Type:

Hvalbåt
Whale catcher

O no:
Salvesen

181178
WC100

Flagg (Flag):

Britisk/British

Havn (Port):

Leith

Bygge år (Year built):

1946

B.nr (S.no):

1142

Bygger (yard):

Smith’s Dock Co. Ltd., Middlesbrough.

Eier (Owner):

Chr. Salvesen & Co., Leith, Scotland.

Klasse (Class):

Tonnasje (Tonnage):

427 grt, 162 nt.

Dimensjoner (Size):

Loa.: 154’ Lpp.: 149’ – B: 27,6’ – D: 14,1’

Fangst utstyr (equipm.):

Navigasjonsutstyr:

Kommunikasjon (comm.):

Kallesignal (Call sign.):

Fremdrift (Propulsion):

1 stk dampstempelmaskin (steam eng.), triple exp., 3 sylindret, 1800 IHK. Bygd av Smith’s Dock Co. Ltd., Middlesbrough.

Fart/forbr.(Speed/cons.):

Hjelpemaskineri (aux):

Tot.el.kraft (el.power):

Kjele(r) (boiler):

Babcock & Wilcox (?)

Bemanning (crewing):

pers,

Historikk:

1946 Bygd av Smith’s Dock Co. for Salvesen og levert i oktober som hvalbåt. SOUTHERN SOLDIER. (Søsterskip av SOUTHERN SAILOR).
I fangst sesongene 1946/47 – 1949/50 for Fl/k. SOUTHERN HARVESTER
1950 I de to sesongene 1950/51 og 1951/52, i fangst for landstasjonen Leith Harbour, Syd Georgia.
1952 Fanget for Fl/k. SOUTHERN HARVESTER i 1952/53 sesongen.
1953 …og for Fl/k. SOUTHERN VENTURER 1953/54
1954 Tilbake til Fl/k. SOUTHERN HARVESTER som den fanget for i sesongene 1954/55 til sin siste i 1960/61
1961 Bragt til Melsomvik for opplag etter endt sesong.
1964 I april solgt H. I. Hansen, Odense DK for hugging. Hugget i oktober.

History in English:

1946 Built by Smith’s Dock Co. for Salvesen and delivered in October as SOUTHERN SAILOR (Sister ship of SOUTHERN SAILOR).
Catching for Fl/F SOUTHERN HARVESTER from the 1946/47 season to 1949/50.
1950 In the next two seasons, 1950/51 + 1951/52, catching for Leith Harbour, South Georgia.
1952 Catching for Fl/F SOUTHERN HARVESTER 1952/53.
1953 Catching for Fl/F SOUTHERN VENTURER 1953/54.
1954 From 1953/54 to her last season, 1960/61, catching for Fl/F SOUTHERN HARVESTER.
1961 Brought to Melsomvik, Norway and laid up.
1964 Sold in April for breaking up to H. I. Hansen, Odense DK. Scrapped in October.