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 Bye
- Date of birth
- March 29, 1912
- Date of death
- June 28, 1974
- Gender
- Male
- Nationality
- Norway
- Birthplace
- Sandar
- Place of living
- Kveldro pr.Sandefjord
- County
- Vestfold
- Service
- Rank
- Matros / SkytterU. d. m. (Utskrevet dekksmann)
- Has sailed for shipping company
- Maritime inquiries 1939 - 1945
- Other
- Participant in WW2
Ex gratia-arkivet:
Registernummer under krigen: London 11108, NY 22041 og NY 90888.
Gift med (jf. London-kort): Magnhild Bye.
Han reiste hjem fra New York med D/S Stavengerfjord som passasjer den 25. oktober 1945. Ankom til Bergen den 3. november 1945.
I fartstidsoppgave fra Direktoratet for sjømenn står det at Bye var påmønstret "Utenlandsk båt matros 27/10-49 5/5-50" og "Utenlandsk båt matros 28/9-50 23/4-51". Det har ikke lyktes å identifisere disse båtene.
Nortrashipflåtens Skyttere 1941 til 1946:
Skytter nr. 723:
Var ute å seilte fra krigens begynnelse. Han var således ombord i D/S GRO da skipet ble rammet av en tysk torpedo underveis fra Sydney N.S, Canada til Manchester, England, med korn. 10 mann av besetningen mistet livet. 21 mann ble 4 døgn senere reddet fra en overfylt livbåt i Atlanteren av en britisk jager.
Han meldte seg senere til marinen.
Antatt i marinen og ble utdannet til skytter i Camp Norway, Canada.
Gjorde senere tjeneste som skytter på flere norske handelsskip.
Kom hjem til Norge med D/S STAVANGERFJORD og ble dimittert på Garnes ved Bergen den 8. november 1945.
For sin innsats for Norge under den annen verdenskrig ble han ble tildelt Krigsmedaljen, Deltakermedaljen og Haakon den VII`s 70 års medalje
Etter krigen:
Fortsatte å seile etter krigen og arbeidet på hvalfangststasjonen Leith Harbour, Sør Georgia som matros/arbeider fra 16.8.1959 til 1.5.1961
Sjøforsvarets londonarkiv:
Antatt i Marinen: 11.3.1942, som: U.d.m.
Sivil stilling: Matros og tømmermann.
Dimittert fra Marinen: 8.11.1945. S.S.H. Garnes.
Sources
RA/S-3545/G/Gg
Nortrashipflåtens Skyttere 1941 til 1946.
Sjøforsvarets londonarkiv ved Marinemuseet i Horten: P.7. kort 035-036.
RA/RAFA-5156/G/Gb/Gbb/Gbba/L0001
Engagements (25)
- Ships
- M/S Tourcoing
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Boatswain
- Signed on
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 1/10/1967 - Signed off
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 3/15/1967
- Ships
- M/S Hemsefjell
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Carpenter
- Signed on
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 5/13/1965 - Signed off
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 4/4/1966
- Ships
- M/S Høegh Banniere
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Boatswain
- Signed on
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 6/1/1964 - Signed off
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 10/10/1964
- Ships
- M/T Høegh Fair
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Boatswain
- Signed on
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 6/1/1963 - Signed off
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 2/26/1964
- Ships
- M/S Høegh Aronde
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Boatswain
- Signed on
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 11/17/1962 - Signed off
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 2/5/1963
- Ships
- M/T Polarprins
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Able seaman
- Signed on
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 1/18/1962 - Signed off
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 6/15/1962
- Ships
- M/T Polartank
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Able seaman
- Signed on
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 9/7/1961 - Signed off
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 11/15/1961
- Ships
- D/S Southern Truce
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Able seaman
- Signed on
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 10/16/1957 - Signed off
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 5/19/1959
- Ships
- M/S Max Manus
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Boatswain
- Signed on
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 9/7/1956 - Signed off
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 4/2/1957
- Ships
- D/S Sorsra
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Rank
- Able seaman
- Signed on
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 8/17/1955 - Signed off
