Ingolf Johannesen

The information on registered seafarers is not in all cases complete. As new sources are studied, information on engagements and medals etc. will be added to some of the already registered seafarers.

Date of birth

September 9, 1915

Date of death

June 13, 1998

Parents

Knut & Emelia Johannesen, Tananger

Gender

Male

Nationality

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Birthplace

Sola

Place of living

Tananger

County

Rogaland

Rank

U. d. m. (Utskrevet dekksmann)

Other

  • Participant in WW2
  • Londonregisteret:
    Registernummer under krigen: London 14910.
    26. mars 1943: Til den Norske Marine.

    Shetlandsgjengen. Heltene i Nordsjøen, s. 400:
    Innlemmet i Shetlandsgjengen: 29.3.1943, nr. c161.
    Antall turer: sesong 1943-44=12, sesong 1944-45=30.
    Overført annen virksomhet: 7.12.1945.

    Wikipedia

    The National Archives, Kew, HS 9/798/6:

    "He has lived in Tananger all his life as fisherman, until May 1941 when he took a job as a labourer for NORSKE BYGG contractors at SOLA aerodrome. He worked here until he came over. He knows all the other men from Tananger, and was warned by NIKOLAI LEIDLAND on Wednesday the 8th October. They went aboard the "SJØLEIK" together on the morning of 11.10.41 at 6.30."

    "Occupation[:] Fisherman in Buckie for last 15 months. [...] To be engaged as crewman at the Shetland or Burghead base 6.4.43."

    Sjøforsvarets londonarkiv:

    Antatt i Marinen: 26.03.1943.

    Sivil stilling: Fisker

    Tidl. mil. tjeneste: 1936/39 Infanteriet. Nøyt. vakt 4 mndr og 12 dgr.

    Dimittert ved Marinekommando Sørlandet: 07.02.1946.

    Sources

    RA/S-2081/F/Fe/Fea/L0051
    «Shetlandsgjengen. Heltene i Nordsjøen», Asgeir Ueland, 2017.
    "Krigskorset og St. Olavsmedaljen med ekegren", redigert av Erik Gjems-Onstad, Oslo 1995.
    The National Archives, Kew: HS 9/798/6
    Ragnar Ulstein, "Englandsfarten 2: Søkelys mot Bergen", 1979, s. 347-348.
    Privat arkiv avgitt til Arkivet freds- og menneskerettighetssenter
    Sjøforsvarets londonarkiv ved Marinemuseet i Horten: P.21. kort 207-208
    RA/RAFA-5156/G/Gb/Gbb/Gbbb/L0001