Official Number: N/R
Laid down:
Builder: Gotaverken A/B, Gothenburg
Launched: 5 June 1930
Into Service: WW2
Out of service: WW2
Fate: March 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:
5 June 1930 launched by Gotaverken A/B, Gothenburg as Yard Nr 432 named VELMA for Skibs A/S Nordheim (Halfdan Ditlev-Simonsen & Co, Managers) Oslo
August 1930 completed
10 April 1940 arrived San Pedro, California the day after War broke out in Norway
WW2 ftted as and served as an Escort Oiler, name unchanged
29 April 1940 sailed Los Angeles independently to Talara arriving 10 May 1940
11 May 1940 sailed Talara independently to Antofagasta arriving 17 May 1940
20 May 1940 sailed Antofagasta independently to Tocopilla arriving the next day
23 May 1940 sailed Tocopilla independently to Los Angales arriving 9 June 1940
6 October 1943 while entering St Johns Harbour, Newfoundland struck pancake shoal causing damage to No 10 tank (holed) – Admiralty War Diary of this date page 221 refers
1956 purchased by Chemical Transportation Corp, Monrovia and renamed VALMAR
1957 purchased by Hendon Transport Co S.A, Monrovia name unchanged
1958 purchased by N.D. Dao Div. Occidental. C.A, Maracaibo name unchanged