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CONVERTED MERCHANT VESSELS
auxiliary minesweepers of WWII


100 - 1000 t displacement/ BRT tonnage vessels


Trawlers:

Alcmaria (1916, 148, 11.1939 - 1946); Børtind (1912, 328, 1940 - 1.1946); Nordhav II (1913, 425, 1940 - 10.3.1945); Syrian (1919, 298, 6.1940 - 1.1946)

Whalers:

Bjerk (1912, 182, 9.1940 - 10.1945); Brevik (1932, 258, 1940 - 1946); Egeland (1912, 153, 4.1941 - 29.11.1941); Globe V, 1942 - Karmøy (1936, 249, 4.1941-8/1944); Hval V (1929, 248, 7.1940 - 3.1946); John Williamson (1912, 159, 5.1941 - 1946, lent to Greece 7.1943 - 1946 as Alfios); Kos IV, 1941 - Drøbak (1929, 248, 7.1940 - 6.1946); Kos XIV, 1941 - Mandal (1932, 258, 7.1940 - 9.1945); Kos XV, 1941 - Grimstad (1932, 258, 7.1940 - 1.1946); Kos XVI (1932, 258, 7.1940 - 24.8.1941); Kos XVII, 1941 - Harstad (1932, 258, 7.1940 - 26.2.1943); Kos XVIII, 1941 - Vardø (1932, 258, 7.1940 - 1945); Noble Nora (1912, 160, 1 - 57/40, 6.1917 - 3.1919, 3.1941 - to Greece 9.1943 (Spercheios)); Pol II, 1942- Jeløy (1926, 240, 4.1941 - 8.1944); Pol IV, 1942 - Tromøy (1926, 240, 4.1941-8/1944); Pol VI, 1942 - Oksøy (1935, 254, 10.1940- 8.1944); Polar 6 (1925, 263, 3.1940 - 1945); Thorodd (1919, 422, 4.1940 - 1945); Transvaalia (1912, 160, 6.1917 - 3.1919, 4.1941 - 1946, to Greece as Eurotas 8.1943 - 1945)


Project history

fishery vessels converted for minesweeping and patrol duties.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.