Official Number: N/R
Builder: Barclay, Curle & Co Ltd, Whiteinch
Launched: 26 August 1930
Into Service: WW2
Out of service: WW2
Fate: 1966 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:
26 August 1930 launched by WW2 as Yard Nr 641 named NORVINN for Rasmussen & Moe’s Rederi A/S
(Johan Rasmussen og Torger Moe, Managers) Sandefjord
1 November 1930 completed
19 April 1933 while on passage from Hemixem to London ran ashore near Austruweel. Later refloated with the
assistance of seven tugs and anchored pending examination of the hull by divers
12 November 1933 berthed at Thameshaven with considerable damage to port quarter after having been involved
in a collision with an unknown ship
1936 transferred to Tanker Corporation (Johan Rasmussen & Co A/S, Sandefjord, Managers) Panama , name unchanged
WW2 fitted as and served as an Escort Oiler, name unchanged
18 July 1940 sailed Bermuda in convoy BHX59 to Halifax and then joined convoy HX59 to Liverpool arriving 3 August
1940
17 August 1940 sailed the Clyde and joined convoy OB199 from Liverpool until dispersal on 20 August 1940 and
then sailed independenly to Jamaica
7 July 1943 discharged cargo at the Naval Fuel Depot, Lisahally, Londonderry, Northern Ireland
1949 purchased by Hvalfangerselskaprt Norge A/S (Chr. Nielsen & Co A/S, managers) Oslo and renamed SOLGLIMT
1957 purchased by Sped. Italiane Marittime Terrestri,
26 February 1966 arrived