M/S Brønnøy

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


Received from Bjørn Milde, Norway (from his own postcard collection).

Misc. War Details:

According to the external website that I've linked to below, Brønnøy, bound for Liverpool, sailed in Convoy SL 49, which departed Freetown on Sept. 27-1940 and arrived Liverpool on Oct. 17.

She was scheduled for the Bermuda portion of Convoy HX 112 at the end of Febr.-1941, but cancelled and joined Convoy HX 113 a few days later, cargo of sugar for Liverpool. In June that same year she was scheduled for the Bermuda portion of Convoy HX 132, but did not sail. She also cancelled from HX 133 (in which Soløy and Vigrid were sunk, and Kongsgaard was torpedoed and damaged) and HX 134, but eventually got away with Convoy HX 135 (Bermuda portion), cargo of nitrates for Newport. In Aug. she's listed as bound for Buenos Aires with the westbound North Atlantic Convoy ON 6, which left Liverpool on Aug. 11-1941. In the middle of Nov.-1941 she was scheduled for the slow Sydney (C.B.)-U.K. Convoy SC 55, but instead joined the next convoy, SC 56, cargo of grain and maize for Leith.

She's listed in station 44 of Convoy OS 16 in Jan.-1942, voyage Oban-Freetown. In March that same year she can be found going in the other direction with Convoy SL 102, which left Freetown on March 4-1942 and arrived Liverpool on the 26th. Other Norwegian ships are also listed in these convoys - again, see the external link below for more details.

Early in Oct.-1943 she made a voyage from Tripoli to Bizerta with Convoy MKS 26 (scroll down to the second table on that page), then joined Convoy MKS 27 from Gibraltar to the U.K., together with the Norwegian Sneland I and Toronto.

A year later, in Oct.-1944 she's listed in Convoy SL 174 / MKS 65, voyage Rosario-Falmouth, cargo of linseed and general, carrying 1 passenger. The SL portion of this convoy (in which Brønnøy sailed) departed Freetown on Oct. 18-1944, joined up with the MKS portion from Gibraltar at the end of that month, the combined convoy arriving Liverpool on Nov. 7. The Norwegian Jenny, Kristianiafjord and Norelg are also included (the latter joining with the MKS portion from Gibraltar).

Note also that there's mention of Brønnøy in my text for Stirlingville, in connection with a westbound North Atlantic convoy sailing in Dec.-1944. This was Convoy ONS 38, which left Liverpool on Dec. 13-1944 and arrived Halifax on Jan. 2-1945 (will be added to my Convoys section).

POST WAR:

Sold in 1949 and renamed Maur for A/S D/S Bjørn (Thv. Hansen), Oslo. Sold in 1952 to Genyo Kisen KK, Japan, and renamed Yasukawa Maru. Sold to Japanese breakers and sailed from Yokohama on Febr. 7-1962 for Yokosuka to be broken up.

Related external link:
SL Convoys - There's also a section on the OS and OS/KMS convoys, as well as the Russian convoys, and OB/OA convoys, and a very useful Multi-Convoy Web Search feature - here's the main page. As can be seen, Brønnøy is listed in SL 49, OS 16, SL 102 and SL 174.

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Other Ships by this name: Norway had another Brønnøy in the 1980's. This ship had originally been delivered as Barøy from Kaarbøs Mek. Verksted, Harstad to Ofotens Dampskibsselskap, Narvik on May 14-1969, 439 gt, in service Trondheim-Western Finnmark. Lengthened in 1973, 492 gt. Laid up at Langstein 1979-'80, sold on May 24-1981 to K/S Nord-Poolen A/S, Trondheim. Sold on May 27-1986 to P/R Brønnøy Ship (Petter A. Slotvik), Brønnøysund, renamed Brønnøy and placed in coastal service between the south and north of Norway. Remeasured June 11-1987, 299 gt. Placed in the DK-NOR service from Denmark to Norwegian ports in 1991 and still in same service in 1996. A/S Borgestad, Porsgrunn also had a Brønnøy after the war, delivered in July-1956, built at Kiel, 9173 gt. Sold in 1966 and renamed Avior, renamed Hadji Dimitar in 1970, Greek Apostolos M IV in 1980 - broken up in 1984. (Misc. sources, including Ofoten og Vesteraalens DS fleet list, Finn R. Hansen - ref. My sources).