Norwegian Merchant Fleet 1939-1945, W, Y & Ø (original) (raw)

| W | | | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------- | ----------- | | Name of Ship | Managed By | Tonnage | | M/S Washington Express NS | Biørn Biørnstad & Co., Oslo | 3643 gt | | Built in Gothenburg 1933. Fruit carrier, operated for Skibs-A/S Fruit Express Line. Captain was Alf. M. Bie. Please go to my page about Washington Express for pictures of the ship and misc. war details, including convoy voyages. This was the ship that rescued the 9 survivors from M/S Moldanger who had been on a raft for 48 days (torpedoed June 27-1942). | | | | D/S Wilford NS* | Hans Borge, Tønsberg | 2158 gt | | Built in Oslo 1921. Previous names: Nyland 1921, Nauru Chief until 1936, Rio Rimac until 1936. Shelled by the Japanese submarine I-18 (Otani) early in the morning hours of June 7-1942 - read more about her loss (incl. a partial crew list). | | | | D/S William Hansen NS* | Aksel Molvig, Oslo | 1344 gt | | Built in Oslo 1939. | | | | M/T William Strachan NS | Willy Oppen & O. Sørensen, Oslo | 6157 gt | | Built in Belfast 1931. In service Sumatra, Java and Borneo with oil. My page M/T William Strachan has more details, including some pictures and post war information. Also has information on, and a picture of the Japanese Hokusen Maru. | | | | D/T Willy NS*? | Victor Jenssen, Oslo | 5832 gt | | Built in Wilmington, Delaware 1916. Previous name: Gold Shell until 1929. | | | | D/S Woolgar NS* | Hans Borge, Tønsberg | 3060 gt | | Built in Sunderland 1914. | | | | D/S Wyvern NS | Hans Borge, Tønsberg | 4007 gt | | Built in Sunderland 1929. Previous name: Hopecrag until 1938. | | | | Can't find the ship you're looking for? Check out or the Master Ship Index, link below. top of page Aa–Al An–Ar As–Av Ba Be Bi–Bl Bo Br–Bu C D E F G Ha He Hi–Hy Hø I J K L M N O PQ R Sa–Sc Se–Sj Sk–Sn So Sp–St Su–Sø Ta–Te Th–Ti To Tr–Tø U V W Ø Merchant Marines/Ships/Navies LinksD/S Ringulv's Story : | | |