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.
John Christian Christensen
- Date of birth
- September 26, 1914
- Date of death
- April 21, 2006
- Parents
- Gender
- Male
- Nationality
- Norway
- Birthplace
- Kolbjørnsvik, Hisøy
- Place of living
- Kolbjørnsvik, Arendal
- County
- Aust-Agder
- Service
- Enlistment district
- Maritime inquiries 1939 - 1945
- Other
- Participant in WW2
Ex gratia-arkivet:
Registernummer under krigen: London 15587, NY 28096.
Påmønstret NUEVA ANDALUCIA etter forlis. I 1942 ble akterskipet berget.
Privat arkiv:
I tidssrommet 1936 til 1938 gikk John Christian Christensen først på styrmannsskolen i Arendal og deretter på radioskolen i Oslo.
Fra 29.07.1939 var han 3. styrmann.
Fra 07.03.1940 var han 2. styrmann.
Fra 06.05.1942 var han 1. styrmann.
Båten Christensen kom hjem med i august 1945, var M/S GEISHA. Var da påmønstret som ekstramann, men avanserte til matros.
Christensen gikk på skipperskolen etter 2. verdenskrig - 1945-46.
Fra 05.08.1948 var han skipsfører.
Christensen seilte med båtene til Texaco Norway under hele andre verdenskrig og bodde hele sitt liv på Hisøy. Han fortsatte å seile til 1969/1970.
ARKIVET har en kopi av et lydopptak med to intervjuer. Et privat opptak fra den 10. oktober 1988 (Ellen Thorstensen, Tromøy) og et opptak fra nærradioen "Radio 3", 14. august 1990 (Karl Johan Emanuelsen).
Bror til Hans Bernhard Christensen.
Norges Skipsførere:
Æresmedlem av Arendals Sjømandsforening
Sources
RA/S-3545/G/Gg
Norges Skibsførere, Annen utgave 1935-53
Privat arkiv avgitt til Arkivet freds- og menneskerettighetssenter
RA/S-3545/G/Gi/L0004
SAK/2031-0012/F/Fb/L0003, Arendal mønstringskrets
Engagements (24)
- Ships
- T/T Texaco Belgium
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Unkown
- Signed on
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 8/1/1968 - Signed off
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 7/31/1969
- Ships
- T/T Texaco Belgium
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Unkown
- Signed on
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 3/28/1967 - Signed off
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 4/10/1968
- Ships
- T/T Texaco Belgium
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Unkown
- Signed on
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 9/30/1965 - Signed off
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 11/30/1966
- Ships
- M/T Texaco Oslo
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Unkown
- Signed on
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 2/18/1965 - Signed off
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 8/20/1965
- Ships
- M/T Texaco Bogota
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Unkown
- Signed on
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 4/19/1963 - Signed off
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 4/30/1964
- Ships
- M/T Texaco Britannia
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Unkown
- Signed on
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 9/18/1961 - Signed off
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 11/21/1962
- Ships
- M/T Brasil
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Unkown
- Signed on
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 4/8/1959 - Signed off
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 12/23/1960
- Ships
- M/T Brasil
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Unkown
- Signed on
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 7/21/1956 - Signed off
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 4/2/1958
- Ships
- M/T Gallia
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Unkown
- Signed on
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 11/30/1953 - Signed off
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 2/4/1956
- Ships
- M/T Europe
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Unkown
- Signed on
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 8/6/1951 - Signed off
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 7/11/1952
- Ships
- M/T El Caribe
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Unkown
- Signed on
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 1/5/1950 - Signed off
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 3/24/1951
- Ships
- M/T Europe
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Unkown
- Signed on
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 5/13/1949 - Signed off
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 1/4/1950
- Ships
- M/T America
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Unkown
- Signed on
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 9/9/1946 - Signed off
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 4/11/1948
- Ships
- M/S Geisha
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- First mate
- Signed on
- Harbour: New York, NY, USA
Date: 7/12/1945 - Signed off
- Harbour: Bergen
Date: 8/10/1946
- Ships
- M/T Skandinavia
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- First mate
- Signed on
- Harbour: Alliert havn
Date: 5/6/1944 - Signed off
- Harbour: Alliert havn
Date: 7/11/1945
- Ships
- M/T Skandinavia
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- First mate
- Signed on
- Harbour: New York, NY, USA
Date: 10/14/1942 - Signed off
- Harbour: New York, NY, USA
Date: 10/7/1943
- Ships
- M/T Nueva Andalucia
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- First mate
- Signed on
- Harbour: New York, NY, USA
Date: 9/11/1942 - Signed off
- Harbour: New York, NY, USA
Date: 10/13/1942
- Ships
- M/T Solitaire
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- First mate
- Signed on
- Harbour: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Date: 5/7/1942 - Signed off
- Harbour: New York, NY, USA
Date: 9/10/1942
- Ships
- M/T Nueva Andalucia
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- First mate
- Signed on
- Harbour: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Date: 1/12/1942 - Signed off
- Harbour: Grunnstøtt / Uvær
Date: 3/22/1942
- Ships
- M/T Nueva Andalucia
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- First mate
- Signed on
- Harbour: Oslo
Date: 3/9/1940 - Signed off
- Harbour: New York, NY, USA
Date: 11/9/1941
- Ships
- M/T Brasil
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- 3. Styrmann / Telegrafist
- Signed on
- Harbour: Oslo
Date: 9/10/1938 - Signed off
- Harbour: Gøteborg, Västra Götaland, Sverige
Date: 3/7/1940
- Ships
- M/T Solitaire
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Unkown
- Signed on
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 11/13/1933 - Signed off
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 6/4/1936
- Ships
- D/S Kronstad
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Unkown
- Signed on
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 7/1/1931 - Signed off
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 9/25/1931
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Unkown
- Signed on
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 5/1/1930 - Signed off
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 9/24/1930
Voyages
Places of Service (0)
Medals (2)
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
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