M/S Toledo

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Source: Wilh. Wilhelmsen fleet list.

Some War Voyages:

Toledo can be found listed among the ships in Convoy HX 181 in March-1942.

According to the first external website that I've linked to below, Toledo was in station 74 of Convoy OS 27 in May-1942, voyaging from Milford to Capetown. Several Norwegian ships took part. The same site has her in Convoy SL 128, which departed Freetown on Apr. 20-1943 and arrived Liverpool on May 14. She had a general cargo and also carried 2 passengers, voyage Aden for Loch Ewe. The Norwegian Kristianiafjord, Rutenfjell and Evviva are also listed.

In Aug.-1943 she's listed as sailing in Convoy SC 139 from Halifax, again in the company of several other Norwegian ships. She had been cancelled earlier from the Halifax section of the faster Convoy HX 251.

Going back to the external website below, we find Toledo in Convoy SL 175/MKS 66, the SL portion of which departed Freetown on Oct. 28-1944, joined up with the MKS portion from Gibraltar on Nov. 8, the combined convoy arriving Liverpool on Nov. 15. Toldeo was on a voyage from Buenos Aires (left Oct. 9) to London with a general cargo consisting of linseed, hides, cased meats, fertilizer, fats, bones, willow and casings. The Norwegian Heimvard and Ragnhild also took part in this convoy.

POST WAR:

My father served on this ship from Apr. 1954 till June 1954. Laid up at Kongshavn, Oslo from Apr. 16-1958. Sold on Nov. 21-1958 to Einar M. Gaard A/S, Sigurd Haavik A/S and Trygve Klovning (Einar M. Gaard A/S, managers), Haugesund and renamed Gardvik. In general tramping and seasonal lumber trade in the White Sea. Aground at Hjeltefjord on a voyage from Igarka, USSR to Bologne on Sept. 14-1963 with a cargo of lumber. Refloated but badly damaged and sold in Nov.-1963 for breaking up. Arrived at Hong Kong on March 7-1964 to be broken up by Leung Yau Shipbreaking Co. Ltd.

Related external links:
OS and OS/KMS Convoys - This website lists all the ships in quite a few of these convoys, along with their convoy stations and info on their destination. The site also has a section for the SL / SL/MKS convoys. As can be seen, Toledo is listed in OS 27, SL 128 and SL 175/MKS 66.

Wilh. Wilhelmsen Today- with fleet list and company history.

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Wilh. Wilhelmsen later had another ship by this name, 1960-1979.

The text on this page was compiled with the help of: Wilh. Wilhelmsen fleet list and "Våre motorskip", Leif M. Bjørkelund & E. H. Kongshavn - (ref. My sources).