Manager: Rasmus F. Olsen, Bergen
Tonnage: 575 gt

Delivered in July-1889 from Bergens mek. Verksted, Bergen as Tordenskjold to Rasmus F. Olsen, Bergen, 575 gt, 340 net, 730 tdwt, 169.4' x 26.3' x 11', Triple exp. 79 nhp (Bergen mek. Verksted).

Her voyages are listed on these original images from the Norwegian National Archives:
Page 1 | Page 2 | Page 3 | Page 4 | Page 5 | Page 6 | Page 7 | Page 8 | Page 9 | Page 10 | Page 11 | Page 12 | Page 13 | Page 14 | Page 15

Misc. War Details:

Tordenskjold, in ballast for Sunderland, is listed as sailing in Convoy HN 15 from Norway to the U.K. in Febr.-1940. There's also a ship by this name listed in Convoy ON 20 from the U.K. to Norway in the middle of March-1940; was this the 575 gt Tordenskjold as well? At the end of March-1940, we find her in Convoy HN 23B*, again in ballast for Sunderland, but she could not have sailed in this convoy, because she's also listed in Convoy HN 25, which left Bergen on Apr. 7-1940 and arrived Methil on the 12th, and this agrees with the details found on Page 1. She arrived Sunderland on Apr. 14.

*Note that there seems to be some confusion as to the identity of the ship in HN 23B, in that the Advance Sailing Telegram for this convoy says it was the 575 gt Tordenskjold, while Arnold Hague claims it was the 921 gt Tordenskjold - follow the link to my page about that ship. In fact, the 921 gt Tordenskjold is listed in several convoys at the external website below, however, when comparing the dates to the info found on the various archive documents for the 575 gt Tordenskjold, we can determine that most of the the information pertains to this ship (except Convoy RU 85 and ETC 67).

Tordenskjold was subsequently mostly in service around the U.K.

From Page 15, we learn that she got to go home to Norway already in July-1945, making other voyages home later that year. The document also shows some of her early 1946 voyages.

POST WAR:

Purchased in 1948 by A/S Tankfart (Erik Lindøe), Haugesund. Sold in 1950 to Ths. Smedsvig & Co. A/S, went to Erik Smedsvig that same year. Delivered in 1952 to O. Bulens, Hoboken, Antwerp for breaking up. At the time she was Norway's oldest ship in foreign trade.

Related external link:
Misc. convoys - As mentioned, the 921 gt Tordenskjold is listed in several convoys at this site, which is based on Arnold Hague's database. To find them, please click on "ship search", then type "Tordenskjold" as keyword. Again, I believe most of the information pertains to the 575 gt Tordenskjold.

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

Other ships by this name:
The book "Damp - Dampskipets æra i Vestfold" mentions a whale catcher by this name, built 1899, no tonnage given. Owned by Th. Laurantson, Tønsberg, then by Durban Whaling Co. from 1913 (Mackeurtan), whose Norwegian representative was Johs. Bruu, Tønsberg. Owned by The Grinrod Whaling Co., Cape Town in 1928. Also, this book lists a D/S Tordenskjold, built 1889, 1186 gt - for Wilh. Wilhelmsen, Tønsberg. Sold to Japan in 1903, renamed Chiyoda Maru 2, aground 1917, but refloated and repaired, sank near Iwate Apr. 11-1920. Another D/S Tordenskjold was built for Wilh. Wilhelmsen in Newcastle in 1903, 3572 gt. Had owners in Stettin from 1922, renamed Hunding, then Katharina Dorothea Fritzen of Emden 1924-1925 - lost near Skudenes on voyage Rotterdam-Narvik in ballast. (Source: Wilh. Wilhelmsen fleet list).