Flytende hvalkokeri D/S Orwell

Other names: ex Knight Templar
Call sign: LCUV - LFKG
Class: DNV 1A1. Tankskip for oljelast med eksplosjonspunkt over 56 1/2 grad C
Shipping company: Tønsberg Hvalfangeri A/S,Tönsberg
Nationality: Norway
Home port: Tønsberg
Enlistment district: Tønsberg

Shipyard

Name: Charles Connel & Co., Scotstoun, Glasgow, Scotland.
Build year: 1905
Month of delivery: november

Other

Participant in WW2
Civilian ship

Tonnage

Gross tonnage:: 8.095
Net tonnage:: 5.169
Deadweight:: 10.600

Engine

Propulsion:: Triple 3 cyl.
Engine size:: NHK 586
Speed:: 10 knop

Dimensions

Length:: 470.0'
Beam:: 58.0'
Draft:: 31.8'

Miscellaneous

Crew list

Seafarer	Nationality	Position	Signed on		Signed off
Seafarer	Nationality	Position	Harbour	Date	Harbour 🠗₁	Date
Eugen Mandrup kristiansen	Norway	Lettmatros	Halifax	7/19/1943	Glasgow	11/25/1943
Erling Henning Sjødahl	Norway	ukjent	Glasgow	10/14/1942	Glasgow	11/2/1942
John Fred Wilson	Great Britain	Messegutt	Londonderry	1/2/1945	Gourock	6/26/1945
Edward David Woods	Great Britain	Messegutt	Unknown	1/2/1945	Gourock	6/26/1945
Aage Hanche Christophersen	Norway	3. Styrmann	Reykjavik	9/15/1944	Gourock	6/18/1945
Mihai Petreciuk	Romania	Fyrbøter	New York	2/15/1944	Gourock	10/19/1944
Robert Colgan	Great Britain	Skytter	Greenock, Inverclyde, Renfrewshire, Skotland	1/11/1944	Gourock	10/13/1944
Alexander Hunter	Great Britain	ukjent	Glasgow	1/6/1944	Gourock	10/13/1944
Emrys Jones	Great Britain	2. Telegrafist	Glasgow	12/30/1943	Gourock	6/18/1945
Andrew Buchanan	Great Britain	Messegutt	Glasgow	12/3/1943	Gourock	10/13/1944
Eivind Osmo	Norway	Matros	Glasgow	11/16/1943	Gourock	10/13/1944
John Richard Bacon	Great Britain	Messegutt	London	9/25/1943	Gourock	11/19/1943
Allan Roy Vendel Hansen	Sweden	Matros / Skytter	Plymouth	9/25/1943	Gourock	10/19/1944
Lorang Astrup Christensen	Norway	Fyrbøter	Liverpool	8/5/1943	Gourock	4/6/1944
Evan N. Meredith	Great Britain	2. Telegrafist	Cardiff, Wales, UK	8/3/1943	Gourock	12/21/1943
Tage Andersen	Denmark	Lettmatros	Halifax	7/17/1943	Gourock	11/26/1943
Walter R. Harris	Great Britain	Skytter	Plymouth	6/19/1943	Gourock	10/13/1944
Benjamin I. Holman	Great Britain	Skytter	Plymouth	6/19/1943	Gourock	10/13/1944
Reginald Stannar	Great Britain	Sjømann	London	6/18/1943	Gourock	10/13/1944
Alexander Hunter	Great Britain	ukjent	Baltimore	5/24/1943	Gourock	12/16/1943
William Dunn	Great Britain	Messegutt	Londonderry	2/5/1943	Gourock	10/14/1944
Thomas Graeve	Ireland	Lugargutt	Londonderry	1/30/1943	Gourock	6/26/1945
John O'Connor	Great Britain	Byssegutt	Londonderry	1/30/1943	Gourock	11/23/1943
Otto Solberg	Norway	Matros / Skytter	Glasgow	10/24/1942	Gourock	4/8/1944
Valter Andreas Tollefsen	Norway	Matros / Skytter	Belfast	10/24/1942	Gourock	10/18/1944