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
Helge Petersen	Denmark	Lettmatros	Unknown	4/12/1940	Philadelphia	6/17/1940
Thoralf Pedersen	Norway	Fyrbøter	Unknown	1/28/1942	Blyth	3/30/1942
Peder Pedersen	Norway	Skipsfører	Bergen	10/31/1945	Bergen	4/18/1946
Egon Pedersen	Denmark	Matros	Unknown	4/30/1940	Unknown	6/17/1940
John James Pearson	Great Britain	Trimmer	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	3/30/1943	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	10/23/1943
Reinholdt Paulsen	Norway	Lettmatros / Skytter	London	9/2/1942	Methil	4/13/1943
Henry Olavsen Ottesen	Norway	Fyrbøter	Unknown	2/8/1941	Unknown	3/25/1941
Peder Johan Osuldsen	Norway	ukjent	Unknown	6/15/1943	Unknown	8/9/1943
Peder Johan Osuldsen	Norway	ukjent	Unknown	10/15/1941	Unknown	12/20/1200
Peter Oshea	Great Britain	Smører	Hull, Yorkshire, England	5/22/1945	London	7/26/1945
Kurt Olsen	Norway	Kokk	Philadelphia	2/13/1940	Sydney	5/26/1941
Johan Arnolf Olsen	Norway	ukjent	London	8/9/1943	London	1/10/1944
August Magnus Olsen	Norway	ukjent	Liverpool	7/29/1943	River Tyne	12/2/1943
Arne Geerth Køning Olsen	Norway	Lemper	Cardenas	5/1/1935	Unknown	6/30/1935
Arne Olsen	Norway	Matros / Skytter	London	1/29/1942	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	6/24/1942
Thomas Oftedal	Norway	Skipsfører	London	12/10/1943	London	2/9/1944
Sigvald Johan Odland	Norway	Matros	Norfolk	4/25/1940	Philadelphia	6/10/1940
Fridtjof Nøstdal	Norway	ukjent	Unknown	10/12/1948	Unknown	Unknown
A. Nuttall	Great Britain	Skytter	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	10/29/1943	London	1/11/1944
Fabian Noel	France	Matros	Unknown	8/31/1941	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	9/30/1941
Edvard Magnussen Njøten	Norway	1. Maskinist (Maskinsjef)	London	10/4/1941	London	5/18/1942
Theodor Nicolay Nilsen	Norway	ukjent	Unknown	3/29/1941	Unknown	6/30/1941
Ragnar Ringheim Nilsen	Norway	Styrmann	Unknown	8/9/1954	Unknown	12/30/1954
Nils Kristian Berg Nilsen	Norway	Matros	Southend	7/3/1941	Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England	7/14/1941
Ernst Walter Nilsen	Norway	ukjent	Unknown	4/4/1941	Unknown	6/30/1941