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.
Eilif Gunvald Steier
- Date of birth
- January 23, 1908
- Date of death
- October 21, 1965
- Parents
- Gender
- Male
- Nationality
- Norway
- Birthplace
- Bragernes, Drammen
- Place of living
- Drammen
- County
- Buskerud
- Service
- Rank
- Has sailed for shipping company
- Education
- Member of sailor club
- Maritime inquiries 1939 - 1945
- Other
- Participant in WW2
Ex gratia-arkivet:
Registernummer under krigen: London 2800, NY 25987.
Gift med (ifølge London kort): Alfhild Steier, Amtmann Bredersgate 13, Drammen.
Privat arkiv:
Eilif reiste ut som dekksgutt i 1925. Han trivdes til sjøs, fullførte styrmannsutdanning i 1932 og avla skipsførereksamen året etter. Under krigen seilte han hovedsakelig på eldre dampskip som gikk på Østen. Som fungerende kaptein på D/S "Hermod" opplevde han at dette skipet ble senket av japanerne i Bengalbukta den 6. april 1942. To år senere, 14. april 1944, var Eilif førstestyrmann på det panamaregistrerte D/S "Norse Trader", da dette skipet ble totalskadet i eksplosjonen i Bombay havn. For å redde livet måtte Eilif hoppe ut i den brennende oljesjøen. Han ble skadet i benet og fikk et lengre sykehusopphold.
Eilif fortsatte å seile etter krigen, og ble skipsfører i 1947. Den 21. oktober 1965 døde han om bord i T/T "Moscliff". Skipet befant seg da utenfor Okinawa.
Eilif var svært glad i arbeidet sitt, og skal ha vært en grei og omgjengelig sjef som aldri glemte hvordan det var å være ung sjømann. Han giftet seg i 1938 med Alfhild Helene Nylund og fikk etter krigen to døtre.
Sources
Sjøforklaringer fra 2. verdenskrig
Privat arkiv avgitt til Stiftelsen Arkivet
RA/S-3545/G/Gg
Engagements (30)
- Ships
- T/T Moscliff
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Captain
- Signed on
- Harbour: Kuwait
Date: 3/13/1965 - Signed off
- Harbour: Døde om bord
Date: 10/21/1965
- Ships
- M/T Mosoil
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Captain
- Signed on
- Harbour: Kuwait
Date: 9/1/1964 - Signed off
- Harbour: Avonmouth
Date: 3/12/1965
- Ships
- M/S Mosdale
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Captain
- Signed on
- Harbour: Nagasaki
Date: 9/1/1961 - Signed off
- Harbour: Brisbane
Date: 5/6/1963
- Ships
- M/T Mostank
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Captain
- Signed on
- Harbour: Kobe
Date: 6/26/1957 - Signed off
- Harbour: Kuwait
Date: 4/3/1961
- Ships
- M/T Mostank
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- First mate
- Signed on
- Harbour: Tamano
Date: 1/16/1957 - Signed off
- Harbour: Kobe
Date: 6/26/1957
- Ships
- M/T Uraga
- Nationality
- Liberia
- Rank
- Captain
- Signed on
- Harbour: Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Date: 6/15/1956 - Signed off
- Harbour: Kobe
Date: 1/15/1957
- Ships
- M/T Mosoil
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- 1. Styrmann / Kaptein
- Signed on
- Harbour: Hamburg, Tyskland
Date: August 1952 - Signed off
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 7/27/1955
- Ships
- M/T Mosli
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Captain
- Signed on
- Harbour: Stavanger
Date: 5/14/1947 - Signed off
- Harbour: Stavanger
Date: 7/10/1950
- Ships
- M/T Mosli
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- First mate
- Signed on
- Harbour: Stavanger
Date: 3/6/1946 - Signed off
- Harbour: Stavanger
Date: 5/14/1947
- Ships
- M/T Mosli
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Second mate
- Signed on
- Harbour: Bombay
Date: 2/12/1945 - Signed off
- Harbour: Stavanger
Date: 3/6/1946
- Ships
- D/S Løvstad
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- First mate
