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M/S Troja To Troja on the "Ships starting with T" page. Manager: Wilh. Wilhelmsen, Tønsberg In Nov.-1927 Wilhelmsen made an agreement with Barber Steamship Company, New York to provide tonnage for Barber's regular service between the New York area and the Far East, in co-operation with the Liverpool firm, James Chambers & Company. Each company was to have 5 ships available. Existing tonnage was used at first, but between 1929 and 1930, 10 almost identical motor liners were built, specially adapted for transportation of vegetable oil and reefer cargo. 5 of the ships were given Chinese names, beginning with the prefix "Tai". Tai Yang was the first in the series, Troja was the 10th and last. Launched on Oct. 2-1930 by Burmeister & Wain's Maskin- og Skibsbyggeri, Copenhagen (Yard No. 572), completed Nov. 27-1930. Captain: Arne O. Ommundsen (also served on Tai Yang). Related item on this website:
Troja, with general cargo for Falmouth, is listed in station 83 of the Gibraltar-U.K. Convoy HG 30 in May-1940. Follow the link for cruising order. The following month she shows up among the ships in Convoy OA 167, which left Southend on June 13-1940 and dispersed on the 16th. She was bound for Philadelphia at the time. Other Norwegian ships included in this convoy are Heina, Lysaker IV and Tungsha. (Svint was also scheduled, but did not sail - ref. external links below). In Nov.-1940 she's listed in Convoy HX 86, joining with the Bermuda section of the convoy, which had originated in Halifax on Nov. 10. She was bound for Clyde with general cargo - several other Norwegian ships also took part. (My Guestbook has a message from someone whose father served on Troja during the war).
Sold on Apr. 2-1962 to Mardita Cia. Naviera S.A. (Michail A. Karageorgis, manager), Greece and renamed Ioanna. Transferred to Panamanian registry in 1964. Had an engine room explosion on March-20-1966 when in the Red Sea about 200 miles from Jeddah, position 24 06N 36 12E, on a voyage from Tarragona to Rangoon with a cargo of soya bean oil. The resulting fire was extinguished on March 22. Arrived in tow at Suez on March 25. Was found to be beyond economical repair and was declared a constructive total loss. Sold to S.p.A. Cantieri Navali del Golfo for scrapping. Arrived in tow at Spezia on Nov. 18-1966 and demolition commenced the following month. Related external links: The Australian War Memorial has another picture of this ship. It can be found by running a search through their collection search page. Lillesand Sjømannsforening also has a picture. Back to Troja on the "Ships starting with T" page. Wilh. Wilhelmsen later had 3 more ships by this name. The text on this page was compiled with the help of: Wilh. Wilhelmsen fleet list - (ref. My sources).
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