Ninna 1934

Ninna

Navn/name	Bygget år (Søsat) Build year (Launched)	Motor Engine	Brt.	TDW	Ex navne Ex names	Nye navne New Names	Noter	Ophugget/Forlist Scrapped/Lost
Ninna Se billeder (Pictures). Til toppen ^	Helsingør 1933 9/9 Damp-lastskib med 1 dæk og well dæk. Monteret med kølefaciliteter.	Helsingør Dampmask. 4 cyl. med udstødskedel. Type L.E.S. 8. 2 Skotske kedler bygget af værftet. 1250 IHP 12,5 kt.	1392	2200		1934 Martinique 1937 Lutz 1951 Jagdamba	1933 21 okt. Leveret til "Vesterhavet", JL 1934 20 okt. Solgt til Cie. Generale d'Armements, Le Havre. 1937 Solgt til Dampskibs Aktieselskabet Laly (C.T. Gogstad & Co ), Oslo. 1940 - 1945 Sejlede for Notraship, London 1942 Minesprængt i Østersøen 1943 Tilbage i service, efter reparation 1951 aug. Solgt til Malabar Steamship Co. Ltd. Bombay	Ultimo 1963 Ophugget i Indien

Helsingør værft i 1930'erne

Voyage Record
From Jan.-1942 to July-1944:

(Received from Don Kindell - His source: The late Arnold Hague's database).

Follow the convoy links provided for more information on each.

Errors may exist, and several voyages are missing, including all her 1940 and 1941 voyages.

