Engineering:Southern Actor
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Short description: Ship built in 1950
 Southern Actor at Sandefjord harbour | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | Southern Actor |
| Owner | Christian Salvesen Ltd |
| Builder | Smiths Dock |
| Yard number | 1202[1] |
| Launched | 1950 |
| Fate | Laid up in Melsomvik, Norway 1962 |
| __1B0X_5H1P__ | career |
| History | |
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | Southern Actor |
| Owner | Christian Salvesen Ltd |
| Builder | Smiths Dock |
| Launched | 1950 |
| Fate | Sold to E.Aarset & Co 1964 |
| __1B0X_5H1P__ | career |
| History | |
 Norway | |
| Name | Polarbris 8 |
| Owner | E. Aarseth & Co, Ålesund |
| Builder | Smiths Dock |
| Launched | 1950 |
| Fate | Sold to Industria Ballenera SA, Vigo 1975 [2] |
| Notes | Whaling off Skjelnan hvalstasjon, Troms |
| __1B0X_5H1P__ | career |
| History | |
 Spain | |
| Name | IBSA I (or IBSA Uno?) |
| Owner | Industria Ballenera SA, Vigo |
| Builder | Smiths Dock |
| Launched | 1950 |
| Fate | Sunk by Sea Shepherd April 1981[3] |
| Notes | Whaling off Vigo |
| __1B0X_5H1P__ | career |
| History | |
| Spain | |
| Name | Itaxa III |
| Owner | Industria Ballenera SA, Vigo |
| Builder | Smiths Dock |
| Launched | 1950 |
| Fate | Sold to Sandefjord Museum |
| Notes | Almost scrapped in Cee, Spain, but towed to Sandefjord under the temporary name Pingvin, |
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| Norway | |
| Name | Southern Actor |
| Owner | Sandefjord Museum |
| Acquired | 1989[4] |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Museum Ship |
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| General characteristics | |
| Type | Whaler |
| Tonnage | 439 GRT |
| Length | 158 ft 9 1⁄2 in (48.400 m) (LOA) |
| Beam | 27 ft 6 in (8.38 m) |
| Draft | 15 ft 6 in (4.72 m) |
| Installed power | Triple expansion steam engine |
| __1B0X_5H1P__ | characteristics |
Southern Actor is a former whale catcher, currently a museum ship based in Sandefjord, Norway and owned by Sandefjord Museum. It is the only whale catcher from the Modern Whaling Epoch still to be in its original working order.[5][6][7][8] Over 100,000 hours have been spent on restoring the vessel.[9]
Southern Actor is in working order and can be chartered for excursions.[10]
References
- ↑ Sandefjords historie
- ↑ Hvalbåtens historie
- ↑ Hvalbåtens historie
- ↑ Gjerseth, Simen (2016). Nye Sandefjord. Liv forlag. Page 122. ISBN 9788283301137.
- ↑ Olstad, Finn (1997). Sandefjords historie B.2: En vanlig småby? Sandefjord kommune. Page 395. ISBN 8299379725.
- ↑ "The Whale catcher Southern Actor". https://www.visitvestfold.com/en/sandefjord/see-and-do/attractions/museum/?TLp=3495&The-Whale-catcher-Southern-Actor.
- ↑ "The Whale catcher Southern Actor". https://www.visitnorway.com/listings/the-whale-catcher-southern-actor/13/.
- ↑ "Sandefjord". 26 April 2019. https://snl.no/Sandefjord.
- ↑ Bertelsen, Hans Kristian (2000). Sandefjord i bilder / Sandefjord in pictures. Grafisk studio forl. Page 22. ISBN 8290636024.
- ↑ "1950 DS/Hvb Southern Actor". http://www.lardex.net/TONSBERG/salvesen/skipstekst/1950_southern_actor.htm.
External links
- "Jim Mclaren's website devoted to maritime history of the far southern latitudes". Archived from the original on 13 January 2006. https://web.archive.org/web/20060113230115/http://www.mclaren.gs/s__actor.htm.
- "Sandefjord Museum official website". http://www.hvalfangstmuseet.no/en/southern-actor/.
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