D/S Ruth I

Other names: ex Ruth
Call sign: HDNQ - LCWO
Shipping company: Brummenæs & Torgersen, Haugesund
Nationality: Norway
Home port: Haugesund
Enlistment district: Haugesund

Shipyard

Name: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Wallsend, Newcastle, UK
Build year: 1900
Yard number: 250
Month of delivery: april

Maritime inquiries 1940 - 1945

Torpedert

Other

Participant in WW1
Participant in WW2
Torpedoed, 6.4.1944
Civilian ship

Tonnage

Gross tonnage:: 3.531
Net tonnage:: 2.172
Deadweight:: 5.800

Engine

Propulsion:: Triple 3 cyl.
Engine size:: NHK 276 IHK 1350
Speed:: 9 knop

Dimensions

Length:: 330.0'
Beam:: 48.0'
Draft:: 24.8'

Miscellaneous

Crew list

Seafarer	Nationality	Position	Signed on		Signed off
Seafarer	Nationality	Position	Harbour	Date	Harbour	Date
Anton Øverås	Norway	1. Maskinist (Maskinsjef)	Om bord pr.	7/1/1940	Skottland	1/30/1941
Ellef Ingemann Ellefsen	Norway	2. Styrmann / Telegrafist	Unknown	7/28/1927	Shanghai	10/21/1929
Nils Iversen	Norway	Lettmatros	Haugesund	2/19/1940	Ommønstring	5/31/1941
Holger Larsen	Norway	Fyrbøter	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	2/2/1944	Omkom ved torpedering	4/6/1944
Kai Emil Seiler	Denmark	Fyrbøter	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	2/2/1944	Omkom ved torpedering	4/6/1944
Ernst Meekin (Makin)	Great Britain	Smører	Hull, Yorkshire, England	1/27/1944	Omkom ved torpedering	4/6/1944
Clifford Adams	Great Britain	Kullemper	Unknown	Unknown	Om bord pr.	7/18/1941
George Dominey	Canada	Matros	Unknown	Unknown	Om bord pr.	7/14/1941
Eugene Montori	Great Britain	Donkeymann	New York	5/3/1941	Om bord pr.	7/18/1941
Eker Neumann Audan	Norway	Fyrbøter	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	3/4/1942	Oban	9/7/1943
Bendik Marino Therlukar Knutsen	Norway	Båtsmann	Bergen	3/12/1940	Oban	1/31/1941
Erik Borgø Olsen	Norway	Matros	Haugesund	2/1940	Norfolk	7/10/1940
Olav Marentius Holmgren	Norway	Matros	Haugesund	2/9/1940	Norfolk	7/29/1940
Birger A. Mortensen	Norway	ukjent	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	9/1/1943	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	9/6/1943
Leslie Hoare	Great Britain	Byssegutt	London	8/4/1943	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	8/26/1943
Ragnar Berntsen Grotle	Norway	Matros / Skytter	Halifax	6/29/1943	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	9/1/1943
Alf Reidar Jensen	Norway	Matros / Skytter	St. John	6/3/1943	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	8/11/1943
Harald Gautnæb	Norway	Matros	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	2/16/1943	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	8/17/1943
Gotfred Johansen Ramfos	Norway	Fyrbøter	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	2/15/1943	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	8/11/1943
William B. Sandford	Great Britain	Trimmer	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	2/2/1943	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	2/8/1943
Leif Trosby	Norway	3. Styrmann	Glasgow	2/2/1943	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	9/15/1943
Frederick Collins	Great Britain	Trimmer	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	6/6/1942	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	6/8/1942
Torger Torgersen	Norway	Fyrbøter	Bergen	3/11/1940	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	5/22/1940
John Ingolf Danger	Norway	Fyrbøter	New York	5/1/1941	New York	1/15/1942
Axel Anderson	Sweden	Fyrbøter	St. John	4/6/1941	New York	4/22/1941