	From	To	Arrival	Convoy	Remarks
1940	Jan. 29	Norwegian Waters	Methil	Febr. 2	HN 9B	–
	Febr. 25	Hartlepool	Methil	Febr. 26	TM 14	Convoy available at TM 14 (external link)
	March 3	Methil	Norwegian Waters	March 7	ON 17	–
	March 30	Norwegian Waters	Methil	Apr. 3	HN 23A	Arrived Middlesbrough, Apr. 5. See Page 1 Also, missing voyages
	June 27	Southend	Tyne*	June 29	FN 206	*Arrived Sunderland, June 28 (Page 1 - Also, more missing voyages). Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	July 12	Methil	Ipswich	July 14	FS 221	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	July 18	Southend*	Methil	July 20	FN 225	*From Ipswich (Page 1). Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	July 26	Methil	Ipswich	July 28	FS 233	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link) Again, see also Page 1
	Aug. 3	Southend	Tyne	Aug. 5	FN 241	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link) Missing voyages: Page 1 & Page 2
	Oct. 30*	Clyde	Methil	Nov. 2	WN 28	*Page 2 gives departure Oct. 28. Convoy available at WN convoys (external link)
	Nov. 9	Methil*	Southend	Nov. 11	FS 332	*Compare w/Page 2. Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	Nov. 24	Southend	Methil*	Nov. 26	FN 341	*Again, compare w/Page 2 (also, more missing voyages). Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Dec. 14	Methil	Southend	Dec. 16	FS 361	See also Page 2. Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	Dec. 30	Southend	Methil	Jan. 1-1941	FN 371A	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
1941	Jan. 4	Methil	Oban*	Jan. 7	EN 51/1	*Arrived Aberdeen Jan. 5, on to Methil Jan. 11 (Page 2). Convoy available at EN convoys (external link)
	Jan. 15	Methil	Ipswich	Jan. 17*	FS 389	*Page 2 gives arrival Jan. 19. Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	Jan. 25	Southend	Blyth	Jan. 27	FN 391	See also Page 2. Convoy available at FN convoys (external link) Further 1941 voyages: Page 2, Page 3 & Page 4
1942	May 30	Methil	Inverness	June 1	EN 91	Earlier 1942 voyages: Page 4 above & Page 5 Convoy available at EN convoys (external link) Subsequent voyages: Page 5 above
	Aug. 7	Methil	Inverness	Aug. 7*	EN 121	*Page 5 gives arrival Aug. 9. Convoy available at link above. Further 1942 voyages: Page 5 & Page 6.
	Her 1943 voyages (missing from A. Hague's record) are shown on Page 6, Page 7 & Page 8. Note also that most of the 1944 voyages in Hague's record below are not detailed on the archive documents and, therefore, accuracy cannot be confirmed.
1944	June 5	Barry	Seine Bay	–	EBC 2Y	Earlier 1944 voyages: Page 8. Convoy available at EBC convoys (external link)
	June 12	Seine Bay	Swansea	June 14	FBC 2	Convoy available at FBC convoys (external link)
	June 19	Barry	Seine Bay	June 23	EBC 16	Convoy available at EBC convoys (external link)
	June 26	Seine Bay	Bristol Channel	June 28	FBC 11	Convoy available at FBC convoys (external link)
	July 6	Barry	Seine Bay	July 8	EBC 33	Convoy available at EBC convoys (external link)
	July 10	Seine Bay	Fowey	July 12	FBC 24	Convoy available at FBC convoys (external link) On to Plymouth July 13 (Page 8).
	July 24	Solent	Seine Bay	July 24	EBC 49	Convoy available at EBC convoys (external link)
	July 27(?)	Fowey	Bristol Channel	July 29	FBC 38	Convoy available at FBC convoys (external link)
	July 31	Barry	Seine Bay	Aug. 2	EBC 58	Convoy available at EBC convoys (external link)
	Aug. 7	Seine Bay	Fowey	Aug. 8	FBC 47	Convoy available at FBC convoys (external link)
	Aug. 10	Fowey	Plymouth	Aug. 10	EBC 67	Convoy available at EBC convoys (external link) See also Page 9
	Aug. 18	Seine Bay	Fowey	Aug. 19	FBC 58	Convoy available at FBC convoys (external link)
	Sept. 1	Barry	Portland	Sept. 2	EBC 90	Convoy available at EBC convoys (external link) Not included, Page 9
	Sept. 7	Portland	Seine Bay	Sept. 8	EBC 95	Convoy available at link above
	Sept. 13	Seine Bay	Fowey	Sept. 14	FBC 81	Convoy available at FBC convoys (external link) Page 9 gives arrival Plymouth, Sept. 14. Also, further voyages, w/ more on Page 10

Some Convoy Voyages:

For information on voyages made in between those mentioned here, please see the documents received from the National Archives of Norway and Hague's Voyage Record above.

Thore Hafte is listed in Convoy HN 9B from Norway to the U.K. at the end of Jan.-1940. Early in March, A. Hague has included her in the U.K.-Norway Convoy ON 17, and at the end of that month we find her in Convoy HN 23A from Norway, bound for Middlesbrough with a cargo of manganese, thereby ending up in allied service (the Germans invaded Norway shortly thereafter, Apr. 9). Follow the links for more information; several Norwegian ships took part. According to Page 1 of the archive documents, Thore Hafte arrived Middlesbrough on Apr. 5.

Apart from a voyage to Dunkirk in May, she was subsequently mostly in service around the U.K. Convoy information for some of these voyages can be found in the Voyage Record.

Some crew members as per Aug.-1942: Captain Ole Økland (identical to Salonica's captain?), Boatswain Iver Hansen, Able Seaman Johan Johansen, 1st Engineer Berger Eriksen, 2nd(?) Engineer Kaare Gjerde and Donkeyman Karl Olsen.

Thore Hafte took part in the Normandie invasion, arriving June 7, departing June 12-1944, according to "Nortraships flåte" (this voyage is not noted on Page 8 of the archive documents). Again, A. Hague has listed some convoys for this time period in his Voyage Record above.

It'll be noticed, when going to Page 9, that there's a long gap in her voyages, from Nov. 20-1944, when she arrived Gravesend, to Sept. 19-1945, when she left Gravesend for Tromsø, Norway (via Methil Sept. 21/23). Arrival Tromsø is not given. See also Page 10.

POST WAR:

Ran aground off Högannäs, Sweden on Nov. 29-1945, when on a voyage Bergen-Gdynia with a cargo of herring - again, see Page 10. Sold to a company in Ystad, Sweden, condemned and broken up after having run aground in Nov.-1950.

Back to Thore Hafte on the "Ships starting with T" page.

Steffen Staalesen, Haugesund had also had a ship by this name in 1912, originally D/S Leif (I/S, Hermanstad, Trondhjem), built 1872, 353 gt. Later owned by Torjer Meling, Stavanger, then purchased by Knut Knutsen O.A.S., Haugesund in 1898. Sold to Steffen Staalesen in 1912 and renamed Thore Hafte. Struck a mine near Falsterbro on Aug. 8-1916 on a voyage Stettin-Haugesund with general cargo with the loss of 3 men.

The text on this page was compiled with the help of: "Nortraships flåte", J. R. Hegland, "Våre gamle skip" Leif M. Bjørkelund and E. H. Kongshavn, "Sjøforklaringer fra 2, verdenskrig", Vol. II, and misc. - (ref. My sources).