D/S Brisk- Norwegian Merchant Fleet 1939-1945

D/S Brisk
Updated Aug. 12-2008

To Brisk on the "Ships starting with B" page.

Source: Bjørn Milde's postcard collection.

Owner: A/S Bonheur
Manager: Fred. Olsen & Co., Oslo
Tonnage: 1594 gt

Built in Christiania (Oslo today), delivered in June-1923.

Captain: Oscar Henry Fossen.

Voyage Record
From Febr.-1940 to May-1945:

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

Follow the convoy links provided for more information on them. Or go to this external page, click on "Ship Search", then type "Brisk" in the search field. This will bring up direct links to each convoy (as will be seen, other Norwegian ships also sailed in them). Please be aware that some of these convoys may be incomplete - compare A. Hague's numbers to TDS numbers (TDS = number of ships according to Trade Division Signal).

Errors may exist, and some voyages are missing.

	Departure	From	To	Arrival	Convoy	Remarks
1940	Febr. 8	Norwegian Waters	Methil	Febr. 11	HN 10	–
	Febr. 13	Tyne	Southend	Febr. 15	FS 95	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	Febr. 23	Southend	Tyne	Febr. 25	FN 102	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	March 1	Tyne	Methil	March 2	TM 17	Convoy available via this page (external link)
	March 4	Methil	Norwegian Waters	March 8	ON 17A	–
	March 30	Norwegian Waters	Methil	Apr. 3	HN 23A	–
	Apr. 4	Methil	Tyne	Apr. 4	MT 44	Convoy available via link above
	Apr. 6	Methil	Southend	Apr. 8	FS 139	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	Apr. 29	Southend	Hull	May 1	FN 158	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	May 4	Spurn	Downs	May 5	FS 161	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	May 5	Downs	Rouen	May 6	Independent	–
	May 9	Rouen	Downs	May 9	Independent	–
	May 10	Downs	Hull	May 11	FN 168	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	May 18	Hull	Downs	May 20	–	–
	May 21	Downs	Nantes	May 28	–	–
	June 3	Nantes	Southend	June 9	–	–
	June 9	Southend	Methil	June 11	FN 192	See FN 192 at link above
	July 14	Methil	–	–	OA 184	For Sydney C.B. Dispersed July 18. Convoy available at OB & OA convoys (external link - incomplete data, Brisk not included; see also OA 184)
	July 18	Dispersed from OA 184	Sydney, C.B.	July 26	Independent	–
	July 27	Sydney, C.B.	Rimouski	July 29	Independent	–
	Aug. 6	Rimouski	Sydney, C.B.	Aug. 8	Independent	–
	Aug. 8	Sydney, C.B.	Methil Roads	Aug. 24	HX 64	–
	Aug. 25	Methil	Grimsby	Aug. 27	FS 262	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	Sept. 14	Spurn	Methil	Sept. 16	FN 280	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Sept. 18	Methil	–	–	OA 216	For Sydney C.B. Rendezvoused with OB 216, Sept. 21. Convoy available at OB & OA convoys (external link - see also OA 216)
	Sept. 19(?)	Joined from OA 216	–	–	OB 216	Dispersed in 53N 17 05W, Sept. 23. Convoy available at OB convoys (external link)
	Sept. 23	Dispersed from OB 216	Sydney, C.B.	Oct. 3	Independent	–
	Oct. 6	Sydney, C.B.	Shippigan	Oct. 7	Independent	–
	Oct. 11	Shippigan	Caraquet	–	Independent	–
	Oct. 17	Sydney, C.B.	Oban	Nov. 1	HX 81	–
	Nov. 3	Oban	Methil	Nov. 6	WN 30	Convoy available at WN convoys (external link)
	Nov. 7	Methil	Hull	Nov. 8	FS 330	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	Nov. 22	Hull	Methil	Nov. 24	FN 340	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Nov. 26	Methil	Oban	Nov. 30	EN 32 (1)	Convoy available at EN convoys (external link)
	Dec. 1	Oban	–	–	OB 252	Dispersed Dec. 4. Convoy available at OB convoys (external link)
	Dec. 4	Dispersed from OB 252	Milford Haven	Dec. 9	Independent	Put back
	Dec. 26	Milford Haven	Barry	Dec. 27	Independent	–
	Dec. 29	Barry	Milford Haven	Dec. 30	Independent	–