	Departure	From	To	Arrival	Convoy	Remarks
1942	Jan. 5	Corner Brook	St. John, N.B.	Jan. 9	Independent	For earlier voyages, see Page 1, Page 2 & Page 3
	Jan. 15	St. John, N.B.	Halifax	Jan. 16	Independent	–
	Jan. 18	Halifax	Sydney, C.B.	Jan. 19	Independent	–
	Jan. 22	Sydney, C.B.	Corner Brook	Jan. 23	Independent	–
	Jan. 29	Corner Brook	Halifax	Febr. 3	Independent	Ashore at Halifax Febr. 3. Refloated Febr. 9.
	Febr. 11	Halifax	Hampton Roads	Febr. 15	Independent	–
	Febr. 19	Hampton Roads	Jacksonville	Febr. 21	Independent	–
	Apr. 28	Jacksonville	Savannah	Apr. 28	Independent	–
	May 3	Savannah	Argentia	May 14	Independent	Via New York? See Page 3
	May 19	Argentia	Corner Brook	May 21	Independent	–
	May 30	Corner Brook	Sydney, C.B.	May 31	Independent	–
	June 1	Sydney, C.B.	Halifax	June 2	SH 9	Convoy available at SH convoys (external link)
	June 5	Halifax	New York City	June 8	–	–
*	June 15	New York City	Boston	June 16	Independent	–
*	June 17	Boston	Halifax	June 20	BX 25	Convoy available at BX convoys (external link)
	* These voyages are not mentioned on Page 3.
	June 21	Halifax	St. John's, N.F.	June 23	HJ 6	Convoy available via this page (external link)
	June 29	St. John's, N.F.	Botwood	July 1	–	–
	July 4	Botwood	St. John's, N.F.	July 4	–	–
	July 6	St. John's, N.F.	Halifax	July 9	JH 10	Convoy available at link above
	July 12	Halifax	Boston	July 14	XB 29	Convoy available at XB convoys (external link)
	July 14	Boston	New York City	July 15	Independent	–
	July 22	New York City	Cape Cod Bay	July 23	Independent	–
	July 25	Cape Cod Bay	Halifax	July 27	BX 30B	To Sydney, C.B. Convoy available at BX convoys (external link)
	Aug. 1	Halifax	Sydney, C.B.	Aug. 2	HS 37	Convoy available at HS convoys (external link)
	Aug. 5	Sydney, C.B.	Greenland	–	SG 4	Convoy available via this page (external link)
	Nov. 13	Kungnait Bay	St. John's, N.F.	Nov. 19	GS 13	Convoy available at link above
	Nov. 23	St. John's, N.F.	Sydney, C.B.	Nov. 26	WB 15	Convoy available at link above
	Nov. 26	Sydney, C.B.	Corner Brook	Nov. 27	SB 37	For Corner Brook. Convoy available at link above
	Dec. 13	Corner Brook	Sydney, C.B.	Dec. 14	BSC 40A	Left Corner Brook Dec. 5, put back. See Page 3 Convoy available at link above
	Dec. 14	Sydney, C.B.	Halifax	Dec. 17	SH 69	Convoy available at SH convoys (external link)
	Dec. 21	Halifax	Cape Cod Canal*	Dec. 23	HF 23	Arr. New York Dec. 23 - See Page 4 Convoy available at HF convoys (external link)
1943	Jan. 22	New York City	St. John's, N.F.	Jan. 28	HX 224	For St. John's, N.F.
	Jan. 29	St. John's, N.F.	Greenland	Febr. 4	SG 19	Convoy available via this page (external link) See also narrative below
	March 18	Greenland	St. John's, N.F.	March 23	GS 21	Convoy available at link above
	March 25	St. John's, N.F.	Halifax	March 29	JH 44	Convoy available at link above
	March 31	Halifax	Boston	Apr. 2	XB 41	Convoy available at XB convoys (external link)
	July 4	Boston	Halifax	July 6	BX 61	Convoy available at BX convoys (external link)
	July 7	Halifax	St. John's, N.F.	July 10	HJ 60	Convoy available via this page (external link)
	July 15	St. John's, N.F.	Greenland	July 19	SG 28	Convoy available at link above
	Oct. 7	Greenland	St. John's, N.F.	Oct. 13	GS 33	Convoy available at link above
	Oct. 17	St. John's, N.F.	Sydney, C.B.	Oct. 19	WB 64	From St. John's, N.F. Convoy available at link above
	Oct. 20	Sydney, C.B.	Halifax	Oct. 22	SH 108	Convoy available at SH convoys (external link)
	Oct. 26	Halifax	Boston	Oct. 29	XB 80	Convoy available at XB convoys (external link)
	Nov. 23	Boston	Searsport	Nov. 24	Independent	–
	Nov. 28	Searsport	New York City	Nov. 29	Independent	–
	Nov. 30	New York City	Hampton Roads	Dec. 1	Independent	–
	Dec. 9	Hampton Roads	New York City	Dec. 9	Independent	–
	Dec. 10	New York City	Boston	Dec. 11	Independent	–
	Dec. 12	Boston	Halifax	Dec. 14	BX 87	Convoy available at BX convoys (external link)
	Dec. 18	Halifax	Sydney, C.B.	Dec. 20	HS 122	Convoy available at HS convoys (external link) Missing voyages, Page 4
1944	Jan. 5	Sydney, C.B.	Halifax	Jan. 6	SH 121	Convoy available at SH convoys (external link)
	Jan. 7	Halifax	Boston	Jan. 9	HF 94	Halifax to Boston. Convoy available at HF convoys (external link)
	Jan. 16	Boston	Searsport	Jan. 17	Independent	–
	Jan. 21	Searsport	New York City	Jan. 23	Independent	–
	Jan. 23	New York City	Hampton Roads	Jan. 24	Independent	–
	Jan. 29	Hampton Roads	New York City	Jan. 29	Independent	–
	Febr. 5	New York City	Key West	Febr. 11	NK 594	Onward to Havana, arr Febr. 12 (Page 4). Convoy available at NK convoys (external link)
	Febr. 14	Havana	Sagua	Febr. 15	Independent	–
	Febr. 15	Sagua	New Orleans	Febr. 20	Independent	–
	Febr. 25	Pilottown	Key West	Febr. 28	HK 197	Pilottown to Key West. Convoy available at HK convoys (external link)
	Febr. 28	Key West	Gitmo	March 2	KG 691	Convoy available at KG convoys (external link) Missing voyages, Page 4
	March 16	Key West	Pilottown	–	Independent	–
	March 26	Pilottown	Key West	March 29	HK 209	Pilottown to Key West. Convoy available at HK convoys (external link)
	March 29	Key West	Gitmo	Apr. 1	KG 697	Convoy available at KG convoys (external link) Missing voyage, Page 5
	Apr. 15	Key West	Pilottown	–	Independent	–
	Apr. 25	Pilottown	Key West	Apr. 28	HK 221	Pilottown to Key West. Convoy available at HK convoys (external link)
	Apr. 28	Key West	Gitmo	May 1	KG 703	Convoy available at KG convoys (external link) Missing voyages, Page 5
	May 18	Key West	Pilottown	–	Independent	–
	May 26	Pilottown	Key West	May 28	HK 233	Pilottown to Key West. Convoy available at HK convoys (external link)
	May 28	Key West	Gitmo	May 31	KG 709	Convoy available at KG convoys (external link) Again, compare w/Page 5
	June 13	Gitmo	Key West	June 16	GK 812	Convoy available at GK convoys (external link)
	June 16	Key West	Pilottown	June 18	KH 539	Key West to Pilottown. Convoy available at KH convoys (external link) See also Page 5
	June 24	S W Passage	Key West	June 27	HK 245	S W passage to Key West. Convoy available at HK convoys (external link)
	June 27	Key West	Gitmo	June 30	KG 715	Arrived Santiago June 30 (Page 5). Convoy available at KG convoys (external link)
	July 4	Gitmo	–	–	Independent	Unknown destination
	July 15	Key West	Pilottown	–	Independent	Again, compare w/Page 5
	July 24	New Orleans	Port au Prince	July 28	Independent	Further voyages, Page 5, Page 6 & Page 7

