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.
Rene Steen-Olsen
- Date of birth
- June 18, 1922
- Date of death
- April 1, 1942Cause of death: War-related shipwreck
- Parents
- Gender
- Male
- Nationality
- Norway
- Birthplace
- Bergen
- County
- Hordaland/Bergen
- Rank
- Ekstramann
- Maritime inquiries 1939 - 1945
- Other
- Participant in WW2
Londonregisteret:
Registernummer under krigen: London 37684.
Våre falne:
Mens han gikk i gymnasiet, var han en av lederne for skolestreiken i Bergen i februar 1941, og ble etter ordre fra tyskerne utvist av skolen og satt en tid arrestert. Var med i illegalt arbeid, flyktet i mai 1941 til Sverige og forsøkte å komme videre til England. Tok hyre med m/t Storsten i Göteborg, og omkom 1. april 1942 da skipet sank vest for Kristiansand etter en eksplosjon, på vei til England.
Participated in the following historical events 1939-1945
- Kvarstadbåt (Operation Performance, 1942)*Enlisted M/T Storsten as ekstramann
Sources
RA/S-2081/F/Fe/Fea/L0088
"Kvarstadbåtene: Göteborgkonvoien: et kapitel av den norske handelsmarines historie under krigen", Alf Pahlow Andersen og Helge Stray Johansen, Oslo, 1949, s. 154.
Engagements (1)
- Ships
- M/T Storsten
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Ekstramann
- Signed on
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: Unkown - Signed off
- Harbour: Flyangrep
Date: 4/1/1942
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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