M/S Rio Branco

Other names: ex Boca Raton, ex Marie Horn
Call sign: LJHY
Class: DNV1A1
Shipping company: Øyvind Lorentzen, Oslo
Nationality: Norway
Home port: Oslo
Enlistment district: Oslo

Shipyard

Name: Fried. Krupp AG, Germaniawerft, Kiel, Tyskland
Build year: 1925
Yard number: 476
Month of delivery: mars

Other

Participant in WW2
Civilian ship

Tonnage

Gross tonnage:: 3.210
Net tonnage:: 1.858
Deadweight:: 4.520

Engine

Propulsion:: Krupp
Engine size:: BHK 1400
Speed:: 10 knop

Dimensions

Length:: 306.7'
Beam:: 47.7'
Draft:: 23.5'

Miscellaneous

Crew list

Seafarer	Nationality	Position	Signed on		Signed off
Seafarer	Nationality	Position	Harbour	Date	Harbour	Date 🠗₁
John De Freitas	Great Britain	Byssegutt	Trinidad	2/5/1944	Trinidad	5/19/1944
Jules Steiner	France	Dekksgutt til Lettmatros	Para	1/28/1944	Para	7/3/1944
Ingvald Kristian Aarsheim	Norway	Tømmermann	New York	4/11/1944	Pernambuco	7/11/1944
Leslie Chieves	Great Britain	Jungmann	Trinidad	5/19/1944	Trinidad	7/20/1944
Vernon Cheong (Cheung)	Great Britain	Messegutt	Trinidad	2/4/1944	Trinidad	7/20/1944
Walter Canter	Netherlands	Kokk	Liverpool	12/30/1941	New York	8/2/1944
Arne Thilesen	Norway	Motormann	New York	4/11/1944	New York	8/5/1944
Olaf Marius Wium	Norway	Elektriker	New York	3/12/1944	New York	8/5/1944
Ingolf Erevik	Norway	Motormann	New York	6/16/1943	New York	8/5/1944
Norman August Andersen	Norway	Matros	New York	2/9/1943	New York	8/5/1944
Willy Hartvik Hoff	Norway	Matros / Skytter	New York	4/14/1944	New York	8/6/1944
Arthur Hagbart Johannesen	Norway	Matros	Trinidad	5/21/1944	New York	8/8/1944
Lemiao Monturo	Portugal	Messegutt	Para	1/17/1944	New York	8/8/1944
Karl Ludvig Eriksen Kirkeberg	Norway	Matros	Trinidad	7/21/1944	New York	8/14/1944
Maurico Pereira	Portugal	1. Kokk	Trinidad	5/19/1944	New York	8/14/1944
Ragnar Kristian Pedersen	Norway	2. Styrmann	New York	2/15/1943	New York	8/18/1944
Willy Hartvik Hoff	Norway	Matros / Skytter	New York	8/15/1944	Unknown	9/7/1944
Petter Arnt Ellefsen	Norway	ukjent	Unknown	5/16/1943	Unknown	10/21/1944
Osvald Willy Cornelius Jensen	Norway	Matros	New York	10/23/1943	New York	12/14/1944
Karsten Prebensen	Norway	Matros	New York	8/15/1944	New York	12/16/1944
Hans Bergfeldt	Sweden	Motormann	New York	8/8/1944	New York	12/16/1944
Arne Georg Hellerød	Norway	Matros	Trinidad	7/21/1944	New York	12/16/1944
Eugen Bjartheim	Norway	Matros	New York	4/11/1944	New York	12/16/1944
Olav Haukedal	Norway	2. Maskinist	New York	4/11/1944	Unknown	12/16/1944
Marvin Romfog	Norway	Motormann	New York	4/10/1944	New York	12/16/1944