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

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

Misc. War Voyages:

(More voyages will be added).

Brajara is listed as bound for New York in the westbound North Atlantic Convoy ON 168*, which left Liverpool on Febr. 21-1943 and dispersed on March 12. 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 with the westbound Convoy ON 190*, departing Liverpool on June 24-1943, arriving New York on July 9, but no destination is given for Brajara. 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. She headed back to the U.K. again later that month with Convoy HX 248 (departure New York July 15, arrival Liverpool July 29), then joined the westbound Convoy ON 197*, which left Liverpool on Aug. 14-1943 and arrived New York on the 28th. Brajara, however, was bound for Curacao on that occasion. The Norwegian Dageid and Orwell were again in company, as were Helgøy, Leiv Eiriksson, Pan Aruba, and Slemmestad.

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. Brajara later went back to Port Said from Augusta with Convoy UGS 37 (external link - convoy had originated in Hampton Roads on March 24-1944, arrived Port Said Apr. 19). Thorshavn is again listed, as are Far, Marathon, and Tore Jarl.

"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.

* The ON convoys mentioned here will be added to my Convoys section in due course, with more information on each. In the meantime, please see 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 other Norwegian ships named on this page, please see the alphabet index below, or go to the Master Ship Index.

More information on her war voyages will be added. By following the instructions provided at the external link below, some more convoys will come up.

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.

Related external link:
Misc. convoys - By clicking on "Ship Search" on the left hand side, using "Brajara" as keyword, several convoys will come up.