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.
Olav Martin Røssland
- Date of birth
- March 4, 1920
- Date of death
- August 30, 2007
- Parents
- Gender
- Male
- Nationality
- Norway
- Birthplace
- Kvinnherad
- Place of living
- Sunde i Sunnhordaland
- County
- Hordaland/Bergen
- Service
- Enlistment district
- Rank
- Matros / SkytterU. d. m. (Utskrevet dekksmann)
- Education
- Maritime inquiries 1939 - 1945
- Other
- Participant in WW2Prisoner during WW2
Ex gratia-arkivet:
Registernummer under krigen: 33539 London, 25655 NY.
Nortrashipflåtens Skyttere 1941 til 1946:
Skytter nr. 1210.
Var den 9.april 1940 ombord i D/S RINGULV på vei til Oslo. Skipet lå i Le Havre under Frankrikes fall i 1940. Den 10.juni 1940 seilte det ut med 1472 flyktninger ombord, og kom seg vel over til England. Skipet ble internert den 22.6.1940 og mannskapet satt i fangeleir i Port Lyantey. Han rømte og kom til Gibraltar den 9.1.1942. Senere var han ombord i M/T SVEVE til dette skip ble torpedert kl.1255 torsdag 10.september 1942, underveis fra Clyde til Curacao. Hele besetningen ble reddet av eskortefartøyene. Etter redningen meldte han seg til marinen.
Antatt i marinen og ble utdannet til skytter i Camp Norway, Lunenburg, Canada.
Utdannet seg etter krigen til elektriker.
Sjøforsvarets londonarkiv:
Antatt i Marinen: 26. oktober 1942, som: U.D.M.
Dimittert fra Marinen: 7. desember 1945.
Participated in the following historical events 1939-1945
- Evakueringen av folk fra Belgia og Frankrike (mai-juni 1940)*Enlisted D/S Ringulv as able seaman
- Internerte norske handelsskip i Nord-Afrika (1940-1942)*Enlisted D/S Ringulv as able seaman
Sources
Hansen, Sverre., Nortrashipflåtens Skyttere 1941 til 1946, Skien, Rotatrykk, 1989
Kvinnheringar i krig 1940-1945, Kvinnherad Sogelag (hovedforfatter: Jørgen Markhus), 2006
RA/RAFA-5156/G/Gb/Gbb/Gbba/L0004
RA/S-3545/G/Gg
Sjøforsvarets londonarkiv ved Marinemuseet i Horten: P.34. Kort 411-412
Engagements (12)
- Ships
- M/S Falkanger
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Elektriker
- Signed on
- Harbour: Bergen
Date: 8/23/1954 - Signed off
- Harbour: Rotterdam
Date: 6/11/1956
- Ships
- M/S Eidanger
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Elektriker
- Signed on
- Harbour: Bergen
Date: 4/16/1953 - Signed off
- Harbour: Rotterdam
Date: 7/7/1954
- Ships
- M/T Malmanger
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Elektriker
- Signed on
- Harbour: Bergen
Date: 8/7/1950 - Signed off
- Harbour: Rotterdam
Date: 8/8/1951
- Ships
- D/S Jacob Kjøde
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Able seaman
- Signed on
- Harbour: Bergen
Date: 4/23/1948 - Signed off
- Harbour: Svolvær
Date: 7/28/1948
- Ships
- D/S Roald Amundsen
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Matros / Skytter
- Signed on
- Harbour: New York, NY, USA
Date: 3/21/1945 - Signed off
- Harbour: Tromsø
Date: 6/20/1945
- Ships
- D/S Ole Bull
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Matros / Skytter
- Signed on
- Harbour: New York, NY, USA
Date: 4/24/1944 - Signed off
- Harbour: New York, NY, USA
Date: 3/9/1945
- Ships
- D/S Polarland
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Matros / Skytter
- Signed on
- Harbour: New York, NY, USA
Date: 5/11/1943 - Signed off
- Harbour: Norfolk
Date: 4/4/1944
- Ships
- M/T Egda
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Matros / Skytter
- Signed on
- Harbour: Greenock, Inverclyde, Renfrewshire, Skotland
Date: 2/20/1943 - Signed off
- Harbour: New York, NY, USA
Date: 3/19/1943
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Matros / Skytter
- Signed on
- Harbour: New York, NY, USA
Date: 12/8/1942 - Signed off
- Harbour: Torpedert
Date: 1/27/1943
- Ships
- M/T Sveve
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Able seaman
- Signed on
- Harbour: Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Skottland
Date: 7/31/1942 - Signed off
- Harbour: Torpedert
Date: 9/10/1942
- Ships
- M/T Høegh Hood
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Able seaman
- Signed on
- Harbour: Gibraltar
Date: 2/10/1942 - Signed off
- Harbour: Scapa Flow
Date: 7/14/1942
- Ships
- D/S Ringulv
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Able seaman
- Signed on
- Harbour: Odda
Date: 1/4/1940 - Signed off
- Harbour: Internert
Date: 6/22/1940
Voyages
Places of Service (5)
- Place of service
- Marinekommando Nord-Norge (M.K.N.)
- Position
- Ukjent
- From
- 9/3/1945
- To
- 11/9/1945
- Place of service
- Tjenestested Travers Island
- Position
- U. d. m. (Utskrevet dekksmann)
- From
- 4/4/1944
- To
- 4/24/1944
- Place of service
- Sjøforsvarets skytteravdeling i handelsflåten (S.S.H.)
- Position
- U. d. m. (Utskrevet dekksmann)
- From
- 3/19/1943
- To
- 5/11/1943
- Place of service
- Sjøforsvarets skytteravdeling i handelsflåten (S.S.H.)
- Position
- U. d. m. (Utskrevet dekksmann)
- From
- 1/27/1943
- To
- 2/20/1943
- Place of service
- Tjenestested SSH Camp Norway, Lunenburg
- Position
- SSH Marine Skytterelev
- From
- 10/26/1942
- To
- 12/7/1942
Medals (3)
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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