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 🠗₁
Kurt Olsen	Norway	Kokk	Philadelphia	2/13/1940	Sydney	5/26/1941
Ernst Walter Nilsen	Norway	ukjent	Unknown	4/4/1941	Unknown	6/30/1941
Theodor Nicolay Nilsen	Norway	ukjent	Unknown	3/29/1941	Unknown	6/30/1941
Monrad Johan Hauge	Norway	Fyrbøter	London	2/13/1941	London	6/30/1941
Thorvald August Berg	Norway	ukjent	Unknown	2/8/1941	Unknown	6/30/1941
Ivar Hondve	Norway	Fyrbøter	London	2/8/1941	London	6/30/1941
Sivert Kornelius Ramberg Steen	Norway	Fyrbøter	London	2/8/1941	London	6/30/1941
Kurt Nielsen	Denmark	Matros	Unknown	4/4/1941	Unknown	7/1/1941
Robert Jakobsen	Norway	Donkeymann	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	4/4/1941	London	7/2/1941
Bernhard Gunnerius Rossland	Norway	Matros / Skytter	Alliert havn	3/18/1941	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	7/3/1941
Roland Joseph Arsenault	Canada	Jungmann / Lettmatros	Unknown	5/15/1941	Unknown	7/9/1941
Karl Martin Andreassen	Norway	Donkeymann	London	7/3/1941	Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England	7/14/1941
Nils Kristian Berg Nilsen	Norway	Matros	Southend	7/3/1941	Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England	7/14/1941
Jack Bennet	Great Britain	Kanoner	Unknown	4/15/1941	Unknown	7/14/1941
Joe Catterall	Great Britain	Skytter	Unknown	4/15/1941	Unknown	7/14/1941
Ole Johan Istad	Norway	ukjent	Unknown	6/30/1941	Unknown	7/16/1941
Harald Kristian Andersen	Norway	Tømmermann	Philadelphia	1/16/1940	Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England	7/16/1941
Erling Marius Sepanaho	Norway	ukjent	London	6/30/1941	Unknown	7/20/1941
John Pirtchard	Canada	Matros	Campbellton	5/21/1941	St. John's	8/29/1941
Olaf Magnus Svensen	Norway	ukjent	Unknown	6/30/1941	Reykjavik	9/18/1941
John Aleksander Børresen	Norway	Fyrbøter	Reykjavik	10/5/1940	Reykjavik	9/18/1941
Fabian Noel	France	Matros	Unknown	8/31/1941	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	9/30/1941
Ansgar Edvin Kruse	Norway	ukjent	Unknown	7/3/1941	Unknown	10/4/1941
Severin Tveiten	Norway	2. Styrmann	Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England	7/15/1941	London	10/6/1941
Toivo B. Rytkonen	Finland	Matros	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	3/7/1941	Alliert havn	10/6/1941