Official Number:                    N/R

Builder:                                   Kockums Mekanikte Verkstads A/B, Malmo

Pennant No:                   

Launched:                               8 April 1931

Into Service:                            1940

Out of service:                        1945

Fate:                                         1953 broken up

Items of historic interest involving this ship: –

Background Data:  One of a group of additional Norwegian-flagged ships which served as Escort Oilers during WW2

Career Data:

8 April 1931 launched by Kockums Mekanikte Verkstads A/B, Malmo as Yard Nr: 169 named HAVFRU for P Meyer’s Tankrederi A/S (P Meyer, Manager) Oslo

June 1931 completed

10 June 1932 sailed Cardiff for St Kitts for orders

16 December 1935 passed the Lloyds Signal Station on St Catherines Point sailing west bound

15 March 1939 arrived at Suez

5 April 1940 sailed Alexandria to Port Said arriving 8 April 1940

9 April 1940 was at Suez when War broke out in Norway.

18 April 1940 sailed Suez for Aden arriving 23 April 1940

25 April 1940 sailed Aden for Abadan arriving 2 May 1940

4 May 1940 sailed Abadan for Table Bay arriving 26 May 1940

4 June 1940 sailed Table Bay for Karachi arriving 24 June 1940

25 June 1940 sailed Karachi for Abadan arriving 29 June 1940

1 July 1940 sailed Abadan for Mombassa arriving 16 July 1940

WW2 fitted as and served as an Escort Oiler, name unchanged

14 December 1941 sailed Pladjoe independently to Tandjung Priok

18 December 1941 sailed Tandjung Priok independently to Wellington, New Zealand arriving 9 January 1942

15 January 1942 sailed Wellington, New Zealand independently to Los Angles arriving 11 February 1942

13 February 1942 sailed Los Angles independently to Wellington, New Zealand arriving 15 March 1942

15 March 1942 sailed Wellington, New Zealand independently to Sydney, NSW arriving 20 March 1942

15 April 1942 sailed Sydney, NSW independently to Abadan arriving 18 May 1942

21 May 1942 sailed Abadan independently to Melbourne arriving 22 June 1942

29 July 1942 sailed Melbourne independently to Abadan arriving 20 August 1942

31 August 1942 sailed Abadan independently to Cape Town arriving 25 September 1942

29 September 1942 sailed Cape Town indepdendently to Abadan arriving 23 October 1942

25 October 1942 sailed Abadan independently to Bandar Abbas

30 October 1942 sailed Bandar Abbas in convoy PA8 and then independently to Durban arriving 19 November 1942

9 March 1943 sailed Colombo in escorted convoy JC8 for Madras

23 December 1944 sailed Oran in unescorted convoy GUS62 arriving Hampton Roads 10 January 1945

4 March 1945 sailed from New York in escorted convoy HX342 to Liverpool arriving on 19 March 1945. Served as an Escort Oiler on this convoy and also carried 60 spare depth charges for the escorts

22 March 1945 sailed Southend in escorted convoy ON292 to New York arriving 8 April 1945

13 April 1945 sailed from New York in escorted convoy HX350 to Liverpool arriving on 28 April 1945. Served as an Escort Oiler on this convoy and also carried 60 spare depth charges for the escorts

8 May 1945 was rammed in thick fog off Portland Bill by the American ship JOSE MARTI and was taken to anchor off Portland for initial inspection

15 May 1945 sailed Portland

18 May 1945 arrived South Shields for repairs to be carried out.

1951 purchased by Rio Blanco Cia Nav (Orion Shipping & Trading Co, Managers) Panama and renamed AMBITIOUS

28 December 1953 arrived Baltimore for demolition