Official Number:                     N/R

Laid down:

Builder:                                   Barclay, Curle & Co Ltd, Whiteinch

Launched:                              6 October 1930

Into Service:                           WW2

Out of service:                       1945

Fate:                                        9 June 1959 arrived Grimstad to be 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:

18 July 1931 launched by Kockums Mekaniske Verkstads A/B, Malmo as Yard Nr:170 named O B Sorensen for Smith Sorensen’s Tankrederi A/S (S H Smith Sorensen, Manager, Arendal)

November 1931 completed

2 May 1932 passed Perim

11 July 1932 sailed Balik Papan for Suez

13 September 1932 sailed Balboa for Los Angeles

21 November 1932 arrived Avonmouth from Curacao

8 April 1933 sailed Curacao for LEFO

25 July 1933 sailed Balik Papan for the UK

20 August 1933 sailed Port Said

9 April 1940 was on passage from Shanghai to Min when war broke out in Norway

5 March 1941 sailed Singapore independently to Lorenco Marques arriving 28 March 1941

31 March 1941 sailed Lorenco Marques independently to Beira arriving 2 April 1941

3 April 1941 sailed Beira independently to Bahrein arriving 19 April 1941

22 April 1941 sailed Bahrein independently to Lorenco Marques arriving 10 May 1941

14 May 1941 sailed Lorenco Marques independently to Port Elizabeth arriving 19 May 1941

6 June 1941 sailed Port Elizabeth independently to Durban arriving 9 June 1941

9 June 1941 sailed Durban independently to Bombay arriving 27 June 1941

9 July 1941 sailed Bombay independently to Abadan arriving 17 July 1941

2 August 1941 sailed Colombo independently to Abadan arriving 14 August 1941

23 August 1941 sailed Abadan independently to Aden arriving 1 September 1941

5 September 1941 sailed Aden independently to Port Sudan arriving 8 September 1941

18 September 1941 sailed Port Sudan independently to Suez arriving 20 September 1941

11 October 1941 sailed Suez independently to Aden arriving 20 October 1941

21 October 1941 sailed Aden independently to Porr Sudan arriving 25 October 1941

30 October 1941 sailed Port Sudan independently to Suez arriving 3 November 1941

13 November 1941 sailed Port Said independently to Alexandria arriving the next day

25 November 1941 sailed Alexandria independently to Haifa arriving 27 November 1941

29 November 1941 sailed Haifa independently to Alexandria

11 December 1941 sailed Alexandria independently to Haifa arriving 13 December 1941

15 December 1941 sailed Haifa independently to Alexandria arriving 17 December 1941

5 January 1942 sailed ALexandria independently to Port Said arriving the next day

13 January 1942 sailed Port Said independently to Alexandria arriving the next day

25 January 1942 sailed Alexandria independently to Haifa arriving 27 January 1942

3 February 1942 sailed Haifa independently to Alexandria arriving 5 February 1942

26 November 1942 sailed Cristobal in a escorted convoy ZG13 to Guantanamo arriving 30 November 1942

1 December 1942 sailed Guantanamo in unescorted convoy GN24 to New York arriving 8 December 1942

12 December 1942 sailed New York in escorted convoy SC113 to Belfast Lough arriving 1 January 1943

1 January 1943 sailed Belfast Lough in unescorted convoy BB250 to Milford Haven arriving 2 January 1943

12 January 1943 sailed Liverpool in escorted convoy ON161 to New York arriving 31 January 1943

18 March 1943 sailed New York in escorted convoy HX230 to Liverpool arriving 2 April 1943

12 April 1943 sailed Liverpool in escorted convoy ON178 to New York arriving 2 May 1943

7 May 1943 sailed New York in escorted convoy HX238 to Liverpool arriving 22 May 1943

1 June 1943 sailed Liverpool in escorted convoy ON187 to New York arriving 15 June 1943

23 June 1943 sailed New York in escorted convoy HX245 to Belfast Lough arriving 6 July 1943 

6 July 1943 sailed Belfast Lough in unescorted convoy BB307 to Milford Haven arriving 8 July 1943

16 July 1943 sailed Liverpool in escorted convoy ON193 to New York arriving 31 July 1943

22 August 1943 sailed Belfast Lough in unescorted convoy BB317 to Milford Haven arriving 23 August 1943

2 September 1943 sailed Liverpool in escorted convoy ON200  to New York arriving 18 September 1943

25 September 1943 sailed from Hampton Roads in escorted convoy UGS19 to Gibraltar

October 1943 joined escorted convoy GUS18 when it passed Gibraltar and arrived at Hampton Roads on 6 November 1943

1951 purchased by Fratelli D’Amico, Italy and renamed Vikinga

10 January 1962 laid up at Naples

October 1962 sold for scrap

9 April 1963 arrived La Spezia for demolition by Italian ship breakers