SMITH'S DOCK COMPANY LTD., SOUTH BANK
| Name | GLOBE XII |
| Type | Whaler |
| Yard Number | 1196 |
| Launched | 22/09/1949 |
| Completed | 11/1949 |
| Off. Number | |
| Engine builder | Smith's Dock |
| Engine type | C 4 cyl. |
| GRT | 446 |
| Length (feet) | 158.8 (148.4 b.p.) |
| Beam (feet) | 27.6 |
| First owner | Hvalf. Globus A/S (Melsom & Melsom), Larvik |
| History | 1962 Ceased whaling, laid up in Larvik |
| 06/1965 Sold to Georg Lokøy Brattholmen, Bergen | |
| 1966 EIGUN (No) converted to fishing vessel, re-engined with Wichmann 9 cyl. diesel | |
| 1972 lengthened to 183' (562grt) | |
| 1976 re-engined again with Wichmann 7 cyl. diesel | |
| LR 1985 owner P/R Eigun (Eivind Lokoy), Bergen | |
| 1988 INGER HILDUR (614grt), Inger Hildur A/S (Lodve Gjendemsjo), Molde. (Listed as 720gt in LR1996) | |
| 1999 renamed INGER HILDUR 1 to release name to new vessel | |
| 1999 NERA ATLANTIC, Nerafish Ltd. (Erling Roald Nerland), Molde | |
| Fate | 08/2006 reported broken up. |
As EIGUN in Tees Dock on 25/10/1980 by Ron Mapplebeck
.... and by Michael Green
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