SMITH'S DOCK COMPANY LTD., SOUTH BANK

Name OTTERN
Type Whaler
Yard Number 1052
Launched 05/10/1937
Completed 11/1937
Off. Number  
Engine builder Smith's Dock
Engine type T 3 cyl.
GRT 361
Length (feet) 138.8
Beam (feet) 26.3
First owner A/S Odd (A/S Thor Dahl), Sandefjord
   
History 1942 (?) - 1943 Requisitioned by US Navy for Coastguard duties. (05/1943 - 07/1943 operating from Monterey, California as a patrol vessel)
  1964 JADAR, Brødrene Anda, Hundvåg (Stavanger)
  1971 MOFLAG SENIOR, Olaf Moflag Partr., Trondheim - converted to trawler (fishery no. ST-50-AA)
  1972 lengthened to 172', 499grt
  1973 fitted 7 cyl. Wichmann diesel engine
  06/1985 MIDØY VIKING (M-55-MD), KS Torfin Gangstad A/S, Midsund
  1988 renamed MAY, but later condemned and sold to Sjuve Ship Gjennvinning, Kristiansand and "de-rigged"
   
Fate 04/06/1989 scuttled in Nedstrandsfjord

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