	Dec. 31	Milford Haven	–	–	OB 268	Dispersed Jan. 4-1941. Convoy available at OB convoys (external link)
1941	Jan. 4	Dispersed from OB 268	Demerara	Jan. 24	Independent	–
	Febr. 5	Demerara	Trinidad	Febr. 6	Independent	–
	Febr. 7	Trinidad	Halifax	Febr. 21	Independent	–
	Febr. 28	Halifax	Belfast Lough	March 20	SC 24	–
	March 20	Belfast Lough	Larne	March 21	Independent	–
	March 27	Larne	Ardrossan	March 27	Independent	–
	Apr. 4	Ardrossan	Clyde	Apr. 4	Independent	–
	Apr. 7	Clyde	–	–	OG 58	For Georgetown. Detached Apr. 14. Convoy will be added. See ships in OG convoys
	Apr. 14	Detached from OG 58	Demerara	Apr. 28	Independent	–
	Apr. 29	Demerara	Mackenzie	Apr. 29	Independent	–
	May 11	Demerara(?)	Sydney, C.B.	May 26	Independent	–
	June 1	Sydney, C.B.	Loch Ewe	June 19	SC 33	–
	June 21	Loch Ewe	Methil	June 23	WN 143	Convoy available at WN convoys (external link)
	July 2	Methil Roads	Loch Ewe	July 4	EC 40	Convoy available at EC convoys (external link)
	July 4	Loch Ewe	Sydney, C.B.	July 17	OB 341A	Convoy available at OB convoys (external link) See also OB 341 (external) and narrative below.
	July 18	Sydney, C.B.	Digby	July 20	Independent	–
	Aug. 2	Digby	Sydney, C.B.	Aug. 5	Independent	–
	Aug. 10	Sydney, C.B.	Oban	Aug. 29	SC 40	See SC 40 (external link)
	Aug. 31	Oban	Methil	Sept. 3	WN 175	Convoy available at WN convoys (external link)
	Sept. 4	Methil	Grimsby	Sept. 6	FS 586	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	Sept. 26	Spurn	Methil	Sept. 27	FN 523	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Sept. 28	Methil Roads	Loch Ewe	Sept. 30	EC 78	Convoy available at EC convoys (external link)
	Sept. 30	Loch Ewe	–	–	ON 21	For Iceland. Detached in 58 58N 08 46W, Oct. 2. Convoy will be added. See ships in ON convoys
	Oct. 2	Detached from ON 21	Reykjavik	Oct. 5	Independent	–
	Oct. 8	Reykjavik	Akureyri	Oct. 10	Independent	–
	Oct. 14	Akureyri	Seidisfjord	–	Independent	–
	Oct. 26	Seidisfjord	Reykjavik	Oct. 27	Independent	–
	Nov. 10	Reykjavik	Scrabster	Nov. 15	Independent	–
	Nov. 16	Scrabster	Methil	Nov. 18	WN 205	Convoy available at WN convoys (external link)
	Nov. 19	Methil	Spurn	Nov. 21	FS 651	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	Nov. 24	Hull	Sunderland	Nov. 25	FN 561	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Dec. 6	Sunderland	Tyne	Dec. 6	–	–
	Dec. 12	Tyne	Methil	Dec. 13	FN 576	See FN 576 at link above
	Dec. 14	Methil	Loch Ewe	Dec. 16	EN 19	For Iceland. Convoy available at EN convoys (external link)
	Dec. 19	Loch Ewe	Reykjavik	Dec. 25	UR 2	Convoy available at UR convoys (external link)
1942	Jan. 16	Reykjavik	Belfast Lough	Jan. 21	RU 6	For Swansea. Convoy available at RU convoys (external link)
	Jan. 24	Belfast Lough	Swansea	Jan. 25	BB 128	Convoy available at BB convoys (external link)
	Febr. 11	Swansea	Cardiff	Febr. 11	Independent	–
	Febr. 13	Cardiff	Milford Haven	Febr. 14	Independent	–
	Febr. 15	Milford Haven	Holyhead	Febr. 16	MH 72	Convoy available via this page (external link)
	Febr. 16	Ex MH 72	Liverpool	Febr. 16	Independent	–
	Febr. 21	Liverpool	–	–	Independent	For Cardiff, via Holyhead
	Febr. 22	Holyhead	Cardiff	Febr. 24	BB 141	Convoy available at BB convoys (external link)
	Febr. 27	Cardiff	Milford Haven	Febr. 28	Independent	–
	March 1	Milford Haven	Liverpool	March 2	MH 77	Convoy available via this page (external link)
	March 5	Liverpool	Barry Roads	March 8	Independent	Possibly in BB 145, via Holyhead March 6(?). Convoy available at BB convoys (external link)
	March 12	Barry Roads	Southampton	March 14	WP 125	Convoy available at WP convoys (external link)
	March 17	Southampton	Cardiff	March 19	PW 127	Convoy available via this page (external link)
	March 23	Cardiff	Milford Haven	March 24	Independent	–
	March 26	Milford Haven	Liverpool	March 27	Independent	–
