M/S British Columbia Express

Call sign: LJHC
Shipping company: Sigurd Herlofson & Co, Oslo
Nationality: Norway
Home port: Oslo
Enlistment district: Oslo

Shipyard

Name: Gøtaverken Mek. Verk., Gøteborg, Sverige
Build year: 1936
Yard number: 500
Month of delivery: november

Other

Participant in WW2
Civilian ship

Tonnage

Gross tonnage:: 3.339
Net tonnage:: 1.869
Deadweight:: 4.000

Engine

Propulsion:: Gøtaverken
Engine size:: BHK 5200
Speed:: 16,5 knop

Dimensions

Length:: 364.4'
Beam:: 50.3'
Draft:: 21.3'

Miscellaneous

Crew list

Seafarer	Nationality	Position	Signed on		Signed off
Seafarer	Nationality	Position	Harbour	Date	Harbour	Date
Palmer Hansen	Norway	Motormann	Om bord pr.	4/9/1940	San Francisco	8/10/1940
Arne Mathisen	Norway	Motormann	Seattle	11/21/1939	San Francisco	7/7/1942
Ernst Mareno Gundersen	Norway	Motormann	Rotterdam	7/27/1939	San Francisco	8/11/1942
Arne Klevjer	Norway	Motormann	Rotterdam	7/24/1939	Seattle	7/3/1942
Kristian Magnar Veiseth	Norway	Motormann	Unknown	7/1/1939	Unknown	2/7/1941
John Andersen	Norway	Motormann	Unknown	4/16/1939	Unknown	6/17/1939
Johannes Hansen	Norway	Messemann	Sydney	3/9/1944	San Francisco	1/2/1946
Harry Darter	USA	Messegutt	Alliert havn	Unknown	Seattle	6/30/1942
Kenneth Graves		Messegutt	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Robert McDonald	USA	Messegutt	Unknown	Unknown	Balboa	4/24/1942
Ban He Ah	China	Messegutt	Sydney	8/13/1945	Unknown	Unknown
Bjarne Josef Jørgensen	Norway	Messegutt	Sydney	8/19/1944	Sydney	9/6/1944
Robert Gonsdal	Australia	Messegutt	Sydney	7/11/1944	Sydney	8/18/1944
Russel J. Moran	Great Britain	Messegutt	Sydney	3/7/1944	Sydney	4/4/1944
Kåre Normann Johansen	Norway	Messegutt	San Pedro, California, USA	11/23/1942	San Pedro, California, USA	6/1/1943
Howard Scott	Canada	Messegutt	Seattle	7/3/1942	San Francisco	8/11/1942
Bill Wickland	USA	Messegutt	Seattle	5/11/1942	Unknown	Unknown
Arthur Douglas	Canada	Messegutt	Vancouver	3/25/1942	Seattle	5/11/1942
Norman Trenholme	Canada	Messegutt	Seattle	3/7/1942	San Francisco	8/11/1942
Hans Anker Jørgensen	Norway	Messegutt	Unknown	10/9/1941	Unknown	1/31/1942
Leif Karsten Fjeldly	Norway	Matros / Skytter	Sydney	1/17/1944	Sydney	2/10/1944
Arne Magnus Bisgaard	Norway	Matros / Skytter	Unknown	3/18/1943	Unknown	3/24/1943
Erik Lien	Norway	Matros / Skytter	Alliert havn	3/17/1943	Alliert havn	1/15/1944
Arne Maurice Teisen	Norway	Matros / Skytter	Unknown	3/17/1943	Unknown	1/17/1944
Harald Marinius Andersen	Norway	Matros / Skytter	Balboa	8/26/1942	San Pedro, California, USA	12/21/1942