SOUTHERN GAMBLER

1950 Bygget og sjøsatt som hvalbåt PESCA 1 av Smith’s Dock Co., Middlesbrough for regning av Argentina de Pesca, (Alberto Ryan, disp.), Buenos Aires, Argentina, men overtatt av Chr. Salvesen & Co., Leith under utrusting. Overlevert og omdøpt SOUTHERN GAMBLER 29/05.

Fanget for selskapets Labrador stasjon Hawke Harbour sommer/høst, før hun ble sendt til Syd Georgia og fanget for Leith Harbour i alle sesonger t.o.m. 1959/60

1952 I fangst for landstasjonen Leith Harbour sesongen 1952/53. Skytter var Søren Olsen, Onsøy.

1953 I fangst for landstasjonen Leith Harbour sesongen 1953/54. Skytter var Erling Øhre, Nøtterøy.

1954 I fangst for landstasjonen Leith Harbour sesongen 1954/55. Skytter var Otto Thorsen, Tjøme,

1955 I fangst for landstasjonen Leith Harbour sesongen 1955/56. Skytter var Otto Thorsen, Tjøme

1957 I fangst for landstasjonen Leith Harbour sesongen 1957/58. Skytter var Otto Thorsen, Tjøme

1958 Sesongen 1958/59. Skytter var Johan J. Stene, Onsøy

1959 Sesongen 1959/60. Skytter var Johan J. Stene, Onsøy

1960 Pelagisk fangst sesongen 1960/61. Skytter var Ivar Jensen, Råde.

1961 Utleid til Saldanha Whaling Co. Som bøyebåt for sommerfangst.

I pelagisk fangst sesongen 1961/62. Skytter var Even Larsen, Sem

1962 Bøyebåt for Fl/k SOUTHERN HARVESTER i sin siste sesong, 1962/63. Skytter var Arne Andreassen, Onsøy.

1963 Etter sesongen 1962/63, ankom Melsomvik i mai for opplag.

1966 Solgt i januar for NOK 425.000,- til vestlandsfiskere og ombygd til fiskefartøy med en Deutz diesel, 4-takt/enkeltv., 6-sylindret, syl. dim.: 320 x 450mm, 1.320 BHK, bygget av Klöckner-Humboldt-Deutz A.G, Köln som fremdrift.

1967 Omdøpt GAMBLER og med A. Osmundvaag A/S som eiere. Ny tonnage: 480 brt, 198 nrt

1981 Solgt til K/S A/S Teigland (Terje Møgster, Mosterhamn). Registrert i Haugesund. Innmeldt i merkeregisteret som H-87-B (Bømlo).

1983 Omdøpt TEIGLAND med samme registreringsnummer.

1984 Solgt til K/S Otto Hoddevik, Måløy. Omdøpt HODDEVIK og registrert i Måløy. Registrert i merkeregisteret som SF-27-V (Vågsøy)

1988 Solgt og registrert på Cayman Island. Videre historikk p.t. ukjent.

2017 Mulig solgt til Chile og senere dratt på land i Chile.

1 x stempel dampmaskin (steam reciprocating), dobbel to-trinns ekspansjon (comp.exp.), 4-sylindret, syl. dia.: 14 9/16” – 34 ¼” - 34 ¼” - 14 9/16”, slag/stroke.: 32 ½ “, 2.300 IHK. Bygget av av Smith’s Dock Co., Middlesbrough

1950 Built and launched as whale catcher PESCA 1 by Smith’s Dock Co., Middlesbrough for Cia. Argentina de Pesca, (Alberto Ryan), Buenos Aires Argentina. Purchased by Chr. Salvesen & Co., Leith before delivery and completed 29/05 as SOUTHERN GAMBLER

Catching for the whaling station at Hawke Harbour, Labrador during the summer, then transferred to South Georgia where she was catching for Leith Harbour shore-station all seasons from 1950/51 to ‘59/60

Catching for the company's Labrador station Hawke Harbour summer/autumn, before being transfered to South-Georgia as catcher for Leith Harbour in all season up to and including 1959/60

1952 Catching for the Leith Harbour land station in the 1952/53 season. The shooter was Søren Olsen, Onsøy.

1953 Catching for the Leith Harbour land station in the 1953/54 season. The shooter was Erling Øhre, Nøtterøy.

1954 Catching for the Leith Harbour land station in the 1954/55 season. The shooter was Otto Thorsen, Tjøme,

1955 Catcher for the land station Leith Harbour in the season 1955/56. The shooter was Otto Thorsen, Tjøme

1957 Catcher for the land station Leith Harbour in the season 1957/58. The shooter was Otto Thorsen, Tjøme

1958 Catcher in season 1958/59. The shooter was Johan J. Stene, Onsøy

1959 Catcher in season 1959/60. The shooter was Johan J. Stene, Onsøy

1960 Pelagic whaling 1960/61. Shooter was Ivar Jensen, Råde.

1961 Hired by Saldanha Whaling Co., Cape Town.

1962 Buoy boat for floating factory SOUTHERN HARVESTER in her last Antarctic season, 1962/63

1963 After end of season 1962&3, in May, arrived Melsomvik, Norway for lay-up.

1966 In January sold to Norwegian fishermen for NOK 435.000 and converted to motor fishing vessel powered by a Deutz diesel engine, 4-stroke/single acting. 6-cylinders, cyl. dim.: 320 x 450mm, 1.320 BHP. Built by Klöckner-Humboldt-Deutz A.G, Köln, as propulsion. 1967 Renamed GAMBLER and A. Osmundvaag A/S as owners. New tonnage: 480 grt, 198 nrt

1981 Sold to K/S A/S Teigland (Terje Møgster, Mosterhamn). Registered in Haugesund. Sign in as H-87-B (Bømlo) in the fishing register.

1983 Renamed TEIGLAND with the same register number.

1984 Sold to K/S Otto Hoddevik, Måløy. Renamed HODDEVIK anf with Måløy as home port. Registered as SF-27-V (Vågsøy) in the register.

1988 Sold and registered at Cayman Islands. No further records.

2017 Possibly sold and later taken ashore somewhere in Chile between 1988 and 2017.