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.
Omar Moritz Kristoffersen
- Date of birth
- December 3, 1914
- Parents
- Records
- Hovedrulle Nr. 4802
- Gender
- Male
- Nationality
- Norway
- Birthplace
- Borøy, Dypvåg
- Place of living
- Borøy, 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 16181, NY 21060.
Merk: Etternavnet skriives noen steder som Christoffersen.
Til sjøs 1930 med hvalkokeriet SIR JAMES CLARK ROSS av Sandefjord, tilh. Johan Rasmussen & Magnus Konow, Sandefjord.
Andre kilder:
Styrmanns eksamen i Arendal 0.06.1936. Styrmanns sertifikat 05. 01.1938.
Mønstringer, se mønstrings liste.
2.Verdenskrig: 11.07.1939 mønstret Kristoffersen i Oslo til M/T SLEMDAL som 3.styrmann.
Ommønstret i Mobile 28.10.1940 til 2.styrmann. Avgikk fra Lisboa 11.juni 1942 med en last bestående av 6321 tons fuel oil, samt ca. 4000 tons vannballast. SLEMDAL gikk i konvoy bestemt for England.
Den 15.juni kl. 0055 ble skipet torpedert av tysk ubåt U-552 (Fregattenkapitän Erich Topp) i posisjon 43 18 N 17 35 W. Skipet var truffet på st.b. side i forre lasterom og kofferdam. Eksplosjonen var kraftig og hele skipet rystet voldsomt. Det ble snart klart at skipet ville synke og livåtene ble satt på vannet.
Hele besetningen kom seg velverget ombord i livbåtene og etterat skipet var sunket ble de tatt opp av rescue ship britisk COPELAND og HMS MARIGOLD. De ble landsatt i Liverpool og Glasgow .
Bror av Omar Mauritz Kristoffersen, Nikolai Kristoffersen, var også ombord i SLEMDAL som matros.
Se også
Sources
RA/S-3545/G/Gg
RA/S-3545/G/Gi/L0007
Engagements (9)
- Ships
- M/T Kongsdal
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Second mate
- Signed on
- Harbour: Kristiansand
Date: 4/14/1947 - Signed off
- Harbour: Oslo
Date: 4/17/1948
- Ships
- M/S Kong Sverre
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Second mate
- Signed on
- Harbour: Hull, Yorkshire, England
Date: 9/28/1942 - Signed off
- Harbour: Bergen
Date: 10/1/1945
- Ships
- M/T Slemdal
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Second mate
- Signed on
- Harbour: Mobile, Alabama, USA
Date: 10/29/1940 - Signed off
- Harbour: Torpedert
Date: 6/15/1942
- Ships
- M/T Slemdal
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Third mate
- Signed on
- Harbour: Oslo
Date: 7/11/1939 - Signed off
- Harbour: Mobile, Alabama, USA
Date: 10/28/1940
- Ships
- M/T Slemdal
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Able seaman
- Signed on
- Harbour: Avonmouth
Date: 9/4/1937 - Signed off
- Harbour: Ukjent
Date: 6/16/1938
- Ships
- M/T Slemdal
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Ordinary seaman
- Signed on
- Harbour: Oslo
Date: 12/11/1936 - Signed off
- Harbour: Avonmouth
Date: 9/4/1937
- Ships
- M/T Slemdal
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Ordinary seaman
- Signed on
- Harbour: Rotterdam, Nederland
Date: 6/26/1933 - Signed off
- Harbour: London, England
Date: Unkown
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Dekksgutt
- Signed on
- Harbour: Oslo
Date: 8/20/1932 - Signed off
- Harbour: Sandefjord
Date: 4/12/1933
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Messboy
- Signed on
- Harbour: Sandefjord
Date: 8/11/1930 - Signed off
- Harbour: Ukjent
Date: 3/11/1931
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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