SOUTHERN SAILOR / Hvalur 6

 

Foto via Ulf W Gustavsen
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Týpa: Hvalskip / Whale catcher O no:
Salvesen 181177
WC099
Flagg (Flag): Britisk/British Höfn (Port): Leith
Smíða ár (Year built): 1946 B.nr (S.no): 1141
Slippur (Yard): Smith’s Dock Co. Ltd., Middlesbrough.
Eigandi (Owner): Chr. Salvesen & Co., Leith, Scotland.
 Klasse (Class).: 

Hvalveiðibyssa.
(catching equipm.) 1 x Kongsberg 
Tonn (Tonnage): 427 grt. – 162 nt.
Stærðir (Size): Loa: 154’, Lpp: 149’ – B.: 27,6’ – D.: 14,1’
 
  
Framdrift (Propulsion): Triple exp. 3 syl. Gufuvél (steam), 1800 IHP.
Smíðaður af Smith’s Bock Co. Ltd., Middlesbrough.
Hraði/meðal.(Speed/cons.):    
Katlar (Boiler): Babcox & Wilcox
  
Mönnun (crewing): pers,
  
Saga: 1946 Smíðaður af Smith’s Dock Co. Ltd. í Middlesbrough fyrir Salvesen
og nefndur í september sem SOUTHERN SAILOR
Veitt fyrir verksmiðjuskipið SOUTHERN VENTURER frá hvalvertíðina 1946/47 til 1950/51.
1951 I 1951/52 hvalvertíðin veitt fyrir landstöðina Leith Harbour.
1952 Haldið áfram veiðum fyrir Southern Venturer verksmiðjuskipið.
1960 Í sinni síðustu Suðurheimsskauts hvalvertíð, 1960/61, var veitt fyrir Leith Harbour landstöðina.
1961 Siglt til Melsomvik Noregi og skipi lagt í nokkrar vikur. Skip selt í júli til
Hvalur H/F, Ísland og endurnefnt HVALUR 6
Eftir að hafa veitt í mörgum hvalvertíðum.
1986 Sökkt í Reykjavikur höfn þann 9. nóvember af liði John Watsons
hermdarverkasamtökunum Sea Shepard. Hvalur 7 var líka sökkt.
2010 Hvalur 6 þarfnast viðgerða í dag .

(Tekið úr bókinni ”Syd Georgia, eventyrernes øy”;
Arild Pettersen frá Melsomvik, var áhafnameðlimur á ”Sailor” í 1949).
  
History in English: 
1946 Built by Smith’s Dock Co. Ltd., Middlesbrough and delivered to Salvesen
in September as whale catcher SOUTHERN SAILOR.
Catching for Whale Factory Ship SOUTHERN VENTURER from the 1946/47 season to 1950/51
1951 In the season of 1951/52, catching for Leith Harbour station.
1952 Returned to the Southern Venturer-expedition.
1960 In her last Antarctic season, 1960/61, catching for Leith Harbour.
1961 Laid up at Melsomvik, Norway for a few weeks before being sold in July
to the Icelandic whaling company Hvalur H/F and renamed HVALUR 6.
1986 After whaling at Iceland for several years she was sunk on 9th.
November together with other vessel Hvalur 7 at Reykjavik after sabotage action by the activist group Sea Shepard
led by the fundamentalist and terrorist John Watson.
Later same year, salvaged and repaired engine.
2010 As one of the worlds oldest steam whalers, she is still ready for action, but needs repairs.
  
Kilde:From 70North to 79South, Graeme Somner 1984 / Hvalfangsten, eventyret tar slutt, Dag Bakka jr. 1992 / Syd
Georgia, eventyrernes øy, Arild Pettersen, 1999 / Islandske hvalfangstkilder 2006
Síðasta uppfærsla: 22/03-2010 (UWG/RI/OL/SES)