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	Harbour	Date
Ørnulf Jacobsen	Norway	Matros	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	1/9/1945	London	7/26/1945
Ingvald Bertil Jørgensen	Norway	Kokk	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	12/19/1944	Hull, Yorkshire, England	4/30/1945
Gertrud Nicoline	Norway	Messepike	Unknown	11/9/1944	Hull, Yorkshire, England	5/30/1945
Oskar Emil Vinberg	Norway	ukjent	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	10/2/1944	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	6/7/1945
Askell Eikemo	Norway	Kokk	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	9/21/1944	Hull, Yorkshire, England	1/2/1945
Valentine Cooke	Great Britain	2. Telegrafist	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	9/20/1944	Hull, Yorkshire, England	10/19/1944
Sigurd Hindberg Gulbrandsen	Norway	Matros	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	9/20/1944	Hull, Yorkshire, England	5/15/1945
Emil Kristian Ingvald Berg	Norway	Fyrbøter	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	9/19/1944	Hull, Yorkshire, England	10/13/1944
Albert Murray	Great Britain	Skytter	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	9/19/1944	Hull, Yorkshire, England	10/24/1944
Ronald Pudsey	Great Britain	Skytter	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	9/19/1944	Hull, Yorkshire, England	10/24/1944
S. Sizer	Great Britain	Skytter	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	9/19/1944	Hull, Yorkshire, England	10/24/1944
A. Thomas	Great Britain	Skytter	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	9/19/1944	Hull, Yorkshire, England	10/24/1944
Valentine Cooke	Great Britain	2. Telegrafist	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	9/4/1944	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	9/14/1944
Josuv Milianckas	Lithuania	ukjent	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	8/12/1944	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	6/7/1945
Ole Ragnhard Eriksen	Norway	Stuert	River Tyne	8/11/1944	Mosjøen	9/5/1945
Kåre Johan Holm	Norway	Båtsmann	London	8/4/1944	Haugesund	6/5/1946
Håkon Børresen	Norway	Matros	London	7/27/1944	Narvik	5/15/1946
Reginald Gettit	Great Britain	Hjelpegutt	London	7/24/1944	Hull, Yorkshire, England	10/26/1944
Robert Alexander	New Zealand	Matros	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	7/21/1944	Hull, Yorkshire, England	4/9/1945
John Robert Samuelsen	Norway	Matros	Glasgow	7/21/1944	River Tyne	9/19/1944
Karluf Thoresen	Norway	ukjent	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	7/20/1944	Hull, Yorkshire, England	4/24/1945
Lewis Massow	Great Britain	Skytter	London	7/11/1944	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	9/14/1944
Stanley Morton	Great Britain	Skytter	London	7/11/1944	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	9/14/1944
Nils Reinhart Nilsen Langemyr	Norway	3. Styrmann	London	7/10/1944	Hull, Yorkshire, England	1/10/1945
Knut Naley	Norway	Matros	Unknown	7/6/1944	Unknown	8/4/1944