Official Number: N/R
Laid down:
Builder: Kockums Mekaniske Verkstads A/B, Malmo
Launched: 15 August 1936
Into Service: WW2
Out of service: WW2
Fate: 8 June 1962 broken up
Items of historic interest involving this ship: –
Background Data: One of an additional group of Norwegian flagged ships which served during WW2 as escort oilers
Career Data:
15 August 1936 launched by Lockums Mekaniske Verkstads A/B, Malmo as Yard Nr: 191 named BRALANTA for A/S Bralanta (Ludwig G Braathen, Manger) Oslo
September 1936 completed
WW2 fitted as and served as an Escort Oiler – name unchanged
9 April 1940 was on passage from Los Angles to Yokohama when war broke out in Norway
1 July 1941 sailed Christobal independently to New York arriving 17 July 1941
17 August 1941 sailed New York independently to Halifax arriving 19 August 1941
29 August 1941 sailed Halifax in escorted convoy HX147 with a cargo of crude oil to Liverpool arriving 12 September 1941
19 September 1941 sailed Liverpool in escorted convoy ON18 until dispersal on 2 October 1941 then independently to Curacao arriving 12 October 1941
14 February 1944 in collision with the American tanker SHARPSBURG in Queens Channel off Liverpool and fire broke out aboard both ships. Subsequently repaired
8 June 1962 arrived Sakai for demolition by Japanese ship breakers