M/S Buenos Aires
Updated Aug. 14-2008

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Source: Sverre Johansen's collection.

Further to the above:

(Please note that only her Trans-Atlantic voyages are mentioned here - for voyages in between those noted below, please go back to the Voyage Record).

Buenos Aires, which had previously traded on the east coast of North and South America, was in the Halifax-U.K. Convoy HX 160 in Nov.-1941, together with several other Norwegian ships - follow the link for more details. She returned across the Atlantic the following month with the westbound Convoy ON 48*, which originated in Liverpool on Dec. 19-1941 and dispersed on the 31st, Buenos Aires arriving New York independently on Jan. 4-1942. She had a cargo of china clay and sailed in station 25 of the convoy, which also included the Norwegian Athos, Chr. Th. Boe, Grena, Havkong, Havprins, Heranger, Høegh Scout, Kollskegg, Nueva Andalucia, Solfonn, Solstad (returned) and Sveve.

The next tiem she came to the U.K. was in the spring of 1943, when she arrived in Convoy SL 126, which had left Freetown on March 12-1943 and arrived Liverpool on Apr. 1. She had a general cargo, voyaging from Calcutta/Vizagapatam to Belfast and Avonmouth. See the external link provided within the above table for more on this convoy. Buenos Aires subsequently headed to the U.S. again, joining the westbound North Atlantic Convoy ON 179*, which originated in Liverpool on Apr. 18-1943 and arrived New York on May. 6. Buenos Aires, however, was bound for Portland, Maine, where she arrived on the 6th. She had again been in the company of several other Norwegian ships, namely Athos, Boreas (returned), Høyanger, Katy, Molda, Mosdale, Norheim, President de Vogue, and Tai Shan.

Buenos Aires returned to the U.K. the following month in Convoy HX 244, which left New York on June 15-1943 and arrived Liverpool on the 30th. Her destination is given as Swansea, general cargo. As can be seen in the Voyage Record she stopped at Belfast Lough on June 29, joining a BB convoy from there that same day and arrived Swansea on July 1. A week later we find her in station 32 of the westbound Convoy ON 192*, which originated in Liverpool on July 9 and also included the Norwegian Anna Knudsen, Emma Bakke, Ferncourt, Ivaran, Laurits Swenson, Norholm, Petter, Reinholt, San Andres, Skaraas (returned), Tai Shan, Topdalsfjord, Vest and Villanger, as well as the Panamanian Norvinn, which had Norwegian managers and is, therefore, included under the N's of this website. Buenos Aires headed back to the U.K. the following month with Convoy HX 251, departing New York on Aug. 7, arriving Liverpool on the 23rd. She had a general cargo for Liverpool, station 142. This convoy also had a lot of Norwegian ships, as will be seen when following the link to my page about HX 251.

At the beginning of Sept.-1943 she joined the westbound Convoy ON 200*, together with Biscaya, Bralanta, Emma Bakke, Fagerfjell, Haakon Hauan, Herbrand, Ivaran, Laurits Swenson, Norden, Norheim, O. B. Sørensen, and Reinholt, as well as the Panamanian Norbris, which is included under the N's on this website. ON 200 left Liverpool on Sept. 2 and arrived New York on the 18th. Buenos Aires, however, stopped at Baltimore on Sept. 19, before proceeding from there to New York at the beginning of Oct.-1943 in order to join Convoy HX 260 back to the U.K. on Oct. 5. This convoy is not available among the HX convoys listed on my own site, but I've linked directly to it in the above table, and as can be seen the Norwegian Heranger, Ivaran, Laurits Swenson, and Thorhild are also listed. Buenos Aires carried a general cargo and explosives and had station 44.

Together with California Express, Duala, Gallia, Heranger, Marit II, Pan Scandia, and Vinga, she subsequently joined the westbound Convoy ON 210* (from Liverpool Nov. 6-1943, to New York Nov. 23), later returning to the U.K. with Convoy HX 269 on Dec. 2. Again, ref. external link provided in the above table. Buenos Aires again carried a general cargo and explosives and had station 113 of the convoy, in which the Norwegian Emma Bakke, Ivaran, Laurits Swenson, and Noreg are also listed. That year was rounded off in the westbound Convoy ON 218*, which left Liverpool on Dec. 31-1943 with Emma Bakke, Herbrand, and Strinda among its ranks, while the Norwegian corvettes Eglantine and Rose are named among the escorts. Buenos Aires arrived her destination Baltimore on Jan. 19-1944.

