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
John McGinn	Great Britain	Messegutt	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	1/21/1943	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	2/18/1943
John Piendel	Canada	Messegutt	Sydney	11/28/1940	Campbellton	5/16/1941
Finn Roger Wangberg	Norway	Messegutt	Unknown	5/27/1938	Ommønstring	8/27/1938
Peder Emanuel Bekkvik	Norway	Matros / Telegrafist	New York	10/20/1936	Rotterdam	5/31/1937
Arne Olsen	Norway	Matros / Skytter	London	1/29/1942	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	6/24/1942
Adolf A. Johansen	Norway	Matros / Skytter	Alliert havn	7/12/1941	Alliert havn	12/20/1941
Bernhard Gunnerius Rossland	Norway	Matros / Skytter	Alliert havn	3/18/1941	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	7/3/1941
Kåre Sigfred Sandal	Norway	Matros / Båtsmann	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	10/7/1942	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	2/19/1943
Kåre Johan Holm	Norway	Matros / Båtsmann	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	9/28/1941	London	7/8/1944
Edvin Jacobsen	Norway	Matros	Ommønstring	9/3/1954	Unknown	9/29/1954
Arne Vefall Gulliksen	Norway	Matros	Unknown	3/4/1952	Unknown	4/11/1952
John Røsand	Norway	Matros	Hull, Yorkshire, England	10/4/1945	Narvik	5/15/1946
Gustaf Helmer Børresen	Norway	Matros	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	6/21/1945	Bodø	9/30/1945
Roald Åge Andersen	Norway	Matros	London	6/5/1945	Narvik	9/13/1945
Aage Dahl Eriksen	Norway	Matros	Liverpool	5/21/1945	Sarpsborg	1/18/1946
Sigurd Olaf Sørensen	Norway	Matros	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	4/19/1945	London	6/4/1945
Ørnulf Jacobsen	Norway	Matros	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	1/9/1945	London	7/26/1945
Sigurd Hindberg Gulbrandsen	Norway	Matros	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	9/20/1944	Hull, Yorkshire, England	5/15/1945
Håkon Børresen	Norway	Matros	London	7/27/1944	Narvik	5/15/1946
Robert Alexander	New Zealand	Matros	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	7/21/1944	Hull, Yorkshire, England	4/9/1945
John Robert Samuelsen	Norway	Matros	Glasgow	7/21/1944	River Tyne	9/19/1944
Knut Naley	Norway	Matros	Unknown	7/6/1944	Unknown	8/4/1944
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
Kreismar Kornelius Kristiansen	Norway	Matros	London	2/1/1944	London	7/25/1944