Image courtesy of Leif Jørnsen

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Builder:                                  W G Armstrong, Whitworth & Co (Shipbuilding) Ltd., Low Walker

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Launched:                             25 July 1930

Into Service:                          WW2

Out of service:                       WW2

Fate:                                       13 January 1961 broken up

Items of historic interest involving this ship: –

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

Career Data:

25 July 1930 launched by W.G. Armstrong, Whitworth & Co (Shipbuilders) Ltd. Low Walker as Yard Nr 1057 named PEIK for Jens J Salvesen’s Rederi A/S, Oslo

September 1930 completed

1934 purchased by Bulls Tankrederi A/S (Gustav B Bull, Manager) Sandefjord – name unchanged

1938 Managers became Anders Jahre & Co A/S, Sandefjord – name unchanged

9 April 1940 was on passage between Dunkirk to Trinidad when war broke out in Norway

8 December 1941 sailed Abadan independently to Colombo arriving 19 December 1941

26 December 1941 sailed Colombo independently to Fremantle arriving 15 January 1942

21 February 1942 sailed Freemantle independently to Melbourne arriving 2 March 1942

8 March 1942 sailed Melbourne independently to Sydney, NSW arriving 10 March 1942

3 July 1942 sailed Sydney NSW and joined in escorted convoy CO8 to Melbourne arriving 6 July 1942

7 August 1942 arrived at Abadan having sailed independently from an Austrlian port

9 August 1942 sailed Abadan independently to Mombasa arriving 27 August 1942

28 August 1942 sailed Mombasa independently to Durban arriving 5 September 1942

19 September 1942 sailed Durban independently to Bahrein arriving 9 October 1942

11 October 1942 sailed Bahrein independently to Bandar Abbas arriving 12 October 1942

13 October 1942 sailed Bandar Abbas in escorted convoy PB6 to Bombay arriving 19 October 1942 and then independently to Lourenco Marques arriving 3 November 1942

WW2 fitted as and served as Escort Oiler

1953 extensively rebuilt and lengthened at Kieler Howaldtswerke and tonnages now 6,819 grt. 10,020 dwt and renamed Jalna

1961 laid up at Tranga

13 January 1961 arrived Grimstad for demolition

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