Tiger / Hval 9

 

Nöfn/Name (TIGER) Hvalur 9 (TÝR in the Cod war)
Tegund: Hvalveiðiskip/whaling catcher IMO no: 5361148
Fáni: NOR/ÍSL Reg.höfn: Sandefjord/Reykjavík
Smíðað af: Langesunds Mek.Verksted, Langesund Bygg nr.: 
Framleiðsluár: 1952/11
Fyrsti eigandi: Hlutafélagið Örnin (A/S Thor Dahl), Sandefjord
Hvalveiðibyssa.
(catching equipm.) 1 x Kongsberg 
  

Tonn: 631 brt, 210 nrt
Málstærðir: Lpp.: 153,7', B: 29,7', D: 16,1' 
    
Kallmerki: LANF
  
Fremdrift: 1 stk gufuvél, Compound (FMV C4),
dim.: 14,6"-34,3"-34,3"-14,6", slagl.: 32,5", 293 NHK.
Framleiðandi var Bremer Vulcan, Bremen/Vegesack.
Hraði:  um það bil.16,0 sjómílur
 
Katlar: 2 stk vatnsrörakatlar með yfirhitun, olíufýringu,
gufuþrýsting fyrir/eftir yfirhitun.: 250/220 PSI. Heteflate 4.9902 ft.
Framleiðandi af Foster Wheeler Corp., Dansville, NY, USA
   Áhafnafjöldi          (1958/59)        18-19 menn.
                            (1989/2009)       15    menn.
                            (2010)              13-14 menn.

Saga skips: 1952 Byggður sem hvalskipið TIGER af Langesunds Mek.Verksted,
Langesund fyrir hlutafélagið Örninn (Ørnen (A/S Thor Dahl)), Sandefjord.
1965 Selt 30/11-65 til Hvalur H/F, Hafnarfjordur, Ísland og notaður sem hvalveiðiskip.
Nafni skips breytt í HVALUR 9.
1989 Hvalveiðum hætt.
2006 Hvalvertíð byrjað aftur og veiddir 7 langreyðir (finnhvalir).                                                  
2009 Hvalvertíð byrjar á fullum krafti.

History in english: 1952 Built as whaling catcher TIGER by Langesunds Mek.Verksted,
Langesund for Aktieselskabet Ørnen (A/S Thor Dahl), Sandefjord.
1965 Sold 30/11-65 to Hvalur H/F, Hafnarfjordur, Island and continued as whaling catcher. Renamed HVALUR 9.

Hvalur 9 RE399 is an Icelandic Whaler built in 1952 in Norway. It has been a part of the whaling fleet operated and owned by the company Hvalur h/f since 1966. In 1973 she was requisitioned by the Icelandic Coast Guard, repainted, renamed Týr and armed with a 57 mm gun and subsequently used to cut the fishing gear from foreign fishing vessels fishing illegally (according to Icelandic law) in a newly claimed fishery zone during the Second Cod War. During her service in the Coast Guard she was usually nicknamed Hval-Týr to differentiate from previously commissioned patrol vessels of the same name.

1986 After whaling at Iceland for several years activist group Sea Shepard 
tryed to sink Hval 9 on 9th. November together with other vessel Hvalur 6, 7 and 8 at Reykjavik harbor after sabotage action led by the terrorist John Watson.                                                   1989 Operation status: laid up.                                                                                               Between 1987 and 2006, while commercial whaling ceased in Iceland, the ship remained unused at pier but the recommencement of whaling in Iceland brought it back into action
1989 Operation status: laid up.
2010 Acc DnV the vessel is still alive and ready for action. Same name and owner.

Uppfært 25.03.10 SES