An item reported that the Norwegian whaling factory ship Neilsen Alonso (1) departed on Monday 5 August Norway destined for Hobart, Tasmania and to arrive there in the first week of October. After bunkering coal and victuals she would depart to the Ross sea, Antarctic with her four whale chasers. The latter were already lying at Hobart since early 1929 and were repaired and fitted out.
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1. The 0,3448 tons N.T. Nielsen-Alonso completed by C. Connell&Co. Ltd., Glasgow, Scotland in 1900 as the Custofian, renamed in 923 Polcevara and after her conversion into a whale factory ship in 1926 renamed N.T. Nielsen-Alonso, owned by Melsom&Larvik, Norway and sunk by the German submarine U-753 on 22 February 1943 as part of convoy ON-166 underway from the United Kingdom towards New York, USA.
Note
1. The 0,3448 tons N.T. Nielsen-Alonso completed by C. Connell&Co. Ltd., Glasgow, Scotland in 1900 as the Custofian, renamed in 923 Polcevara and after her conversion into a whale factory ship in 1926 renamed N.T. Nielsen-Alonso, owned by Melsom&Larvik, Norway and sunk by the German submarine U-753 on 22 February 1943 as part of convoy ON-166 underway from the United Kingdom towards New York, USA.
