SMITH'S DOCK COMPANY LTD., SOUTH BANK
| Name | KOS IV |
| Type | Whaler |
| Yard Number | 864 |
| Launched | 08/05/1929 |
| Completed | 07/1929 |
| Off. Number | |
| 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 | 03/1941 (07/1940?) Admiralty requisition as minesweeper, Adm. no. Fy.1928 |
| 10/1941 DROBAK (Royal Norwegian Navy) | |
| 30/06/1946 KOS IV when returned to owners | |
| 1958 BERGFJORD, Trygve Gjerde Partr., Haugesund | |
| 1960 Converted to general cargo vessel, fitted Wichman 4 cyl diesel engine | |
| 1962 lengthened to 139.5' o.a. (300grt.) | |
| 1974 GURO, John Johannessen Partr., Haugesund | |
| 1982 LISUND, Lief Lie, Norway | |
| 1984 SAND CASTOR, K/S A/S Sand Castor (Norsk Sand & Stenservice), Bergen (298grt) | |
| 2004 FRU PETRELL, Per Haakon Haakonsen, Oslo (272gt) | |
| Fate | Broken up at Grenaa in 2008 |
For a photo as FRU PETRELL for sale, see here
and at Grenaa under demolition on 7/4/2008, photos by Bent Mikkelsen
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