M/T Thorshavn
Updated Apr. 1-2009

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Owner: Bryde & Dahls Hvalfangerselskap A/S Manager: A/S Thor Dahl, Sandefjord Tonnage: 6869 gt
Built by Sir James Laing & Sons Ltd., Sunderland in 1930.	Both these pictures were received from Narve Sørensen (ex Thor Dahl Employee).

This shows her as Adventurer, Post War - From Tony Cooper's collection.

More pictures are available at this external website - see also this page, listing other Thor Dahl ships.

Misc. Convoy Voyages:

Please follow the links provided for more information on the convoys mentioned here - several Norwegian ships took part. Much more convoy information will be added for Thorshavn.

Thorshavn is listed among the ships in Convoy HGF 24 from Gibraltar to the U.K. in March-1940. The following month, she appears in Convoy OA 125, which originated in Liverpool on Apr. 8, joined up with Convoy OB 125 on Apr. 10, the combined convoy forming the Gibraltar bound Convoy OG 25*, which arrived Gibraltar on Apr. 16. Her destination is given as Curacao, but according to Page 1, she was diverted to Tripoli, Syria, where she arrived, via Port Said, on May 2. On May 12, we find her, together with Norma, in Convoy HGF 30 from Gibraltar. She arrived Swansea on May 20, and at the end of that month, she's listed in Convoy OB 158, originating in Liverpool on May 30-1940. This convoy joined up with Convoy OA 158 on June 2, forming the Gibraltar convoy OG 32F*, which arrived there on June 7. The Norwegian Abraham Lincoln, Buesten and Kosmos II are also included. Thorshavn's destination is given as Aruba; according to the archive document mentioned above, she arrived Curacao on June 18, having started out from Milford Haven on May 31. She returned to the U.K. later that month in the Bermuda portion of Convoy HX 53, bound for Portsmouth with Admiralty fuel, station 65, later joining Convoy OB 203, which originated in Liverpool on Aug. 24-1940 and dispersed on the 28th. Her destination is not given, but from the archive document, we learn that she arrived Trinidad on Sept. 15. From Trinidad, she headed to Freetown and back to Trinidad, then to Gibraltar and Curacao and on to Bermuda, and early in Dec.-1940, she joined the Bermuda portion of Convoy HX 94, bound for Liverpool with fuel oil. A report on the passage is also available for this convoy. (The external website that I've linked to at the end of this page has more on the OB and OA convoys).

She now joined Convoy OB 273, originating in Liverpool on Jan. 12-1941, dispersed on Jan. 16. Again, no destination is given for Thorshavn, but according Page 1, she arrived Bermuda on Jan. 30 (having sailed from Clyde Jan. 12), proceeding to Trinidad the next day. In the spring of 1941, she was scheduled for Convoy HX 124 as well as for HX 125B from Halifax to the U.K., but did not get away until May 20, when she joined Convoy HX 128, bound for Clyde with fuel oil. She subsequently joined Convoy OB 341, which departed Liverpool on June 30 and dispersed on July 6, Thorshavn arriving Curacao on July 18. Again, please see the external links below for more information on the OB convoys. She headed back to the U.K. with Convoy HX 143 from Halifax on Aug. 5. The Norwegian Belinda, Mosli, Andrea Brøvig, Katy, Ravnefjell, Carmelfjell, Salamis, Primero, Benwood and Petter were also in this convoy. Thorshavn later returned across the ocean with the westbound North Atlantic Convoy ON 17, originating in Liverpool on Sept. 17, dispersed Sept. 29, Thorshavn arriving Curacao on Oct. 19, according to Page 2. On Nov. 3, we find her in Convoy HX 158 from Halifax. She stopped at Hvalfjord on Nov. 15, and from Iceland, she later joined the westbound Convoy ON 39*, which had started out from Liverpool on Nov. 21, dispersed on Dec. 4, Thorshavn arriving Curacao on Dec. 17. She's said to have returned to the U.K. with Convoy HX 167, which left Halifax on Dec. 27-1941, but it looks like this listing is incorrect. As will be seen, it does not agree with the details found on the archive document mentioned above (which says she was en route from Curacao to Table Bay on that date), and A. Hague has not included her in this convoy, but lists Thorshavet instead, so this is probably just a matter of a simple mis-interpretation of the name. Other Norwegian ships in this convoy were O. A. Knudsen, Suderøy, Bralanta, Meline, Noreg, O. A. Knudsen, Abraham Lincoln, and Sandanger among others.