	March 30	Liverpool	Holyhead	–	Independent	–
	Apr. 1	Holyhead	Cardiff	Apr. 2	BB 156	Convoy available at BB convoys (external link)
	Apr. 4	Cardiff	Milford Haven	Apr. 5	Independent	–
	Apr. 7	Milford Haven	Liverpool	Apr. 8	MH 90	Convoy available via this page (external link)
	Apr. 12	Liverpool	Holyhead	Apr. 12	Independent	–
*	Apr. 13	Belfast Lough	Mumbles	Apr. 14	BB 161	Convoy available at BB convoys (external link)
	* BB 161 did originate at Belfast Lough on Apr. 13, but I believe this entry should be deleted - see next entry (in other words, Brisk did not sail from Belfast Lough on Apr. 13, but from Holyhead):
	Apr. 14	Holyhead	Cardiff	Apr. 15	–	Hague says: "Possibly in BB 161". See link above
	Apr. 17	Cardiff	Milford Haven	Apr. 18	Independent	–
	Apr. 21	Milford Haven	Halifax	May 6	ON 88	Convoy will be added. See ships in ON convoys
	May 9	Halifax	St. John, N.B.	May 11	XB 18	Convoy available at XB convoys (external link)
	May 22	St. John, N.B.	Halifax	May 23	Independent	–
	May 24	Halifax	Sydney, C.B.	May 26	HS 5	Convoy available at HS convoys (external link)
	May 29	Sydney, C.B.	Preston	June 13	SC 85	–
	June 22	Preston	Halifax	July 8	ON 106	Convoy will be added. See ships in ON convoys
	July 10	Halifax	Sydney, C.B.	July 12	HS 25	Convoy available at HS convoys (external link)
	July 17	Sydney, C.B.	Father Point	July 20	SQ 20	Convoy available via this page (external link)
	July 26	Father Point	Sydney, C.B.	July 29	QS 21	Convoy available via link above
	July 31	Sydney, C.B.	Belfast Lough	Aug. 14	SC 94	–
	Aug. 14	Belfast Lough	Bristol	Aug. 16	BB 209	Convoy available at BB convoys (external link)
	Aug. 21	Bristol	Swansea	Aug. 22	Independent	–
	Sept. 25	Swansea	Milford Haven	Sept. 25	Independent	–
	Sept. 26	Milford Haven	Partington	Sept. 28	Independent	–
	Oct. 1	Liverpool	Loch Ewe	–	Independent	–
	Oct. 9	Loch Ewe	Loch Ewe	Oct. 9	Independent	Put back
	Oct. 10	Loch Ewe	Clyde	Oct. 12	Independent	–
	Oct. 22	Clyde	Gibraltar	Nov. 4	KX 4A	Convoy available at KX convoys (external link) See also narrative below.
	Nov. 19	Oran	Gibraltar	Nov. 20	ET 1	Convoy availablevia this page (external link)
	Dec. 9	Algiers	Liverpool	Dec. 23	MKS 3Y	Scroll down to the 2nd table on that page.
1943	Jan. 6	Liverpool	Swansea	Jan. 9	Independent	–
	Jan. 12	Swansea	Yarmouth Roads	Jan. 14	WP 278	Convoy available at WP convoys (external link)
	Jan. 16	St Helens Roads	Southend	Jan. 17	CE 147	Convoy available at CE convoys (external link)
	Jan. 23	Southend	Methil	Jan. 25	FN 925	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Jan. 29	Methil	Loch Ewe	Jan. 31	EN 190	Convoy available at EN convoys (external link)
	Febr. 2	Loch Ewe	Reykjavik	Febr. 6	UR 61	Convoy available at UR convoys (external link)
	Febr. 18	Reykjavik	Loch Ewe	Febr. 23	RU 62	Convoy available at RU convoys (external link)
	Febr. 24	Loch Ewe	Methil	Febr. 26	WN 398	Convoy available at WN convoys (external link)
	March 7	Methil	Belfast Lough	March 10	EN 202	Convoy available at EN convoys (external link)
	March 15	Belfast	Barry	March 17	–	–
	Apr. 12	Barry	Milford Haven	Apr. 13	Independent	–
	Apr. 14	Milford Haven	–	–	OS 46/KMS 13	Convoy split Apr. 24. Available at OS/KMS Convoys (external link)
	Apr. 24	Convoy split up	Passed Gibraltar	Apr. 26	KMS 13	For Algiers. Convoy will be added. See ships in KMS convoys
	Apr. 26	Passed Gibraltar	Algiers	Apr. 28	KMS 13	See link above
	May 15	Algiers	Bone	May 16	TE 21	Convoy available via this page (external link)
	May 24	Bone	Algiers	May 26	ET 21	Convoy available via link above
	June 4	Algiers	Bone	June 5	KMS 15	Convoy will be added. See ships in KMS convoys
	June 19	Bone	Sfax	June 22	–	–
	June 27	Sfax	Tripoli, Libya	June 28	–	–
	June 29	Tripoli, Libya	Oran	July 5	MKS 16A	Scroll down to the 3rd table on the convoy page.
