Official Number: N/R
Laid down:
Builder: Gotaverken A/B, Gothenburg
Launched: 28 September 1929
Into Service: WW2
Out of service: WW2
Fate: August 1961 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:
28 September 1929 launched by Gotaverken A/B, Gothenburg as Yard Nr: 424 named VANJA for Skibs A/S Sydheim (Halfdan Ditlev-Simonsen & Co, Managers) Oslo
23 November 1937 passed the Lloyds Signal Station on the Lizard sailing west
3 April 1939 arrived at Port Arthur
9 April 1940 was on passage from Aruba to Havana when war broke out in Norway
18 April 1940 sailed Aruba independently to Kingston, Jamaica arriving 21 April 1940
WW2 fitted as and served as an Escort Oiler, name unchanged
2 May 1940 sailed Kingston, Jamaica independently to Matanzas arriving 5 May 1940
7 May 1940 sailed Matanzas independently to Kingston, Jamaica arriving 10 May 1940
13 May 1940 sailed Kingston, Jamaica independently to Aruba arriving 16 May 1940
18 May 1940 sailed Aruba independently to Cienfuegas arriving 22 May 1940
23 May 1940 sailed Cienfuegas independently to Aruba arriving 27 May 1940
29 May 1940 sailed Aruba
4 June 1940 sailed Matanzas independently to Aruba arriving 8 June 1940
9 June 1940 sailed Aruba independently to Nuevitas arriving 15 June 1940
15 June 1940 sailed Nuevitas independently to Aruba arriving 18 June 1940
19 June 1940 sailed Aruba independently to Havana arriving 24 June 1940
27 June 1940 sailed Havana independently to Aruba arriving 2 July 1940
3 July 1940 sailed Aruba independently to Nuevitas arriving 6 July 1940
9 July 1940 sailed Nuevitas independently to Aruba arriving 13 July 1940
14 July 1940 sailed Aruba independently to Nuevitas arriving 17 July 1940
21 July 1940 sailed Nuevitas independently to Aruba arriving 25 July 1940
25 July 1940 sailed Aruba independently to Cienfuegas arriving 29 July 1940
30 July 1940 sailed Cienfuegas independently to Aruba arriving 3 August 1940
5 August 1940 sailed Aruba independently to Nuevitas
9 August 1940 sailed Nuevitas independently to Aruba arriving 12 August 1940
13 August 1940 sailed Aruba independently to Matanzas arriving 18 August 1940
23 August 1940 sailed Matanzas independently to Houston
28 August 1940 sailed Houston independently to Havana arriving 31 August 1940
6 September 1940 sailed Havana independently to Houston arriving 9 September 1940
12 September 1940 sailed Houston independently to Nuevitas arriving 17 September 1940
21 September 1940 sailed Nuevitas independently to Houston arriving 26 September 1940
28 September 1940 sailed Houston independently to Nuevitas
7 October 1940 sailed Nuevitas independently to Curacao arriving 10 October 1940
12 October 1940 sailed Curaçao independently to New York arriving 19 October 1940
27 November 1940 sailed New York independently to Trinidad arriving 5 December 1940
7 December 1940 sailed Trinidad independently to Halifax arriving 19 December 1940
1 January 1941 sailed Halifax in escorted convoy HX100 to Reykjavik arriving 12 January 1941
17 January 1941 sailed Reykjavik independently to Scapa Flow arriving 20 January 1941
27 January 1941 sailed Scapa Flow in escorted convoy EN26/1 to Loch Ewe arriving 29 January 1941 and then independently to Trinidad arriving 24 February 1941
28 February 1941 sailed Trinidad independently to Bermuda
7 March 1941 sailed Bermuda independently to Halifax arriving 10 March 1941
27 March 1941 sailed Halifax in escorted convoy HX117 to Liverpool arriving 15 April 1941
16 July 1941 sailed Halifax in escorted convoy HX139 to Liverpool arriving 31 July 1941
15 December 1941 sailed Halifax in escorted convoy HX165 to Liverpool arring 30 December 1941
7 February 1942 sailed Halifax in escorted convoy HX174 to Londonderry arriving 21 February 1942
6 February 1943 sailed Oran
1949 purchased by J.P. Jensen, Norway (?) and renamed KVINT
August 1961 arrived Santander for demolition by Spanish breakers