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	Date
Kristian Bakke Kristiansen	Norway	Fyrbøter	London	9/24/1941	Clyde	2/2/1943
Bjarne Thorsen	Norway	Kokk	London	9/12/1941	Belfast	10/14/1942
Runar Johansen	Norway	Matros	London	9/4/1941	Londonderry	12/3/1941
Erling Simonsen Klubben	Norway	Smører	London	9/4/1941	Londonderry	12/1/1941
Per Anders Larsen	Norway	Lettmatros	London	9/4/1941	Curacao	10/20/1941
Gustav Fredrik Lundmann	Norway	Fyrbøter	London	9/4/1941	Alliert havn	Unknown
Gerhard Gerhardsen Torp	Norway	Jungmann	London	9/4/1941	Belfast	10/14/1942
Ansgar Brusdal	Norway	Salonggutt	London	9/3/1941	Belfast	10/14/1942
Odd Paul Eide	Norway	Smører	London	9/3/1941	Liverpool	1/2/1942
Sigmund Robert Eikeset	Norway	Jungmann	London	9/3/1941	Liverpool	1/2/1942
Olaf Nilsen	Norway	Matros	London	9/3/1941	Londonderry	12/1/1941
Leif Kaspar Skeide	Norway	Jungmann	London	9/3/1941	Belfast	10/15/1942
Samson Skibenes	Norway	Matros	London	9/3/1941	Plymouth	6/19/1943
Gudmund Åsbø	Norway	Båtsmann	Liverpool	4/23/1945	Trondheim	7/18/1945
Lorang Astrup Christensen	Norway	Fyrbøter	Liverpool	8/5/1943	Gourock	4/6/1944
Sverre Johannesen	Norway	Smører	Liverpool	5/18/1942	Heysham	10/14/1942
Kåre Hugo Waldemar Johansen	Norway	ukjent	Liverpool	5/15/1942	Curacao	8/28/1942
Ley Sam	China	Byssegutt	Liverpool	5/15/1942	Unknown	Unknown
Knut E. Fyhn	Sweden	Lettmatros	Liverpool	5/7/1942	New York	9/16/1942
Olav Ljunggren	Norway	Matros	Liverpool	5/6/1942	Belfast	10/14/1942
David Martin	Great Britain	Dekksgutt	Liverpool	5/6/1942	New York	9/17/1942
Alexander Fowler	Canada	Lettmatros	Liverpool	5/5/1942	Curacao	8/28/1942
Reidar Karlberg	Norway	Smører	Liverpool	5/5/1942	Belfast	10/14/1942
Karl Wilhelm Kraft	Norway	Donkeymann	Liverpool	5/5/1942	Curacao	6/5/1942
Thor Holger Kragstad	Norway	Smører	Liverpool	5/5/1942	Londonderry	2/4/1943