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
Rolf Peter Wessel Nielsen	Norway	3. Maskinist	River Tyne	12/8/1942	Bodø	10/23/1945
Ole Peder Nielsen	Norway	1. Styrmann	New Orleans	9/14/1936	Bristol, Gloucestershire, England	11/4/1938
Ole Peder Nielsen	Norway	2. Styrmann	Sarpsborg	2/28/1936	New Orleans	9/14/1936
Kurt Nielsen	Denmark	Matros	Unknown	4/4/1941	Unknown	7/1/1941
Gertrud Nicoline	Norway	Messepike	Unknown	11/9/1944	Hull, Yorkshire, England	5/30/1945
Knut Naley	Norway	Matros	Unknown	7/6/1944	Unknown	8/4/1944
Albert Murray	Great Britain	Skytter	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	9/19/1944	Hull, Yorkshire, England	10/24/1944
Stanley Morton	Great Britain	Skytter	London	7/11/1944	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	9/14/1944
Alfred Molloy	Great Britain	Sjømann av ukjent grad	Unknown	Unknown	Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England	5/13/1943
Johannes Olsen Mjelde	Norway	ukjent	London	9/1/1942	Unknown	1/13/1943
Ronald Mitchell	Great Britain	Smører	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	8/24/1943	Liverpool	5/4/1944
Josuv Milianckas	Lithuania	ukjent	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	8/12/1944	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	6/7/1945
Mikal Mandius Mikalsen	Norway	2. Maskinist	London	1/28/1942	London	4/25/1942
Tryggve Magnus Johannsen Midttveit	Norway	Lettmatros / Matros	London	4/4/1942	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	3/5/1943
Torleiv Gerald Mersland	Norway	ukjent	Unknown	9/18/1941	Unknown	10/14/1941
Einar Melås	Norway	Stuert	London	3/18/1944	River Tyne	9/21/1944
John McQueen	Great Britain	Jungmann	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	3/30/1943	London	8/17/1943
John McGinn	Great Britain	Messegutt	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	1/21/1943	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	2/18/1943
Barney McEachern	Canada	Lettmatros	Sydney	11/29/1940	Unknown	Unknown
James C. McDonald	Great Britain	Sjømann	River Tyne	6/16/1943	Liverpool	7/28/1943
Lewis Massow	Great Britain	Skytter	London	7/11/1944	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	9/14/1944
Kjell Ivar Martinsen	Norway	Båtsmann	London	2/1/1942	London	5/2/1942
Walter Marthinsen	Norway	Matros	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	7/16/1941	London	4/4/1942
Albert Marriott	Great Britain	Soldat	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	7/3/1942	Unknown	Unknown
Charles Marks	Great Britain	ukjent	Unknown	2/24/1942	Unknown	Unknown