Icelandic whalers Hvalfur 6,7 and 8 on 2 June 2009

2 June 2009

7 June 2009

Photo's made by Pétur Guðmundur Ingimarsson, thanks for allowing us to publish it

Hvalur 6 (RE 376), IMO 5157327, callsign TFMGSK no. 115 and homeport Hvalfjördur, Iceland. Built in 1948 at the shipyard of A&P Tees, Middlesbrought, United Kingdom, , gross tonnage 433 tons, dating from 1946, probably ex-Southern Sailor. Owned and managed by Hvalur, Hafnarfjordur, Iceland.

Hvalur 7 (RE 377), IMO 5157339, MMSI 251375110, callsign TFJK, SK no. 116 and homeport Hvalfjördur, Iceland. Built at Smiths Docks Newcastle, Newcastle, United Kingdom in 1945, gross tonnage 426 tons. Ex-Southern Wilcox renamed 1961. Owned and managed by Hvalur, Hafnarfjordur, Iceland.

Hvalur 8 (RE 378), IMO 5157341, MMSI 251605000, callsign TADV, SK no. 117 and homeport Midsandur or Reykjavik, Iceland. Built at the shipyard Kaldnes Mekaniske Verksted, Tonsberg, Norway in 1948. Ex-GOS XII renamed January 1962. Owned and managed by Hvalur, Hafnarfjordur, Iceland. Gross tonnage 461 tons.