Official Number:                      N/R

Laid down:                              

Builder:                                    Sir W G Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd., High Walker 

Launched:                              29 December 1921

Into Service:                           1939

Out of service:                        1945

Fate:                                         1946 broke in two in a hurricane

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:

29 December 1921 launched by Sir W G Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd, High Walker as Yard Nr: 978 named Scottish Strath for Tankers Ltd., London

July 1922 completed

1937 purchased by A/S Jensens Rederi II (Jorgen P Jensen, Manager) Arendal and renamed Marit II

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

21 July 1941 sailed Curacao independently to Freetown arriving 12 August 1941

16 August 1941 sailed Freetown independently to Curacao arriving 6 September 1941

11 September 1942 torpedoed and damaged by U404 in the Atlantic in position 51.16N 29.08W in convoy ON127. Dropped astern of the convoy

12 September 1942 managed to catch up and rejoin the convoy

16 September 1942 arrived St John’s for examination

7 October 1942 arrived New York for repairs

February 1943 repairs completed and re-entered service

13 September 1946 while on passage from Curacao to New York with a cargo of oil caught in a hurricane, broke in two and sank in position 35.09N 73.34W with a loss of twelve lives. Eighteen survivors were rescued by the tanker Pan Amoco with a further sixbeing rescued by the tanker Gulfwing