SMITH'S DOCK COMPANY LTD., SOUTH BANK

Name KOS I
Type Whaler
Yard Number 861
Launched 23/04/1929
Completed 07/1929
Off. Number 191409
Engine builder Smith's Dock
Engine type T 3 cyl
GRT 248
Length (feet) 115.7 (125 o.a.)
Beam (feet) 24.1
First owner Hvalf. Kosmos A/S (A. Jahre), Sandefjord
   
History 1936 Hvalf. Antarctic A/S (Bruun & v.d. Lippe), Tønsberg
  03/1941 Admiralty requisition as anti-submarine whaler, Adm. no. Fy.359
  10/1941 SVOLVAER (Royal Norwegian Navy) (Some sources give renaming 07/1940)
  1946 (06/1945?) Returned to owners, reverted to KOS I
  02/1952 Whale Products Pty. Ltd, Brisbane
  1963 Gurley Station Pty. Ltd., Brisbane
  1964 Ta Hing Co. (Hong Kong) Ltd., Brisbane
  1966 Tuna & Trawling Industries Pty., Brisbane
   
Fate 18/04/1971 Scuttled at Tangalooma, Queensland

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