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 🠗₁	Date	Harbour	Date
Gunvar Kåre Johnsen	Norway	Fyrbøter	Alliert havn	1/28/1942	Blyth, Northumberland, England	3/30/1942
Adolf A. Johansen	Norway	Matros / Skytter	Alliert havn	7/12/1941	Alliert havn	12/20/1941
Birger Dagfinn Henriksen	Norway	Fyrbøter	Alliert havn	6/30/1941	Alliert havn	10/8/1941
Bernhard Gunnerius Rossland	Norway	Matros / Skytter	Alliert havn	3/18/1941	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, Northumberland, England	7/3/1941
Peder Pedersen	Norway	Skipsfører	Bergen	10/31/1945	Bergen	4/18/1946
Ole Thorvald Martin Rolfsen	Norway	Dekksgutt	Bergen	4/16/1925	Hamburg, Tyskland	5/14/1926
Robert Williamson	Great Britain	Fyrbøter	Blyth, Northumberland, England	9/9/1943	Southampton, Hampshire, England	6/23/1944
Allan W. Hubbard	Great Britain	Skytter	Blyth, Northumberland, England	9/7/1943	London, England	1/11/1944
James Coulthard	Great Britain	ukjent	Blyth, Northumberland, England	4/21/1942	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, Northumberland, England	7/2/1942
John Pirtchard	Canada	Matros	Campbellton	5/21/1941	St. John's	8/29/1941
Arne Geerth Køning Olsen	Norway	Lemper	Cardenas	5/1/1935	Unknown	6/30/1935
Alexander Salomon Hult	Sweden	Fyrbøter	Cardiff, Wales, UK	3/1/1944	Unknown	Unknown
Tørner Magnus Kristiansen	Norway	Fyrbøter	Cardiff, Wales, UK	2/25/1942	Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, Northumberland, England	5/11/1942
Viktor Verner Jellsin	Norway	Stuert	England	11/28/1934	London, England	2/8/1941
Harald Cato Olsen Hellevik	Norway	2. Maskinist	Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Skottland	5/7/1945	Kristiansand	7/7/1946
John Robert Samuelsen	Norway	Matros	Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Skottland	7/21/1944	River Tyne	9/19/1944
Robert Wilhelm Rydberg	Norway	2. Maskinist	Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Skottland	4/14/1943	London, England	4/1/1944
Karl Leon Falch	Norway	2. Styrmann	Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Skottland	3/25/1941	Unknown	4/2/1941
Georg Fredrik Karlsen	Norway	Fyrbøter	Gravesend	1/29/1942	Gravesend	2/25/1942
Anton Klemen	Yugoslavia	Fyrbøter	Gravesend	1/29/1942	Gravesend	2/25/1942
Leslie Lancaster	Great Britain	Dekksgutt	Gravesend	1/29/1942	Gravesend	5/18/1942
Roland Joseph Gaudet	Canada	Lettmatros	Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada	7/9/1940	Unknown	11/5/1940
Trygve Larsen Hellenes	Norway	Lettmatros	Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada	7/9/1940	Unknown	3/14/1941
John Røsand	Norway	Matros	Hull, Yorkshire, England	10/4/1945	Narvik	5/15/1946
Peter Oshea	Great Britain	Smører	Hull, Yorkshire, England	5/22/1945	London, England	7/26/1945