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M/S Brimanger To Brimanger on the "Ships starting with B" page. Manager: Westfal-Larsen & Co., Bergen Delivered in Nov.-1929 from Sir W. G. Armstrong, Whitworth & Co., Newacstle.
Brimanger appears to have been scheduled for Convoy HX 168 in Jan.-1942 together with the Norwegian Fernmoor, G. C. Brøvig, Tai Shan and N. T. Nielsen Alonso, but Brimanger instead joined the next convoy, HX 169. She's also listed among the ships in Convoy HX 186 in Apr.-1942, as well as in Convoy HX 196 in June/July that year. She also sailed in Convoy HX 205, which left Halifax on Aug. 30-1942, then a couple of months later she was in Convoy HX 214, leaving New York City on Nov. 3-1942. Brimanger had a general cargo for Liverpool and sailed in station 72 of the convoy. In Jan.-1943 Brimanger was in Convoy HX 223 in which Kollbjørg and Nortind were lost. The Norwegian Villanger, Egda and Brasil also took part. She was also in Convoy HX 233 in Apr. that year, along with several other Norwegian ships, then in June-1943 she can be found in the slow Convoy SC 135 from Halifax, having originally started out in the fast Convoy HX 244 from New York on June 15, but lost touch in fog and put into Halifax. She had a general cargo for Liverpool. (She's also listed as cancelled from HX 245). In Sept.-1943 she acted as the Vice Commodore's ship in Convoy HX 256 (in which Topdalsfjord was Commodore Vessel), and in Nov. that same year she was the Commodore Vessel for Convoy HX 266 (convoy not available). In Febr.-1944 she's listed in Convoy HX 278, bound for Liverpool with general cargo, and in Apr. she shows up in Convoy HX 287, again with general cargo for Liverpool. That summer, in June/July-1944, she served as Commodore Vessel for HX 297 from New York, general cargo for Liverpool. Towards the end of Aug. she sailed in HX 305, same destination and cargo. In Oct.-1944 she was the Vice Commodore's ship in Convoy HX 316, and in Dec.-1944 we find her in Convoy HX 328, same cargo and destination, again as Commodore Vessel. This convoy left New York on Christmas Eve and arrived Liverpool on Jan. 8-1945. Follow the convoy links for more info on each, and again, refer to the list of ON convoys provided further up on this page for details on her westbound voyages in between these eastbound ones. More details on all the other Norwegian ships mentioned here can be found with the help of the alphabet index at the end of this page. In the Norwegian magazine "Krigsseileren", No. 1/1985 I found the names of 16 Norwegians who are buried at Pine Ridge Cemetery, Saranac, NY. One of them was Trygve Magnussen from Brimanger, who is listed as having died in July-1945. Checking with "Våre falne", a series of 4 books listing all Norwegian WW II casualties, I find that he served as cook on Brimanger until he became ill and had to pay off on June 13-1944. Died on July 25-1945 at Gabriels Sanatorium, New York. According to a message in my Guestbook, Gabriels is a tiny town seven miles north of Saranac Lake. The sanitorium was founded and run by the Catholic "Sisters of Mercy" and was named for a Catholic leader, Bishop Gabriels. The sanitorium was for tuberculosis patients, and the building still stands. See also my Memorials page for the names of others who died at this santorium.
Sold in July-1959 to Olivistim Navigation Co, Panama, renamed Helen. Broken up in Yugoslavia in 1963. Related external link: Back to Brimanger on the "Ships starting with B" page. Other ships by this name: Another Brimanger was delivered to Westfal-Larsen in Oct.-1960 from Bergens Mek. Verksteder, Bergen, 5604 gt. Sold to Monrovia in Nov.-1973, renamed Karana Ampat. Sold to Indonesia in 1975. Condemned in 1981 following a fire. In March-1977 the company received another Brimanger, built in Poland, 17 057 gt. This ship sailed as Bow Solar for Skibs-A/S Storli, Bergen from 1990, renamed Ncc Tihamah that same year - sold for breaking up in 2004 (majority of info from Westfal-Larsen fleet list).
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