	July 23	Bizerta	Bizerta	–	–	Voyage data unknown (but see narrative).
	Aug. 10	Bizerta	Bone	Aug. 11	–	–
	Aug. 28	Bone	Bizerta	Aug. 30	–	–
	Sept. 1	Bizerta	Syracuse	Sept. 3	–	–
	Sept. 3	Syracuse	Reggio	Sept. 5	–	–
	Sept. 5	Augusta	Malta	Sept. 12	–	Voyage data unknown.
	Sept. 13	Malta	Algiers	Sept. 16	GUS 15*	Convoy available at GUS convoys (external link)
	* For info, Convoy GUS 15 originated in Alexandria on Sept. 9-1943 and had Hampton Roads as its final destination (arrived Oct. 4), but many ships joined from, and left for, other ports en route. Several Norwegian ships are listed in this convoy.
	Oct. 22	Algiers	Malta	Oct. 26	KMS 29	Algiers to Malta for Syracuse. Convoy will be added. See ships in KMS convoys
	Oct. 26	Malta	Syracuse	Oct. 27	AH 6	Convoy available at AH convoys (external link)
	Nov. 10	Syracuse	Bizerta	Nov. 12	–	–
	Nov. 17	Bizerta	Bone	Nov. 18	–	–
	Nov. 27	(Port not named)	Bizerta	Nov. 28	–	–
	Nov. 30	Bizerta	Augusta	Dec. 2	–	(See narrative below)
	Dec. 6	Augusta	Barletta	Dec. 8	AH 11	See AH 11 at link above
	Dec. 19	Bari	Taranto	Dec. 21	HA 13	Convoy available at HA convoys (external link)
1944	Jan. 8	Taranto	Brindisi	Jan. 10	AH 17	Convoy available at AH convoys (external link)
	Jan. 14	Brindisi	Augusta	Jan. 16	HA 18	Convoy available at HA convoys (external link)
	Jan. 16	Augusta	Bizerta	Jan. 18	–	–
	Jan. 19	Bizerta	Philippeville	Jan. 23	–	–
	Jan. 30	Philippeville	Bougie	Jan. 30	–	–
	Jan. 31	Bougie	Algiers	Febr. 1	–	–
	Febr. 21	Gibraltar	Liverpool	March 6	XK 14	Convoy available via this page (external link)
	May 2	Liverpool	Milford Haven	May 3	Independent	–
	May 4	Milford Haven	Plymouth	May 5	WP 517	Convoy available at WP convoys (external link)
	May 9	Plymouth	Falmouth	May 9	Independent	–
	May 13	Falmouth	Newport	May 14	–	–
	May 17	Newport	Cardiff	May 17	Independent	–
	May 19	Cardiff	Barry Roads	–	Independent	–
	May 20	Barry Roads	Southampton	May 22	WP 525	See WP 525 at link above
	May 26	St Helens Roads	Southend	May 27	CE 270	Convoy available at CE convoys (external link)
	May 27	Southend	Tyne	May 29	FN 1370	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	May 30	Tyne	Blyth	May 30	–	–
	June 2	Blyth	Southend	June 4	FS 1471	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	June 8	Southend	Tyne	June 9	FN 1382	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	June 11	Tyne	Southend	June 13	FS 1480	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	June 17	Southend	Seaham	June 19	FN 1391	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	June 22	Seaham	Southend	June 24	FS 1491	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	June 27	Southend	Hull	June 28	FN 1401	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	June 30	Hull	Rochester	July 2	FS 1499	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	July 4	Rochester	Southend	July 4	Independent	–
	July 5	Southend	Tyne	July 6	FN 1409	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	July 8	Tyne	Southend	July 10	FS 1507	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	July 14	Southend	Hartlepool	July 15	FN 1418	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	July 21	Hartlepool	Southend	July 23	FS 1520	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	July 26	Southend	Blyth	July 27	FN 1430	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	July 29	Blyth	Southend	July 31	FS 1528	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	Aug. 5	Southend	Tyne	Aug. 7	FN 1440	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Aug. 13	Tyne	Southend	Aug. 15	FS 1543	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	Aug. 18	Southend	Seaham	Aug. 19	FN 1453	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Aug. 23	Seaham	Southend	Aug. 25	FS 1553	