SS BARBRO (OHGW, LR/IMO) Valmistunut/completed: 1902.3, Scotland, Port Glasgow, Murdoch & Murray.
3450 dwt, 1270 IHP, 90.30 x 13.20 x 6.48 m.
1902.3: ATLANTEN, Rederi A/B Atlanten, Helsingborg. 1916.6.3: U.A.Roselius, Karlskrona, price 1825000 Skr.. 1917.4.5: British captured, The Shipping Controller (Elder Dempster & Co) London. 1918.3.27: Per Palen, Notraby. 1922.4.18: Herman Swensson and Company, Helsingborg, price 375000 Skr. 1923.12.25: Enroute Hudiksvall - Boulogne beached off Brantevik, the crew abandoned. 1924.7.1: Refloated by Bergnings- och Dykeri AB Neptun, the new owners. 1924.11.17: Sölvesborgs Varvs- och Rederi AB, Sölvesborg, price 60000 Skr. 1926.2.1: Rederi A/B Falkvik, Sölvesborg, price 350000 Skr. 1927.8.22: POLARHAVET, D/S Atlanterhavet A/S, København, price 306500 Skr.
1932.11.18: BARBRO, homeport Mariehamn. Rederiaktiebolaget Barbro (Arthur Andersson) Mariehamn. Flag of convenience ship. Main owner Bengt Carlsund, Stockholm, owing 997 shares of 1000.
1939.9.19: MARGARETA, homeport Loviisa. Lovisa Ångfartygs Ab (Ab R. Nordström & Co Oy) Loviisa, Price 5280000 FIM. Delivery at Mariehamn.
1940.6.9: enroute Bathurst, Gambia - Greenock with groundnuts cargo German submarine U46 torpedoed 350 nm north west of Finisterre in psn 45.00N 14.30W. 19 men rowed in one lifeboat to Spanish town Vivero, 3 days 21 hours. The submarine attack killed five crewmembers: II engineer Arvo Kuusilehto, III engineer Eino Perälä, Spanish stoker Gaillarone, Norwegian trimmer Andreas Molund and American trimmer William White.