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
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
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
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
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
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
Helge Petersen	Denmark	Lettmatros	Unknown	4/12/1940	Philadelphia	6/17/1940
Hans Hansen	Norway	ukjent	Unknown	4/9/1940	Unknown	5/20/1940
Wilhelm Eugen Eriksen	Norway	ukjent	Unknown	1/12/1940	Savannah	4/26/1940
Halfdan Johansen	Norway	ukjent	Unknown	1/8/1940	Unknown	Unknown
Rolf Gran Bure	Norway	ukjent	Unknown	9/16/1939	Unknown	1/12/1940
Finn Roger Wangberg	Norway	Messegutt	Unknown	5/27/1938	Ommønstring	8/27/1938
Fritjof Svendsås	Norway	Donkeymann	Ålesund	9/8/1939	Bergen	11/20/1939
Olav Haugeness	Norway	3. Maskinist	Ålesund	11/18/1938	London	1/28/1942