SMITH'S DOCK COMPANY LTD., SOUTH BANK
| Name | NORRØNA |
| Type | Whaler |
| Yard Number | 907 |
| Launched | 05/09/1929 |
| 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 I , Vestfold Whaling Co.Ltd., London |
| LR1935 Vestfold Corp. (J. Rasmussen), Panama | |
| LR1940 Rasmussen removed as manager | |
| 11/1941 Admiralty requisition as minesweeper, and later as danlayer | |
| 06/1942 renamed NEBULA by RN, no. J.104 | |
| 02/1946 returned to owners, reverted to VESTFOLD I | |
| 10/1946 JOHANNA W.VINKE (AM5), Nederlandsche Maats. voor de Walvischvaart NV (Vinke & Co.), Amsterdam | |
| 1952 Laid up in Holland | |
| Fate | 06/1953 Sold for demolition, completed by NV De Koophandel, Nieuw Lekkerkerk by 1954 |
For a photo as JOHANNA W. VINKE see VESTFOLD I
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