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 🠗₁	Signed on		Signed off
Seafarer	Nationality	Position 🠗₁	Harbour	Date	Harbour	Date
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
Hans Severin Bjelland	Norway	Fyrbøter	London	6/22/1944	Hull, Yorkshire, England	10/20/1944
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
Robert Williamson	Great Britain	Fyrbøter	Blyth	9/9/1943	Southampton	6/23/1944
Emil Johan Gabriel Blomberg	Norway	Fyrbøter	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	9/6/1943	London	3/17/1944
Arne Daniel Johansen	Norway	Fyrbøter	Liverpool	7/28/1943	Blyth	9/4/1943
Tørner Magnus Kristiansen	Norway	Fyrbøter	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	3/16/1943	Liverpool	7/24/1943
Ulrik Olai Andersen	Norway	Fyrbøter	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	2/8/1943	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	7/20/1944
Gotfred Johansen Ramfos	Norway	Fyrbøter	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	1/22/1943	River Tyne	2/6/1943
Henry Bertelsen	Norway	Fyrbøter	London	12/14/1942	River Tyne	1/2/1943
Birger Kornelius Johannessen	Norway	Fyrbøter	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	11/25/1942	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	8/21/1945
Bjarne Berentsen	Norway	Fyrbøter	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	11/2/1942	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	1/22/1943
Kasemir Kibilds	Latvia	Fyrbøter	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	7/2/1942	London	9/1/1942
Reidar Liverød	Norway	Fyrbøter	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	7/2/1942	Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England	6/30/1944
John W. Cass (Carss)	Great Britain	Fyrbøter	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	5/12/1942	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	9/1942
Thorvald Wetteland Andersen	Norway	Fyrbøter	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	4/22/1942	Unknown	7/23/1943
Einar Enoksen	Norway	Fyrbøter	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	4/16/1942	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	5/11/1942
Ivar Aksling	Norway	Fyrbøter	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	4/10/1942	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	4/30/1942
Arthur Konradsen Helland	Norway	Fyrbøter	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	4/9/1942	London	12/15/1942
Arnulf Heggem	Norway	Fyrbøter	New York	3/31/1942	Unknown	5/6/1942
Jarl Frithjof Kanestrøm	Norway	Fyrbøter	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	3/31/1942	Unknown	4/1942
Øistein Erstad	Norway	Fyrbøter	London	3/30/1942	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	5/13/1942