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
Karsten Mastrup Thorstensen	Norway	Smører	London	7/6/1944	Hull, Yorkshire, England	4/17/1945
Monrad Woll	Norway	Messegutt	Unknown	7/6/1944	Unknown	10/26/1944
Fritjof Jensen	Norway	Fyrbøter	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	6/30/1944	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	8/11/1944
Aage Sande	Norway	Fyrbøter	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	6/30/1944	Hull, Yorkshire, England	10/22/1944
Arne Kristoffer Sørensen	Norway	Tømmermann	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	6/30/1944	Hull, Yorkshire, England	10/10/1945
Hans Severin Bjelland	Norway	Fyrbøter	London	6/22/1944	Hull, Yorkshire, England	10/20/1944
Derek R. Whitehead	Great Britain	Telegrafist	Southampton	6/22/1944	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	8/28/1944
Karl Gjertsen	Norway	2. Styrmann	London	6/21/1944	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	7/20/1944
John Bagley	Great Britain	Skytter	Hull, Yorkshire, England	5/24/1944	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	9/14/1944
William Beckett	Great Britain	Skytter	Hull, Yorkshire, England	5/24/1944	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	9/14/1944
Gunnar Trygve Gravdal	Norway	Matros	Liverpool	5/8/1944	Hull, Yorkshire, England	11/30/1944
Alf Martinsen Ramberg	Norway	Matros	Liverpool	5/8/1944	Hull, Yorkshire, England	11/30/1944
Are Vainola	Estonia	ukjent	Liverpool	5/5/1944	Hull, Yorkshire, England	10/20/1944
Donald Blackwell	Great Britain	Messegutt	Liverpool	5/4/1944	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	7/14/1944
Karsten Waldemar Larsen	Norway	2. Maskinist	London	4/3/1944	Hull, Yorkshire, England	5/7/1945
Einar Melås	Norway	Stuert	London	3/18/1944	River Tyne	9/21/1944
Harald Johan Farstad	Norway	Byssegutt	London	3/17/1944	London	3/8/1944
Bjørn Fjeld	Norway	ukjent	London	3/17/1944	London	7/8/1944
Otto Ragnar Andersen	Norway	Fyrbøter	London	3/14/1944	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	9/18/1944
Johan Martin Hegvik	Norway	Fyrbøter	London	3/14/1944	Hull, Yorkshire, England	12/18/1944
Alexander Salomon Hult	Sweden	Fyrbøter	Cardiff, Wales, UK	3/1/1944	Unknown	Unknown
Bardon Christophersen	Norway	Skipsfører	Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England	2/8/1944	Kopervik	11/2/1945
Kreismar Kornelius Kristiansen	Norway	Matros	London	2/1/1944	London	7/25/1944
C. R. Smith	Great Britain	Skytter	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	1/19/1944	Hull, Yorkshire, England	5/24/1944
John Burns	Great Britain	Skytter	London	1/11/1944	London	7/11/1944