M/S California Express

Call sign: LFDP
Class: DNV1A1 med fribord
Shipping company: Sigurd Herlofson & Co, Oslo
Nationality: Norway
Home port: Oslo
Enlistment district: Oslo

Shipyard

Name: Gøtaverken Mek. Verk., Gøteborg, Sverige
Build year: 1934
Yard number: 477
Month of delivery: Januar

Other

Participant in WW2
Civilian ship

Tonnage

Gross tonnage:: 3.649
Net tonnage:: 2.219

Engine

Propulsion:: Gøtaverken
Engine size:: Bhk 4200 Nhk 641

Dimensions

Length:: 338.40'
Beam:: 47.20'
Draft:: 27.10'

Miscellaneous

Crew list

Seafarer	Nationality	Position 🠗₁	Signed on		Signed off
Seafarer	Nationality	Position 🠗₁	Harbour	Date	Harbour	Date
Søren Emil Lura	Norway	Matros / Skytter	Liverpool, Lancashire, England	4/19/1943	Liverpool, Lancashire, England	11/6/1943
Thorolf Thorvaldsen	Norway	Matros / Skytter	Liverpool, Lancashire, England	3/16/1943	Aarhus	9/8/1945
Olaf Alfred Kvam	Norway	Matros / Skytter	Alliert havn	12/2/1942	New York, NY, USA	9/15/1944
Harry Peder Ohlsen	Norway	Matros / Skytter	Barrow on Humber	12/2/1942	Unknown	3/12/1943
Arne Olsen	Norway	Matros / Skytter	Barrow on Humber	11/28/1942	Bristol, Gloucestershire, England	1/21/1943
Kornelius Korneliussen	Norway	Matros / Skytter	Barrow in Furness	11/25/1942	New York, NY, USA	8/24/1943
Kornelius Korneliussen	Norway	Matros / Skytter	New York, NY, USA	10/17/1942	Barrow in Furness	11/17/1942
Sverre Johan Egge	Norway	Matros / Skytter	Alliert havn	9/8/1942	Alliert havn	11/17/1942
Ole Georg Trøan	Norway	Matros / Skytter	New York, NY, USA	8/3/1942	Gøteborg, Västra Götaland, Sverige	11/30/1945
Thorleif Olsen	Norway	Matros / Skytter	New York, NY, USA	7/31/1942	New York, NY, USA	9/11/1942
Kornelius Korneliussen	Norway	Matros / Skytter	Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada	4/25/1942	New York, NY, USA	8/1/1942
Oskar Karl Heltne	Norway	Matros / Skytter	New York, NY, USA	4/10/1942	New York, NY, USA	8/3/1942
Arne Petter Roland Brede	Norway	Matros og tømmermann	Rotterdam, Nederland	7/10/1935	Moss	9/3/1936
Aurelev Marcel Payment	Canada	Messegutt	Unknown	Unknown	New York, NY, USA	10/30/1943
Edward Driscoll	Great Britain	Messegutt	Cardiff, Wales, UK	12/29/1944	Avonmouth	3/14/1945
Charles Duncan	Ireland	Messegutt	New York, NY, USA	9/13/1944	Unknown	Unknown
Merven Hayes	Canada	Messegutt	New York, NY, USA	8/9/1944	New York, NY, USA	9/7/1944
Edmund Morgan	Great Britain	Messegutt	Liverpool, Lancashire, England	7/14/1944	Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Skottland	8/24/1944
Stanley Pemberton	Great Britain	Messegutt	Manchester, England	3/15/1944	Manchester, England	6/6/1944
Hsing Chan	China	Messegutt	New York, NY, USA	2/22/1944	Unknown	Unknown
John Woods	Great Britain	Messegutt	Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Skottland	8/6/1943	New York, NY, USA	8/28/1943
Harold Faulconbridge	Great Britain	Messegutt	Cardiff, Wales, UK	6/11/1943	Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Skottland	4/21/1944
George Chacketts (Chackhetts)	Great Britain	Messegutt	Cardiff, Wales, UK	6/9/1943	Unknown	Unknown
David Conway	Great Britain	Messegutt	Liverpool, Lancashire, England	3/12/1943	Liverpool, Lancashire, England	3/20/1943
George Chacketts (Chackhetts)	Great Britain	Messegutt	Manchester, England	3/5/1943	Unknown	Unknown