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
Egon Pedersen	Denmark	Matros	Unknown	4/30/1940	Unknown	6/17/1940
Sigvald Johan Odland	Norway	Matros	Norfolk	4/25/1940	Philadelphia	6/10/1940
Ivar Arvid Larsen	Norway	Matros	Philadelphia	2/1940	Philadelphia	4/1940
Alf Ingvald Kongsvik	Norway	Matros	New York	1/1940	Unknown	5/1940
Viktor Kyrre Ingebrigtsen Haug	Norway	Matros	Ålesund	10/19/1938	Unknown	12/8/1939
Peder Emanuel Bekkvik	Norway	Matros	Sarpsborg	2/28/1936	New Orleans	9/12/1936
Ole Johannes Sjong	Norway	Maskinsjef	Ålesund	10/17/1938	London	2/8/1941
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
Tryggve Magnus Johannsen Midttveit	Norway	Lettmatros / Matros	London	4/4/1942	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	3/5/1943
Edvin Jacobsen	Norway	Lettmatros	Unknown	8/17/1954	Ommønstring	9/3/1954
Frank Bjarne Andersen	Norway	Lettmatros	Risør	11/23/1947	Unknown	Unknown
Leslie Gerhard Raistrick	Great Britain	Lettmatros	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	4/24/1945	Hartlepool	6/20/1945
Thomas Robert Craig	Great Britain	Lettmatros	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	3/29/1943	Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England	5/3/1943
Erling Fenstad	Norway	Lettmatros	London	9/1/1942	London	11/21/1942
Sivert Kjønsvik	Norway	Lettmatros	London	10/6/1941	London	2/12/1942
Unto K. (Uhro) Sålvalainen (Saavolainen)	Finland	Lettmatros	Unknown	3/7/1941	Unknown	3/19/1941
Barney McEachern	Canada	Lettmatros	Sydney	11/29/1940	Unknown	Unknown
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
Johan Oscar Flodin	Norway	Lemper / Fyrbøter	River Tyne	2/9/1942	Southend	3/24/1942
Robert Wilson	Great Britain	Lemper	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	11/2/1942	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	11/25/1942
William Brown		Lemper	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	9/15/1942	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	10/31/1942