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Requisitioned Auxiliary - Havkong - Historical RFA

Requisitioned Auxiliary – Havkong

 

 HAVKONG 

Official Number:                     N/R

Builder:                                 Kockums Mekanikte Verkstads A/B, Malmo

Pennant No:                   

Launched:                              31 October 1936

Into Service:                           WW2

Out of service:                        WW2

Fate:                                     1959 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:

31 October 1936 launched by Kockums Mekaniske Verkstads A/B, Malmo as Yard Nr: 192 named HAVKONG for A/S Havtor (P Meyer, Manager) Oslo

January 1937 completed

16 April 1937 arrived at Shell Haven

7 June 1937 arrived at Saltend Jetty, Hull from Abadan

28 July 1937 arrived at Sheerness

5 October 1937 sailed Wellington, New Zealand for Sydney, NSW

16 October 1937 sailed Sydney, NSW for San Francisco in ballast

6 December 1937 arrived at Brisbane

14 December 1937 sailed Melbourne for Adelaide

22 December 1937 berthed at Fremantle

24 December 1937 sailed for San Francisco

26 February 1938 arrived at Sydney, NSW from San Francisco

1 March 1938 arrived at Melbourne from San Francisco

3 March 1938 sailed Melbourne for Palembang

13 April 1939 arrived at Osaka, Japan from Los Angeles

28 March 1940 sailed Nagasaki

9 April 1940 was on passage from Nagasaki, Japan to Los Angles when War broke out in Norway. She arrived at Los Angles on 15 April 1940

24 April 1940 sailed Los Angeles independently to Balboa arriving 4 May 1940

9 May 1940 sailed Cristobal independently to Kingston arriving 11 May 1940

13 May 1940 sailed Kingston independently to Curacao arriving 16 May 1940

20 May 1940 sailed Curacao independently to Buenos Aires arriving 13 June 1940

14 June 1940 sailed Buenos Aires independently to Curacao arriving 3 July 1940

7 July 1940 sailed Curacao independently to Buenos Aires arriving 29 July 1940

3 August 1940 sailed Buenos Aires independently to Cape Town arriving 16 August 1940

17 August 1940 sailed Cape Town independently to Durban arriving 21 August 1940

20 September 1940 sailed Durban independently to Abadan arriving 6 October 1940

8 October 1940 sailed Abadan independently to Cape Town arriving 29 October 1940

2 November 1940 sailed Cape Town independently to Abadan arriving 23 November 1940

24 November 1940 sailed Abadan independently to Durban arriving 11 December 1940

19 December 1940 sailed Durban independently to Abadan arriving 5 January 1941

7 January 1941 sailed Abadan independently to Durban arriving 25 January 1941

1 February 1941 sailed Durban independently to Abadan arriving 18 February 1941

20 February 1941 sailed Abadan independently to Bombay arriving 26 February 1941

4 March 1941 sailed Bombay independently to Abadan arriving 9 March 1941

11 March 1941 sailed Abadan independently to Cape Town arriving 2 April 1941

25 April 1941 sailed Cape Town independently to Curacao arriving 7 May 1941

8 May 1941 sailed Curacao independently to the Cape Verde Islands arriving 21 May 1941

27 May 1941 sailed Cape Verde Islands independently to Curacao arriving 6 June 1941

8 June 1941 sailed Curacao independently to New York arriving 15 June 1941

19 July 1941 sailed New York independently to Halifax arriving 22 July 1941

27 July 1941 sailed Halifax in escorted convoy HX141 to Liverpool with a cargo of Diesol arriving 11 August 1941

20 August 1941 sailed Liverpool in escorted convoy ON9 until dispersal and then independently to New York arriving 3 September 1941

9 September 1941 sailed New York independently to Halifax arriving 12 September 1941

16 September 1941 sailed Halifax in escorted convoy HX150 to Belfast Lough arriving 29 September 1941

1 October 1941 sailed Belfast Lough in escorted convoy BB83 to Avonmouth arriving 3 October 1941

10 October 1941 sailed Avonmouth independently to Milford Haven arriving the next day

13 October 1941 sailed Milford Haven and joined escorted convoy ON26 from Liverpool until it dispersed and then independently to Houston

11 November 1941 sailed Houston independently to Halifax arriving 20 November 1941

21 November 1941 sailed Halifax in escorted convoy HX161 to Belfast Lough arriving 6 December 1941

7 December 1941 sailed Belfast Lough in escorted convoy BB109 to Avonmouth arriving 9 December 1941

15 December 1941 sailed Avonmouth independently to Milford Haven arriving 17 December 1941

24 December 1945 sailed Aruba for Falmouth

19 January 1946 passed the Lloyds Signal Station on the Lizard sailing east bound

1955 purchased by H Angel Olsen, Oslo, name unchanged

December 1956 received salvage assistance from HMS LOCH INCH – further details currently unknown

January 1957 purchased by Skibs A/S Alida (H Angel Olsen, Manager), Harstad and renamed Angela

3 June 1959 arrived Hendrik Ido Ambacht for demolition by F Rijsdijk’s Industriel Ondermingen in tow of the Dutch tug Elbe