Kos Xxii

Mangler bilde.

1937 DS/HVB KOS XXII (SFJ001193703)

Flagg (flag):

NOR

Byggeår (year built):

1937/10

Eier (owner):

Hvalfangerselskapet Kosmos A/S, Sandefjord.

Klasse (Class):

Fangstutstyr:
(catching equipm.)

Historie:

1937 Bygget som KOS XXII av Smith's Dock Co. Ltd, South Bank, Middlesbrough, England for regning av Hvalfangerselskapet Kosmos A/S (Anders Jahre A/S), Sandefjord. Sjøsatt 26/07, levert i august. Ankom Framnæs mek. Værksted, Sandefjord 04/10 sammen med de to andre nybygg for en kort dokking. Forlot Sandefjord samlet 20/10.
Fanget for ULYSSES-ekspedisjonen i Sydishavet sesongen 1937/38 sammen med KOS VI, VII, XI, XIII, XVI, XVIII og nybygde XXI og XXIII. Skytter var Hj. Christensen.
1938 Fanget for ULYSSES-ekspedisjonen i Sydishavet sesongen 1938/39. Skytter var Arne Skontorp.
1939 Ankom Walvis Bay, Sørvest Afrika etter endt sesong og ble lagt opp for summer opplag og vedlikehold. Kokeriet fortsatte sin ferd mot Sandefjord.
Fanget sesongen 1939/40 for KOSMOS-ekspedisjonen inntil 29/12.
1940 Fra 01/01 som fangstbåt for ULYSSES-ekspedisjonen i Sydishavet. Skytter var Arne Skontorp.
Ankom Walvis Bay 17/03 etter endt sesong. Fikk ordre om å forlate Walvis Bay 01/08 med kurs for Durban, Sør-Afrika. Ankom Durban 08/08. Overført til engelske Admiralty i september som HMS KOS XXII.
1941 Klar for oppdrag i januar. Bombet og senket 02/06 av tyske fly i det østlige Middelhavet syd for Kreta, Hellas under kommando av løytnant (pensjonert) Herbert Duncan Foxon RNR.

History in English:

1937 Built as KOS XXII by Smith's Dock Co Ltd, South Bank, Middlesbrough for the account of the Whaling Company Kosmos A/S, Sandefjord. Launched 26/07-1937. Delivered in October as sistership of KOS XXI and XXIII.
Participated as a whale catcher for the ULYSSES-expedition (Western Operating Corporation, New York) in the South Sea season 1937/38. Shooter was Hj. Christensen. Arrived Framnæs mek Værksted, Sandefjord 04/10 together with two other new buildings for a short dry-docking. All departed Sandefjord 20/10.
The following whale catchers were registered on this expedition for the 1937/38 season: KOS VI, VII, XI, XIII, XVI, XVIII and newly built XXI, XXII and XXIII.
1938 Participated as a whale catcher for the ULYSSES expedition in the South Sea season 1938/39. The shooter was Arne Skontorp.
1939 Arrived port of Walvis Bay after end of season for maintenance and summer storing. Factory proceeded to Sandefjord.
Participated as a whale catcher season 1938/39 for the KOSMOS expedition until 29/12.
1940 From 01/01/1940 as a whale catcher for the ULYSSES expedition in the South Sea. The shooter was Arne Skontorp.
Arrived the port of Walvis Bay 17/03. After order left Walvis Bay for Durban, South Africa on 01/08. Arrived Durban 08/08.
Transferred to the Admiralty (RN) in September as HMS KOS XII.
1941 Commissioned in January. Under the command of Lt. (retired) Herbert Duncan Foxon, RNR, bombed and sunk 27/05 by German aircraft in eastern Mediterranean south of the island of Crete