GUSTAFSSON
GUSTAV
Gustafsson Gustav, Ivar, Mollyhawk, was
born in Föglö Åland, on 31 March 1912.
He made his first voyage in 1928, in the
s s WELLAMO.
Ivar Gustafsson signed on the 4-masted
barque MOSHULU as Able Seaman on 4 May 1935 and sailed in that ship from
Victoria B.C. ¨Port Victoria, S.A.,-Cork, Ireland and then to Nystad, Finland,
where he signed off on 31 July 1936.
He rounded Cape Horn in the MOSHULU in
1936 on the voyage from Victoria to Cork.
Ivar Gustafsson obtained his Mariner
Mariner's certificate in Mariehamn in 1943. He served as Chief Mate of the
barquentine SIGNY and s s PARMA and 2nd Mate of the s s ADVANCE, s s SALLY and PARMA.
Ivar Gustafsson served as Master of ships
belonging to the Rederiaktiebolaget Sally -
m v PANNY,s s DAGNY, s s PARMA and m t JENNY,
m t DALNY and m t PEGNY.
He was awarded the Åland Shipowners' Association
gold medal in 1968.