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
Arne Geerth Køning Olsen	Norway	Lemper	Cardenas	5/1/1935	Unknown	6/30/1935
Arne Mauritz Hansen	Norway	Kokk	Hull, Yorkshire, England	5/1/1945	Sarpsborg	1/20/1946
Ingvald Bertil Jørgensen	Norway	Kokk	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	12/19/1944	Hull, Yorkshire, England	4/30/1945
Askell Eikemo	Norway	Kokk	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	9/21/1944	Hull, Yorkshire, England	1/2/1945
Rolf Wilhelm Kristensen	Norway	Kokk	London	8/9/1943	London	3/18/1944
Rolf Eliot Johansen	Norway	Kokk	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	6/16/1943	London	8/9/1943
Wilhelm Johan Marius Kraus	Norway	Kokk	London	12/14/1942	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	6/17/1943
Kornelius Andersen	Norway	Kokk	Unknown	8/1/1940	Unknown	8/27/1940
Kurt Olsen	Norway	Kokk	Philadelphia	2/13/1940	Sydney	5/26/1941
Jack Bennet	Great Britain	Kanoner	Unknown	4/15/1941	Unknown	7/14/1941
Roland Joseph Arsenault	Canada	Jungmann / Lettmatros	Unknown	5/15/1941	Unknown	7/9/1941
John McQueen	Great Britain	Jungmann	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	3/30/1943	London	8/17/1943
Per Throndsen (Trandsen)	Norway	Jungmann	London	1/27/1942	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	4/4/1942
Reginald Gettit	Great Britain	Hjelpegutt	London	7/24/1944	Hull, Yorkshire, England	10/26/1944
Karsten Torgersen	Norway	Fyrbøter	Unknown	9/6/1951	Unknown	Unknown
Erling Karlsen (Marksen)	Norway	Fyrbøter	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	8/21/1945	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	9/26/1945
Pentti A. Koivisto	Finland	Fyrbøter	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	6/8/1945	Unknown	6/13/1947
Johannes Fabian Eriksen Klingstrøm	Norway	Fyrbøter	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	6/7/1945	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	9/26/1945
Eker Neumann Audan	Norway	Fyrbøter	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	5/16/1945	Haugesund	6/4/1946
Karl Wiedemann	Norway	Fyrbøter	Hull, Yorkshire, England	5/16/1945	Haugesund	6/4/1946
Reidar Hjorth Johannessen	Norway	Fyrbøter	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	4/25/1945	Rotterdam	8/26/1945
Emil Kristian Ingvald Berg	Norway	Fyrbøter	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	9/19/1944	Hull, Yorkshire, England	10/13/1944
Fritjof Jensen	Norway	Fyrbøter	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	6/30/1944	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	8/11/1944
Aage Sande	Norway	Fyrbøter	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	6/30/1944	Hull, Yorkshire, England	10/22/1944
Hans Severin Bjelland	Norway	Fyrbøter	London	6/22/1944	Hull, Yorkshire, England	10/20/1944