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 5/9/1956
- Ships
- D/S Kirsten B
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Matros / Skytter
- Signed on
- Harbour: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Date: 4/9/1945 - Signed off
- Harbour: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Date: 9/8/1945
- Ships
- D/S Primo
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Matros / Skytter
- Signed on
- Harbour: New York, NY, USA
Date: 10/18/1944 - Signed off
- Harbour: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Date: 3/22/1945
- Ships
- M/T Solør
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Matros / Skytter
- Signed on
- Harbour: New York, NY, USA
Date: 10/13/1944 - Signed off
- Harbour: New York, NY, USA
Date: 10/15/1944
- Ships
- M/S Kronprinsessen
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Matros / Skytter
- Signed on
- Harbour: Sydney
Date: 6/30/1944 - Signed off
- Harbour: Montreal, Qe, Canada
Date: 9/30/1944
- Ships
- D/S Ramø
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Matros / Skytter
- Signed on
- Harbour: Sydney
Date: 6/24/1944 - Signed off
- Harbour: Sydney
Date: 6/30/1944
- Ships
- M/T Kongsdal
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Matros / Skytter
- Signed on
- Harbour: San Pedro, California, USA
Date: 8/28/1943 - Signed off
- Harbour: Sydney
Date: 5/24/1944
- Ships
- M/S Banaderos
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Matros / Skytter
- Signed on
- Harbour: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Date: 4/28/1943 - Signed off
- Harbour: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Date: 8/17/1943
- Ships
- M/S Granville
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Matros / Skytter
- Signed on
- Harbour: New York, NY, USA
Date: 9/3/1942 - Signed off
- Harbour: New York, NY, USA
Date: 4/12/1943
- Ships
- M/S Besholt
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Matros / Skytter
- Signed on
- Harbour: New York, NY, USA
Date: 5/11/1942 - Signed off
- Harbour: New York, NY, USA
Date: 9/3/1942
- Ships
- M/S Mosfruit
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Carpenter
- Signed on
- Harbour: Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Skottland
Date: 10/7/1941 - Signed off
- Harbour: New York, NY, USA
Date: 3/5/1942
- Ships
- D/S Fagersten
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Able seaman
- Signed on
- Harbour: Montreal, Qe, Canada
Date: 8/8/1941 - Signed off
- Harbour: Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Skottland
Date: 10/2/1941
- Ships
- D/S Ingerfire
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Boatswain
- Signed on
- Harbour: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Date: 5/16/1941 - Signed off
- Harbour: Montreal, Qe, Canada
Date: 7/24/1941
- Ships
- D/S Leka
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Able seaman
- Signed on
- Harbour: Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Date: 10/11/1940 - Signed off
- Harbour: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Date: 3/8/1941
- Ships
- D/S Gro
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Able seaman
- Signed on
- Harbour: Montreal, Qe, Canada
Date: 6/1/1940 - Signed off
- Harbour: Torpedert
Date: 9/7/1940
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Unkown
- Signed on
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: September 1939 - Signed off
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: May 1940
Voyages
Places of Service (7)
- Place of service
- Marinestasjon Garnes
- Position
- Ukjent
- From
- 10/4/1945
- To
- 11/8/1945
- Place of service
- Sjøforsvarets skytteravdeling i handelsflåten (S.S.H.)
- Position
- U. d. m. (Utskrevet dekksmann)
- From
- 9/9/1945
- To
- 9/20/1945
- Position
- U. d. m. (Utskrevet dekksmann)
- From
- 5/24/1944
- To
- 6/24/1944
- Place of service
- Tjenestested SSH Travers Island, NY.
- Position
- U. d. m. (Utskrevet dekksmann)
- From
- 8/18/1943
- To
- 8/28/1943
- Place of service
- Sjøforsvarets skytteravdeling i handelsflåten (S.S.H.)
- Position
- U. d. m. (Utskrevet dekksmann)
- From
- 4/12/1943
- To
- 4/28/1943
- Place of service
- Tjenestested New York
- Position
- U. d. m. (Utskrevet dekksmann)
- From
- 4/29/1942
- To
- 1942
- Place of service
- Tjenestested SSH Camp Norway, Lunenburg
- Position
- SSH Marine Skytterelev
- From
- 3/11/1942
- To
- 4/29/1942
Medals (4)
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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