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AGNELLA

Post by shipstamps » Thu Sep 25, 2008 4:16 pm


Built under yard No 258 as a fruit cargo vessel by Akers Mekaniske Verksted, Oslo for C. Mathisen, Bergen, Norway.
25 February 1908 launched under the name AGNELLA.
Tonnage 940 gross, 557 net, 1.250 dwt., dim. 221.6 x 32.2 x 11.9ft.
One 3-cyl. triple expansion steamengine, manufactured by builder, 153 nhp., speed 10 knots.
April 1908 completed.

1910 Was she used by United Fruit for a charter from New Orleans to Livingstone-Puerto Cortez as part of the “Mosquito” fleet. (she is seen on the stamp wearing the funnel colours of United Fruit.)
1917 Sold to A/S Vestlandske Lloyd (Brødrene Olsen), Stavanger.
1921 Sold to D/S A/S Solvang (Jens Gjerdsjø & Chr. Haaland) Haugesund, Norway.
1922 Sold to D/S A/S John Knudsen (J.A.Knudsen & C. Haaland), Haugesund. Renamed in SOLLUND.

Some of her war voyages downloaded from http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/sollund.html

SOLLUND is listed in Convoy HN 5 from Norway to the U.K. in Dec.-1939. She's also included in Convoy HN 10 from Norway in Febr.-1940, bound for Preston with pulp. She returned to Norway at the end of that month with Convoy ON 16 and towards the end of March-1940 (just a couple of weeks before Norway was invaded) she joined Convoy HN 21, cargo of talc for Manchester.
She was in Liverpool at the beginning of May-1941 during the 5 day air attacks there, which started on May 3.SOLLUND was right next to the Greek D/S MOSCHA and D. KYDONIEFS which was hit and on fire on May 7 (her crew had gone to the bomb shelters). SOLLUND had to move to the other side of the dock to avoid the flames, but 1st Mate Thomas Oftedal decided to row back with 5 others to try and save the Greek ship. They fought the flames for 5 hours, and were subsequently able to move her away from the quay and tie her alongside SOLLUND. (Other Norwegian ships in Liverpool during this 5 day bombing raid were M/S BRA-KAR, M/S TAI YIN, M/S TAMERAIRE, M/S MOSDALE and D/S STROMBOLI.
SOLLUND took part in Operation Neptune, arriving Normandy with ammunition on June 13-1944, leaving the same day. It took her 4 days to get back to England, so she must have had some kind of problems. She was repaired, and resumed her service to Normandie a few days later, making 25 such voyages altogether.
October 1953 sold for scrap to Brødrene Anda, Stavanger, Norway.
She is on Belize 1996 25c sg 1202, scott 1067.
Source: Going Bananas by Goldberg. Register of Merchant Ships completed in 1908. Watercraft Philately 44 page 44.

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