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.
Søren Henrik Sørensen
- Date of birth
- September 15, 1896
- Date of death
- January 27, 1977
- Parents
- Records
- Hovedrulle Nr. 4311
- Gender
- Male
- Nationality
- Norway
- Birthplace
- Dypvaag (Flosta)
- Place of living
- Vatnebo, Flosta, Bergen under krigen
- County
- Aust-AgderHordaland/Bergen
- Service
- Enlistment district
- Rank
- Has sailed for shipping company
- Education
- Maritime inquiries 1939 - 1945
- Other
- Participant in WW1Participant in WW2
Sjømannstjeneste etter fylte 15 år uten mønstring i 37.10/30 måneder på dekk.
Mønstringer, se mønstrings liste.
Første registrerte mønstring 17.07.1915 i Arendal som Navigatør til dampskip PONTO av Bodø, tilhørende Magnus FISCHE. Dette skipet sank 18.05.1916 på Barry Roads etter kollisjon i tett tåke med dampskip FREDSÆL av Porsgrunn, på reise Cardiff til Rouen med kull.
Styrmanns sertifikat for dampskip 10.01.1916.
Skipsfører sertifikat for dampskip 20.12.1924. Tapt ved dampskip LUNA krigsforlis 31.12.1939.
18.01.1940. Nytt skipsfører sertifikat.
LUNA: Senket av tysk ubåt U 32 ( Fregattenkapitän Paul Büchel ) i Nordsjøen den 31/12 1939 i posisjon Nord 58 grader og 40 minutter, Øst 3 grader og 20 minutter på reise London til Bergen.
Hele besetningen kom seg fra borde i livbåtene og ble plukket opp av norsk Dampskip COLOMBIA og landsatt i Kopervik.
Se også: http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/luna.html
Mønstret til dampskip PALLAS som skipsfører i januar 1940. Den 3.februar 1940 kolliderte med finsk dampskip WIPUNEN og sank på Sletta nord av Haugesund. Var på reise Bergen - Oslo med stykkgods. Hele besetningen berget.
Sørensen vikarierte som skipsfører på skipene CANIS, LYNX, LOG og VESTA fram til høsten 1941. Han kan muligens deretter har arbeidet i land på rederi kontorene til Det Bergenske Dampskipsselskap i Bergen. Høsten 1945 mønstret han på dampskip POLLUX i New York, dette skipet ble da tilbakelevert rederiet fra NORTRASHIP.
Se Mønstrings listen for flere skip.
Sjøforklaring MS Tellus:
Var på MS Tellus under eksplosjonen i Bergen 20. april 1944.
Sources
Tvedestrand Mønstrings protokoller.
Sjøforklaring Saturnus
Sjøforklaring MS Tellus
Engagements (24)
- Ships
- M/S Saturnus
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Unkown
- Signed on
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: Unkown - Signed off
- Harbour: Flyangrep
Date: 4/28/1940
- Ships
- D/S Colombia
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Captain
- Signed on
- Harbour: Bergen
Date: 6/19/1947 - Signed off
- Harbour: Bergen
Date: 3/23/1948
- Ships
- D/S Colombia
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Captain
- Signed on
- Harbour: Bergen
Date: 2/25/1947 - Signed off
- Harbour: Bergen
Date: 5/22/1947
- Ships
- D/S Pollux
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Captain
- Signed on
- Harbour: New York, NY, USA
Date: 11/16/1945 - Signed off
- Harbour: Bergen
Date: 2/22/1947
- Ships
- M/S Tellus
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Captain
- Signed on
- Harbour: Om bord pr.
Date: August 1943 - Signed off
- Harbour: Om bord pr.
Date: 4/20/1944
- Ships
- D/S Pallas
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Captain
- Signed on
- Harbour: Bergen
Date: January 1940 - Signed off
- Harbour: Kollisjon
Date: 2/3/1940
- Ships
- D/S Brant County
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- First mate
- Signed on
- Harbour: Rotterdam
Date: 4/1/1935 - Signed off
- Harbour: Amsterdam
Date: 1/14/1936
- Ships
- D/S Brant County
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Captain
- Signed on
- Harbour: Rotterdam
Date: 12/14/1934 - Signed off
- Harbour: Amsterdam
Date: 4/1/1935
- Ships
- D/S Brant County
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Captain
- Signed on
- Harbour: Amsterdam
Date: 12/14/1934 - Signed off
- Harbour: Amsterdam
Date: 4/11/1935
- Ships
- D/S Brant County
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- First mate
- Signed on
- Harbour: Bergen
Date: 4/7/1933 - Signed off
- Harbour: Amsterdam
Date: 12/13/1934
- Ships
- D/S Brant County
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- First mate
- Signed on
- Harbour: Hamburg, Tyskland
Date: 11/16/1928 - Signed off
- Harbour: Le Havre, Seine Maritime, Normandie, Frankrike
Date: 12/17/1932
- Ships
- D/S Ursa
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- First mate
- Signed on
- Harbour: Bergen
Date: 9/27/1928 - Signed off
- Harbour: Antwerpen, Belgia
Date: 11/15/1928
- Ships
- D/S Kovda
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- First mate
- Signed on
- Harbour: Bergen
Date: 9/25/1926 - Signed off
- Harbour: Bergen
Date: 3/29/1928
- Ships
- D/S Pollux
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- First mate
- Signed on
- Harbour: Bergen
Date: 11/7/1923 - Signed off
- Harbour: Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, Northumberland, England
Date: 12/15/1924
- Ships
- D/S Luna
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- First mate
- Signed on
- Harbour: Bergen
Date: 8/24/1922 - Signed off
- Harbour: Bergen
Date: 10/15/1923
- Ships
- D/S Luna
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Second mate
- Signed on
- Harbour: Trondheim
Date: 5/20/1919 - Signed off
- Harbour: Bergen
Date: 8/24/1919
- Ships
- D/S Ponto
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Navigatør
- Signed on
- Harbour: Arendal
Date: 7/17/1915 - Signed off
- Harbour: Cardiff, Wales, UK
Date: 5/18/1916
Voyages
Places of Service (0)
Medals (0)
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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