D/S Bestum
- Other names
- ex Hessa
- Call sign
- WMRH - MTWQ - LEGA
- Class
- DNV1A1
- Shipping company
- Nationality
Norway- Home port
- Enlistment district
Shipyard
- Name
- Build year
- 1919
- Yard number
- 5
- Month of delivery
- Oktober
Maritime inquiries 1940 - 1945
Other
- Participant in WW2
- Civilian ship
Tonnage
- Gross tonnage:
- 2.215
- Net tonnage:
- 1.317
- Deadweight:
- 3.600
Engine
- Propulsion:
- Engine size:
- NHK 320
- Speed:
- 9
Dimensions
- Length:
- 251.6'
- Beam:
- 43.9'
- Draft:
- 22.3'
Seafarer Nationality Position Signed on Signed off Harbour Date Harbour Date NorwayEngland 11/28/1934 London 2/8/1941 NorwayTrondheim 5/25/1938 London 2/5/1941 Norwayukjent Unknown 9/7/1940 Unknown 12/23/1940 
CanadaHalifax 7/9/1940 Unknown 11/5/1940 Norwayukjent Unknown 7/9/1940 Unknown 10/22/1940 NorwayNewcastle, Tyne and Wear, England 2/6/1941 London 10/6/1940 NorwayKokk Unknown 8/1/1940 Unknown 8/27/1940 
DenmarkUnknown 4/30/1940 Unknown 6/17/1940 DenmarkUnknown 4/30/1940 Unknown 6/17/1940 DenmarkUnknown 4/30/1940 Unknown 6/17/1940 DenmarkUnknown 4/12/1940 Philadelphia 6/17/1940 NorwayNew York 1/12/1940 Philadelphia 6/17/1940 NorwayPhiladelphia 2/13/1940 Philadelphia 6/11/1940 NorwayNorfolk 4/25/1940 Philadelphia 6/10/1940 NorwayNew York 1/1940 Unknown 5/1940 NorwayUnknown 4/30/1940 Unknown 5/31/1940 Norwayukjent Unknown 4/9/1940 Unknown 5/20/1940 NorwayNorfolk 4/30/1940 Philadelphia 5/18/1940 NorwayPhiladelphia 2/1940 Philadelphia 4/1940 Norwayukjent Unknown 1/12/1940 Savannah 4/26/1940 Norwayukjent Unknown 9/16/1939 Unknown 1/12/1940 NorwayÅlesund 10/19/1938 Unknown 12/8/1939 NorwayÅlesund 9/8/1939 Bergen 11/20/1939 Norway1. Styrmann / Telegrafist Philadelphia 7/16/1939 Philadelphia 10/11/1939 NorwayUnknown Unknown New York 9/15/1939