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.
Guttorm Henry Hofsnæs
- Date of birth
- February 24, 1901
- Date of death
- December 15, 1942Cause of death: War-related shipwreck
- Parents
- Records
- Hovedrulle Nr. 4384
- Gender
- Male
- Nationality
- Norway
- Birthplace
- Dypvåg (Flosta)
- Place of living
- Vestre Sandøya, Dypvåg
- County
- Aust-Agder
- Service
- Enlistment district
- Has sailed for shipping company
- Education
- Maritime inquiries 1939 - 1945
- Other
- Participant in WW2
Ex gratia-arkivet:
Registernummer under krigen: London 4996, NY 35418.
Tvedestrand mønstringsprotokoller:
Sjømanns tjeneste efter fylte 15 år, seilskip 16.2/30 måneder.
Født Olsen, tok senere navnet Hofsnes.
Mønstringer, se mønstrings liste.
Styrmanns sertifikat for dampskip 01.07.1924.
G.m. Helena Klemmetine Hansen, Dypvåg. Barn: 2. Bosatt Vestre Sandøya, Dypvåg.
VG Våre falne:
Guttorm Henry Hofsnæs
FØDT: 24.04.1901 FØDESTED: Flosta DØD: 24.12.1942 DØDSÅRSAK: Torpedert STED/SKIP: SS Star of Suez (egyptisk skip)
HOFSNÆS, GUTTORM HENRY, styrmann, Dypvåg. Født 24. april 1901 i Flosta, s. av Ole Hofsnæs, f. 1868 i Holt, d. 1912, og Gundine Tallaksen, f. 1871 i Flosta, d. 1937 i Arendal. Gift 1926 i Dypvåg med Helena Klemmetine Hansen, f. 1903 s. st. 2 barn. Styrmannsskole. Seilte under krigen i alliert fart som 1. styrmann, og var utsatt for torpedering i 1941. Døde 24. desember 1942 etter torpedering av «Star of Suez». Ble reddet i land, men døde tre timer senere. Gravlagt i Fortaleza, Rio de Janeiro.
Participated in the following historical events 1939-1945
- Norske sjøfolk på utenlandske handelsskip i de arktiske konvoiene (1941-1945)*Enlisted T/S Cold Harbor as third mate
Sources
RA/S-3545/G/Gg
Tvedestrand Mønstrings Protokoller
Ellis Island og andre New York passasjerlister, 1820-1957 - MyHeritage
Engagements (21)
- Ships
- D/S Star of Suez
- Nationality
- Egypt
- Rank
- First mate
- Signed on
- Harbour: Ukjent
Date: September 1942 - Signed off
- Harbour: Torpedert
Date: 12/15/1942
- Ships
- T/S Cold Harbor
- Nationality
- Panama
- Rank
- Third mate
- Signed on
- Harbour: Om bord pr.
Date: 11/15/1941 - Signed off
- Harbour: Om bord pr.
Date: 4/8/1942
- Ships
- D/S Gudvin
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Second mate
- Signed on
- Harbour: Workington
Date: 7/25/1941 - Signed off
- Harbour: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Date: 8/24/1941
- Ships
- D/S Sitona
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Second mate
- Signed on
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 2/22/1941 - Signed off
- Harbour: Torpedert
Date: 5/3/1941
- Ships
- D/S Star
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- First mate
- Signed on
- Harbour: Oslo
Date: 1/18/1940 - Signed off
- Harbour: Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, Northumberland, England
Date: 12/27/1940
- Ships
- D/S Tora Elise
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- First mate
- Signed on
- Harbour: Delfzijl
Date: 4/25/1939 - Signed off
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: Unkown
- Ships
- D/S Star
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Second mate
- Signed on
- Harbour: Odda
Date: 2/1/1939 - Signed off
- Harbour: Oslo
Date: 1/18/1940
- Ships
- D/S Tora
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Second mate
- Signed on
- Harbour: Arendal
Date: 12/8/1938 - Signed off
- Harbour: Ukjent
Date: Unkown
- Ships
- D/S Asgerd
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Second mate
- Signed on
- Harbour: Tvedestrand
Date: 1/4/1934 - Signed off
- Harbour: Tvedestrand
Date: 10/23/1935
- Ships
- D/S Asgerd
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- First mate
- Signed on
- Harbour: Kopervik
Date: 8/28/1933 - Signed off
- Harbour: Lyngør
Date: 12/24/1933
- Ships
- D/S Audun
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Second mate
- Signed on
- Harbour: Oslo
Date: 12/30/1932 - Signed off
- Harbour: Lyngør
Date: 3/18/1933
- Ships
- D/S Imacos
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- First mate
- Signed on
- Harbour: Moss
Date: 5/23/1930 - Signed off
- Harbour: Moss
Date: 10/4/1930
- Ships
- D/S Imacos
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- First mate
- Signed on
- Harbour: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Date: 7/11/1929 - Signed off
- Harbour: Moss
Date: 1/30/1930
- Ships
- D/S Imacos
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Second mate
- Signed on
- Harbour: Stavanger
Date: 4/18/1928 - Signed off
- Harbour: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Date: 7/11/1929
- Ships
- D/S Vanja
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Second mate
- Signed on
- Harbour: Oslo
Date: 10/4/1927 - Signed off
- Harbour: Moss
Date: 12/22/1927
- Ships
- D/S Skogstad
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Boatswain
- Signed on
- Harbour: Oslo
Date: 6/11/1926 - Signed off
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: Unkown
- Ships
- M/S Johsa
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Second mate
- Signed on
- Harbour: Kristiansand
Date: 7/20/1924 - Signed off
- Harbour: Kragerø
Date: 3/23/1925
- Ships
- D/S Løvland
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Sjømann
- Signed on
- Harbour: Fredrikstad
Date: 2/14/1922 - Signed off
- Harbour: Sundsvall, Västernorrlands län, Sverige
Date: 7/16/1923
- Ships
- D/S Løvland
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Sjømann
- Signed on
- Harbour: Tvedestrand
Date: 4/28/1919 - Signed off
- Harbour: Fredrikstad
Date: 2/2/1920
- Ships
- D/S Rigel
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Sjømann
- Signed on
- Harbour: Larvik
Date: 4/28/1919 - Signed off
- Harbour: Arendal
Date: 2/2/1920
- Ships
- D/S Konsul Olsen
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Sjømann
- Signed on
- Harbour: Stavanger
Date: 3/20/1918 - Signed off
- Harbour: Trondheim
Date: 5/8/1918
Voyages
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Medals (1)
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