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	Aug. 31	Southend	Blyth	Sept. 1	FN 1466	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Sept. 3	Blyth	Southend	Sept. 5	FS 1564	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	Sept. 9	Southend	Sunderland	Sept. 10	FN 1475	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Sept. 13	Sunderland	Southend	Sept. 15	FS 1574	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	Sept. 20	Southend	Tyne	Sept. 22	FN 1486	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Sept. 25	Tyne	Southend	Sept. 27	FS 1586	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	Sept. 29	Southend	Tyne	Sept. 30	FN 1495	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Oct. 5	Tyne	Southend	Oct. 7	FS 1596	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	Oct. 16	Southend	St Helens Roads	Oct. 17	TMC 7	Convoy available via this page (external link)
	Oct. 21	Solent	–	–	EBF 12	Dispersed off Milford Haven, Oct. 23. Convoy available via link above
	Oct. 23	Dispersed from EBF 12	Preston	Oct. 24	Independent	–
	Oct. 26	Preston	Liverpool	Oct. 26	Independent	–
	Nov. 2	Liverpool	Milford Haven	Nov. 4	Independent	–
	Nov. 5	Milford Haven	Falmouth	Nov. 6	BEC 28	Convoy available via link above
	Nov. 11	Falmouth	Solent	Nov. 12	BEC 33	Convoy available via link above
	Nov. 13	St. Helens Roads	Southend	Nov. 14	MTC 35	Convoy available via link above
	Nov. 21	Southend	Middlesbrough	Nov. 22	FN 1548	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Nov. 27	Middlesbrough	Southend	Nov. 29	FS 1649	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	Nov. 30	Southend	St. Helens Roads	Dec. 1	TMC 52	Convoy available via this page (external link)
	Dec. 2	St. Helens Roads	Falmouth	Dec. 3	EBF 54	Ashore on Manacles. Convoy available via link above
	Dec. 14	Falmouth	–	–	TBC 5	Dispersed off Milford Haven, Dec. 15. Convoy available at TBC convoys (external link)
	Dec. 15	Dispersed from TBC 5	Belfast	Dec. 16	Independent	–
	Dec. 20	Belfast	Barry	Dec. 22	Independent	–
	Dec. 24	Barry	St. Helens Roads	Dec. 27	BTC 17	Convoy available at BTC convoys (external link)
	Dec. 28	St. Helens Roads	Southend	Dec. 29	BTC 19	See BTC 19 at link above
1945	Jan. 10	Southend	Hull	Jan. 11	FN 1598	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Jan. 15	Hull	Southend	Jan. 17	FS 1698	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	Jan. 21	Southend	Methil	Jan. 23	FN 1609	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	Febr. 3	Methil	Belfast	Febr. 7	EN 473	Convoy available at EN convoys (external link)
	Febr. 10	Belfast	Liverpool	Febr. 11	Independent	–
	Febr. 20	Liverpool	Mumbles	Febr. 22	Independent	–
	Febr. 22	Mumbles	Southend	Febr. 25	BTC 77	Convoy available at BTC convoys (external link)
	Febr. 26	Southend	Middlesbrough	Febr. 27	FN 1645	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	March 2	Middlesbrough	Blyth	March 2	FN 1648	See FN 1648 at link above
	March 9	Blyth	Southend	March 10	FS 1750	Convoy available at FS convoys (external link)
	March 14	Southend	Grimsby	March 15	FN 1661	Convoy available at FN convoys (external link)
	March 23	Grimsby	Methil	March 25	FN 1670	See FN 1670 at link above
	March 29	Methil	Londonderry	Apr. 1	EN 483	Convoy available at EN convoys (external link)
	Apr. 9	Londonderry	Liverpool	Apr. 10	Independent	–
	Apr. 16	Liverpool	Milford Haven	–	Independent	–
	Apr. 18	Milford Haven	Southend	Apr. 21	BTC 132	Convoy available at BTC convoys (external link)
	May 1	Southend	Milford Haven	May 4	TBC 145	Convoy available at TBC convoys (external link)
	May 4	Milford Haven	Belfast	May 5	MH 103 (2)	Convoy available via this page (external link)
	May 15	Belfast Lough	Barry	May 16	BB 114 (2)	Convoy available at BB convoys (external link)

