SMITH'S DOCK COMPANY LTD., SOUTH BANK
| Name | SAIMA |
| Type | Whaler |
| Yard Number | 674 |
| Launched | 22/04/1924 |
| Completed | 10/1924 |
| Off. Number | 148247 |
| Engine builder | Smith's Dock |
| Engine type | T 3 cyl (later re-engined, see below) |
| GRT | 217 |
| Length (feet) | 110.4 |
| Beam (feet) | 23 |
| First owner | South Georgia Co.Ltd. (Chr. Salvesen & Co.), Leith |
| History | 11/1929 Sevilla Whaling Co.Ltd. (A/S Sevilla), London (Companies part-owned & controlled by Salvesen) |
| LR1930 South Georgia Co.Ltd. (Chr. Salvesen & Co.), Regd. Stanley, F.I. | |
| 05/1930 Polar Whaling Co.Ltd. (A/S Polhavet), London (Companies part-owned by Salvesen) | |
| 10/1933 Polar Whaling Co.Ltd. & A/S Polhavet fully acquired by Salvesen | |
| LR1939 Polar Whaling Co.Ltd. (Chr. Salvesen & Co) | |
| 04/1940 Captured by German Navy when lying at Tønsberg, returned to owners 05/1945 | |
| 04/1946 A.Myrdal & P.Sanne, Norway | |
| 1947 GANDAL, same owner. Lengthened by 18', now 262grt., fitted diesel eng. by W.H.Allen Sons & Co. Ltd, Bedford and converted to fishing vessel | |
| 1948 Hadaroy A/S, Norway | |
| 1951 Fitted diesel, Crossley Bros., Manchester | |
| 1958 MELAND, Karsten J.Nilsen, Norway | |
| 1962 VEST-TAMPEN, J.R.Hareide, Norway | |
| 1963 Fitted Alpha-Diesel | |
| 1983 Vidar Peltersen | |
| Fate | 1993 Scrapped at Eid |
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