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.
Vidar Skorge Nilsen
- Date of birth
- December 26, 1915
- Date of death
- February 22, 1973
- Parents
- Records
- Sandefjord A.4307
- Gender
- Male
- Nationality
- Norway
- Birthplace
- Sandar
- Place of living
- Skippergt 14, Sandefjord / Rådhusgt. 6, Sandefjord
- County
- Vestfold
- Service
- Rank
- Matros / SkytterU. d. m. (Utskrevet dekksmann)Motormann / Fyrbøter
- Maritime inquiries 1939 - 1945
- Other
- Participant in WW2
Ex gratia-arkivet:
Registernummer under krigen: London 32628, NY 16266.
Under krigen registrert som Vidar Skorge Nilsen.
Nortrashipflåtens Skyttere 1941 til 1946:
Skytter nr. 158: Nilsen, Vidar Skorge. Født 26.12.1915 i Sandar.
Var i Port Edgar fra 23.4.1941 til 5.5.1941.
Reiste deretter ut med M/T STRINDA far 6.5.1941 til 23.9.1941.
Kurs i SSH Dumbarton, Scotland fra 24.9.1941 til 19.11.1941.
Senere gjorde han tjeneste som skytter på følgende norske handelsskip:
M/T TANK EXPRESS fra 20.11.1941 til skipet ble torpedert kl. 13:05 den 25. juli 1942 på vei fra Trinidad fra Freetown.
M/T VELMA fra 30.9.1942 til 23.3.1943.
M/T VANJA fra 14.7.1943 til 20.3.1944.
M/T VANJA fra 4.5.1944 til 12.9.1944.
M/T FENJA fra 13.11.1944 til 4.6.1945.
M/T SKOTAAS fra 5.7.1945 til 28.10.1945.
Ble syk i Bombay og kom til Norge med M/S TROJA 29.12.1945.
For sin innsats for Norge under den annen verdenskrig ble han ble tildelt Krigsmedaljen, Deltakermedaljen og Haakon den VII`s 70 års medalje.
Sjøforsvarets londonarkiv:
Antatt i Marinen: 27. mars 1941, som: U.d.m.
Sivil stilling: Matros.
Sivil utdannelse: 9 år fartstid.
Sertifikater: Bil.sert.
Militær spesialutdannelse eller kurser: Art.kurs.
Dimittert fra marinen i Oslo 30. januar 1946.
Gift med Evelyn.
Sources
RA/S-3545/G/Gg
Nortrashipflåtens Skyttere 1941 til 1946
Sjøforsvarets londonarkiv ved Marinemuseet i Horten: P.30. kort 091–092.
RA/RAFA-5156/G/Gb/Gbb/Gbba/L0003
A-788/Fb/L0013
Engagements (40)
- Ships
- D/S Tiger
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Maskinassistent
- Signed on
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: Unkown - Signed off
- Harbour: Sandefjord
Date: 4/18/1959
- Ships
- M/S Suncorona
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Motorman
- Signed on
- Harbour: Sandefjord
Date: 3/1/1968 - Signed off
- Harbour: Haugesund
Date: 9/13/1968
- Ships
- M/S Elg Viking
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Motorman
- Signed on
- Harbour: New York, NY, USA
Date: 12/13/1966 - Signed off
- Harbour: New York, NY, USA
Date: 2/17/1967
- Ships
- M/T Thorshøvdi
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Motorman
- Signed on
- Harbour: Sandefjord
Date: 5/8/1965 - Signed off
- Harbour: Sandefjord
Date: 5/15/1965
- Ships
- M/T Thorshøvdi
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Motorman
- Signed on
- Harbour: Sandefjord
Date: 10/17/1964 - Signed off
- Harbour: Sandefjord
Date: 5/4/1965
- Ships
- M/T Thorshøvdi
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Motorman
- Signed on
- Harbour: Sandefjord
Date: 10/19/1963 - Signed off
- Harbour: Sandefjord
Date: 5/5/1964
- Ships
- M/T Thorshøvdi
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Motorman
- Signed on
- Harbour: Sandefjord
Date: 10/4/1962 - Signed off
- Harbour: Sandefjord
Date: 5/8/1963
- Ships
- D/S Tiger
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Maskinassistent
- Signed on
- Harbour: Sandefjord
Date: 10/18/1961 - Signed off
- Harbour: Sandefjord
Date: 5/8/1962
- Ships
- D/S Tiger
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Maskinassistent
- Signed on
- Harbour: Sandefjord
Date: 10/13/1960 - Signed off
- Harbour: Sandefjord
Date: 5/6/1961
- Ships
- D/S Tiger
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Maskinassistent
- Signed on
- Harbour: Sandefjord
Date: 10/22/1959 - Signed off
- Harbour: Sandefjord
Date: 5/7/1960
- Ships
- M/S Thorshavet
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Maskinassistent
- Signed on
- Harbour: Sandefjord
Date: 1958 - Signed off
- Harbour: Sandefjord
Date: Unkown
- Ships
- D/S Seksern
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Maskinassistent
- Signed on
- Harbour: Sandefjord
Date: 10/25/1957 - Signed off
- Harbour: Sandefjord
Date: 4/25/1958
- Ships
- D/S Pingvin
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Maskinassistent
- Signed on
- Harbour: Sandefjord
Date: 11/15/1955 - Signed off
- Harbour: Sandefjord
Date: 4/12/1956
- Ships
- M/S Thorshavet
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Smører / Fyrbøter
- Signed on
- Harbour: Sandefjord
Date: 10/11/1954 - Signed off
- Harbour: Sandefjord
Date: 4/26/1955
- Ships
- D/S Thorglimt
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Fireman
- Signed on
- Harbour: Sandefjord
Date: 10/27/1953 - Signed off
- Harbour: Sandefjord
Date: 4/21/1954
- Ships
- D/S Firern
