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 🠗₁	Date
Ernoy Cross	Great Britain	Skytter	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	4/20/1942	Alliert havn	Unknown
Adolf A. Johansen	Norway	Matros / Skytter	Alliert havn	7/12/1941	Alliert havn	12/20/1941
Birger Dagfinn Henriksen	Norway	Fyrbøter	Alliert havn	6/30/1941	Alliert havn	10/8/1941
Toivo B. Rytkonen	Finland	Matros	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	3/7/1941	Alliert havn	10/6/1941
Patrick Ryan	USA	Matros	Philadelphia	6/19/1940	Alliert havn	5/20/1941
Albert William Ainscough	Great Britain	1. Telegrafist	Hull, Yorkshire, England	5/18/1945	Avmønstret før	12/31/1945
James Eric Buckley	Great Britain	Messegutt	Hull, Yorkshire, England	5/1/1945	Avmønstret før	12/31/1945
Sigfrid Martin Jørgensen	Norway	1. Styrmann	Kristiansand	7/19/1946	Bergen	3/15/1948
Peder Pedersen	Norway	Skipsfører	Bergen	10/31/1945	Bergen	4/18/1946
Morten Andreas Monsen Høylandskjær	Norway	Donkeymann	River Tyne	1/21/1943	Bergen	11/1/1945
Fritjof Svendsås	Norway	Donkeymann	Ålesund	9/8/1939	Bergen	11/20/1939
Arne Daniel Johansen	Norway	Fyrbøter	Liverpool	7/28/1943	Blyth	9/4/1943
John Simpson	Great Britain	3. Telegrafist	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	6/16/1943	Blyth	9/3/1943
K. Taylor	Great Britain	Skytter	Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England	6/3/1943	Blyth	9/7/1943
Trygve Elias Kleppe	Norway	ukjent	Unknown	2/26/1942	Blyth	3/30/1942
Gunvar Kåre Johnsen	Norway	Fyrbøter	Alliert havn	1/28/1942	Blyth	3/30/1942
Thoralf Pedersen	Norway	Fyrbøter	Unknown	1/28/1942	Blyth	3/30/1942
Hjalmar Johan Johansen Hodneland	Norway	Fyrbøter	Reykjavik	10/7/1940	Blyth	4/7/1941
Gustaf Helmer Børresen	Norway	Matros	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	6/21/1945	Bodø	9/30/1945
Sverre Sagstad	Norway	2. Styrmann	Liverpool	4/24/1945	Bodø	10/22/1945
Rolf Peter Wessel Nielsen	Norway	3. Maskinist	River Tyne	12/8/1942	Bodø	10/23/1945
Ole Mikal Blikshavn	Norway	1. Styrmann	London	1/21/1942	Bodø	10/22/1945
Robert Eugen Bergmann	Norway	ukjent	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	11/13/1943	Bristol, Gloucestershire, England	4/21/1944
Ole Peder Nielsen	Norway	1. Styrmann	New Orleans	9/14/1936	Bristol, Gloucestershire, England	11/4/1938
John Piendel	Canada	Messegutt	Sydney	11/28/1940	Campbellton	5/16/1941