SMITH'S DOCK COMPANY LTD., SOUTH BANK
| Name | VIKINGEN VII |
| Type | Whaler |
| Yard Number | 1010 |
| Launched | 17/08/1936 |
| Completed | 1936 |
| Off. Number | |
| Engine builder | Smith's Dock |
| Engine type | T 3 cyl. |
| GRT | 355 |
| Length (feet) | 134.7 |
| Beam (feet) | 26.2 |
| First owner | Viking Corp. (J. Rasmussen & Co.), Panama |
| History | 1939 VESTFOLD IX, Vestfold Corp. (J. Rasmussen & Co.), Panama |
| 1941 Admiralty requisition as anti-submarine whaler, fitted out by 01/1942 | |
| 01/1942 VEREENIGING (T-62), on transfer to South African Navy | |
| 03/1945 VESTFOLD IX on return to owner | |
| 10/1945 Nederlandsche Maats. voor de Walvischvaart N.V. (Vinke & Co.), Amsterdam | |
| 04/1946 Renamed ROBERT W. VINKE (AM4) | |
| 1957 Laid up at Kaapstad | |
| 09/04/1959 South African Metal & Machinery Pty. Ltd., Kaapstad | |
| Fate | 09-10/1959 Broken up at Cape Town |
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