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Sverre Leonard Sonesen
- Date of birth
- May 10, 1896
- Date of death
- April 16, 1973
- Parents
- Records
- Hovedrulle Nr. 4385
- Gender
- Male
- Nationality
- Norway
- Birthplace
- Holt
- Place of living
- Fjærklev i Holt
- County
- Aust-Agder
- Service
- Enlistment district
- Maritime inquiries 1939 - 1945
- Other
- Participant in WW2
Ex gratia-arkivet:
Registernummer under krigen: London 25282, NY 21619.
Gift med (jf. London-kort): Ragna Sonesen.
Sjømanns tjeneste efter fylte 15 med seilskip er 24.6/30 måneder.
Første mønstring registrert 22.01.1922 i Arendal til D/S MATTI av Tvedestrand, tilhørende Carl
Beck & Co. Tvedestrand.
Mønstringer, se mønstrings liste.
Sverre Leonard Sonesen mønstret i New York 19.10.1942 som båtsmann til M/T DAGHILD. Skipet ble 07.02.1943 torpedert av tysk ubåt, U-608(Kapitänleutnant Rolf
Struckmeier) i nordatlanteren i posisjon 55 25 N 26 12 W. Skipet var i Convoy SC 118.
Hele besetninge på 39 overlevde eksplosjonen, men måtte gå i livbåtene da skipet fikk
sterk slagside og begynte å synke.
DAGHILDS besetning ble noen timer senere tatt opp av fransk korvett LOBELIA og ble 12. febr. landsatt i Greenock. Les om hele den dramatiske torpederingen i warsailors.com.
http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/daghild.html
Den 3.febr. 1944 mønstret Sverre L. Sonesen i New York som båtsmann til D/S IRIS.
Dette skipet grunnstøtte på Labradorkysten den 4.oktober 1944. Hele besetningen på 36
samt 47 passasjerer ble reddet. Les om forliset i warsailors.com
Sources
Engagements (11)
- Ships
- M/T Chr. Th. Boe
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Able seaman
- Signed on
- Harbour: Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Skottland
Date: 8/2/1943 - Signed off
- Harbour: New York, NY, USA
Date: 12/27/1943
- Ships
- M/T Chr. Th. Boe
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Boatswain
- Signed on
- Harbour: Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Skottland
Date: 3/6/1943 - Signed off
- Harbour: New York, NY, USA
Date: 6/7/1943
- Ships
- M/T Daghild
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Boatswain
- Signed on
- Harbour: New York, NY, USA
Date: 10/19/1942 - Signed off
- Harbour: Torpedert
Date: 2/7/1943
- Ships
- M/T Norlys
- Nationality
- Panama
- Rank
- Able seaman
- Signed on
- Harbour: New York, NY, USA
Date: 3/4/1942 - Signed off
- Harbour: New York, NY, USA
Date: 6/27/1942
- Ships
- D/T Marathon
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Able seaman
- Signed on
- Harbour: New York, NY, USA
Date: 1/15/1942 - Signed off
- Harbour: New York, NY, USA
Date: 2/15/1942
- Ships
- M/T Noravind
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Carpenter
- Signed on
- Harbour: Trinidad
Date: 9/19/1940 - Signed off
- Harbour: New York, NY, USA
Date: 9/19/1941
- Ships
- D/T Marit
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Matros til Båtsmann
- Signed on
- Harbour: Arendal
Date: 9/28/1939 - Signed off
- Harbour: Trinidad
Date: 9/9/1940
- Ships
- D/S La Norvège
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Sjømann
- Signed on
- Harbour: Le Havre, Seine Maritime, Normandie, Frankrike
Date: 3/6/1924 - Signed off
- Harbour: Le Havre, Seine Maritime, Normandie, Frankrike
Date: 7/7/1924
- Ships
- D/S Matti
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Sjømann
- Signed on
- Harbour: Arendal
Date: 1/23/1922 - Signed off
- Harbour: Dieppe, Seine Maritime, Normandie, Frankrike
Date: 1/28/1924
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Medals (2)
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