In Febr.-1944 she's listed in Convoy HX 279 from New York, bound for Liverpool with general cargo. According to Arnold Hague, she detached from that convoy around Febr. 28 and joined up with the slow Convoy SC 153, which arrived Liverpool on March 2. Later that month we find her in the westbound Convoy ON 228*, with Emma Bakke, Fernwood, Herbrand, Laurits Swenson, Solfonn, Somerville, and Sørvard. Buenos Aires had station 51 of this convoy, which departed Liverpool on March 15-1944 and arrived New York on Apr. 1. She now returned to the U.K. in Convoy HX 287, again with a general cargo for Liverpool, and again with several other Norwegian ships - follow the link for more info (departure New York Apr. 12, arrival Liverpool Apr. 26). With Fjordaas, Montevideo, Norholm, Norvarg, Rena, Solsten, Sommerstad, Thorshov, Titanian and Vera, she subsequently joined the westbound Convoy ON 236*, departing Liverpool on May 11, arriving New York on the 27th, heading back to Liverpool on June 10 in Convoy HX 295, arriving Liverpool June 25.

On July 10 she joined the westbound Convoy ON 244*, together with Herbrand, Morgenen, and Thorsholm. This convoy arrived New York on July 23-1944, and there's now about a month's gap in my available voyage information, until she shows up again in the eastbound Convoy HX 307 on Sept. 6 that year (not sure if she had stayed in New York since July 23?), along with 7 other Norwegian ships, namely Fagerfjell, Frontenac, Idefjord, John Bakke, Kaia Knudsen, Thorsholm and Stiklestad, all listed on this website. Buenos Aires' destination is given as Mersey on that occasion, general cargo as well as 17 Alligators, station 71, sailing right next to the Commodore's ship which in this case was the Norwegian John Bakke. HX 307 arrived Liverpool on Sept. 20, and on Oct. 2 she joined the westbound Convoy ON 257*, as did Frontenac, G. C. Brøvig, Heranger, Kaia Knudsen, and Norbryn. Buenos Aires arrived Philadelphia on Oct. 19, later travelling from there to New York in order to join the eastbound Convoy HX 318 on Nov. 5, bound for Glasgow with general cargo, again in the company of several other Norwegian ships (follow the link for their names). She returned to the U.S. the following month with the westbound Convoy ON 270, station 101, and arrived Baltimore on Christmas Eve.

She was scheduled to go back to the U.K. with Convoy HX 332 on Jan. 13-1945 (in which Solør was torpedoed), but did not sail. She was also cancelled from the next convoy, HX 333, but did get away with HX 334 on Jan. 23, general and explosives for Hull. The following month she's listed in the westbound Convoy ON 287*, which left Southend on Febr. 25-1945 and arrived New York City on March 14. Buenos Aires, however, was bound for Philadelphia, where she arrived that same day. Other Norwegian ships in this convoy were Norsktank, Østhav, Roald Amundsen, Solfonn, Sophocles, Strix, Thorshov, and Tiradentes. Some of these ships, including Buenos Aires, headed back to the U.K. later that month with Convoy HX 347, departing New York on March 29 - ref. link provided within the above table. She had a general cargo and explosives and sailed in station 95 of the convoy, in which the Norwegian Brasil, Dalfonn, Fenris, Lektor Garbo, Marit II, Roald Amundsen, Sophocles, Sverre Helmersen, and Thorsholm are also listed, as is the Panamanian Norlys, which is included under the N's of this website. VE Day was celebrated at sea while in the westbound Convoy ON 299*, which left Southend on Apr. 26-1945 and included Fagerfjell, Glarona, Kaldfonn, Lektor Garbo, and Sophocles.

In June-1945, she could finally go home to a free Norway.

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