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.
Henry Astor Hansen
- Date of birth
- October 14, 1918
- Parents
- Gender
- Male
- Nationality
- Norway
- Birthplace
- Trondheim
- Place of living
- Biskop Sigurds gt. 1B, Trondheim
- County
- Sør-Trøndelag
- Service
- Rank
- Matros / Skytter
- Other
- Participant in WW2
Ex gratia-arkivet:
Registernummer under krigen: London 20546, NY 24872.
Nortrashipflåtens Skyttere 1941 til 1946:
Skytter nr. 719: Hansen, Henry Astor. Født 14.10.1918 i Trondheim.
Yrke: Sjømann.
Fartstid ca. 36 måneder.
Mønstret av M/S IDA BAKKE i New York og meldte seg til marinen.
Antatt i marinen og ble utdannet til skytter i Camp Norway, Lunenburg, Canada.
Senere gjorde han tjeneste som skytter på følgende norske handelsskip:
D/S DEA fra 8.5.1942 til 31.12.1942.
D/S GANSFJORD fra 2.1.1943 til 2.2.1944.
M/T SOLØR fra 11.3.1944 til 14.10.1944.
M/S BRAGA fra 21.10.1944 til 8.9.1945.
Dimittert i New York den 10.september 1945.
For sin innsats for Norge under den annen verdenskrig ble han ble tildelt Krigsmedaljen, Deltakermedaljen og Haakon den VII`s 70 års medalje
Bosatte seg i U.S.A. og ble statsborger.
Sjøforsvarets londonarkiv:
Antatt i Marinen: 10. mars 1942, som: U.D.M.
Sivil stilling: Matros
Dimittert fra Marinen: 10. september 1945.
Gift 22. februar 1945 hustru: May Evelyn Hansen.
Participated in the following historical events 1939-1945
- Den norske tankflåten som reddet Storbritannia (1940)*Enlisted M/T Haakon Hauan as ordinary seaman
Sources
RA/S-3545/G/Gg/L0293
Nortrashipflåtens Skyttere 1941 til 1946.
Sjøforsvarets londonarkiv ved Marinemuseet i Horten: P.17. Kort 207-208.
RA/RAFA-5156/G/Gb/Gbb/Gbba/L0002
Engagements (8)
- Ships
- M/S Braga
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Matros / Skytter
- Signed on
- Harbour: Baltimore, MD, USA
Date: 10/21/1944 - Signed off
- Harbour: New York, NY, USA
Date: 9/8/1945
- Ships
- M/T Solør
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Matros / Skytter
- Signed on
- Harbour: New York, NY, USA
Date: 3/14/1944 - Signed off
- Harbour: New York, NY, USA
Date: 10/12/1944
- Ships
- D/S Gansfjord
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Matros / Skytter
- Signed on
- Harbour: Tampa
Date: 1/2/1943 - Signed off
- Harbour: Alliert havn
Date: 2/21/1944
- Ships
- D/S Austvangen
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Matros / Skytter
- Signed on
- Harbour: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Date: 5/8/1942 - Signed off
- Harbour: Mobile, Alabama, USA
Date: 12/31/1942
- Ships
- M/S Sevilla
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Matros / Skytter
- Signed on
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 5/1/1942 - Signed off
- Harbour: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Date: 5/8/1942
- Ships
- M/S Ida Bakke
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Sjømann
- Signed on
- Harbour: New York, NY, USA
Date: 2/18/1942 - Signed off
- Harbour: New York, NY, USA
Date: 3/3/1942
- Ships
- D/S Annik
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Unkown
- Signed on
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 10/16/1941 - Signed off
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 2/18/1942
- Ships
- M/T Haakon Hauan
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Ordinary seaman
- Signed on
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 9/22/1939 - Signed off
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 9/26/1941
Voyages
Places of Service (2)
- Place of service
- Sjøforsvarets skytteravdeling i handelsflåten (S.S.H.)
- Position
- Ukjent
- From
- Ukjent
- To
- 9/10/1945
- Place of service
- Tjenestested SSH Camp Norway, Lunenburg
- Position
- SSH Marine Skytterelev
- From
- 3/10/1942
- To
- 5/1/1942
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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