M/T Thorsheimer
Updated Apr. 1-2009

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Source: Narve Sørensen (Ex Thor Dahl employee).

Some of her voyages are listed on this original document received from the National Archives of Norway.

Some Convoy Voyages & Final Fate:

Thorsheimer is listed as sailing in Convoy HG 21 from Gibraltar to the U.K. at the beginning of March-1940, bound for Liverpool, station 43 - follow the link for more convoy information. Later that month, we find her in Convoy OB 113, departing Liverpool on March 19. This convoy, which is available via the external link provided at the end of this page, joined up with Convoy OA 113 on March 21, the combined convoy forming the Gibraltar bound Convoy OG 23F, which arrived Gibraltar on March 28. Thorsheimer, however, was bound for Curacao, where she arrived Apr. 8, according to the archive document above. (OG 23F will be added to an individual page in my Convoys section in due course; in the meantime, the ships sailing in it are named on the page listing ships in all OG convoys).

From Curacao, she headed to Gibraltar 2 days later (cargo of oil), with arrival there on Apr. 28, and on May 16, she left Gibraltar for Spezia, but arrival date is not given. She was seized by the Italian government at Spezia on June 10-1940, and the crew taken prisoners. They were later sent home.

Torpedoed, shelled and damaged in the Mediterranean on Jan. 9-1943 by the British submarine Umbra (Maydon), 50 miles southwest of Marsala.

Bombed by British aircraft on Febr. 21-1943 and sunk 20 miles southwest of Marettimo. (Charles Hocking states she had been taken over by the Germans).

Related external link:
Convoy OB 113

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Other ships by this name: Thor Dahl later had two more tankers by this name, one built 1948, sold Panama 1962 (Providence), the other built 1965, sold 1971 (Langeais).

The text on this page was compiled with the help of: "Nortraships flåte", J. R. Hegland, "Allied Submarine Attacks of World War Two", Jürgen Rohwer, documents about Thor Dahl ships from Narve Sørensen, "The World's Merchant Fleets 1939", R. W. Jordan, and misc. (ref. My sources).