M/T South Africa

Call sign: LDNV - LHSQ
Shipping company: Leif Høegh & Co. A/S, Oslo
Nationality: Norway
Home port: Oslo
Enlistment district: Oslo

Shipyard

Name: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Wallsend, Newcastle, UK
Build year: 1930
Yard number: 1417
Month of delivery: Mai

Maritime inquiries 1940 - 1945

Torpedert

Other

Participant in WW2
Torpedoed, 8.6.1942
Civilian ship

Tonnage

Gross tonnage:: 9.234
Net tonnage:: 5.593
Deadweight:: 13.790

Engine

Propulsion:: Wallsend Slipway Co. Ltd. Newcastle. Uk.
Engine size:: BHK 3600
Speed:: 11

Dimensions

Length:: 484.1'
Beam:: 65.4'
Draft:: 36.8'

Miscellaneous

Crew list

Seafarer	Nationality	Position	Signed on		Signed off
Seafarer	Nationality	Position	Harbour	Date	Harbour	Date
Sigvesjøen Dalmar	Iceland	Lettmatros	Liverpool, Lancashire, England	4/28/1942	Torpedert	6/8/1942
Morven Cox	Great Britain	Lettmatros	Om bord pr.	9/1941	Alliert havn	Unknown
Frederick Jesse Cox	Great Britain	Skytter	Alliert havn	Unknown	Omkom ved torpedering	6/8/1942
John William Cooper	Great Britain	Kanoner	Unknown	Unknown	Torpedert	6/8/1942
Hans Norius Christensen	Norway	2. Styrmann	Oslo	8/4/1934	San Francisco, California, USA	9/18/1937
Erling Børgesen	Norway	Elektriker	Unknown	5/15/1939	Unknown	12/28/1940
Gustav Byberg	Norway	Smører	Unknown	6/16/1941	Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Skottland	8/15/1941
John Knutsen Bratlien	Norway	Motormann	Cardiff, Wales, UK	10/7/1941	Falmouth, Conwall, Uk	11/8/1941
Meikle Thomas Bisset		Byssegutt	Unknown	Unknown	Om bord pr.	9/1941
Thorvald Andreas Bergve	Norway	ukjent	Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Skottland	6/18/1941	Bristol, Gloucestershire, England	10/7/1941
Johan Birger Bergquist	Sweden	Motormann	Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Skottland	3/12/1941	Unknown	Unknown
Ivar Kåre Bakkeland	Norway	3. Maskinist	Alliert havn	1/18/1941	Alliert havn	3/1/1941
Anton Bakke	Norway	3. Styrmann	Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Skottland	2/7/1941	Torpedert	6/8/1942
Erling Aspen	Norway	Fyrbøter	Unknown	2/4/1941	Unknown	6/17/1941
Mareno Artander Berg Arntzen	Norway	Lettmatros	Unknown	5/15/1939	Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Skottland	11/27/1940
Arthur Magnar Arnesen	Norway	ukjent	Unknown	1/9/1941	Unknown	3/22/1941
John Marius Andresen	Norway	Lettmatros	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Ivar Kolbjørn Andersen	Norway	ukjent	London, England	3/17/1942	Torpedert	6/8/1942
Hans Andersen	Norway	Motormann	Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Skottland	3/27/1941	Alliert havn	Unknown
Adolf Amundsen	Norway	Fyrbøter	Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Skottland	1/29/1941	Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Skottland	6/17/1941
Arne Mangor Abrahamsen	Norway	Lettmatros	Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Skottland	6/16/1941	Torpedert	6/8/1942