SMITH'S DOCK COMPANY LTD., SOUTH BANK
| Name | GLOBE XI |
| Type | Whaler |
| Yard Number | 1169 |
| Launched | 31/10/1947 |
| Completed | 12/1947 |
| Off. Number | |
| Engine builder | Smith's Dock |
| Engine type | T 3 cyl |
| GRT | 441 |
| Length (feet) | 148.4 (159.0 o.a.) |
| Beam (feet) | 27.6 |
| First owner | Hvalfanger Globus A/S (Melsom & Melsom), Larvik |
| History | 1962 sold to Arne Birkeland Partr., Bergen - converted to fishing vessel and re-engined with 8 cyl. Wichmann diesel (454gt) |
| 1964 re-named TALBOR | |
| 1971 lengthened to 177', now 563gt. | |
| 1978 Re-engined again with 7 cyl. Wichmann diesel | |
| 1998 TALBOR JR, Brødrene Birkeland Fiskebatrederi A/S (777gt.) | |
| Fate | 2003 Broken up in Norway |
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