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 🠗₁	Date
Manuel Reis	Great Britain	Matros	Para	5/5/1943	Para	1/19/1944
Francisco Saboia	Brazil	Matros	Para	3/31/1943	Para	11/27/1943
Desmond Vincent Meyer	Great Britain	Smører	Bristol, Gloucestershire, England	11/10/1942	Para	7/31/1943
Ingvald Kristian Aarsheim	Norway	Tømmermann	New York	4/11/1944	Pernambuco	7/11/1944
Makal Ørpetveit	Norway	Matros	New York	3/15/1944	Pernambuco	3/22/1945
Jens Hartvig Winther	Norway	Motormann	New York	10/16/1943	Pernambuco	12/29/1943
Sverre Valter Davidsen	Norway	Telegrafist	New York	6/29/1943	Pernambuco	12/30/1943
Per Lindgren	Norway	Matros	Bristol, Gloucestershire, England	11/5/1942	Pernambuco	4/26/1943
Anders Sigbjørn Løvdahl Karlsen	Norway	Matros	Cardiff, Wales, UK	5/8/1942	Pernambuco	4/24/1943
Asbjørn Sverre Andersen	Norway	Tømmermann	Drammen	2/28/1940	Philadelphia	11/12/1940
Arthur Henning Liljedahl	Norway	Stuert	Unknown	2/7/1941	Port Talbot, Wales, UK	11/18/1942
Albert De Freitas	Trinidad and Tobago	Dekksgutt	Port of Spain	2/5/1944	Port of Spain	5/19/1944
Sverre Asbjørn Pedersen	Norway	Lettmatros	Om bord pr.	4/9/1940	Rio de Janeiro	8/25/1940
Karl Johan Mathisen	Norway	Matros	Drammen f. utlandet	2/27/1940	Rio de Janeiro	8/20/1940
John Marius Pedersen	Norway	Lettmatros	Unknown	2/24/1940	Rio de Janeiro	8/12/1940
Olaf G. Olsen	Norway	Maskinassistent	New York	11/10/1939	Rio de Janeiro	8/30/1940
Jakob Arnfinn Siring	Norway	Lettmatros	New York	9/12/1941	San Pedro, California, USA	10/22/1941
Leif Nustad	Norway	Lettmatros	New York	2/13/1941	San Pedro, California, USA	9/11/1941
Jarl Johnsen	Norway	Smører	Unknown	1/21/1941	San Pedro, California, USA	9/11/1941
Klaus Alfred Gustav Jørgensen Holand	Norway	Matros	Southampton	1/3/1942	Southampton	5/7/1942
Sverre Kristian Kristensen	Norway	Motormann	Sydney	11/29/1941	Southampton	5/7/1942
Erling Karsten Olsen	Norway	Motormann	Sydney	11/29/1941	Southampton	5/7/1942
William Holterman Skagfjord	Iceland	Matros / Skytter	Halifax	11/25/1941	Southampton	8/7/1942
Kjerulf (Kenneth) Olsen	Norway	3. Maskinist	New York	10/29/1941	Southampton	5/18/1942
Thor Johan Tepstad	Norway	Motormann	San Pedro, California, USA	9/10/1941	Southampton	5/8/1942