- Signed on
- Harbour: Calcutta, Vest Bengal, India
Date: 11/20/1944 - Signed off
- Harbour: Calcutta, Vest Bengal, India
Date: 12/2/1944
- Ships
- D/S Lyder Sagen
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- First mate
- Signed on
- Harbour: Calcutta, Vest Bengal, India
Date: 5/25/1944 - Signed off
- Harbour: Calcutta, Vest Bengal, India
Date: 11/4/1944
- Ships
- D/S Norse Trader
- Nationality
- Panama
- Rank
- First mate
- Signed on
- Harbour: Calcutta, Vest Bengal, India
Date: 8/1/1943 - Signed off
- Harbour: Eksplosjon under lasting/lossing
Date: 4/14/1944
- Ships
- D/S Graciosa
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- First mate
- Signed on
- Harbour: Bombay
Date: 6/20/1942 - Signed off
- Harbour: Bombay
Date: 11/5/1942
- Ships
- D/S Hermod
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Captain
- Signed on
- Harbour: Calcutta, Vest Bengal, India
Date: 3/27/1942 - Signed off
- Harbour: Beskutt av skip/ubåt/land
Date: 4/6/1942
- Ships
- D/S Hermod
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- First mate
- Signed on
- Harbour: Rangoon
Date: 1/20/1941 - Signed off
- Harbour: Calcutta, Vest Bengal, India
Date: 3/27/1942
- Ships
- D/S Hermod
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Second mate
- Signed on
- Harbour: Hongkong, China
Date: 11/22/1940 - Signed off
- Harbour: Rangoon
Date: 1/20/1941
- Ships
- D/S Hermod
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- First mate
- Signed on
- Harbour: Bangkok, Thailand
Date: 9/8/1940 - Signed off
- Harbour: Hongkong, China
Date: 11/22/1940
- Ships
- D/S Hermod
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Second mate
- Signed on
- Harbour: Singapore
Date: 7/4/1938 - Signed off
- Harbour: Bangkok, Thailand
Date: 9/8/1940
- Ships
- M/S Hai Hing
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Third mate
- Signed on
- Harbour: Drammen
Date: 5/25/1938 - Signed off
- Harbour: Singapore
Date: 7/3/1938
- Ships
- M/T Credo
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Second mate
- Signed on
- Harbour: Rotterdam, Nederland
Date: 3/2/1938 - Signed off
- Harbour: Risør
Date: 5/14/1938
- Ships
- M/T Credo
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Third mate
- Signed on
- Harbour: Hamburg, Tyskland
Date: 3/5/1937 - Signed off
- Harbour: Rotterdam, Nederland
Date: 3/1/1938
- Ships
- M/T Hamlet
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Third mate
- Signed on
- Harbour: Stavanger
Date: 10/12/1936 - Signed off
- Harbour: Hamburg, Tyskland
Date: 3/5/1937
- Ships
- D/S Hellen
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Boatswain
- Signed on
- Harbour: New York, NY, USA
Date: 8/1/1935 - Signed off
- Harbour: Antwerpen
Date: 1/14/1936
- Ships
- D/S Hellen
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Able seaman
- Signed on
- Harbour: Gøteborg, Västra Götaland, Sverige
Date: 6/15/1934 - Signed off
- Harbour: New York, NY, USA
Date: 4/13/1935
- Ships
- M/jagt Haab
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Dekksmann
- Signed on
- Harbour: Drammen
Date: 7/15/1932 - Signed off
- Harbour: Drammen
Date: 8/2/1932
- Ships
- M/T Hamlet
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Ordinary seaman
- Signed on
- Harbour: Hamburg, Tyskland
Date: 2/28/1930 - Signed off
- Harbour: Hamburg, Tyskland
Date: 7/10/1931
- Ships
- D/S Hermion
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Jungmann
- Signed on
- Harbour: Rotterdam, Nederland
Date: 12/15/1927 - Signed off
- Harbour: Hamburg, Tyskland
Date: 7/12/1929
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Medals (2)
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