KOS 55

1964 Bygget som hvalbåt KOS 55 ved Hayashikane Shipbuilding & Engineering Co., Ltd., Japan på vegne av A/S Kosmos (Anders Jahre & Co), Sandefjord. Sjøsatt i september og overlevert i november. Siste epoke i Aksjeselskapet Kosmos var satt i drift.

Satt i fangst for KOSMOS IV ekspedisjonen. Arne Jensen var skytter. 11 hvalbåter deltok i ekspedisjonen. Tre av dem hadde dieselmotor.

1965 Ankom Jahres lager på Ranvik kaien, Sandefjord for første gang 28/04. KOS 55 var den beste båten på KOSMOS IV ekspedisjonen. Fanget 596 hval i sesongen. Anton Ellefsen var skipper på hjemturen fra Durban, Syd-Afrika. Hvalskytter Georg Solberg som hadde vært skytter på ASBJØRN LARSEN var med som passasjer fra Durban. Det var siste sesongen for Solberg. Hvalskytter Arne Jensen dro hjem med fly fra Durban.

1965 Overhalt og vedlikeholdt ved Ranvik Slipp & mek. Verksted, Sandefjord og dokket ved Framnæs Mek. Værksted AS, Sandefjord

Fangstbåt for sesongen 1965/66 for Kosmos IV-eksp. i Sydishavet. Skytter var Arne O. Jensen.

1966 Fangstbåt for sesongen 1966/67 for Kosmos IV-eksp. i Sydishavet. Skytter var Arne O. Jensen

1967 Fangstbåt for sesongen 1967/68 for Kosmos IV-eksp. i Sydishavet. Skytter var Arne O. Jensen. Under sesongen ble det benyttet fem hvalbåter. Alle dieseldrevet. Fire av dem innleid fra firma A/S Thor Dahl, Sandefjord.

1968 Resultatet for sesongen 1967/68 ble totalt 34.240 fat hvalolje. Dette ble siste sesongen

1970 Solgt til Kyokuyo KK. Tokyo. Omdøpt KYO MARU NO. 27

1977 Overtatt av Kyodu Senpaku Kaisha Ltd., Tokyo. Uten navneskifte. Registrert i Lloyds som «Fisherv Patrol Vessel».

1997 Hugget i Kitakyushu, Japan. 27/06

Fremdrift: 1 x dieselmotor, type Hayashikane-Mitsubishi model 8UET 45 75, 2-takt/enkeltv., 3.600 BHP/225 o.min. Levert av Hayashikane Zosen, Shimonoseki, Japan

1964 Built as whaleboat KOS 55 by Hayashikane Shipbuilding & Engineering Co., Ltd., Japan on behalf of A/S Kosmos (Anders Jahre & Co), Sandefjord. Launched in September and handed over in November. The last era in Aksjeselskapet Kosmos had been put into operation.
Catcher for the KOSMOS IV expedition. Arne Jensen was the shooter. 11 whale catchers participated in the expedition. Three of them had diesel engines
1965 Arrived at Jahres warehouse at Ranvik Quay, Sandefjord for the first time on 28/04. KOS 55 was the best boat on the KOSMOS IV expedition. Caught 596 whales in the season. Anton Ellefsen was skipper on the return trip from Durban, South Africa. Shooter Georg Solberg, who had been the shooter on ASBJØRN LARSEN, was on board as a passenger from Durban. It was the last season for Solberg. Shooter Arne Jensen went home by plane from Durban.
1965 Overhauled and maintained by Ranvik Slipp & mek. Verksted, Sandefjord and the drydock check at Framnæs Mek. Værksted A/S, Sandefjord
Catcher for the season 1965/66 for KOSMOS IV -exp. in the Arctic Ocean. Shooter was Arne O. Jensen.
1966 Catcher for the season 1966/67 for KOSMOS IV -exp. in the Arctic Ocean. Shooter was Arne O. Jensen
1967 Last season, catcher for the 1967/68 season for KOSMOS IV -exp. Shooter was Arne O. Jensen. During the season, five whale catchers were used. All diesel powered. Four of them hired from company A/S Thor Dahl, Sandefjord.
1968 The result for the 1967/68 season was a total of 34,240 barrels of whale oil. This was the last season
1970 Sold to Kyokuyo KK. Tokyo. Renamed KYO MARU NO. 27
1977 Taken over by Kyodu Senpaku Kaisha Ltd., Tokyo. Without name change. Registered with Lloyds as "Fisherv Patrol Vessel".
1997 Broken up at Kitakyushu, Japan. 27/06