SMITH'S DOCK COMPANY LTD., SOUTH BANK

Name GOS 3
Type Whaler
Yard Number 857
Launched 16/08/1928
Completed 09/1928
Off. Number  
Engine builder Smith's Dock
Engine type T 3 cyl
GRT 251
Length (feet) 115.8
Beam (feet) 24.1
First owner Hvalf. Pelagos A/S (Bruun & v.d. Lippe), Tønsberg
   
History 07/1940 Admiralty requisition as minesweeper, Adm. no. Fy.836
  09/1941 renamed BILLOW, for service E. Indies
  09/1945 returned and reverted to GOS 3 (also listed as GOS III)
  04/1952 Mathias P. Eidesvik, Eidesvik, converted to fishing & cargo vessel
  1953 entered service as BØMMELFJORD (H-83-BO)
  1955 fitted Wichmann 6 cyl diesel engine
  1959 (M-235-H) Johan P. Aakre, Haramsøy
  1962 lengthened to 135'8", 338grt. Owner Johan P. Aakre Partr., Ålesund
  c1965 Elias J. Aakre, Ålesund
   
Fate 03/1980 Condemned & scuttled off Ålesund

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