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 🠗₁	Harbour	Date
Finn Andree Rasmussen	Norway	ukjent	Unknown	5/31/1943	Unknown	7/31/1943
Helge Eliassen	Norway	Matros	San Pedro, California, USA	6/3/1943	Sydney	4/3/1944
Arthur Hewitson	Great Britain	ukjent	Balboa	6/18/1943	San Pedro, California, USA	10/9/1943
Hans Georg Sørenes	Norway	Motormann	San Pedro, California, USA	6/28/1943	Sydney	1/5/1944
Knut Hellem	Norway	ukjent	San Pedro, California, USA	7/22/1943	Sydney	11/29/1943
Ole Hartvig Olavesen	Norway	Båtsmann	San Pedro, California, USA	7/22/1943	Sydney	3/9/1944
Hulvard Erkki Ruud Olsen	Norway	Motormann	San Pedro, California, USA	7/22/1943	Sydney	1/19/1944
Kåre Normann Johansen	Norway	Motormann	San Pedro, California, USA	7/26/1943	San Francisco	7/3/1946
Nils Bernhard Nilsen	Norway	Matros	San Pedro, California, USA	7/28/1943	Sydney	9/6/1944
Kolbjørn Bersås	Norway	Matros	Balboa	8/13/1943	Sydney	4/3/1944
Ole Berdines Knutsvik	Norway	Matros	San Pedro, California, USA	8/27/1943	San Francisco	1/3/1946
Arne Liljedahl	Norway	Kokk / Stuert	San Pedro, California, USA	8/30/1943	San Francisco	1/5/1946
Per Eugen Møller	Norway	Matros	Quepos	9/16/1943	Sydney	1/6/1944
Gustav Aksel Borne Alderin	Sweden	Maskingutt til Motormann	San Francisco	10/20/1943	Sydney	12/1/1943
Per Jeremias Pedersen	Norway	Motormann	San Francisco	10/20/1943	Sydney	10/25/1944
Ture Svenson	Sweden	Motormann	San Francisco	10/20/1943	Sydney	3/14/1944
Mary Emilia Cotton	Canada	Stewardess	San Francisco	10/21/1943	Sydney	1/18/1944
Rolf Asbjørn Frøland	Norway	ukjent	San Francisco	10/21/1943	Sydney	2/29/1944
Arvid Lorentzen	Norway	Matros / Båtsmann	San Francisco	10/21/1943	Brisbane	2/10/1945
Arthur Viggo Skjold	Norway	Motormann	San Francisco	10/21/1943	Sydney	3/1/1944
John Egil Næsheim	Norway	Matros	Sydney	11/30/1943	Sydney	5/19/1944
Lewis Oakley	Great Britain	Smører	Sydney	1/6/1944	Sydney	1/14/1944
Patrick Thomas Carson	Australia	Smører / Motormann	Sydney	1/11/1944	Unknown	Unknown
Leif Karsten Fjeldly	Norway	Matros / Skytter	Sydney	1/17/1944	Sydney	2/10/1944
Birger Hart Hansen	Norway	Matros	Sydney	1/20/1944	Sydney	3/16/1944