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M/S Braga To Braga on the "Ships starting with B" page. Manager: Fred. Olsen & Co., Oslo Delivered in Nov-1938 from Lindholmens Varv AB, Gothenburg (961) as Braga to Den Norske Middelhavslinje A/S (Fred. Olsen & Co.), Oslo. Steel hull, 297.3’ x 42.3’ x 18.3’, 1671 gt, 2740 tdwt, engine: Sulzer 1950bhp.
(Received from Don Kindell - His source: The late Arnold Hague's database). Follow the convoy links provided for more information on each - other Norwegian ships also sailed in most of them. Errors may exist, and as can be seen, the record is incomplete. Compare Arnold Hague's information with these original images from the Norwegian National Archives:
A French visitor to my website has told me that according to his records Braga was seized off Tunisia by French patrol boats on Apr. 10-1940 (the day after the German invasion of Norway). She was ordered to Bizerta, but released a few days later, and must have proceeded to Casablanca. Sailed from Casablanca on May 15-1940 in convoy 98 KS under French escort. At Le Verdon on May 19. Sailed from Le Verdon on June 1-1940 in convoy 47 BF under French escort, arrived Casablanca June 5. Sailed from Casablanca on June 11 in convoy 5 KF under French escort - the Norwegian Tai Yin and Thermopylæ are also listed in this convoy. At Le Verdon June 15. All these convoys are available at the external website that I've linked to within the above table. The following month she made a voyage to the U.S., having joined Convoy OB 179, which origniated in Liverpool on July 5 and dispersed on the 9th and also included the Norwegian Marstenen and Triton. According to "Nortraships flåte" Braga announced that she was the subject of a U-boat attack in 34 34N 70 58W around midnight on June 18-1942, but reached her destination safely. This incident is not mentioned in J. Rohwer's book ("Axis Submarine Successes of World War Two"). In May-1943 I have her in Convoy HX 237 from New York, again in the company of several other Norwegian ships; follow the link for more convoy details (Sandanger and Brand were sunk). Braga was bound for Iceland via Loch Ewe with Navy stores. She returned to the U.S. the following month with the westbound North Atlantic Convoy ON 187, joining from Iceland on June 5. This convoy, which originated in Liverpool on June 1-1943, will be added to my Convoys section; in the meantime, the ships sailing in it are named in the section listing ships in all ON convoys. As will be seen, the Norwegian Annik, Athos, Bralanta, Elisabeth Bakke, Fagerfjell, Frontenac, Helgøy, Kronprinsen, Lista, Morgenen, Norbryn, Norefjord, O. B. Sørensen, President de Vogue, Toledo and Vanja are also listed, as is the Panamanian Norvinn, which is included on this site because she had Norwegian managers. For more information on all the other Norwegian ships named on this page, please see the alphabet index below, or go to the Master Ship Index.
Ran her bow into a quay at Dieppe on Febr. 7-1961 upon departure for Southampton (general cargo). No damage could be seen so she continued her voyage, but after a while she sprang a leak in heavy seas and developed a list. Her crew was saved by vessels that came to before she sank in the Channel, position 50 12N 00 36E, east of Dieppe. Back to Braga on the "Ships starting with B" page. The text on this page was compiled with the help of: "Nortraships flåte", J. R. Hegland and misc. - (ref. My sources). (Pre war and post war details from T. Eriksen, Norway - his source: "Skipet" / Thor B. Melhus).
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