Career
Laid down:	1930, Suderøy IV. Suderøy V. Oslo Norway, Suderøy VI. Middlesborough, U.K., and launched as Southern Gem, 1929
Launched:	1929/1930
Commissioned:	June, 1941
Paid Off:	August, 1945
Fate:	Returned to owners October 1945. Suderøy IV. Condemed and sunk October 1987, Suderøy V. In use as of 2001, Suderøy VI. Sunk January 1983
General Characteristics
Displacement:	252 gt
Length:	115 ft.
Beam:	24 ft
Draft:	13 ft
Speed:	9 knots
Propulsion:	Suderøy IV. & Suderøy V. , Tripple Expansion (Nylands) 750ihp, Suderøy VI, Tripple Expansion (Shields Eng. Co., Northern Shields), 760ihp.
Officers:	4
Crew:	25

After the fall of Norway to Nazi Germany on April 9, 1940, the Norwegian whale factory ship Suderøy and her whale catchers, Suderøy IV. (J03), Suderøy V. (J04), Suderøy VI. (J05) and Star XVI. were ordered to sail to Halifax from Hampton Roads, were they had taken refuge. In June of 1940, at Halifax, Suderøy IV., V. and VI. were chartered from the Norwegian govenment-in-exile by the RCN, converted and commissioned as Minesweepers. Image File history File links Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Nazi Germany, or the Third Reich, commonly refers to Germany in the years 1933–1945, when it was under the firm control of the totalitarian and fascist ideology of the Nazi Party, with the Führer Adolf Hitler as dictator. ... April 9 is the 99th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (100th in leap years). ... 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1940 calendar). ... The crew of the oceanographic research vessel Princesse Alice, of Albert Grimaldi (later Prince Albert I of Monaco) pose while flensing a catch. ... Hampton Roads, from state map of pre-civil war Virginia circa 1858 Hampton Roads is the name of both a body of water and the land areas which surround it in southeastern Virginia in the United States. ... The Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) was the navy of Canada from 1911 until 1968 when the three branches of the Canadian military were merged into the Canadian Armed Forces. ... USS Pivot (AM 276) World War II United States Admirable Class Minesweeper shown in the Gulf of Mexico on sea trials 12 July 1944 Image:Hameln Class. ...

Suderøy IV served with the Halifax Local Defence Force from June 1941 until paid off in August 1945, and returned to her former owners.

Suderøy V. served with both the St. John's Local Defence Force and the Halifax Local Defence Force from June 1941 until paid off in August 1945, and returned to her former owners. Nickname: The City of Legends Motto: Avancez (go forward) Coordinates: Country Canada Province Newfoundland and Labrador Established August 5, 1583 by Royal Charter of Queen Elizabeth I City Mayor Andy Wells Governing body St. ...

Suderøy VI. served with the Halifax Local Defence Force from March 1941 until paid off in August 1945, and returned to her former owners to resume her occupation as whale catcher.

Crew, HMCS Suderoy IV, 1943

Published sources

• Macpherson, Ken and John Burgess. The Ships of Canada's Naval Forces 1910 - 1985. Collins Publishers: ISBN 0-00-217469-3
• 1939 - 1945, Norwegian Merchant Fleet, web site. [1]