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M/S Tigre To Tigre on the "Ships starting with T" page. Manager: Wilh. Wilhelmsen, Tønsberg Launched Dec. 17-1925 by Chantier et Ateliers de St. Nazaire (Penhoët) S.A., Grand Quevilly, Rouen (Yard No. F 5), completed on May 31-1926. Other pages on this website with information related to this text:
Tigre can be found among the ships in Convoy HX 113 in March-1941, bound for Liverpool with a cargo of wool, steel and sugar, as well as refrigerated goods, joining from the Bermuda section of the convoy. Several other Norwegian ships also took part. In Sept.-1941 she was in Convoy HX 151 (in station 44) along with the Norwegian Sama (85), San Andres (105), Meline (43), Morgenen (93), Belinda, Dagrun (54), Sophocles (left the convoy and sailed independently), Thorshøvdi (53), Hardanger (94), Leiv Eiriksson (24), and Laurits Swenson (listed as Swenson, but I assume it should be Laurits Swenson). The convoy left Halifax on Sept. 22 and arrived Liverpool on Oct. 7. Both these convoys are included in my "Ships in Atlantic Convoys" section, direct links have been provided above. According to the first external link below Tigre was in Convoy OS 11 in Nov.-1941, on a voyage from Liverpool to Freetown-Captetown-Beira with general cargo. Other Norwegian ships taking part were Dagrun, Danio, Fana and Elg. There's also a ship by this name listed in station 32 of Convoy SL 103 / SLG 103 in March-1942. She was also in an eastbound Atlantic convoy in which 3 ships were torpedoed and sunk on Apr. 12-1943 - possibly HX 232? In "Nortraships flåte" arrival date for Tigre is given as Apr. 16 after a voyage of 16 days. This fits with what is given for Convoy HX 232 in "The Allied Convoy System" by Arnold Hague, who says the convoy departed New York on Apr.-1-1943 and arrived Liverpool on the 16th (47 ships). Furthermore, he lists the British Fresno City II and Pacific Grove, and the Dutch Ulysses as sunk, all on Apr. 12. Rohwer also has the straggler Edward B. Dudley as sunk (on the 11th). At the end of that month (Apr.-1943) Tigre returned to the U.S. with the westbound Convoy ON 181. In June/July-1943 she was scheduled for Convoy HX 245 from New York to the U.K., but did not sail - instead she joined the next convoy, HX 246. Shortly thereafter, Tigre was in a southbound convoy which was attacked by aircraft west of Cape St. Vincent on Aug. 15-1943. This must have been Convoy OS 53/KMS 23 - again see the website below, which states that Tigre was on a voyage from Belfast to Alexandria with general cargo in station 81 of the convoy (the Norwegian D/S Facto also took part). Gunners in 1943 were: Wiggo Mørk, Gunnar Mår Hansen, Leif Waage, Alf Tviberg and Bård Haugland. In Oct.-1944 Tigre sailed in Convoy OS 93/KMS 67, voyage Liverpool-Montevideo/Buenos Aires with general cargo, station 74. In Febr.-1945 she was in Convoy OS 112/KMS 86 which departed Liverpool on Febr. 22. Tigre was on a voyage from Liverpool to Alexandria with stores and general in station 42, as the only Norwegian ship in the convoy (Belnor was also scheduled, but did not sail).
Sold for demolition on Aug. 21-1959 to United Mineral Trading Company, Monrovia, Liberia. Handed over to Japanese shipbreakers at Osaka on Aug. 22, and demolition commenced on the 27th. Related external links: 1 who died on board - The memorial for seamen in Stavern, Norway says that Electrician Alf Lefdal became ill and died on July 24-1942. This date is incorrect - he died Apr. 5-1944 in the Pacific when Tigre was on a voyage Balboa-Sydney, and was buried at sea the next day. One of his relatives has more information from Tigre's log (in Norwegian) on this page, as well as several pictures from the burial ceremony. Back to Tigre on the "Ships starting with T" page. This was the company's 2nd of 3 ships by the name Tigre. The text on this page was compiled with the help of: Wilh. Wilhelmsen fleet list, and misc. as named within above text - (ref. My sources).
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