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Fireman
- Signed on
- Harbour: Sandefjord
Date: 9/20/1951 - Signed off
- Harbour: Sandefjord
Date: 4/5/1952
- Ships
- M/S Troja
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Unkown
- Signed on
- Harbour: Bombay
Date: 11/1/1945 - Signed off
- Harbour: Gøteborg, Västra Götaland, Sverige
Date: 12/29/1945
- Ships
- M/T Skotaas
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Matros / Skytter
- Signed on
- Harbour: New York, NY, USA
Date: 7/5/1945 - Signed off
- Harbour: Bombay
Date: 10/29/1945
- Ships
- M/T Fenja
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Matros / Skytter
- Signed on
- Harbour: New York, NY, USA
Date: 11/13/1944 - Signed off
- Harbour: New York, NY, USA
Date: 6/4/1945
- Ships
- M/T Vanja
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Matros / Skytter
- Signed on
- Harbour: Baltimore, MD, USA
Date: 5/4/1944 - Signed off
- Harbour: New York, NY, USA
Date: 9/12/1944
- Ships
- M/T Vanja
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Matros / Skytter
- Signed on
- Harbour: New York, NY, USA
Date: 7/14/1943 - Signed off
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 3/20/1944
- Ships
- M/T Velma
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Matros / Skytter
- Signed on
- Harbour: Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Skottland
Date: 9/30/1942 - Signed off
- Harbour: New York, NY, USA
Date: 4/23/1943
- Ships
- M/T Tankexpress
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Matros / Skytter
- Signed on
- Harbour: Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Skottland
Date: 11/21/1941 - Signed off
- Harbour: Torpedert
Date: 7/25/1942
- Ships
- M/T Strinda
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Able seaman
- Signed on
- Harbour: Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Skottland
Date: 5/16/1941 - Signed off
- Harbour: Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Skottland
Date: 9/24/1941
- Ships
- D/S HNoMS Ranen
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- U. d. m. (Utskrevet dekksmann)
- Signed on
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 3/27/1941 - Signed off
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 5/15/1941
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Rank
- Able seaman
- Signed on
- Harbour: Sandefjord
Date: 10/13/1939 - Signed off
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 2/20/1941
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Rank
- Ordinary seaman
- Signed on
- Harbour: Sandefjord
Date: 9/12/1938 - Signed off
- Harbour: Sandefjord
Date: 4/25/1939
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Rank
- Ordinary seaman
- Signed on
- Harbour: Sandefjord
Date: 4/27/1938 - Signed off
- Harbour: Sandefjord
Date: 5/7/1938
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Rank
- Ordinary seaman
- Signed on
- Harbour: Sandefjord
Date: 9/4/1937 - Signed off
- Harbour: Sandefjord
Date: 4/22/1938
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Rank
- Jungmann
- Signed on
- Harbour: Sandefjord
Date: 4/24/1937 - Signed off
- Harbour: Sandefjord
Date: 8/21/1937
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Rank
- Jungmann
- Signed on
- Harbour: Sandefjord
Date: 10/14/1936 - Signed off
- Harbour: Sandefjord
Date: 4/20/1937
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Rank
- Jungmann
- Signed on
- Harbour: Sandefjord
Date: 10/3/1935 - Signed off
- Harbour: Sandefjord
Date: 4/22/1936
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Rank
- Dekksgutt
- Signed on
- Harbour: Sandefjord
Date: 9/22/1934 - Signed off
- Harbour: Sandefjord
Date: 5/10/1935
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Rank
- Messboy
- Signed on
- Harbour: Sandefjord
Date: 8/31/1933 - Signed off
- Harbour: Sandefjord
Date: 4/25/1934
- Ships
- D/T Radioleine
- Nationality
- South Africa
- Rank
- Byssegutt
- Signed on
- Harbour: Sandefjord
Date: 9/7/1932 - Signed off
- Harbour: Sandefjord
Date: 1/16/1933
Voyages
Places of Service (5)
- Place of service
- Tjenestested SSH Travers Island, NY.
- Position
- U. d. m. (Utskrevet dekksmann)
- From
- 3/20/1944
- To
- 5/4/1944
- Place of service
- Sjøforsvarets skytteravdeling i handelsflåten (S.S.H.)
- Position
- U. d. m. (Utskrevet dekksmann)
- From
- 4/23/1943
- To
- 7/14/1943
- Place of service
- Sjøforsvarets skytteravdeling i handelsflåten (S.S.H.)
- Position
- U. d. m. (Utskrevet dekksmann)
- From
- 9/12/1942
- To
- 9/30/1942
- Place of service
- Tjenestested SSH Dumbarton
- Position
- U. d. m. (Utskrevet dekksmann)
- From
- 10/15/1941
- To
- 11/21/1941
- Place of service
- Tjenestested Marinens stasjon, Port Edgar (M.S.P.E.)
- Position
- Matros / Skytter
- From
- 9/24/1941
- To
- 10/15/1941
Medals (4)
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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