Founded in 1910 by P. Bogen, Sandefjord and in 1923 transferred to New Zealand. The company started with the whalers Star 1-3 built by the Seattle Construction and Drydock Company and the factory ship Sommerstad. In 1912 factory ship and fast station, since 1913 fast station. Number of boats 3. Blue whale=Balaenoptera musculus 25, Fin whale=Balaenoptera physalus 59, Humpback whale= Megaptera novaeangliae 39, Sei whale=Balaenoptera borealis 21, Spermwhale= Physeter macrocephalus 6, North Atlantic right whale =Eubalaena glacialis 1, total number of caught whales 151, number of barrels oil 6.085 and number of bags guano 5.228.
Source
Sigurd Risting. Av Hvalfangstens Historie. Kristiania,
1922.
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