M/T Astrell

Other names: ex Athelchief
Call sign: LJYC
Shipping company: Prebensen & Blakstad ,Risør
Nationality: Norway
Home port: Risør
Enlistment district: Risør - Lyngør

Shipyard

Name: Caledon S.B & Eng. Co. Ltd., Dundee, Scottland
Build year: 1925
Month of delivery: august

Maritime inquiries 1940 - 1945

Torpedert

Other

Participant in WW2
Torpedoed, 5.11.1942
Civilian ship

Tonnage

Gross tonnage:: 7.595
Net tonnage:: 4.500
Deadweight:: 11.730

Engine

Speed:: 10,25 knop

Dimensions

Length:: 460.8'
Beam:: 59.2'
Draft:: 33.4'

Miscellaneous

Crew list

Seafarer	Nationality	Position	Signed on		Signed off
Seafarer	Nationality	Position	Harbour	Date	Harbour	Date
Sigurd Amandus Andersen	Norway	Matros	Unknown	Unknown	Liverpool, Lancashire, England	9/26/1941
Carl Alfred Dahl	Soviet Union	Matros	Alliert havn	Unknown	Alliert havn	9/27/1941
Dennis Hedges (Hetges)	Great Britain	Salonggutt	Unknown	Unknown	Torpedert	11/5/1942
Toralf Johnsen	Norway	ukjent	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Wilhelm Köning	Netherlands	Byssegutt	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Willy Lundberg	Norway	Matros	Utlandet	Unknown	Utlandet	Unknown
Peder Andreas Johan Pedersen	Norway	Motormann / Donkeymann	Unknown	Unknown	New York, NY, USA	11/20/1940
John Leslie Showler	Great Britain	Kanoner	Unknown	Unknown	Omkom ved torpedering	11/5/1942
Trygve Simonsen	Norway	Stuert	Ukjent	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Anker Torgersen	Norway	Kokk	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	6/22/1941
Peter Paulson Myhre	Norway	Smører	Unknown	11/1/1942	Torpedert	11/5/1942
Arthur Mendor Sandnes	Norway	Matros	Boston, Massachusetts, USA	10/8/1942	Torpedert	11/5/1942
Sverre Bakken	Norway	Matros	Boston, Massachusetts, USA	10/7/1942	Torpedert	11/5/1942
Knut Marius Absalonsen	Norway	Matros	Unknown	10/5/1942	Torpedert	11/5/1942
Johan Bernhard Jensen Vasslid	Norway	Matros	Boston, Massachusetts, USA	9/29/1942	Torpedert	11/5/1942
Sverre Helgesen	Norway	Matros	New York, NY, USA	9/28/1942	Torpedert	11/5/1942
Bjarne Pardin Kristoffersen	Norway	Lettmatros	Boston, Massachusetts, USA	9/15/1942	Torpedert	11/5/1942
John Sverre (Harkestad) Fredriksen	Norway	Smører	London, England	9/7/1942	Torpedert	11/5/1942
Albert Josdal Risa	Norway	Motormann	London, England	8/14/1942	Torpedert	11/5/1942
Hans Edvardt Johansen Gran	Norway	Motormann	Cardiff, Wales, UK	8/11/1942	Torpedert	11/5/1942
Olaf Kristian Andersen	Norway	Matros / Skytter	London, England	8/10/1942	Torpedert	11/5/1942
Thorstein Gulliksen Eriksen	Norway	Motormann	London, England	8/10/1942	Torpedert	11/5/1942
Harry Halvorsen	Norway	Smører	Alliert havn	8/10/1942	Torpedert	11/5/1942
Nils Olai Madsen	Norway	2. Maskinist	Unknown	8/10/1942	Torpedert	11/5/1942
Trygve Pedersen	Norway	Matros / Skytter	London, England	8/10/1942	Torpedert	11/5/1942