Owner: Rederi A/S Freikoll
Manager: Ludv. G. Braathen, Oslo
Tonnage: 8116 gt

Built by Götaverken A/B, Gothenburg, Sweden in 1934.

Partial Voyage Record From Aug.-1942 to Nov.-1945:

(Received from Don Kindell - His source: The late Arnold Hague's database).

Follow the convoy links provided for more information on each. The links in bold text go to pages on my own website.

Going to this external page, and clicking on "Ship Search", using "Brajara" as keyword, will bring up direct links to each convoy that is not available on my own site. Please be aware that some of them may be incomplete - compare A. Hague's numbers to TDS numbers (TDS = number of ships according to Trade Division Signal).

Errors may exist, and several voyages are missing.

Compare Arnold Hague's information with these original images from the Norwegian National Archives:
(includes voyages missing from A. Hague's records - from March-1940 to Apr.-1946)
Page 1 | Page 2 | Page 3 | Page 4

	Departure	From	To	Arrival	Convoy	Remarks
1942	Aug. 23	Trinidad	Curacao	Aug. 25	TAW 15	Convoy available at TAW convoys (external link)
	Sept. 3	Curacao	Trinidad	Sept. 7	GAT 1	Convoy available at GAT convoys (external link)
	She later made a voyage to the U.K., via St. Michaels - see Page 2 above.
	Oct. 16	Oban	Methil	Oct. 19	WN 350	Convoy available at WN convoys (external link)
	Oct. 21	Methil	Tyne	Oct. 21	FS 939	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
1943	Febr. 9	Tyne	Methil	Febr. 10	FN 939	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Febr. 11	Methil	Loch Ewe	Febr. 13	EN 195	Convoy available at EN convoys (external link)
	Febr. 21	Loch Ewe	–	–	ON 168	For New York City. Dispersed off Cape Cod, March 12. Convoy will be added. See ships in ON convoys
	March 12	Dispersed from ON 168	New York City	March 17	Independent	–
	Apr. 2	New York City	Oran	Apr. 20	UGS 7	Convoy available at UGS convoys (external link)
	Apr. 30	Oran	Gibraltar	May 2	ET 19	Convoy available via this page (external link)
	May 8	Gibraltar	New York City	May 26	GUS 7	Convoy available at GUS convoys (external link)
	May 31	New York City	Loch Ewe	June 15	HX 242	–
	June 15	Loch Ewe	Invergordon	June 16	WN 442	Convoy available at WN convoys (external link)
	June 19	Invergordon	Loch Ewe	June 20	EN 244	Convoy available at EN convoys (external link)
	June 25	Loch Ewe	New York City	July 9	ON 190	Convoy will be added. See ships in ON convoys
	July 15	New York City	Loch Ewe	July 27	HX 248	–
	July 29	Loch Ewe	Methil	July 31	WN 461	Convoy available at WN convoys (external link)
	Aug. 12	Methil	Loch Ewe	Aug. 14	EN 267	Convoy available at EN convoys (external link)
	Aug. 14	Loch Ewe	–	–	ON 197	For Curacao. Detached Aug. 24. Convoy will be added. See ships in ON convoys
	Aug. 24	Detached from ON 197	Curacao	Aug. 31	Independent	–
	Sept. 2	Curacao	Trinidad	Sept. 4	Independent	–
	Sept. 13	Trinidad	–	–	TJ 8	Detached indep. to Capetown, Sept. 28. Convoy available at TJ convoys (external link)
	Sept. 28	Detached from TJ 8	St Helena	Oct. 5	Independent	–
	Oct. 5	St Helena	Capetown	Oct. 13	Independent	–
	Oct. 18	Capetown	Durban	Oct. 21	Independent	–
	Oct. 22	Durban	Abadan	Nov. 9	Independent	–
	Nov. 11	Abadan	Bandar Abbas	–	Independent	–
	Nov. 19	Bandar Abbas	Bombay	Nov. 26	PB 64	Lay at Bombay after collision on Dec. 3 Convoy available via this page (external link)
1944	Febr. 8	Bombay	Abadan	Febr. 14	Independent	–
	Febr. 17	Abadan	Bandar Abbas	–	Independent	–
	Febr. 22	Bandar Abbas	Aden	Febr. 29	PA 70	Convoy available via link above
	Febr. 29	Aden	Suez	March 5	Independent	–
	March 30	Port Said	Augusta	Apr. 5	MKS 45	Convoy will be added. See ships in MKS convoys
	Apr. 7	Augusta	Naples	Apr. 8	VN 32	Convoy available at VN convoys (external link)
	Apr. 12	Naples	Augusta	Apr. 13	NV 32	Convoy available at NV convoys (external link)
	Apr. 14	Augusta	Port Said	Apr. 19	UGS 37	Convoy available at UGS convoys (external link)
	Apr. 21	Suez	Aden	Apr. 26	Independent	–
	Apr. 27	Aden	Abadan	May 6	Independent	–
	May 9	Abadan	Aden	May 18	Independent	–
	May 21	Aden	Abadan	May 28	Independent	–
	May 29	Abadan	Bombay	June 5	Independent	–
	June 10	Bombay	Abadan	June 16	Independent	–
	June 18	Abadan	Bandar Abbas	–	Independent	–
	June 23	Bandar Abbas	–	–	PA 80	Dispersed in 13 04N 56 04E, July 1. Convoy available via this page (external link)
	July 1	Dispersed from PA 80	Aden	July 2	Independent	–
	July 10	Aden	Aden	July 11	Independent	Put back with defects
	July 23	Aden	Abadan	Aug. 1	Independent	–
	Aug. 2	Abadan	Shatt-el-Arab Anchorage	Aug. 4	Independent	With defects
	Aug. 4	Shatt-el-Arab Anchorage	Aden	Aug. 14	Independent	–
	Aug. 17	Aden	Abadan	Aug. 25	Independent	–
	Aug. 27	Abadan	Bombay	Sept. 4	Independent	–
	Sept. 22	Bombay	Khor Kwai	–	Independent	–
	Sept. 26	Khor Kwai	Abadan	–	Independent	–
	Sept. 30	Abadan	Melbourne	Oct. 29	Independent	–
	Nov. 7	Melbourne	Milne Bay	Nov. 15	Independent	–
	Nov. 17	Milne Bay	Langemak Bay	Nov. 18	Independent	–
	Nov. 20	Langemak Bay	Hollandia	Nov. 22	Independent	–
	Nov. 23	Hollandia	Langemak Bay	*Dec. 25	Independent	"Voyage details unknown" (but see Page 3 and Page 4, *arrival date should be Nov. 25)
1945	July 1	Langemak Bay	Manus	July 2	Independent	–
	July 3	Manus	Tacloban	July 11	Independent	–
	Aug. 24	Leyte	Balboa	Oct. 4	–	–
	Oct. 5	Cristobal	Curacao	Oct. 9	Independent	–
	Oct. 12	Curacao	Falmouth	Oct. 30	Independent	–
	Nov. 1	Falmouth	Havre	Nov. 2	Independent	–
	Nov. 6	Havre	Antwerp	Nov. 7	Independent	Repairs until Febr. 24-1946. See also Page 4 above (some further voyages)

