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.
Willy Oldemar Svarva
- Date of birth
- October 20, 1918
- Date of death
- June 20, 1970
- Parents
- Gender
- Male
- Nationality
- Norway
- Birthplace
- Trondheim
- Place of living
- Øvre Møllenberg gate 14 B, Trondheim
- County
- Sør-Trøndelag
- Service
- Rank
- Matros / Skytter
- Has sailed for shipping company
- Maritime inquiries 1939 - 1945
- Other
- Participant in WW2
Ex gratia-arkivet:
Registernummer under krigen: London 34976, NY 23537.
Nortrashipflåtens Skyttere 1941 til 1946:
Skytter nr. 1237.
Antatt i marinen og ble utdannet til skytter i Dumbarton, Scotland.
Sjøforsvarets londonarkiv:
Antatt i Marinen: 15.01.1943, som: U.d.m.
Sivil stilling: Matros.
Dimittert fra Marinen: 23.10.1945, S.S.H.
Participated in the following historical events 1939-1945
- Invasjonen i Normandie (Operasjon Neptun, juni 1944)*Enlisted D/S Reiås as matros / skytter
Sources
Hansen, Sverre., Nortrashipflåtens Skyttere 1941 til 1946, Skien, Rotatrykk, 1989
Lund, Tobias Drevland., "85 år siden invasjonen av Norge – ikke glem krigsseilerne!", Kragerø Blad Vestmar, 9.4.2025
RA/S-3545/G/Gg
Sjøforsvarets londonarkiv ved Marinemuseet i Horten: P.38. kort 059-060
Engagements (18)
- Ships
- D/S Surna
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Ordinary seaman
- Signed on
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 1/5/1950 - Signed off
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 8/1/1950
- Ships
- M/S Beljeanne
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Motorman
- Signed on
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 9/19/1949 - Signed off
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 12/19/1949
- Ships
- M/T Bergechief
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Motorman
- Signed on
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 5/23/1949 - Signed off
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 9/12/1949
- Ships
- M/S Titania
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Matros / Skytter
- Signed on
- Harbour: New York, NY, USA
Date: 5/22/1945 - Signed off
- Harbour: New York, NY, USA
Date: 11/16/1945
- Ships
- M/T Solstad
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Matros / Skytter
- Signed on
- Harbour: Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Date: 8/9/1944 - Signed off
- Harbour: New York, NY, USA
Date: 3/12/1945
- Ships
- D/S Reiås
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Matros / Skytter
- Signed on
- Harbour: Cardiff, Wales, UK
Date: 3/17/1944 - Signed off
- Harbour: Kollisjon
Date: 6/13/1944
- Ships
- D/S Troubadour
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Matros / Skytter
- Signed on
- Harbour: Port Said, Egypt
Date: 1/4/1944 - Signed off
- Harbour: Southend
Date: 2/11/1944
- Ships
- M/T Egda
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Matros / Skytter
- Signed on
- Harbour: Suez
Date: 1/1/1944 - Signed off
- Harbour: Suez
Date: 1/4/1944
- Ships
- M/T Egda
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Matros / Skytter
- Signed on
- Harbour: New York, NY, USA
Date: 8/23/1943 - Signed off
- Harbour: Aden
Date: 12/4/1943
- Ships
- M/T B. P. Newton
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Matros / Skytter
- Signed on
- Harbour: Baltimore, MD, USA
Date: 4/17/1943 - Signed off
- Harbour: Torpedert
Date: 7/8/1943
- Ships
- M/T Ferncourt
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Matros / Skytter
- Signed on
- Harbour: Milford Haven
Date: 3/9/1943 - Signed off
- Harbour: Baltimore, MD, USA
Date: 4/17/1943
- Ships
- M/S Ferncliff
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Unkown
- Signed on
- Harbour: Norfolk
Date: 8/1/1942 - Signed off
- Harbour: Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Date: 1/7/1943
- Ships
- M/S Rio Branco
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Unkown
- Signed on
- Harbour: Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, Uk
Date: 5/27/1942 - Signed off
- Harbour: Norfolk
Date: 7/3/1942
- Ships
- M/T James Hawson
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Motorman
- Signed on
- Harbour: New York, NY, USA
Date: 4/14/1942 - Signed off
- Harbour: Avonmouth
Date: 5/18/1942
- Ships
- M/S Braganza
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Motorman
- Signed on
- Harbour: Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Date: 1/9/1942 - Signed off
- Harbour: New York, NY, USA
Date: 2/28/1942
- Ships
- D/T Litiopa
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Unkown
- Signed on
- Harbour: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Date: 12/19/1940 - Signed off
- Harbour: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Date: 9/6/1941
- Ships
- M/S Mosfruit
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Ordinary seaman
- Signed on
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 2/27/1940 - Signed off
- Harbour: New York, NY, USA
Date: 7/3/1940
Voyages
Places of Service (5)
- Place of service
- Sjøforsvarets skytteravdeling i handelsflåten (S.S.H.)
- Position
- U. d. m. (Utskrevet dekksmann)
- From
- 6/18/1944
- To
- Ukjent
- Place of service
- Sjøforsvarets skytteravdeling i handelsflåten (S.S.H.)
- Position
- U. d. m. (Utskrevet dekksmann)
- From
- 2/11/1944
- To
- 3/16/1944
- Place of service
- Sjøforsvarets skytteravdeling i handelsflåten (S.S.H.)
- Position
- U. d. m. (Utskrevet dekksmann)
- From
- 8/3/1943
- To
- 8/23/1943
- Place of service
- Sjøforsvarets skytteravdeling i handelsflåten (S.S.H.)
- Position
- U. d. m. (Utskrevet dekksmann)
- From
- 4/17/1943
- To
- 4/17/1943
- Place of service
- Tjenestested SSH Dumbarton
- Position
- SSH Marine Skytterelev
- From
- 1/14/1943
- To
- 3/8/1943
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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