* Further voyages are listed on Page 10, Page 11 and Page 12 of the documents received from the National Archives of Norway. As can be seen (Page 11) she made several voyages to Norway in the course of 1945.

Further to the above:

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

Brisk is listed in the Norway-U.K. Convoy HN 10 in Febr.-1940, bound for London with general cargo. Early in March we find her in the U.K.-Norway Convoy ON 17A, and later that month, shortly before the German invasion of Norway, she's mentioned in connection with Convoy HN 22, general cargo for London, however, it looks like the Advance Sailing Telegram for this convoy also covers ships sailing in Convoy HN 23A, and this is the convoy she actually sailed in (left Norway on March 30). Follow the links for more details; several Norwegian ships took part in all these convoys.

Brisk evacuated refugees from Dunkirk and Boulogne to the U.K. on May 21-1940. She also rescued 45 people who had spent 5 days in lifeboats, mostly survivors from Belgian and Dutch naval vessels, and transported them to England, where they were transferred to the hospital ship St. Julian.

Together with the Norwegian Cetus and Grado she's listed in Convoy OA 184, which departed Methil on July 14-1940 and dispersed on the 18th, Brisk arriving Sydney, C.B. independently on July 26. (Note that M. Holdoway, the webmaster of the OB and OA convoys, whose information is based on original convoy documents, has not included Brisk in Convoy OA 184, but it looks like his docs are incomplete; this info is according to A. Hague, who has also listed Eva, but not Cetus in this convoy - see links provided in the above table). She returned to the U.K. the following month in Convoy Convoy HX 64 , which originated in Halifax on Aug. 8, but Brisk, bound for Grimsby with a cargo of lumber, joined with the Sydney, C.B. portion on Aug. 10 - follow the link for more convoy information; other Norwegian ships also took part. In Sept. that year we find her in station 72 of Convoy OA 216, which left Methil on Sept. 18-1940. She was in ballast for Sydney, C.B., where she arrived on Oct. 3. This convoy, which also included Cresco and Don (A. Hague also lists Eikhaug), had rendezvoused with Convoy OB 216 on Sept. 21, and had been dispersed on Sept. 23. Brisk headed back to the U.K. again with Convoy HX 81, which originated in Halifax on Oct. 16-1940, but Brisk again joined from Sydney, C.B. Please note that she's mentioned several times in a report for this convoy (follow the link). At the beginning of Dec.-1940, she joined Convoy OB 252, with Andrea Brøvig, Elg, Havørn, Malmanger, Profit, Skrim and Solhavn (convoy originated in Liverpool Nov. 30, dispersed Dec. 4), but Brisk only went as far as Milford Haven on that occasion (may have had some sort of a problem?), later joining Convoy OB 268 from there. Egda, Facto Hallanger, Nesttun and Senta are also listed in this convoy, which left Liverpool on Jan. 1-1941 and dispersed on the 4th, Brisk arriving Demerara independently on Jan. 24.