Further to the above:

(Please note that only a few of her voyages are mentioned here - for voyages in between those discussed below, please go back to the Voyage Record).

Brajara is listed as bound for New York in the westbound North Atlantic Convoy ON 168*, which originated in Liverpool on Febr. 21-1943 and dispersed on March 12, Brajara arriving New York independently on March 17. The Norwegian Brimanger, Egda, Gallia, Heranger, Lynghaug, Maud, Meline, Morgenen, Reinholt, Slemmestad, and Tigre are also listed. (The corvette Buttercup, which came under the Norwegian flag the following year, is named among the escorts). At the end of May we find her going in the other direction with Convoy HX 242, which departed New York City on May 31-1943 and arrived Liverpool on June 15. Her destination is given as Invergordon, and she had station 54 of the convoy. Follow the link for the names of other ships, many of which were Norwegian. Brajara subsequently returned to New York with the westbound Convoy ON 190*, originating in Liverpool on June 24-1943, arriving New York on July 9. She was again in the company of several other Norwegian ships, namely California Express, Dageid, Fjordaas, Gefion, Høyanger, Lynghaug, Mosli, Norefjord, Norsol, Orwell, Polartank, Skiensfjord, and Tarifa. Brajara headed back to the U.K. again about a week later with Convoy HX 248 (departure New York July 15), and the following month she joined the westbound Convoy ON 197*, again with the Norwegian Dageid and Orwell in company, as well as Helgøy, Leiv Eiriksson, Pan Aruba, and Slemmestad. ON 197 originated in Liverpool on Aug. 14-1943 and arrived New York on the 28th. Brajara, however, was bound for Curacao on that occasion, where she arrived on Aug. 31, having detached from the convoy on the 24th.

As can be seen in the above record, she now made voyages to places like Trinidad, St. Helena, Capetown, Durban, Abadan, Bandar Abbas, Bombay etc., sometimes in convoy, sometimes sailing alone. At the end of March-1944 she made a voyage from Port Said to Augusta with Convoy MKS 45*. The Norwegian Ingertre, Nyhorn, Pronto, Tanafjord and Thorshavn are also mentioned.

"Nortraships flåte" says she reported that a sub or U-boat had been observed at the inlet to the Red Sea on Apr. 24-1944, but considers it doubtful. According to her Voyage Record, she was en route from Suez to Aden on that date. Her subsequent voyages are noted in the above table.

* The ON convoys mentioned here will be added to my Convoys section in due course, with more information on each. In the meantime, the ships sailing in them (and escorts) are named in the section listing ships in all ON convoys. The MKS convoys are also available, but for now, this page has the names of other ships sailing in MKS 45.

For information on the Norwegian ships named on this page, please see the alphabet index below, or go to the Master Ship Index.

POST WAR:

Sold in 1951 to Jugoslavenska Tankerska Plovidba, Yugoslavia, and renamed Lendava. Sold to Brodospas for breaking up and arrived at Split on Oct. 8-1963.