SÖDERSTRÖM KURT

 

Söderström Kurt, Wilhelm, Mollyhawk, was born in Helsinki, Finland, on 10.4.1918.

He made his first voyage in 1934 in the Finnish s s ILMATAR.

Kurt Söderström rounded Cape Horn once, eastwards, in the 4-masted barque OLIVEBANK in 1936.

Kurt Söderström obtained his Master Mariner's certificate in Turku in 1951.

He served in the 3-masted barque WINTERHUDE and the 4-masted barque PONAPE.

He was 3 rd Mate of the s s NIDARHOLM, Chief Mate of the m v ELÄKÖÖN and m v MAJ, 2nd as Chief Mate of the s s ARALIZZ, s s GRANADA, and Chief Mate of the m v BOLIVAR and m v COLOMBIA.

He served as Master of the m v EL SALVADOR and m v GUATEMALA.

Between 1959 and 1969 he worked as Port Captain at the Mamenic Line, Hamburg.

He subsequently lived in Spain.