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 🠗₁	Position	Signed on		Signed off
Seafarer	Nationality 🠗₁	Position	Harbour	Date	Harbour	Date
Norman Angel Hansen	Canada	Fyrbøter	Unknown	10/6/1941	Unknown	11/4/1941
Charlie Le Blanc	Canada	Fyrbøter	Unknown	5/30/1941	Unknown	Unknown
John Pirtchard	Canada	Matros	Campbellton	5/21/1941	St. John's	8/29/1941
Roland Joseph Arsenault	Canada	Jungmann / Lettmatros	Unknown	5/15/1941	Unknown	7/9/1941
Barney McEachern	Canada	Lettmatros	Sydney	11/29/1940	Unknown	Unknown
John Piendel	Canada	Messegutt	Sydney	11/28/1940	Campbellton	5/16/1941
Kurt Nielsen	Denmark	Matros	Unknown	4/4/1941	Unknown	7/1/1941
Åge Feldhausen	Denmark	Båtsmann	Unknown	4/30/1940	Unknown	6/17/1940
Kaj Alfred Green	Denmark	Matros	Unknown	4/30/1940	Unknown	6/17/1940
Egon Pedersen	Denmark	Matros	Unknown	4/30/1940	Unknown	6/17/1940
Helge Petersen	Denmark	Lettmatros	Unknown	4/12/1940	Philadelphia	6/17/1940
Are Vainola	Estonia	ukjent	Liverpool	5/5/1944	Hull, Yorkshire, England	10/20/1944
Kaarlo (Youri) Vuori	Finland	ukjent	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Pentti A. Koivisto	Finland	Fyrbøter	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	6/8/1945	Unknown	6/13/1947
V. Anton Kyto	Finland	Båtsmann	Unknown	10/15/1941	Unknown	Unknown
Toivo B. Rytkonen	Finland	Matros	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	3/7/1941	Alliert havn	10/6/1941
Unto K. (Uhro) Sålvalainen (Saavolainen)	Finland	Lettmatros	Unknown	3/7/1941	Unknown	3/19/1941
Anton Back	Finland	Båtsmann	Philadelphia	6/19/1940	Unknown	Unknown
Fabian Noel	France	Matros	Unknown	8/31/1941	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	9/30/1941
Anton Klemen	Yugoslavia	Fyrbøter	Gravesend	1/29/1942	Gravesend	2/25/1942
Kasemir Kibilds	Latvia	Fyrbøter	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	7/2/1942	London	9/1/1942
Josuv Milianckas	Lithuania	ukjent	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	8/12/1944	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	6/7/1945
Arnold Bernhard Akseth	Norway	ukjent	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Erik A. Eriksen	Norway	ukjent	Unknown	Unknown	I utlandet	Unknown
Gustav Gundersen	Norway	ukjent	Unknown	Unknown	New York	5/11/1939