The information on registered seafarers is not in all cases complete. As new sources are studied, information on engagements and medals etc. will be added to some of the already registered seafarers.
William Karl Nilsen
- Date of birth
- December 29, 1923
- Date of death
- August 16, 2017
- Parents
- Gender
- Male
- Nationality
- Norway
- Birthplace
- Oslo
- Place of living
- Bredgt. 6, Oslo
- County
- Oslo
- Service
- Maritime inquiries 1939 - 1945
- Other
- Participant in WW2
Ex gratia-arkivet:
Registernummer under krigen: London 32633, NY 10879 og 29829.
Reiste til Norge 23. august 1945 ombord M/S BRETAGNE.
Statsborger USA 23. september 1953.
William Karl Nilsen, historikk av krigsseileren:
"The fifth ship, Askild, was the only ship I lost. Askild ran aground during heavy seas by Chance Cove, near Cape Race, Newfoundland on December 3rd, 1942. We lost two men. I had a close call and nearly drowned when my survival suit filled with icy water. The captain himself had rescued me. The crew was then sent to Halifax, Nova Scotia, for a brief respite before being sent again out to sea".
For historikk om da Nilsen dro fra Norge til New York med D/S BERGENSFJORD som 16-åring og så gikk inn i den norske handelsflåten, se "dokumenter". Historikken beskriver også hans liv etter krigen.
Sources
RA/S-3545/G/Gg
Privat arkiv avgitt til Arkivet freds- og menneskerettighetssenter
Engagements (11)
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Salonggutt
- Signed on
- Harbour: New York, NY, USA
Date: 8/4/1945 - Signed off
- Harbour: Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Date: 8/20/1945
- Ships
- T/T Finnmark
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Able seaman
- Signed on
- Harbour: New York, NY, USA
Date: 1/18/1945 - Signed off
- Harbour: New York, NY, USA
Date: 2/9/1945
- Ships
- D/S Aragon
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Able seaman
- Signed on
- Harbour: New York, NY, USA
Date: 3/14/1944 - Signed off
- Harbour: Wilmington, North Carolina, USA
Date: 12/28/1944
- Ships
- D/S Askepot
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Able seaman
- Signed on
- Harbour: New York, NY, USA
Date: 11/15/1943 - Signed off
- Harbour: New York, NY, USA
Date: 2/22/1944
- Ships
- D/S Aun
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Able seaman
- Signed on
- Harbour: New York, NY, USA
Date: 10/19/1943 - Signed off
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 11/15/1943
- Ships
- D/T Meline
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Ordinary seaman
- Signed on
- Harbour: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Date: 3/12/1943 - Signed off
- Harbour: New York, NY, USA
Date: 9/14/1943
- Ships
- D/S Askild
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Ordinary seaman
- Signed on
- Harbour: New York, NY, USA
Date: 7/23/1942 - Signed off
- Harbour: Grunnstøtt / Uvær
Date: 12/3/1942
- Ships
- M/S Reinholt
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Ordinary seaman
- Signed on
- Harbour: New York, NY, USA
Date: 3/10/1941 - Signed off
- Harbour: New York, NY, USA
Date: 8/12/1941
- Ships
- M/T Atlantic
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Salonggutt
- Signed on
- Harbour: New York, NY, USA
Date: 1/25/1941 - Signed off
- Harbour: New York, NY, USA
Date: 2/17/1941
- Ships
- M/S Trondanger
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Messboy
- Signed on
- Harbour: New York, NY, USA
Date: 6/17/1940 - Signed off
- Harbour: New York, NY, USA
Date: 11/18/1940
- Ships
- D/S Bergensfjord
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Reservemann
- Signed on
- Harbour: Om bord pr.
Date: 3/30/1940 - Signed off
- Harbour: New York, NY, USA
Date: 5/6/1940
Voyages
Places of Service (0)
Medals (3)
Going through new source material in order to document the war sailors and their history is an ongoing and extensive effort, and there exist no complete register over decorations awarded. Infomation about medals will therefore be registered gradually and be based on different source materials. The war sailors were awarded medals both during and after the war. Do you want to read more about decorations, then please study this page: Decorations