Engineering:Hvalur 8 RE-388
| Hvalur 0 Hvalur 8 at pier in Reykjavík along with Hvalur 9.
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 Iceland
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| Name: | Hvalur 8 |
| Owner: | Hvalur hf. |
| Port of registry: | Iceland |
| Builder: | Kaldnes Mekaniske Verksted, Tønsberg, Norway |
| Launched: | 1948 |
| Acquired: | 1962 |
| Homeport: | Reykjavík |
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| Notes: | Operated by the Coast Guard during the second Cod War |
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| Name: | Hvalur 8 |
| Operator: | Icelandic Coast Guard |
| Commissioned: | 1973 |
| Decommissioned: | 1974 |
| Fate: | Returned in 1974 |
| Notes: | Leased during the second Cod War |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Whaler |
| Length: | 48.16 m (158 ft 0 in) o/a |
| Beam: | 8.88 m (29 ft 2 in) |
| Draft: | 5.19 m (17 ft 0 in) |
| Propulsion: | Steam engine |
Hvalur 8 RE-388 is an Icelandic whaling ship built in 1948 in Norway. It has been a part of the Icelandic whaling fleet operated and owned by the company Hvalur hf. since 1962.[1]
In 1973 she was requisitioned by the Icelandic Coast Guard, repainted and armed with a cannon and subsequently used as a patrol vessel during the Second Cod War dispute with the United Kingdom .[2] Unlike its sister ship, Hvalur 9 which was renamed Týr, Hvalur 8 kept its name while in the ICG service.[3] It was returned to its owner by June 1974.
Between 1987 and 2006, commercial whaling ceased in Iceland and the whaling ships remained unused at pier. After 20-years of inactivity, Hvalur 8 was brought back into action in June 2009.[4][5] As of 2022, the ship remains active.[6][7]
References
- ↑ "Nýtt og stórt hvalveiðiskip" (in Icelandic). Morgunblaðið: p. 2. 3 June 1962. https://timarit.is/page/1343523.
- ↑ "Hvalbátarnir snarir í snúningum og hentugir í Þorskastríðið" (in Icelandic). Vísir: p. 16. 13 September 1973. https://timarit.is/page/3250601.
- ↑ "Hvalur 8 fær ekki guðanafn" (in Icelandic). Alþýðublaðið: p. 1. 28 February 1974. https://timarit.is/page/3208309.
- ↑ "Til veiða eftir 20 ára hlé" (in Icelandic). Morgunblaðið: p. 2. 25 June 2009. https://timarit.is/page/5255833.
- ↑ "Elsta hvalveiðiskipið 64 ára" (in Icelandic). Sjómannadagsblaðið: p. 11. 7 June 2009. https://timarit.is/page/7328098.
- ↑ "Hval 9 verður gert til góða í slippnum" (in Icelandic). Morgunblaðið. 22 March 2022. https://www.mbl.is/200milur/frettir/2022/03/22/hval_9_verdur_gert_til_goda_i_slippnum/.
- ↑ Kristján Már Unnarsson (22 June 2022). "Forstjóri Hvals býst við fyrsta hvalnum á land fyrir helgi" (in Icelandic). Vísir.is. https://www.visir.is/g/20222278672d/forstjori-hvals-byst-vid-fyrsta-hvalnum-a-land-fyrir-helgi.
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