DS/HVB SOUTHERN SOLDIER

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Nasjonalitet

Skipstype Dampskip, hvalbåt

Off nr 181177

Klassifisering BS*Whaling purposes

Byggeår 1946/10

Byggenr 1141

Bruttotonn/BT 427

Nettotonn/NT 162

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

Skrog LBP Loa.: 154’ - Lpp.: 149’

Bredde 27,6’

Dypgående 14,1’

Skipsbeskrivelse Dampskip Hvalbåt

Skipsfunksjon/bruk Fartøy for hvalfangst

Hastighet Hastighet ikke registert

Drivstoffkapasitet Kapasitet ikke registert

Lasthåndtering Fangstbåt

Kjeletype 2 x hoved dampkjeler (vannrørskjeler/water tube boilers), oljefyrt

Kjelebygger Babcock & Wilcox Ltd, Renfrew, England

Hjelpemaskineri Maskineri ikke registert

Maskin-/motordetaljer Dampmaskin, 3-trinns ekspansjon, 3-sylindret, syl. dia. 17,75″-30,5″-52″, slag 30", 1.800 IHK

Maskin-/motorbygger Smith’s Dock Co. Ltd., Middlesbrough, England

Informasjon om rederi, rederiselskap og verft

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Selskap

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Chr. Salvesen & Co,

The South Georgia Co (Chr. Salvesen & Co.), Leith

SOUTHERN SOLDIER

1946 - 1964 Hugget

Verft Smith’s Dock Co. Ltd, South Bank-on-Tees,

Sted Middlesbrough

Reg havn Leith

1946 Bestilt som bygg nr 1142 av Britiske Admiralty (RN) som HMS LOCH STENNESS men kansellert. Bygg nr 1142 ble overført til og bygget som SOUTHERN SOLDIER av Smith’s Dock Co. Ltd., South Bank, Middlesbrough, England for South Georgia Co Ltd.(Chr. Salvesen & Co.), Leith. (Søsterskip av SOUTHERN SAILOR ex. HMS LOCH SKAIG). Sjøsatt 26/08-1946 og overlevert i oktober.
(Den siste i en serie på 8 fartøy bestilt av British Admiralty i krigens sluttfase, men ble kansellert og skrog nummeret ble overført til hvalbåter for sivil tjeneste. 6 av dem levert til South Georgia Co Ltd.(Chr. Salvesen & Co.), Leith og 2 ble levert til Bryde & Dahls Hvalfanger-A/S (A/S Thor Dahl), Sandefjord.
Etter dette ble det ikke levert hvalbåter fra Smith’s Dock Co. Ltd før bygg nr 1164 THORBRANN levert i september 1947.)
I fangst for Fl/k SOUTHERN HARVESTER som fangstbåt for sesongen 1946/47.
1947 I fangst for Fl/k SOUTHERN HARVESTER som fangstbåt for sesongen 1947/48. Skytter var Johan Chr. Olsen, Cape Town/Åsgårdstrand.
1948 I fangst for Fl/k SOUTHERN HARVESTER som fangstbåt for sesongen 1948/49. Skytter var Johan Chr. Olsen, Cape Town/Åsgårdstrand.
1949 I fangst for Fl/k SOUTHERN HARVESTER som fangstbåt for sesongene 1949/50. Skytter var Johan Chr. Olsen, Cape Town/Åsgårdstrand.
1950 I sesongen 1950/51 i fangst for landstasjonen Leith Harbour, Syd Georgia.
1951 I sesongen 1951/52, i fangst for landstasjonen Leith Harbour, Syd Georgia
1952 I fangst for Fl/k SOUTHERN HARVESTER i 1952/53 sesongen.
1953 I fangst for Fl/k SOUTHERN VENTURER i 1953/54 sesongen. Skytter var Otto Thorsen, Tjøme.
1954 I fangst for Fl/k SOUTHERN HARVESTER som fangstbåt for sesongen 1954/55 Skytter var Joseph Ferguson.
1955 I fangst for Fl/k SOUTHERN HARVESTER som fangstbåt for sesongen 1955/56. Skytter var Joseph Ferguson.
1956 I fangst for Fl/k SOUTHERN HARVESTER som fangstbåt for sesongen 1956/57. Skytter var Arne Larsen, Nøtterøy og Alf Mathisen, Sem (halv sesong på SONDRA).
1957 I fangst for Fl/k SOUTHERN HARVESTER som fangstbåt for sesongene 1957/58. Skytter var Alf Mathiesen, Sem.
1958 I fangst for Fl/k SOUTHERN HARVESTER som fangstbåt for sesongene 1958/59. Skytter var Sverre Olsen, Sem (halv sesong SOLVRA).
1959 I fangst for Fl/k SOUTHERN HARVESTER som fangstbåt for sesongene 1959/60. Skytter var Alf Mathiesen, Sem.
1960 I fangst for Fl/k SOUTHERN HARVESTER som fangstbåt for sesongene 1960/61. Skytter var Hans Nilsen.
1961 Etter endt sesong seilt til Melsomvik for opplag.
1964 Solgt H. I. Hansen, Odense DK i april for hugging. Hugget i oktober.

