SMITH'S DOCK COMPANY LTD., SOUTH BANK
| Name | VIKINGEN VI |
| Type | Whaler |
| Yard Number | 991 |
| Launched | 12/09/1935 |
| Completed | 10/1935 |
| Off. Number | |
| Engine builder | Shipbuilder |
| Engine type | T. 3cyl. |
| GRT | 299 |
| Length (feet) | 127.7 |
| Beam (feet) | 25.1 |
| First owner | Viking Corporation (Johan Rasmussen), Panama |
| History | 1939 VESTFOLD X, Vestfold Corporation (same managers) |
| 11/1941 British Admiralty requisition as minesweeper, no. J.51 | |
| 06/1942 renamed SQUALL, later employed as danlayer | |
| 1945 VESTFOLD X, returned to owners | |
| 1947 ELLY W. VINKE (AM8), N.V. Nederl. voor de Walvischvaart (Vinke & Co.), Amsterdam | |
| Fate | 09/04/1959 Sold to South African Metal & Machinery Pty. Ltd. and broken up at Cape Town |
For a photo as ELLY W. VINKE see VESTFOLD X
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