Albany Whaling Station, Western Australia. Photos by Bill Donaldson 22-3-2026
IMO 5389566. Registered Fremantle. Built by A/S Framnaes Mekaniske Verksted, Sandefjord Norway in 1948. Sold by the Union Whaling Co., Durban, South Africa to the Chenynes Beach Whaling Company in 1970, beached in Frenchman Bay Albany 1981, museum ship. The company ended her activitities in Australia in 1978, the museum was opened in 1980 under the name Whale World. Steam propulsion. Gross tonnage 530 tons and as dimensions 45.45 (over all) x 9.0 (moulded) x 5.182 *maximum) metres or 1491. x 29.53 x 17.0 feet.
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