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 🠗₁	Nationality	Position	Signed on		Signed off
Seafarer 🠗₁	Nationality	Position	Harbour	Date	Harbour	Date
V. Anton Kyto	Finland	Båtsmann	Unknown	10/15/1941	Unknown	Unknown
Leslie Lancaster	Great Britain	Dekksgutt	Gravesend	1/29/1942	Gravesend	5/18/1942
Nils Reinhart Nilsen Langemyr	Norway	3. Styrmann	London	7/10/1944	Hull, Yorkshire, England	1/10/1945
Bernt Berntsen Langøen	Norway	Donkeymann	London	1/27/1942	London	4/4/1942
Ivar Arvid Larsen	Norway	Matros	Philadelphia	2/1940	Philadelphia	4/1940
Karsten Waldemar Larsen	Norway	2. Maskinist	London	4/3/1944	Hull, Yorkshire, England	5/7/1945
Oskar Antonius Larsen	Norway	ukjent	Unknown	10/22/1948	Unknown	11/26/1948
Aksel Henry Lehn	Norway	Fyrbøter	London	6/30/1941	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	10/14/1941
Bjarne Petrus Leira	Norway	ukjent	Unknown	Unknown	New York	5/11/1939
Egil Andreas Lian	Norway	Fyrbøter	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	11/15/1941	London	12/20/1941
Reidar Liverød	Norway	Fyrbøter	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	7/2/1942	Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England	6/30/1944
Harry A. Lowles	Great Britain	Trimmer	London	9/1/1942	London	9/14/1942
Oskar Lundberg	Norway	ukjent	Unknown	7/2/1941	Unknown	Unknown
Knut Alexander Løvmo	Norway	Donkeymann	Ålesund	10/18/1938	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	5/11/1942
Charles Marks	Great Britain	ukjent	Unknown	2/24/1942	Unknown	Unknown
Albert Marriott	Great Britain	Soldat	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	7/3/1942	Unknown	Unknown
Walter Marthinsen	Norway	Matros	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	7/16/1941	London	4/4/1942
Kjell Ivar Martinsen	Norway	Båtsmann	London	2/1/1942	London	5/2/1942
Lewis Massow	Great Britain	Skytter	London	7/11/1944	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	9/14/1944
James C. McDonald	Great Britain	Sjømann	River Tyne	6/16/1943	Liverpool	7/28/1943
Barney McEachern	Canada	Lettmatros	Sydney	11/29/1940	Unknown	Unknown
John McGinn	Great Britain	Messegutt	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	1/21/1943	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	2/18/1943
John McQueen	Great Britain	Jungmann	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	3/30/1943	London	8/17/1943
Einar Melås	Norway	Stuert	London	3/18/1944	River Tyne	9/21/1944
Torleiv Gerald Mersland	Norway	ukjent	Unknown	9/18/1941	Unknown	10/14/1941