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	Signed on		Signed off
Seafarer	Nationality	Position	Harbour	Date	Harbour	Date 🠗₁
Andreas Andersen Myhre	Norway	Motormann	Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada	4/2/1943	New York, NY, USA	9/12/1943
Eilert Johan Johannessen Fluør	Norway	Telegrafist	New York, NY, USA	8/30/1943	Manchester, England	9/16/1943
Donald Forbes J. McDonald	Great Britain	3. Telegrafist	Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Skottland	7/30/1943	Om bord pr.	10/9/1943
Hans H. Hermansen	Norway	Væpningsoffiser	Liverpool, Lancashire, England	9/20/1943	New York, NY, USA	10/11/1943
Anker Kristiansen	Norway	ukjent	Alliert havn	9/20/1943	Unknown	10/11/1943
Anker Kristiansen	Norway	Væpningsoffiser	Liverpool, Lancashire, England	9/20/1943	New York, NY, USA	10/11/1943
Wilfred Seed	Canada	Messemann	New York, NY, USA	8/27/1943	New York, NY, USA	10/29/1943
Aurelev Marcel Payment	Canada	Messegutt	Unknown	Unknown	New York, NY, USA	10/30/1943
Kåre Oliver Øen	Norway	Motormann	New York, NY, USA	10/13/1943	Unknown	11/3/1943
Søren Emil Lura	Norway	Matros / Skytter	Liverpool, Lancashire, England	4/19/1943	Liverpool, Lancashire, England	11/6/1943
Bernhard Severin Sivertsen	Norway	ukjent	Liverpool, Lancashire, England	11/16/1942	New York, NY, USA	11/24/1943
Torstein Birkenes	Norway	Motormann	New York, NY, USA	8/23/1943	New York, NY, USA	11/26/1943
Finn Normann Eriksen	Norway	2. Kokk	Barrow in Furness	11/16/1942	New York, NY, USA	12/9/1943
Barry McCormick	Great Britain	Messegutt til Lettmatros	New York, NY, USA	12/8/1943	New York, NY, USA	12/31/1943
Kristian Martin Ødegaard	Norway	Telegrafist	New York, NY, USA	10/20/1942	St. John	1/15/1944
Reidar Mathias Frantzen	Norway	Kokk	Liverpool, Lancashire, England	9/25/1942	Gourock, Iverclyde, Skottland	2/6/1944
Gunnar P. M. Rodin	Sweden	Kokk	New York, NY, USA	12/15/1943	New York, NY, USA	2/21/1944
Manuel Pinto	Portugal	Lettmatros / Matros	Cardiff, Wales, UK	6/9/1943	New York, NY, USA	2/21/1944
Stanley Siegfried Emanuels	Suriname	Maskingutt	New York, NY, USA	1/3/1944	New York, NY, USA	2/23/1944
Ivar Michael Michaelsen	Norway	3. Styrmann	Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada	7/4/1943	New York, NY, USA	2/26/1944
Birger Adolf Westrum	Norway	Matros	New York, NY, USA	8/24/1943	Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, England	3/12/1944
Leslie Morris	Great Britain	ukjent	New York, NY, USA	2/25/1944	Liverpool, Lancashire, England	3/16/1944
Severin Emil Sivertsen	Norway	Donkeymann	San Pedro, California, USA	10/17/1941	Liverpool, Lancashire, England	3/16/1944
Harold Faulconbridge	Great Britain	Messegutt	Cardiff, Wales, UK	6/11/1943	Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Skottland	4/21/1944
Sigurd Ørnulf Mørk	Norway	2. Telegrafist	Liverpool, Lancashire, England	9/17/1943	Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Skottland	4/22/1944