FURNESS SHIPBUILDING COMPANY LTD., HAVERTON HILL
| Name | KOSMOS V |
| Type | Whale Factory Ship |
| Yard Number | 410 |
| Launched | 10/07/1948 (Largest ship launched on the Tees at the time) |
| Completed | 12/1948 |
| Off. Number | |
| Engine builder | North East Marine Engineering, Wallsend |
| Engine type | 2 x 2SCSA 4 cyl., twin screws |
| GRT | 19000 |
| Length (feet) | 671 |
| Beam (feet) | 78 |
| First owner | A/S Kosmos (Anders Jahre & Co. A/S), Sandefjord |
| History | Refused a Whaling License by the Norwegian Government, so operated as a tanker. (Norwegian Govt. had agreed not to increase the size of its whaling fleet after WWII.) |
| 1966 Converted to fish-oil and fish-meal factory. | |
| 1967 SUIDERKRUIS, Buitsee Viskorporasie (Eiendoms), Cape Town | |
| 1970 Panamanian registry | |
| 1971 L'INTERPECHE, L'Interpeche Ltd., Hamilton, Bermuda | |
| 1982 PLAYA BLANCA, same owners | |
| From 1984 operated as a floating processing barge at Caldera, Chile for Soc. Pesquera Playa Blanca | |
| Fate | 14/10/1987 arrived at Hong Kong under tow en route to Chinese breakers. |
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