RINGWOOD (I) (ex BELJEANNE)

1926 Bygget som tunglastskip MS BELJEANNE av Armstrong, Whitworth & Co. Ltd., Newcastle, England for Rederiet Belpareil A/S (Christen Smith), Oslo. Bygge kostnad GBP 185.000.
1935 Overført 29/10 til Belships Company Limited, Skibs-A/S (Christen Smith), Oslo.
1937 Innkjøpt for NOK 1.950.000 i oktober av Skips-A/S Ringwood (Olav Ringdal), Oslo, omdøpt RINGWOOD
1940 WW II innlemmet i Nortraship, Londons Uteflåte.
Kapret og senket 14/10 av tysk hjelpekrysser ORION i pos. 05.29N/159.42Ø under reise fra Shanghai, China til Ocean Island (senere Banaba, en øy i av Kiribati i Stillehavet) i ballast. Mannskapet ble tatt om bord i ORION hvor de var en tid før de ble satt om bord i forsyningsskipet ERMLAND. De kom med dette via Kapp Horn til Bordeaux, Frankrike 03/04-41.

1926 Built as heavy lift M/V BELJEANNE by Armstrong, Whitworth & Co. Ltd., Newcastle, England on behalf of the company Belpareil A/S (Christen Smith), Oslo. Price GBP 185.000.
1935 Transferred 29/10 to Belships Company Limited, Skibs-A/S (Christen Smith), Oslo.
1937 Purchased for NOK 1.950.000 in October by Skips-A/S Ringwood (Olav Ringdal), Oslo, renamed RINGWOOD
1940 During WW II included in the Free Fleet of Norwegian Nortraship of London in April.
Captured and sunk 14/10 by German aux. cruiser ORION  in pos. 05.29N/159.42E on a voyage from Shanghai, China to Ocean Island (later named Banaba in the Kiribati in the Pacific Ocean) in ballast. The crew were taken onboard ORION. They were later transferred to the supply vessel ERMLAND.
1941 Finally they arrived Bordeaux, France 03/04-41, via Cape Horn.