She was scheduled to return to the U.K. with the slow Halifax-U.K. Convoy SC 23 in Febr.-1941, but instead joined the next convoy at the end of that month, SC 24, cargo of bauxite for Larne, where she arrived on March 21. She now shows up in the U.K.-Gibraltar Convoy OG 58, originating in Liverpool on Apr. 6, arriving Gibraltar on the 21st; Brisk, however, had detached from the convoy on Apr. 14, and arrived Demerara independently on Apr. 28. - this convoy, which also included Bruse Jarl, Marga, Marita, Nesttun, Polyana (sunk, follow link for details), Senta, Star, and Torfinn Jarl, will be added to my Convoys section in due course, in the meantime, the ships sailing in it are named in this list of ships in all OG convoys. In June that same year, Brisk is listed, with a cargo of bauxite for Burntisland, in the Sydney, C.B.-U.K. Convoy SC 33, and the following month she joined Convoy OB 341A - possibly OB 341? I don't quite know what to make of this; as can be seen from her Voyage Record, A. Hague says she sailed in the former convoy, which originated in Liverpool on July 2 and arrived Halifax on July 18 (Brisk, however, arrived Sydney, C.B. on July 17), yet he has included her, together with Evanger, Fana, Leikanger, Novasli, Nueva Granada, Nyholt, Polartank, Ringstad, Sommerstad, Thorøy, Thorshavn, Thorsholm and Vigsnes, in OB 341, which had left Liverpool on June 30 and dispersed on July 6. I suspect that some of these, in fact, belong in OB 341A, because he has listed a total of 82 ships in OB 341, which should have only 35.

Brisk subsequently returned to the U.K. with the slow Convoy SC 40, departing Sydney, C.B. on Aug. 10-1941. This convoy is not included among the SC convoys available on my own site, but I've linked directly to it within the above table, and as will be seen, the Norwegian Henrik Ibsen, Ingerfire, Nesttun, Novasli, Selvik, Spurt and Suderholm are also listed. Brisk had a cargo of lumber, sailing in station 13. The next Transatlantic convoy she appears in is the westbound Convoy ON 21* at the end of Sept.-1941, but she was only bound for Iceland and arrived Reykjavik on Oct. 5, having detached from the convoy on Oct. 2. Other Norwegian ships listed in this convoy, which originated in Liverpool on Sept. 28 and dispersed on Oct. 14, are Bello (returned), Hallanger, Kolsdal, Lyra, Nueva Granada (returned) and Taborfjell.

The rest of Brisk's 1941 voyages and early 1942 voyages are noted in the Voyage Record.

She did not make another Transatlantic voyage until Apr.-1942, when she joined the westbound Convoy ON 88*, which originated in Liverpool on Apr. 21 and included Akabahra, Bruse Jarl, Don, Evviva, Gezina, Henrik Ibsen, Inger Lise, Marga, Senta, Spurt and Star. Brisk arrived Halifax on May 6, subsequently returning to the U.K. at the end of that month with the slow Sydney (C.B.)-U.K. Convoy SC 85, cargo of lumber for Preston. In June she joined the westbound Convoy ON 106*, with Lago, Sirehei, Solhavn and Vinga (convoy originated in Liverpool on June 23-1942, arrived Halifax on July 8), and at the end of July we find her in Convoy SC 94, cargo of flour and barges for Bristol (this convoy lost 11 ships - follow the link for more details).

Brisk acted as ammunition ship for Operation Torch in Nov.-1942; she was the first supply ship to arrive Oran, 18 hours after it had been conquered on the 10th. Brisk's captain helped free the Norwegian prisoners at Mecheria at the time and some of them got passage with Brisk (my page Labor Camps has some info on Mecheria, and my Merchant Marines/Ships/Navies Links page has some links to more info on Operation Torch). The following month we find her in a convoy referred to by A. Hague as Convoy MKS 3Y - see the second table on my page for Convoy MKS 3. Brisk joined from Algiers and arrived Liverpool on Dec. 23. Other Norwegian ships in this portion were Bosphorus (just released from internment in Algiers), G. C. Brøvig and Kong Sverre, while Troubadour and Selvik are listed in what is referred to as MKS 3X.

