SMITH'S DOCK COMPANY LTD., SOUTH BANK
| Name | KOS XVIII |
| Type | Whaler |
| Yard Number | 949 |
| Launched | 19/05/1932 |
| Completed | 07/1932 |
| Off. Number | |
| Engine builder | Smith's Dock |
| Engine type | T 3 cyl. |
| GRT | 258 |
| Length (feet) | 119.7 |
| Beam (feet) | 24.1 |
| First owner | Kosmos II A/S (A. Jahre), Sandefjord |
| History | 08/07/1940 Admiralty requisition as minesweeper, Adm. no. Fy.1930 |
| 10/1941 VARDØ, operating with Norwegian crew | |
| 1946 KOS XVIII on return to owner | |
| 1957 (1958?) Haugesund Slip (Brødrene Nistad), Haugesund. Converted to fishing vessel, re-engined with 6 cyl diesel by A/S Volund, Copenhagen | |
| 1958 TURBO, Martin Gundersen A/S, Ålesund | |
| 1962 TURBOTRAWL, A/S Havfiskeselskapet Neptun (Martin Gundersen A/S), Ålesund. Registered at Brandal | |
| 1965 NIMROD (N-55-ME), Thorleif Torrissen Partr., Bodø | |
| 1968 re-engined with 8 cyl Lister Blackstone diesel | |
| 1969 lengthened to 141', 286grt. | |
| 02/1984 NIMROD (M-60-G), P/R Nimrod (Gunnar Støbakk), Godøy, Ålesund | |
| (In LR1992, not in LR1996) | |
| Fate |
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