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.