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Einar Emil Knutsen
- Date of birth
- November 5, 1915
- Parents
- Gender
- Male
- Nationality
- Norway
- Birthplace
- Stavanger
- Place of living
- Forus, Hetland, Stavanger
- County
- Rogaland
- Service
- Rank
- Matros / Skytter
- Has sailed for shipping company
- Maritime inquiries 1939 - 1945
- Other
- Participant in WW2
Ex gratia-arkivet:
Registernummer under krigen: London 29183, NY 24572.
22.1.1942 to Gunner School Dumbarton iflg. marinens liste.
Nortrashipflåtens Skyttere 1941 til 1946:
Skytter nr. 421: Knudsen, Einar. Født 5.11.1915 i Høyland.
Yrke: Sjømann.
Ca. 84 måneders fartstid.
Var den 9.april 1940 ombord i D/S FIDELIO som på denne tid var i Middelhavet.
Senere var han ombord i D/S SPIND da skipet ble senket med kanonild utenfor Portugal i august 1941. Han var også en tid ombord i britiske M/T BRITISH FREEDOM.
Antatt i marinen og ble utdannet til skytter i Dumbarton, Scotland.
Senere gjorde han tjeneste som skytter på følgende norske handelsskip:
D/S FANA fra 26.2.1942 til 5.9.1942.
D/S INGERFEM fra 30.9.1942 til 9.11.1942.
D/S INGERFIRE fra 24.11.1942 til 23.3.1943.
D/S BORGHOLM fra 8.4.1942 til 21.9.1943.
D/S ROALD AMUNDSEN fra 11.10.1943 til 2.6.1944.
M/S MONTEVIDEO fra 3.6.1944 til 8.8.1944.
M/S TRONDANGER fra 10.8.1944 til2.3.1934.
M/T SKANDINAVIA fra 23.3.1945 til 20.5.1945.
D/S NIDAREID fra 9.7.1945 til 21.9.1945.
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: 24. januar 1942, som: U.d.m.
Sivil stilling: Matros.
Tidligere militærtjeneste: 1936 Rogaland Reg. 72 dager.
Militær spesialutdannelse eller kurser: Art.kurs.
Dimittert fra Marinen: 24. september 1945.
Sources
RA/S-3545/G/Gg
Nortrashipflåtens Skyttere 1941-1946.
Sjøforsvarets londonarkiv ved Marinemuseet i Horten: P.26. Kort 127-128.
RA/RAFA-5156/G/Gb/Gbb/Gbba/L0002
Engagements (15)
- Ships
- D/S Nidareid
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Able seaman
- Signed on
- Harbour: Baltimore, MD, USA
Date: 7/9/1945 - Signed off
- Harbour: Savannah
Date: 9/21/1945
- Ships
- M/T Skandinavia
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Able seaman
- Signed on
- Harbour: Baltimore, MD, USA
Date: 3/23/1945 - Signed off
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 5/20/1945
- Ships
- M/S Trondanger
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Matros / Skytter
- Signed on
- Harbour: Baltimore, MD, USA
Date: 8/10/1944 - Signed off
- Harbour: New York, NY, USA
Date: 3/21/1945
- Ships
- M/S Montevideo
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Matros / Skytter
- Signed on
- Harbour: New York, NY, USA
Date: 6/3/1944 - Signed off
- Harbour: Baltimore, MD, USA
Date: 8/9/1944
- Ships
- D/S Roald Amundsen
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Matros / Skytter
- Signed on
- Harbour: Cardiff, Wales, UK
Date: 10/11/1943 - Signed off
- Harbour: Norfolk
Date: 6/1/1944
- Ships
- D/S Borgholm
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Matros / Skytter
- Signed on
- Harbour: Swansea, Wales, Uk
Date: 4/8/1943 - Signed off
- Harbour: Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Skottland
Date: 9/21/1943
- Ships
- D/S Ingerfire
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Matros / Skytter
- Signed on
- Harbour: Manchester, England
Date: 11/24/1942 - Signed off
- Harbour: Barrow on Humber
Date: 3/23/1943
- Ships
- D/S Ingerfem
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Matros / Skytter
- Signed on
- Harbour: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Date: 9/30/1942 - Signed off
- Harbour: Leith, Mid Lothian, Skottland
Date: 11/9/1942
- Ships
- D/S Fana
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Matros / Skytter
- Signed on
- Harbour: Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Date: 2/26/1942 - Signed off
- Harbour: Sydney
Date: 9/5/1942
- Ships
- M/T British Freedom
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Rank
- Unkown
- Signed on
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 1/12/1942 - Signed off
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: Unkown
- Ships
- D/S Spind
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Able seaman
- Signed on
- Harbour: Cardiff, Wales, UK
Date: 6/25/1941 - Signed off
- Harbour: Beskutt av skip/ubåt/land
Date: 8/23/1941
- Ships
- D/S Nesttun
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Able seaman
- Signed on
- Harbour: Cardiff, Wales, UK
Date: 6/4/1941 - Signed off
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 6/24/1941
- Ships
- M/S Empire Governor
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Rank
- Unkown
- Signed on
- Harbour: Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Skottland
Date: 5/19/1941 - Signed off
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: Unkown
- Ships
- M/T Lise
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Able seaman
- Signed on
- Harbour: London, England
Date: 8/26/1940 - Signed off
- Harbour: Swansea, Wales, Uk
Date: 5/6/1941
- Ships
- D/S Fidelio
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Able seaman
- Signed on
- Harbour: Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Date: 11/30/1939 - Signed off
- Harbour: Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, Northumberland, England
Date: 7/26/1940
Voyages
Places of Service (7)
- Place of service
- Sjøforsvarets skytteravdeling i handelsflåten (S.S.H.)
- Position
- SSH Marine Skytterelev
- From
- 9/22/1945
- To
- 9/24/1945
- Place of service
- Sjøforsvarets skytteravdeling i handelsflåten (S.S.H.)
- Position
- SSH Marine Skytterelev
- From
- 5/21/1945
- To
- 7/8/1945
- Place of service
- Tjenestested SSH Dumbarton
- Position
- SSH Marine Skytterelev
- From
- 9/22/1943
- To
- 10/10/1943
- Place of service
- Tjenestested SSH Dumbarton
- Position
- SSH Marine Skytterelev
- From
- 3/24/1943
- To
- 4/7/1943
- Place of service
- Tjenestested SSH Dumbarton
- Position
- SSH Marine Skytterelev
- From
- 11/10/1942
- To
- 11/23/1942
- Place of service
- Tjenestested SSH Camp Norway, Lunenburg
- Position
- SSH Marine Skytterelev
- From
- 9/6/1942
- To
- 9/29/1942
- Place of service
- Tjenestested SSH Dumbarton
- Position
- SSH Marine Skytterelev
- From
- 1/24/1942
- To
- 2/26/1942
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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