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
Charlie Le Blanc	Canada	Fyrbøter	Unknown	5/30/1941	Unknown	Unknown
Roland Joseph Arsenault	Canada	Jungmann / Lettmatros	Unknown	5/15/1941	Unknown	7/9/1941
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
Kurt Nielsen	Denmark	Matros	Unknown	4/4/1941	Unknown	7/1/1941
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
Karl Leon Falch	Norway	2. Styrmann	Glasgow	3/25/1941	Unknown	4/2/1941
Unto K. (Uhro) Sålvalainen (Saavolainen)	Finland	Lettmatros	Unknown	3/7/1941	Unknown	3/19/1941
Thorvald August Berg	Norway	ukjent	Unknown	2/8/1941	Unknown	6/30/1941
Henry Olavsen Ottesen	Norway	Fyrbøter	Unknown	2/8/1941	Unknown	3/25/1941
Barney McEachern	Canada	Lettmatros	Sydney	11/29/1940	Unknown	Unknown
Oscar Peder Taftesund	Norway	ukjent	Unknown	9/7/1940	Unknown	12/23/1940
Kornelius Andersen	Norway	Kokk	Unknown	8/1/1940	Unknown	8/27/1940
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
Anton Back	Finland	Båtsmann	Philadelphia	6/19/1940	Unknown	Unknown
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
Hans Hansen	Norway	ukjent	Unknown	4/9/1940	Unknown	5/20/1940
Alf Ingvald Kongsvik	Norway	Matros	New York	1/1940	Unknown	5/1940
Halfdan Johansen	Norway	ukjent	Unknown	1/8/1940	Unknown	Unknown