D/S Bestum

Other names: ex Hessa
Call sign: WMRH - MTWQ - LEGA
Class: DNV1A1
Shipping company: Knut Th. Einersen, Kristiania / Oslo
Otto Chr. Bøhme, Oslo
Nationality: Norway
Home port: Oslo
Enlistment district: Oslo

Shipyard

Name: Dominion Ship Building Co., Ltd., Toronto, Canada
Build year: 1919
Yard number: 5
Month of delivery: Oktober

Maritime inquiries 1940 - 1945

Flyangrep

Other

Participant in WW2
Civilian ship

Tonnage

Gross tonnage:: 2.215
Net tonnage:: 1.317
Deadweight:: 3.600

Engine

Propulsion:: Triple 3 cyl.
Engine size:: NHK 320
Speed:: 9

Dimensions

Length:: 251.6'
Beam:: 43.9'
Draft:: 22.3'

Miscellaneous

Crew list

Seafarer	Nationality	Position	Signed on		Signed off
Seafarer	Nationality	Position	Harbour	Date 🠗₁	Harbour	Date
Harald Kristian Andersen	Norway	Tømmermann	Philadelphia	1/16/1940	Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England	7/16/1941
Alf Ingvald Kongsvik	Norway	Matros	New York	1/1940	Unknown	5/1940
Ole Johannessen	Norway	1. Kokk	Philadelphia	2/13/1940	Philadelphia	6/11/1940
Kurt Olsen	Norway	Kokk	Philadelphia	2/13/1940	Sydney	5/26/1941
Ivar Arvid Larsen	Norway	Matros	Philadelphia	2/1940	Philadelphia	4/1940
Hans Hansen	Norway	ukjent	Unknown	4/9/1940	Unknown	5/20/1940
Helge Petersen	Denmark	Lettmatros	Unknown	4/12/1940	Philadelphia	6/17/1940
Sigvald Johan Odland	Norway	Matros	Norfolk	4/25/1940	Philadelphia	6/10/1940
Godtfred Aronsen	Norway	Fyrbøter	Norfolk	4/30/1940	Philadelphia	5/18/1940
Åge Feldhausen	Denmark	Båtsmann	Unknown	4/30/1940	Unknown	6/17/1940
Kaj Alfred Green	Denmark	Matros	Unknown	4/30/1940	Unknown	6/17/1940
Charles Kristoffer Høie	Norway	Fyrbøter	Unknown	4/30/1940	Unknown	5/31/1940
Egon Pedersen	Denmark	Matros	Unknown	4/30/1940	Unknown	6/17/1940
Anton Back	Finland	Båtsmann	Philadelphia	6/19/1940	Unknown	Unknown
Patrick Ryan	USA	Matros	Philadelphia	6/19/1940	Alliert havn	5/20/1941
Roland Joseph Gaudet	Canada	Lettmatros	Halifax	7/9/1940	Unknown	11/5/1940
Trygve Larsen Hellenes	Norway	Lettmatros	Halifax	7/9/1940	Unknown	3/14/1941
Arve Holst	Norway	ukjent	Unknown	7/9/1940	Unknown	10/22/1940
Henry Sten Sørensen	Norway	Matros	Unknown	7/9/1940	London	1/28/1942
Kornelius Andersen	Norway	Kokk	Unknown	8/1/1940	Unknown	8/27/1940
Oscar Peder Taftesund	Norway	ukjent	Unknown	9/7/1940	Unknown	12/23/1940
John Aleksander Børresen	Norway	Fyrbøter	Reykjavik	10/5/1940	Reykjavik	9/18/1941
Hjalmar Johan Johansen Hodneland	Norway	Fyrbøter	Reykjavik	10/7/1940	Blyth	4/7/1941
John Piendel	Canada	Messegutt	Sydney	11/28/1940	Campbellton	5/16/1941
Barney McEachern	Canada	Lettmatros	Sydney	11/29/1940	Unknown	Unknown