Owner: A/S Bryde & Dahls Hvalfangerselskap A/S
Manager: A/S Thor Dahl, Sandefjord
Tonnage: 12 215 gt

Built by W. Doxford & Sons Ltd., Sunderland as San Nazario (Eagle Oil), launched June 9-1914 by H. W. Masters, delivered Sept. 5. Torpedoed and damaged on Oct. 15-1917 by U-53 - repaired. Purchased by Bryde & Dahls Hvalfangerselskap (A/S Thor Dahl), Sandefjord on July 23-1928, converted to whaleoil factory at Framnæs mek. Værksted and renamed Thorshammer. Further rebuilt in Rotterdam 1931/'32.

Captain: Einar Torp.

Her voyages are listed on these original images from the Norwegian National Archives:
Page 1 | Page 2 | Page 3 | Page 4

WW II:

Thanks to the quick reaction from Globe VIII, Pol VII and Thorarinn, Thorshammer was warned of danger and escaped capture by Pinguin on Jan.14-1941. Please continue to my page Norwegian Victims of Pinguin for a detailed account on Thorshammer's escape that day (under Those who escaped capture).

Convoy information for some of her voyages can be obtained by following the instructions provided at the last external link below. Compare the results with the details found on the various archive documents.

As will be seen when going to Page 3, she got to go home to Norway already in July-1945.

POST WAR:

Refitted by Framnæs mek. Værksted(?) in 1948, and Harland & Wolff at Liverpool (as per 1949 report). Sold on Sept. 6-1962 to SPA Cantieri Navali, Genoa, Italy for breaking up.

Related external links:
Stavern Memorial commemoration - Electrician Hans Trønnes is listed as having died Nov. 22.-1944 following an accident on board.

Thorshammer - If you read Norwegian this site has a lot of information on this ship's history (incl. names of captains through the years), as well as several pictures.

Misc. convoys - Based on Arnold Hague's database. By clicking on "Ship Search", using "Thorshammer" as keyword, a few convoys will come up.

Back to Thorshammer on the "Ships starting with T" page.

Other ships by this name: Thor Dahl later had two ships by this name, one M/T, built 1963, sold 1968 (Theodora), the other T/T - built 1969. The Clydebuilt Ships website has some details on the 1963 Thorshammer, as does this site, which also has the 1969 Thorshammer.