Engineering:Hvalur 8 RE-388

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Hvalur 8 at pier in Reykjavík along with Hvalur 9.
History
Icelandic FlagIceland
Name: Hvalur 8
Owner: Hvalur hf.
Port of registry: Iceland
Builder: Kaldnes Mekaniske Verksted, Tønsberg, Norway
Launched: 1948
Acquired: 1962
Homeport: Reykjavík
Identification:
Notes: Operated by the Coast Guard during the second Cod War
History
Icelandic FlagIceland
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]

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