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
Roland Joseph Gaudet	Canada	Lettmatros	Halifax	7/9/1940	Unknown	11/5/1940
Trygve Larsen Hellenes	Norway	Lettmatros	Halifax	7/9/1940	Unknown	3/14/1941
Helge Petersen	Denmark	Lettmatros	Unknown	4/12/1940	Philadelphia	6/17/1940
Tryggve Magnus Johannsen Midttveit	Norway	Lettmatros / Matros	London	4/4/1942	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	3/5/1943
Reinholdt Paulsen	Norway	Lettmatros / Skytter	London	9/2/1942	Methil	4/13/1943
Leif Johan Wåge	Norway	Lettmatros / Skytter	London	9/2/1942	Unknown	1/21/1943
Alf Arnold Tviberg	Norway	Lettmatros / Skytter	London	9/1/1942	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	1/21/1943
Ole Johannes Sjong	Norway	Maskinsjef	Ålesund	10/17/1938	London	2/8/1941
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
Karl Henriksen	Norway	Matros	London	1/10/1944	Liverpool	5/8/1944