Engineering:Hvalur 9 RE-399
 Hvalur 9 at pier in Reykjavík along with other members of the Hvalur HF fleet.
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| General characteristics | |
|---|---|
| Type: | Whaler |
| Length: | 51.15 m (167 ft 10 in) o/a |
| Beam: | 9.06 m (29 ft 9 in) |
| Draft: | 5.65 m (18 ft 6 in) |
| Propulsion: | 1398 kW steam engine |
| Speed: | 17 kt |
Hvalur 9 RE-399 is an Icelandic whaling ship built in 1952 in Norway. It has been a part of the Icelandic whaling fleet operated and owned by the company Hvalur hf. since 1966.[citation needed]
In 1972 and again in 1973 she was requisitioned by the Icelandic Coast Guard, repainted, renamed Týr, after the god from the Norse mythology, and armed with a 57 mm gun and subsequently used to cut the fishing gear from foreign fishing vessels fishing illegally (according to Icelandic law) in a newly claimed fishery zone during the Second Cod War. During her service in the Coast Guard she was nicknamed Hval-Týr (English: Whale-Týr) by the Icelanders and Moby Dick by the British.[1]
Between 1987 and 2006, while commercial whaling ceased in Iceland, the ship remained unused at pier but the recommencement of whaling in Iceland brought it back into action.[citation needed] As of 2022, the ship remains active.[2][3]
References
- ↑ "Stríðshetjan í helgan stein" (in is). Morgunblaðið: pp. 12B. 3 January 1999. https://timarit.is/page/1924004.
- ↑ "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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