Misc. Convoy Voyages:

For information on voyages made in between those discussed here, please see the documents received from the National Archives of Norway as well as Hague's Voyage Record above.

When war broke out in Norway on Apr. 9-1940, Lutz was on her way from New Orleans to Cardenas, where she arrived Apr. 11, having left New Orleans on Apr. 8. See Page 1. Her 1941 voyages also start on that document and continue on Page 2 and Page 3, which also shows her 1942 voyages.

Lutz is mentioned among the ships leaving Halifax to form Convoy HX 195 on June 21-1942. Note, however, that Arnold Hague has not included her in this convoy (see his listing for HX 195 at ships in all HX convoys). Instead, she's listed by him as sailing from Halifax to St. John's, N.F. on that same date with Convoy HJ 6 (external link); she arrived St. John's on the 24th, according to Page 3 above. The information on my page about HX 195 is based on a diary, and it's possible that the person who saw Lutz leaving port at the same time as the other ships in this convoy simply assumed she was also destined for HX 195.

She had a narrow escape when U-223 (Wächter) attacked Convoy SG 19 about 150 miles west of Cape Farewell with five torpedoes at 04:52 hours on Febr. 3-1943 (convoy had left St. John's for Greenland on Jan. 29). Two of them hit the Dorchester and sank her with the loss of 673 lives. The other torpedoes missed the Norwegian Biscaya and Lutz. All 3 ships had previously started out from New York on Jan. 22 with Convoy HX 224, and had left the convoy on Jan. 27 in order to proceed to St. John's - see also Page 4 (unfortunately, some numbers are missing in the left margin of this particular document. Also, her voyage to Greenland is not included).

Robert Cressman, "The Official Chronology of the U.S. Navy in World War II" (ref. link to "Hyperwar" below) has an entry for Febr. 3-1943 where he says Convoy SG 19, bound for Greenland, was escorted by Coast Guard cutters Tampa (WPG-48), Escanaba (WPG-77), and Comanche (WPG-76), adding that Dorchester was chartered by the War Department. Casualties are listed as 675 men, including 15 of the 24 Armed Guard sailors. He adds "four Army chaplains, representing four different faiths, bravely give up their lifebelts to soldiers who have none; all four perish with the ship". He also says that Biscaya was damaged in this attack.

Convoy SG 19 arrived Greenland on Febr. 4, and Lutz and Biscaya are said have to returned to St. John's with Convoy GS 21, departing Greenland on March 18-1943, arriving St. John's on the 23rd. Lutz is also listed in another convoy to Greenland, namely SG 28 (July-1943), returning with GS 33 (Oct.-1943), so she was there for quite a long time - ref. external links provided within the Voyage Record.

POST WAR:

Sold in Aug.-1951 to Malabar Steamship Co Ltd, Bombay, India, and renamed Jag Damba. Sold to shipbreakers at Bombay in Nov.-1963 and delivered in Dec.-1963.

Related external links:
Misc. convoys - Based on Arnold Hague's database. By clicking on "Ship Search", using "Lutz" as keyword, direct links to the convoys she's listed in will come up.

List of Greenland Convoys - Here's the the main page.

Hyperwar - Linked directly to Robert Cressman's information for 1943.

The attack on Dorchester