Her subsequent voyages are listed on Page 2, Page 3 and Page 4 of the archive documents. Convoy information for some of these can be obtained by following the instructions provided at the external link below.

In March-1944, she made a voyage from Port Said to Augusta, having joined Convoy MKS 45*, which departed Port Said on March 30. Thorshavn arrived Augusta on Apr. 5. (Just for info, this convoy later joined up with Convoy SL 154 off Gibraltar and proceeded to the U.K. as a combined convoy, but Thorshavn was not present at that time). In May that same year, she made a voyage from Augusta to Port Said in Convoy KMS 50*, which arrived Port Said on May 25; Thorshavn had sailed from Augusta on May 20. The following month, we find her in Convoy KMS 53*, which arrived Port Said on June 24; Thorshavn had joined from Algiers. In July, she's listed as bound for Augusta in Convoy MKS 55*; she arrived her destination on July 14, having left Port Said on July 8. She left Augusta again on July 18, joining Convoy KMS 56* and arrived Port Said July 23. Later that month, she made a voyage to Augusta with Convoy MKS 57*, which had departed Port Said on July 28; she arrived Augusta on Aug. 5. On Aug. 18, she was back in Augusta (having been to Naples in between - see Page 5), leaving that day for Port Said, joining Convoy KMS 59*, which arrived Port Said on Aug. 23.

According to Arnold Hague, she sailed in Convoy HX 346, which left New York on March 24-1945 and arrived Liverpool Apr. 7. A few days later, she's listed, with destination Corpus Christi, in the westbound Convoy ON 296*, departing Liverpool on Apr. 12. She was detached from the convoy on Apr. 20 and arrived Corpus Christi on May 5. She headed back to the U.K. with Convoy HX 357 from New York on May 19, and arrived Heysham on June 3. These HX convoys are not yet available among the HX convoys included in my own Convoys section, but I've linked directly to Hague's listing below.

According to Page 6, she headed to Sandefjord, Norway in Nov.-1945.

Please note that only a selection of her convoy voyages are noted here; more convoy information will be added. Again, to find info on some of her convoy voyages made in between those already mentioned here, please follow the instructions provided at the external link below, then compare the results with the details found on the various archive documents.

* All the ON convoys are available and will be added to individual pages in my Convoys section in due course, along with further details on each. In the meantime, the ships sailing in them (and escorts) are named in the section listing ships in all ON convoys. The OG convoys will also be added; for now, see the page listing ships in all OG convoys. See also the section listing ships in all KMS convoys, and the section naming ships in all MKS convoys. These will also be added to individual pages as time allows.

For more details on all the other Norwegian ships mentioned on this page, please see the alphabet index below, or go to the Master Ship Index.

POST WAR:

Sold on June 13-1947 to Transoceanic Corp., Panama, renamed Transoman. Also, I've been told (by T. Cooper, England), that she was renamed Adventurer in 1951. Scrapped in 1954.

Related external links:
OB (& OA) convoys - OB 158 is included. Note also that by going to this section of the same site (based on Arnold Hague's database), and clicking on "Ship Search" on the left hand side, using "Thorshavn" as keyword, several convoys that are not mentioned in my text will come up. Here are OA 125, OB 203, OB 273, OB 341, HX 346 and HX 357, all mentioned in the above narrative. (As already stated, A. Hague has not included Thorshavn in HX 167).

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Other ships by this name: Thor Dahl later had 2 ships by this name, one M/T built 1950, sold Panama 1963 (Mar del Plata) - the other M/S (bulk) built 1965, sold Piræus 1973 (Athena's Temple, later Mair).