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 🠗₁	Date	Harbour	Date
Sverre Valter Davidsen	Norway	Telegrafist	Para	1/12/1944	New York, NY, USA	3/20/1944
Amando Cabral	Brazil	Matros	Para	11/30/1943	Para	1/31/1944
Touriano M. Smith	Brazil	Messegutt	Para	11/30/1943	Unknown	Unknown
Valvar Alberto Santos	Brazil	Salonggutt	Para	11/25/1943	New York, NY, USA	3/31/1944
Desmond Vincent Meyer	Great Britain	Smører	Para	9/13/1943	New York, NY, USA	10/18/1943
Aninadas Lima	Brazil	Salonggutt	Para	9/8/1943	Para	11/24/1943
Johan Jacobsen	Norway	Motormann	Para	8/3/1943	New York, NY, USA	10/21/1943
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
Joao da Silva Alves	Brazil	Byssegutt	Pernambuco	12/29/1943	Para	1/21/1944
Alf Volan	Norway	Matros / Skytter	Port of Spain	5/14/1945	Unknown	Unknown
Willy Hartvik Hoff	Norway	Matros / Skytter	Port of Spain	10/29/1944	New York, NY, USA	12/18/1944
Albert De Freitas	Trinidad and Tobago	Dekksgutt	Port of Spain	2/5/1944	Port of Spain	5/19/1944
Alf Egil Eriksen	Norway	Matros	Port of Spain	2/4/1944	New York, NY, USA	2/22/1944
Rolf Krantz Hallberg	Norway	Lettmatros	Port of Spain	2/4/1944	New York, NY, USA	2/22/1944
Alf Kristian Smørsting	Norway	ukjent	Port of Spain	2/4/1944	New York, NY, USA	2/22/1944
Tjøstolv Kåre Tjøstolvsen	Norway	Jungmann	Rio de Janeiro	10/5/1940	New York, NY, USA	1/19/1941
Odd Reidar Thorsen	Norway	3. Maskinist	Rio de Janeiro	9/20/1940	New York, NY, USA	10/21/1941
Olaf Øigaren Olsen	Norway	ukjent	Rio de Janeiro	8/30/1940	New York, NY, USA	10/30/1941
Fridtjof Ernst Avenstroup Foss	Norway	Lettmatros	Rio de Janeiro	8/28/1940	New York, NY, USA	10/23/1941
John Alvin Nilsen	Norway	Tømmermann	Rio de Janeiro	8/28/1940	Southampton, Hampshire, England	5/7/1942
Trygve Kristian Christiansen	Norway	Smører	San Pedro, California, USA	9/12/1941	New York, NY, USA	10/22/1941
Donald Crouse	USA	Messegutt	San Pedro, California, USA	9/12/1941	Alliert havn	Unknown
Albert Matthews	USA	Lettmatros	San Pedro, California, USA	9/12/1941	Unknown	Unknown
Thor Johan Tepstad	Norway	Motormann	San Pedro, California, USA	9/10/1941	Southampton, Hampshire, England	5/8/1942