Again, please go back to the Voyage Record for information on some of her subsequent voyages.

In the spring of 1943, Brisk is listed in Convoy OS 46/KMS 13, voyaging in station 44 from Milford to Gibraltar with coal, though it does not look like she stopped at Gibraltar, but continued with the KMS portion* to Algiers, where she arrived on Apr. 28. The combined convoy, which also included Belnor, Bollsta and San Andres (Nea did not sail), had left Liverpool on Apr. 15 and split up on Apr. 24, the OS portion proceeding to Freetown (arrived there May 3), while the Gibraltar bound ships arrived there on Apr. 26. Brisk later travelled from Algiers to Bone, with arrival May 16-1943, enduring an air attack on the harbour that same day, but was not damaged. She went back to Algiers later that month, and at the beginning of June she made a voyage from Algiers to Bone with Convoy KMS 15*, arriving Bone on June 5. She now sailed to Sfax and Tripoli, and at the end of June she joined Convoy MKS 16, voyage from Tripoli to Oran, where she arrived July 5 - scroll down to the third table on that page (referred to by A. Hague as Convoy MKS 16A*.

Brisk took part in the invasion of Sicily and Italy in this time period. In an interview with the captain conducted by Lise Lindbæk after the war (included in the 2nd edition of her book "Tusen norske skip") he mentions among other things the following:

On Aug. 1 she was damaged during a German air attack at Palermo, and was put in a critical situation when a bomb exploded on the quay where gasoline and ammunition were stored, with the result that she was surrounded by smoke, flames and exploding bombs. Nearby, a British ammunition ship had a direct hit and was immediately on fire, while parts of the ammunition cargo explodeded. Another bomb hit a warehouse resulting in large rocks landing on the deck of Brisk. While all this was happening the gunners frantically tried to get one of the guns to function after the ammunition had jammed, but it exploded, with the result that the 1st Mate Erling Andresen (who was also Artillery Officer) was slightly injured, and 1st Gunner Harry Person seriously hurt (he had managed to shoot down one of the German aircraft). From 03:50 until 06:00, 1929 rounds had been fired. 2 of the gunners, H. Johnson and A. Markussen went on board a burning ammunition vessel and got the Oerlikon which they then placed on Brisk. After the attack was over an American destroyer came alongside and asked "Do you always put up such a terrific barrage?".

Brisk then went to Le Bone (this is the name used in the interview) in Tunisia, where stores were loaded. At Augusta the Norwegian ship Marga was also loading stores. This time Brisk took on board 150 British soldiers. The Major came over and introduced himself as Gundersen; it turned out his father was Norwegian. They were told to be ready on 10 minute's notice, and to ease the nervousness while waiting for further orders a concert was initiated, with Captain Fossen playing the accordion while the soldiers sang "Sunshine in home waiting for you", and while they were singing, orders to proceed to the Italian mainland were received. They went to Reggio (on Sept. 6-1943 D/S Marga was the first cargo ship there, with Brisk as a good number 2, followed by the Belgian Prince de Liege and the British Fort Chambly). Lise Lindbæk goes on to say that the captain and the 1st Engineer asked to be allowed to the front itself, about 15 km further north, but it's not clear to me whether this was Brisk's captain or Marga's. They got so close that they witnessed 18 men being killed nearby. Just a few days later, Montgomery himself came to Reggio, followed by thousands of soldiers.

Brisk then returned to Bone and loaded a cargo for Bari. Due to minor engine trouble she just barely missed the huge explosion there on Dec. 2-1943 (see Bollsta). At the time she herself had 300 tons explosives and 38 000 landmines on board, but hadn't quite reached Bari when the air attack took place. She was redirected to Barletta to unload her cargo there, and this time it was General Alexander who came for a visit.

She was then sent to the U.K. (said to have been the first ship back from the invasions of Africa and Italy), and was fitted out for the invasion of Normandie, but according to this interview with the captain she was not ready in time to take part in the invasion in June 1944. (Other sources say she did take part).