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.
Olaf Thorvald Olsen
- Date of birth
- November 3, 1888
- Date of death
- January 13, 1965
- Parents
- Records
- Patent 3032 overført til Hovedrulle Nr. 3924
- Gender
- Male
- Nationality
- Norway
- Birthplace
- Dypvåg
- Place of living
- Sandøya, Dypvåg
- County
- Aust-Agder
- Service
- Enlistment district
- Rank
- Has sailed for shipping company
- Education
- Maritime inquiries 1939 - 1945
- Other
- Participant in WW1Participant in WW2
Ex gratia-arkivet:
Registernummer under krigen: London 6687. NY 20148.
Gift med (jf. London-kort): Mollie Olsen.
Han ble pensjonert fra Nortraship 1. oktober 1943.
Reiste til Norge med S/S LYRA 4. juli 1945.
Andre kilder:
Til sjøs 1904 med kutter "PEARL" av Tvedestrand, tilh. C. Wroldsen. Mønstringer, se mønstrings liste. Til Orlogs fra 03.05.1910 til 28.09.1910. 24.11.1908: Styrmanns sertifikat for dampskip. 05.10.1912: Skipsfører sertifikat for dampskip av alle størrelser. Olsen seilte i utenriks fart under begge verdenkriger. Krigsforlist med D/S SJOFNA under 1.verdenskrig og med d.s. "SVINT" under 2.verdenskrig.
Se også:
http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/svint.html
Skipsfører Olaf Thorvald Olsen var påmønstret D/S SVINT da 2.verdenskrig brøt ut. Han gikk iland på ferie i Cardiff 17.01.1941, men kom tilbake som skipsfører i Newport 10.04.1941. Rett etter midnatt den 10.juli ble skipet angrepet av tyske bombefly, skipet befant seg da 7.n.mil utenfor Kellan Head i Bristol-kanalen. Flere bomber traff skipet eller i sjøen like ved skutesiden. En mann, 1.styrmann
Svein Aanonsen ble funnet drept på fordekket. Resten av besetningen kom seg velberget fra borde.
Livbåten med de overlevende holt seg i nærheten av vraket for å vente på dagslyset. Da kom også et redningsfartøy ut fra Padstow og plukket dem opp. Senere ble "SVINT" tatt under slep av to britiske
marinefartøyer, men sank straks etter. Skipsfører Olsen arbeidet en tid i Nortraship inntil han i 1943 ble pensjonert. Han kom hjem til Norge sommeren 1945.
Sources
RA/S-3545/G/Gg
Engagements (26)
- Ships
- D/S Sprøit
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Captain
- Signed on
- Harbour: River Tyne
Date: 7/29/1935 - Signed off
- Harbour: Oslo
Date: 4/8/1938
- Ships
- D/S Sprøit
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Captain
- Signed on
- Harbour: Port Talbot, Wales, UK
Date: 5/24/1930 - Signed off
- Harbour: Stavanger
Date: 7/3/1934
- Ships
- D/S Sjofna
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Captain
- Signed on
- Harbour: Tvedestrand
Date: 4/19/1927 - Signed off
- Harbour: Tvedestrand
Date: 5/20/1930
- Ships
- D/S Fort Morgan
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Captain
- Signed on
- Harbour: Baltimore, MD, USA
Date: 10/9/1926 - Signed off
- Harbour: Baltimore, MD, USA
Date: 3/4/1927
- Ships
- D/S Nicholas Cuneo
- Nationality
- Honduras
- Rank
- First mate
- Signed on
- Harbour: Baltimore, MD, USA
Date: 3/11/1926 - Signed off
- Harbour: Baltimore, MD, USA
Date: 9/17/1926
- Ships
- D/S Belita
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- First mate
- Signed on
- Harbour: New York, NY, USA
Date: 5/15/1923 - Signed off
- Harbour: New York, NY, USA
Date: 12/6/1923
- Ships
- D/S Heimland 2
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Captain
- Signed on
- Harbour: Lyngør
Date: 1/10/1917 - Signed off
- Harbour: Cardiff, Wales, UK
Date: 3/30/1920
- Ships
- D/S Sjofna
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Captain
- Signed on
- Harbour: Flekkefjord
Date: 7/25/1916 - Signed off
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 12/17/1916
- Ships
- D/S Freidig
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Captain
- Signed on
- Harbour: Porsgrunn
Date: 5/29/1916 - Signed off
- Harbour: Skien
Date: 7/17/1916
- Ships
- D/S Fama
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- First mate
- Signed on
- Harbour: Kristiania / Oslo
Date: 2/10/1916 - Signed off
- Harbour: Rotterdam
Date: 4/27/1916
- Ships
- D/S Nordlyset
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Captain
- Signed on
- Harbour: Arendal
Date: 8/18/1914 - Signed off
- Harbour: Arendal
Date: Unkown
- Ships
- Bark Nordlyset
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Captain
- Signed on
- Harbour: Randers
Date: 2/19/1914 - Signed off
- Harbour: Arendal
Date: 8/11/1914
- Ships
- Bark Nordlyset
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Captain
- Signed on
- Harbour: Arendal
Date: 10/25/1913 - Signed off
- Harbour: Randers
Date: 2/19/1914
- Ships
- Bark Nordlyset
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Captain
- Signed on
- Harbour: Arendal
Date: 10/14/1912 - Signed off
- Harbour: Arendal
Date: 6/19/1913
- Ships
- D/S Nordlyset
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- First mate
- Signed on
- Harbour: Arendal
Date: 7/5/1912 - Signed off
- Harbour: Arendal
Date: 10/14/1912
- Ships
- D/S Gunnar
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Second mate
- Signed on
- Harbour: Arendal
Date: 4/29/1911 - Signed off
- Harbour: Rotterdam
Date: 5/24/1912
- Ships
- D/S Nordlyset
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Second mate
- Signed on
- Harbour: Arendal
Date: 3/22/1910 - Signed off
- Harbour: Arendal
Date: 5/6/1910
- Ships
- D/S Nordlyset
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Second mate
- Signed on
- Harbour: Arendal
Date: 3/22/1909 - Signed off
- Harbour: Arendal
Date: 12/22/1909
- Ships
- D/S Nordlyset
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Sjømann
- Signed on
- Harbour: Arendal
Date: 1/31/1907 - Signed off
- Harbour: Arendal
Date: 11/24/1908
- Ships
- Kutter Pearl
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Sjømann
- Signed on
- Harbour: Tvedestrand
Date: 11/21/1906 - Signed off
- Harbour: Tvedestrand
Date: 12/21/1906
- Ships
- D/S Nordlyset
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Sjømann
- Signed on
- Harbour: Trondheim
Date: 3/2/1905 - Signed off
- Harbour: Fredrikshald / Halden
Date: 5/31/1906
- Ships
- Kutter Pearl
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Førstereisgutt
- Signed on
- Harbour: Tvedestrand
Date: 2/26/1904 - Signed off
- Harbour: Tvedestrand
Date: 10/10/1904
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Medals (0)
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