SMITH'S DOCK COMPANY LTD., SOUTH BANK

Name ROKK
Type Whaler
Yard Number 812
Launched 09/07/1925
Completed 08/1925
Off. Number  
Engine builder Smith's Dock
Engine type T 3 cyl
GRT 312
Length (feet) 130.5 (137 o.a.)
Beam (feet) 26.0
First owner Hvalf. A/S Vestfold (J. Rasmussen), Sandefjord
   
History 1934 VESTFOLD VI, Vestfold Whaling Co. Ltd., London
  1936 Vestfold Corp., Panama
  11/1941 Admiralty requisition as minesweeper, Adm. no. Fy.700
  06/1942 Renamed SHOOTING STAR
  01/1946 ALBERT W VINKE (AM2), Nederlandsche Maats. voor de Walvischvaart NV (Vinke & Co.), Amsterdam
  1950 Donkergat Whaling Co., Kaapstad, South Africa
  1951 (1952?) CACHALOTE, Ballenera Paracas SA, Callao, Peru
  1959 Factoria Lima, Callao, Peru
   
Fate 1992 deleted LR

For a photo as ALBERT W VINKE see VESTFOLD VI

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