DS/HVB SOUTHERN WILCOX
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1945 Bestilt av British Admiralty (RN) som HMS LOCH OSSIAN
Bygget og ferdigstilt som hvalbåt SOUTHERN WILCOX ved Smith’s Dock Co. Ltd., South Bank, Middlesbrough England for South Georgia Co Ltd. (Chr. Salvesen & Co.), Leith. Sjøsatt 07/10-1945 og levert Salvesen i desember. Fartøyet var oppkalt etter kjelefabrikanten (Babcock &) Wilcox. Sesongen 1945/46 i fangst for Fl/k SOUTHERN VENTURER.
1946 Fanget alle sesonger fra 1946/47 til 1959/60 for Fl/k SOUTHERN HARVESTER.
1953 I fangst som fangstbåt for SOUTHERN HARVESTER sesongen 1953/54. Skytter var Rolf Olsen, Onsøy.
1957 I fangst som fangstbåt for SOUTHERN HARVESTER sesongen 1957/58. Skytter var Anker W. Møller (første del av sesongen, overført til SONDRA).
1958 I fangst som bøyebåt for SOUTHERN HARVESTER sesongen 1958/59. Skytter var Anker W. Møller og Arnulf Stensønes.
1959 I fangst som fangstbåt for SOUTHERN HARVESTER sesongen 1959/60. Skytter var Hans Nilsen (første del av sesongen)
1960 I sin siste sesong på Syd Georgia, 1960/61, i fangst for landstasjonen Leith Harbour. Skytter var Arne Paulsen, Veierland.
1961 Ankom Melsomvik i april/mai etter sesongen.
I august solgt til Hvalur H/f på Island og omdøpt HVALUR 7.
1986 Senket sammen med søsterskipet HVALUR 6 på Reykjavik havn den 09/11 ved en sabotasjeaksjon utført av John Watsons Sea Shepherd. Hevet 18/11 og lagt i opplag. Operasjonen for å få dem hevet kostet $2 mill.
2007 Fjernet fra registrene i 2007/08 og satt på land i Hafnarfjördur, Islandsammen med søsterskipet HVALUR 6 (ex. SOUTHERN SAILOR).
1945 Ordered by the British Admiralty (RN) as HMS LOCH OSSIAN
Completed as whale catcher SOUTHERN WILCOX by Smith’s Dock Co. Ltd., Middlesbrough, England. Delivered Salvesen in December. Named after the boiler manufacturer (Babcock &) Wilcox. Season 1945/46, catching for F/F SOUTHERN VENTURER.
1946 Catching all season from 1946/47 to 1959/60 for Fl/k SOUTHERN HARVESTER.
1953 In action as catcher for SOUTHERN HARVESTER season 1953/54. Shooter was Rolf Olsen, Onsøy.
1957 In action as catcher for SOUTHERN HARVESTER season 1957/58. Shooter was Anker W. Møller (first part of the season, transferred to SONDRA).
1958 In action as bouy boat for SOUTHERN HARVESTER season 1958/59. Shooter was Anker W. Møller og Arnulf Stensønes.
1959 In action as catcher for SOUTHERN HARVESTER season 1959/60. Shooter was Hans Nilsen (first part of the season)
1960 In her last South Georgia season in 1960/61, catching for shore station Leith Harbour. Shooter was Arne Paulsen, Veierland.
1961 Arrived Melsomvik, Norway in April/May after end of season. In August sold to the whaling company Hvalur H/F of Iceland and renamed HVALUR 7
1986 After whaling in Iceland for several years she was sunk on 09/11 together with her sistership HVALUR 6 at Reykjavik after sabotage action by the activist group Sea Shepherd led by the fundamentalist John Watson. Later same year raised 18/11 and laid up. The cost of the salvage operation was $2 mill.
2007 Deleted from the registers in 2007/08 and beached in Hafnarfjördur, iceland together with her sister ship HVALUR 6 (ex. SOUTHERN SAILOR).
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