1946 Ordered as ship no. 1142 by the British Admiralty (RN) as HMS LOCH STENNESS but cancelled. Ship no. 1142 was transferred and built as whale catcher SOUTHERN SOLDIER (Sister ship of SOUTHERN SAILOR) by Smith’s Dock Co. Ltd., South Bank, Middlesbrough, England for South Georgia Co Ltd.(Chr. Salvesen & Co.), Leith. Launched 26/08-1946 and delivered October.
(The last in a series of 8 vessels commissioned by the British Admiralty in the final stages of the war but were cancelled and built as whale boats for civilian service using the same hull number. 6 of them delivered to South Georgia Co Ltd. (Chr. Salvesen & Co.), Leith and 2 were delivered to Bryde & Dahls Hvalfanger-A/S (A/S Thor Dahl), Sandefjord.
After this, no whale boats were delivered from Smith's Dock Co. Ltd before building no. 1164 THORBRANN delivered in September 1947.)
Catching for factory Fl/F SOUTHERN HARVESTER as catcher for the season of 1946/47.
1947 Catching for factory Fl/F SOUTHERN HARVESTER as catcher for the season of 1947/48. Shooter was Johan Chr. Olsen, Cape Town/Åsgårdstrand.
1948 Catching for factory Fl/F SOUTHERN HARVESTER as catcher for the season of 1948/49. Shooter was Johan Chr. Olsen, Cape Town/Åsgårdstrand.
1949 Catching for factory Fl/F SOUTHERN HARVESTER as catcher for the season of 1949/50. Shooter was Johan Chr. Olsen, Cape Town/Åsgårdstrand.
1950 In the season 1950/51 Catching for factory shore station Leith Harbour, Syd Georgia.
1951 In the season 1951/52, Catching for factory shore station Leith Harbour, Syd Georgia
1952 Catching for factory Fl/F SOUTHERN HARVESTER i 1952/53 season.
1953 Catching for factory Fl/F SOUTHERN VENTURER i 1953/54 season. Shooter was Otto Thorsen, Tjøme.
1954 Catching for factory Fl/F SOUTHERN HARVESTER as catcher for the season of 1954/55 Shooter was Joseph Ferguson.
1955 Catching for factory Fl/F SOUTHERN HARVESTER as catcher for the season of 1955/56. Shooter was Joseph Ferguson.
1956 Catching for factory Fl/F SOUTHERN HARVESTER as catcher for the season of 1956/57. Shooter was Arne Larsen, Nøtterøy and Alf Mathisen, Sem (half season at SONDRA).
1957 Catching for factory Fl/F SOUTHERN HARVESTER as catcher for the season of 1957/58. Shooter was Alf Mathiesen, Sem.
1958 Catching for factory Fl/F SOUTHERN HARVESTER as catcher for the season of 1958/59. Shooter was Sverre Olsen, Sem (half season at SOLVRA).
1959 Catching for factory Fl/F SOUTHERN HARVESTER as catcher for the season of 1959/60. Shooter was Alf Mathiesen, Sem.
1960 Catching for factory Fl/F SOUTHERN HARVESTER as catcher for the season of 1960/61. Shooter was Hans Nilsen.
1961 After end of season sailed to Melsomvik, Norway and laid up.
1964 Sold in April for breaking up to H. I. Hansen, Odense DK. Scrapped in October.

SOUTHERN SOLDIER

Kilde: «From 70 North to 70 South” v/Graeme Somner, UK, LR 1951/52, «Norsk Hvalfangsttidene» (Norwegian Whaling Gazette) div. årganger., «Hvalfangsten, eventyret tar slutt» v/Dag Bakka Jr. 1992, www.teesbuiltships.co.ukoppdatert: 11/07-2010 (UWG/RI/OL)

Utarbeidet av: Samlet og bearbeidet av Ulf W. Gustavsen og Ragnar Iversen