SMITH'S DOCK COMPANY LTD., SOUTH BANK
| Name | CHR. CASTBERG |
| Type | Whaler |
| Yard Number | 906 |
| Launched | 04/09/1929 |
| Completed | 09/1929 |
| Off. Number | |
| Engine builder | Smith's Dock |
| Engine type | T 3 cyl. |
| GRT | 308 |
| Length (feet) | 134.5 (142.0 o.a.) |
| Beam (feet) | 25.6 |
| First owner | Hvalf. A/S Vestfold (J. Rasmussen), Sandefjord |
| History | 1934 VESTFOLD II, Vestfold Whaling Co.Ltd., London |
| LR1935 Vestfold Corp. (J. Rasmussen), Panama | |
| LR1940 Rasmussen removed as manager | |
| 11/1941 Admiralty requisition as minesweeper | |
| 02/1942 renamed NIMBUS by RN, no. J.133 | |
| 1946 returned to owners, reverted to VESTFOLD II | |
| 10/1946 MARTHA W. VINKE (AM6), Nederlandsche Maats. voor de Walvischvaart NV (Vinke & Co.), Amsterdam | |
| 02/1952 BALLENA, Ballenera Paracas SA, Lima, Peru | |
| > Agencia Maritima de Pisco Ltda., Peru | |
| LR1963 Factoria Lima, Callao, Peru | |
| 1977 LA PERLA, Empresa Nacional de Puertos, Peru - used as suction dredger | |
| Fate | 01/04/1978 Foundered at Callao and abandoned as total loss |
For a photo as MARTHA W. VINKE see VESTFOLD II
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