M/S Benjamin Franklin

Call sign: LCEN - LGDN
Shipping company: Fred Olsen & Co., Kristiania / Oslo
Nationality: Norway
Home port: Oslo

Shipyard

Name: Chantier et Ateliers de St. Nazaire, St. Nazaire, Frankrike.
Build year: 1927
Yard number: 5
Month of delivery: juni

Maritime inquiries 1940 - 1945

Torpedert

Other

Participant in WW2
Torpedoed, 19.2.1941
Civilian ship

Tonnage

Gross tonnage:: 7.034
Net tonnage:: 3.960
Deadweight:: 9.900

Engine

Propulsion:: Penhoet
Engine size:: BHK 4500 NHK 984
Speed:: 13 knop

Dimensions

Length:: 452.0'
Beam:: 59.5'
Draft:: 27.9'

Miscellaneous

Crew list

Seafarer	Nationality	Position	Signed on		Signed off
Seafarer	Nationality	Position	Harbour	Date	Harbour	Date
Einar Frithjof Frode Hansen	Norway	Messegutt	Unknown	10/10/1939	San Pedro, California, USA	1/16/1940
Arne Ingebjørn Hansen	Norway	2. Kokk	Oslo	6/23/1927	Oslo	9/4/1929
Eugene Hall	Norway	Smører	Oslo	7/31/1939	Liverpool	6/25/1940
Helge Weido Hagen	Norway	Smører	San Francisco	1/4/1941	Torpedert	2/19/1941
Gerhard Arthur Dahl Gundersen	Norway	2. Maskinist	Norge	11/8/1939	Omkom ved torpedering	2/19/1941
Georg Gertz	Norway	Tømmermann	Liverpool	6/26/1940	Torpedert	2/19/1941
Magnus Håkon Arne Gerhardsen (Gulbrandsen)	Norway	Lettmatros	Oslo	3/13/1940	San Francisco	11/30/1940
John Kristian Forseth	Norway	Matros	Oslo	3/13/1940	Liverpool	7/1/1940
Knut Ragnar Elieson	Norway	Kokk	Om bord pr.	7/1/1940	Omkom ved torpedering	2/19/1941
Michael Donnovan	Ireland	Smører	Alliert havn	Unknown	Omkom ved torpedering	2/19/1941
Gordon Denton	Canada	Jungmann	Alliert havn	Unknown	Omkom ved torpedering	2/19/1941
Ove Aksel Aabel Corneliussen	Norway	Smører	Oslo	11/10/1939	San Francisco	11/26/1940
James Elwood Conn	Canada	Salonggutt	Unknown	12/27/1940	Omkom ved torpedering	2/19/1941
Reidar Marius Clausen	Norway	Motormann	Unknown	Unknown	Omkom ved torpedering	2/19/1941
Bjarne Hammerberg Christiansen	Norway	3. Styrmann	Unknown	8/11/1936	Unknown	4/13/1937
Bjarne Hammerberg Christiansen	Norway	3. Styrmann	Unknown	4/6/1936	Unknown	7/29/1936
Bjarne Hammerberg Christiansen	Norway	3. Styrmann	Unknown	8/17/1935	Unknown	4/4/1936
Jørgen Herlof Christensen	Norway	Smører	Oslo	7/31/1939	Bergen	10/27/1939
Johan Bjørn Bugge	Norway	Jungmann	Unknown	Unknown	Omkom ved torpedering	2/19/1941
Harald Brynlund	Norway	Motormann	Oslo	7/31/1939	Torpedert	2/19/1941
Sven Johnny Bruer	Norway	3. Maskinist	Om bord pr.	7/1/1940	Omkom ved torpedering	2/19/1941
Arne Osvald Andersen Bjørshol	Norway	Lettmatros	Om bord pr.	3/24/1940	Unknown	11/23/1940
Samuel O. Berge	Norway	Lettmatros	Oslo	11/10/1939	Oslo	3/9/1940
Trygve Kristian Berg	Norway	1. Styrmann	Om bord pr.	7/1/1940	Torpedert	2/19/1941
Gudny Margareth Labekk Bøe Berg	Norway	Salongpike	Oslo	3/13/1940	San Francisco	1/6/1941

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M/S Benjamin Franklin

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