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
Oliver William Hodgson	Great Britain	ukjent	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	5/17/1945	Kopervik	1/31/1946
Donald Blackwell	Great Britain	Messegutt	Liverpool	5/4/1944	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	7/14/1944
William Brown		Lemper	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	9/15/1942	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	10/31/1942
Roland Joseph Gaudet	Canada	Lettmatros	Halifax	7/9/1940	Unknown	11/5/1940
Patrick Ryan	USA	Matros	Philadelphia	6/19/1940	Alliert havn	5/20/1941
Alexander Salomon Hult	Sweden	Fyrbøter	Cardiff, Wales, UK	3/1/1944	Unknown	Unknown
Alfred Molloy	Great Britain	Sjømann av ukjent grad	Unknown	Unknown	Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England	5/13/1943
Peter Oshea	Great Britain	Smører	Hull, Yorkshire, England	5/22/1945	London	7/26/1945
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
Leslie Gerhard Raistrick	Great Britain	Lettmatros	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	4/24/1945	Hartlepool	6/20/1945
Valentine Cooke	Great Britain	2. Telegrafist	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	9/20/1944	Hull, Yorkshire, England	10/19/1944
Albert Murray	Great Britain	Skytter	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	9/19/1944	Hull, Yorkshire, England	10/24/1944
Ronald Pudsey	Great Britain	Skytter	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	9/19/1944	Hull, Yorkshire, England	10/24/1944
S. Sizer	Great Britain	Skytter	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	9/19/1944	Hull, Yorkshire, England	10/24/1944
A. Thomas	Great Britain	Skytter	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	9/19/1944	Hull, Yorkshire, England	10/24/1944
Valentine Cooke	Great Britain	2. Telegrafist	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	9/4/1944	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	9/14/1944
Reginald Gettit	Great Britain	Hjelpegutt	London	7/24/1944	Hull, Yorkshire, England	10/26/1944
Robert Alexander	New Zealand	Matros	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	7/21/1944	Hull, Yorkshire, England	4/9/1945
Lewis Massow	Great Britain	Skytter	London	7/11/1944	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	9/14/1944
Stanley Morton	Great Britain	Skytter	London	7/11/1944	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	9/14/1944
Derek R. Whitehead	Great Britain	Telegrafist	Southampton	6/22/1944	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	8/28/1944
John Bagley	Great Britain	Skytter	Hull, Yorkshire, England	5/24/1944	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	9/14/1944
William Beckett	Great Britain	Skytter	Hull, Yorkshire, England	5/24/1944	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	9/14/1944
C. R. Smith	Great Britain	Skytter	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England	1/19/1944	Hull, Yorkshire, England	5/24/1944