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.

Kristian Asbjørn Gavlen (Kristiansen)

Date of birth: August 18, 1906
Date of death: November 14, 1941
Cause of death: War-related shipwreck
Parents
Gender: Male
Nationality: Norway
Birthplace: Velfjord, Brønnøy
Place of living: Sandefjord
County: Vestfold
Utlandet
Nordland
Service: Utenlandsk handelsflåte 1939-1945
Norsk handelsflåte i nøytral fart 1939-1940
Rank: Styrmann
Captain
Education: Skipsførerskole
Other: Participant in WW2
Whaling expedition 1939-1940

Kristian Asbjørn Gavlen - Bilde v/ Bjørg Karin Bachke
Picture 1 of 2

Ex gratia-arkivet:

Registernummer under krigen: London 15935.

Gift med (jf. London-kort): Kathleen Gee fra Stoke - on - Trent, Staffordshire, England. 1. barn.

Våre Falne:

Kristian Asbjørn Gavlen ( senere Kristiansen ).

Skipsfører.

Født 18.august i Velfjord, Nordland.

Sønn av Kristian Jentoft Iversen Gavlen f.1877 i Velfjord, og Anne Birgitte født Enoksen f.1868 i Tjøtta.
Gift 1940 i med Kathleen Gee fra Stoke - on - Trent, Staffordshire, England. 1. barn.

Styrmannsskole, skipperskole, telegrafistskole, skytterkurs for hvalfangst.

Var skipsfører på panamaskipet D/S CRUSADER som seilte i alliert fart og forsvant sporløst i november 1941, på reise fra Baltimore til England. Skipet ble torpedert den 14. november 1941 i konvoi SC-53 av tysk ubåt U - 561 ( Korvettenkapitän Robert Bartels ).

Sources

RA/S-3545/G/Gg

VG Våre Falne.

Bjørg Karin Bachke.

Vestfoldarkivet (med mannskapsliste til "Ulysses" ekspedisjonen 1939/40)

Engagements (3)

Ships
D/S Crusader
Nationality
Panama
Rank
Captain
Signed on
Harbour: Alliert havn
Date: Unkown
Signed off
Harbour: Omkom ved torpedering
Date: 11/14/1941
Ships
T/S Ville d'Anvers
Nationality
Belgium
Rank
Captain
Signed on
Harbour: Unkown
Date: 5/29/1941
Signed off
Harbour: Unkown
Date: 8/7/1941
Ships
D/S Kos XVI
Nationality
Norway
Rank
Styrmann
Signed on
Harbour: Om bord pr.
Date: 1939
Signed off
Harbour: Om bord pr.
Date: 1940

Voyages

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Medals (0)

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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Kristian Asbjørn Gavlen - Bilde v/ Bjørg Karin Bachke

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