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Name: ERIKSEN, Erik Born: 24 May 1869 Died: 1 December 1910 Age: 41 Cemetery: Husvik Grave Ref: 1 Register: 1 SPRI Ref: – Husvik Grave Book: 2 Erik was an engineer who died on board the ‘Bucentaur’ whilst staying at Leith Harbour. The Bucentaur was the original Husvik hulk from which the name ‘Busen’ is

Name: LIEN, Odd Asbjørn Born: Norway, 26 April 1937 Died: 28 November 1961 Age: 24 Cemetery: Leith (Main) Grave Ref: A7 Register: 193 The Register of Deaths tells us that Odd was a whaler on the Southern Venturer, a factory whaling ship.

Name: JOHANSEN, Fritjof G. Born: Norway, 14 May 1916 Died: 25 June 1961 Age: 45 Cemetery: Leith (Main) Grave Ref: A8 Register: 192

Name: AKSETH, Sverre Born: Norway, 14 August 1910 Died: 24 December 1960 Age: 50 Cemetery: Leith (Main) Grave Ref: A4 Register: 191 SPRI Ref: 1228/17/142;D JCMA Ref: 1022/B Tom Robertson, in Gibbie Fraser’s book Shetland’s Whalers Remember, tells us that Akseth, who was station manager at Leith, fell between two catchers and was crushed. Robertson

Name: MacNAIR, Alexander Born: Britain Died: 15 February 1960 Age: 28 Cemetery: Leith (Main) Grave Ref: A9 Register: 190 SPRI Ref: 1228/17/143;D The SPRI archives tell us that McNair was a whaler at Leith (the plate on the grave says bonesawman) and died of head injuries.

Name: KLEVJER, Oddmund Kristian Born: Norway, 10 October 1939 Died: 14 March 1959 Age: 19 Cemetery: Husvik Grave Ref: 34 Register: 188 SPRI Ref: 1228/17/141;D Husvik Grave Book: Page 11 The magistrate’s records at SPRI tell us Oddmund was an AB (able bodied seaman) and died of misadventure. He fell overboard while grappling buoy rope

Name: VALLESTAD, Sigurd Born: Norway Died: 13 March 1958 Age: 35 Cemetery: Leith (Main) Grave Ref: A10 Register: 187 The Register of Deaths entry gives the date of death as 13 March not 3 March, as marked on the grave. Sigurd Vallestad’s son Johnny (at left) visits his father’s grave for the first time in

Name JENSEN, Hans Christian Born Fredrikstad, Norway, 16 June 1905 Died 2 March 1958 Age 52 Cemetery Leith (Main) Grave Ref A5 Register 186

Name SWANSON, William James Born Britain Died 25 November 1957 Age 54 Cemetery Leith (Main) Grave Ref A6 Register 184 Swanson was master of the Southern Satellite, a tanker.