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 🠗₁	Harbour	Date
Desmond Vincent Meyer	Great Britain	Smører	Para	9/13/1943	New York	10/18/1943
Jens Hartvig Winther	Norway	Motormann	New York	10/16/1943	Pernambuco	12/29/1943
Peder Eide	Norway	1. Styrmann	New York	10/18/1943	New York	1/16/1947
Sverre Halfdan Sivertsen	Norway	3. Maskinist	New York	10/18/1943	New York	3/27/1944
Jakob Schiøtt Zakariassen	Norway	1. Maskinist (Maskinsjef)	New York	10/19/1943	New York	4/21/1944
Ludvig Solheim	Norway	Motormann	New York	10/21/1943	New York	2/22/1944
Osvald Willy Cornelius Jensen	Norway	Matros	New York	10/23/1943	New York	12/14/1944
Ole Johan Næss	Norway	ukjent	New York	10/23/1943	Unknown	12/16/1944
Valvar Alberto Santos	Brazil	Salonggutt	Para	11/25/1943	New York	3/31/1944
Amando Cabral	Brazil	Matros	Para	11/30/1943	Para	1/31/1944
Touriano M. Smith	Brazil	Messegutt	Para	11/30/1943	Unknown	Unknown
Joao da Silva Alves	Brazil	Byssegutt	Pernambuco	12/29/1943	Para	1/21/1944
Sverre Valter Davidsen	Norway	Telegrafist	Para	1/12/1944	New York	3/20/1944
Lemiao Monturo	Portugal	Messegutt	Para	1/17/1944	New York	8/8/1944
Jules Steiner	France	Dekksgutt til Lettmatros	Para	1/28/1944	Para	7/3/1944
Vernon Cheong (Cheung)	Great Britain	Messegutt	Trinidad	2/4/1944	Trinidad	7/20/1944
Alf Egil Eriksen	Norway	Matros	Port of Spain	2/4/1944	New York	2/22/1944
Rolf Krantz Hallberg	Norway	Lettmatros	Port of Spain	2/4/1944	New York	2/22/1944
Alf Kristian Smørsting	Norway	ukjent	Port of Spain	2/4/1944	New York	2/22/1944
Albert De Freitas	Trinidad and Tobago	Dekksgutt	Port of Spain	2/5/1944	Port of Spain	5/19/1944
John De Freitas	Great Britain	Byssegutt	Trinidad	2/5/1944	Trinidad	5/19/1944
Olaf Marius Wium	Norway	Elektriker	New York	3/12/1944	New York	8/5/1944
Makal Ørpetveit	Norway	Matros	New York	3/15/1944	Pernambuco	3/22/1945
Józef Botala	Poland	Elektriker	New York	3/16/1944	Avmønstret før	4/6/1944
Birger Henry Ahlgren	Norway	Matros	New York	4/10/1944	New York	5/30/1946