Kos 45

Type

Dampskip, hvalbåt
steam ship, whale catcher

ID:

5194181

Flagg (flag):

NOR

Havn(port):

Sandefjord

Byggeår (year built):

1949/10

Bnr (Sno):

3658

Bygger (yard):

Hitachi Shipbuilding & Engineering. Co. Ltd, Osaka, Japan.

Eier (owner):

A/S Kosmos, Sandefjord.

Disponent (manager):

Anders Jahre & Co. A/S, Sandefjord.

Klasse (Class):

DnV +1A1

Tonnasje (Tonnage):

534 brt, 186 nrt

Dimensjoner (size):

Loa: 169,7’–Lbp: 157,9'-B: 29,8'-D: 15,5'.

Fangstutstyr:
(catching equipm.):

Navigasjonsutstyr:

Manøversystemer
(syst. for manouvering)

Dekksmaskineri
(deck machinery):

Kommunikasjon (comm.):

Kallesignal (Call sign.):

LEJM

Fremdrift (propulsion):

1 stempel dampmaskin (steam reciprocating), triple exp. 3-
sylinder, syl. diam.: 17,3"-29,5"-50,0", slag/stroke: 31,5".
2.000 IHK (260 NHK). Bygget av Hitachi Shipbuilding &
Engineering Co. Ltd, Osaka, Japan.

Fart/forbr. (speed/cons.):

ca.16 knop

Hjelpemaskineri (aux):

Tot. el. kraft (el. power):

Kjele(r) (boiler):

2 oljefyrte dampkjeler (ildrør/fire tube boiler) hver med
dim.: 13,5' x 11,7' og 3 fyrganger. Samlet heteflate (HF)
4.051 ft². Damptrykk: 228 psi. Bygget av Hitachi
Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd, Osaka, Japan.

Bemanning (crew):

pers,

Historikk:

1949 Bygget som hvalbåt KOS 45 ved Hitachi Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd, Osaka, Japan for A/S Kosmos (Anders Jahre & Co. A/S), Sandefjord. Fanget for KOSMOS III sesongen 1949/50.
Fanget for KOSMOS III i alle sesonger til slutten på sesongen 1955/56.
1950 Skytter var Einar Akselsen.
1951 Skytter var Thorbjørn Gulliksen.
1952 Sesongen 1952/53 i opplag i Sandefjord da KOSMOS III var satt i tankfart
1953 Skytter var Anders Jonassen.
1954 Skytter var Anders Jonassen.
1955 Skytter var Edvard Akselsen.
1956 Fanget for KOSMOS-IV sesongen 1956/57. Skyttere var Per Hvatum og Ernst Bakken
1957 Bøyebåt for KOSMOS III sesongen 1957/58. Bøyebåt skytter/skipper var Erling B. Hansen.
1958 Fanget for KOSMOS III sesongen 1958/59. Dette var siste sesongen som hvalbåt. Skyttere var Lorang Thiis Haraldsen og Gunnar Hartveit.
1959 Ved hjemkomst fra 1958/59 sesongen ble hun lagt opp.
1962 Solgt til Taiyo Gyogyo K.K., Tokyo, Japan. Omdøpt til TOSHI MARU No. 11. Fortsatte som hvalbåt frem til hun ble tatt ut av fangst og hugget.
1965 Hugget.

History in English:

1949 Built as whaling catcher KOS 45 by Hitachi Shipbuilding & Engineering., Co. Ltd., Osaka, Japan for A/S Kosmos (Anders Jahre & Co), Sandefjord. Sent to the Antarctic as catcher with the KOSMOS III-expedition same year for the season of 1949/50. Was a part of the KOSMOS III-expedition all seasons until end of the season 1955/56.
1950 To the whaling ground as catcher for KOSMOS III the season of 1950/51. Shooter was Einar Akselsen.
1951 To the whaling ground as catcher for KOSMOS III the season of 1950/51. Shooter was Mr Thorbjørn Gulliksen.
1952 The season of 1952/53 laid up in port of Sandefjord as the factory KOSMOS III was trading as a crude oil carrier.
1953 To the whaling ground as catcher for KOSMOS III the season of 1950/51. Shooter was Mr Anders Jonassen.
1954 To the whaling ground as catcher for KOSMOS III the season of 1954/51. Shooter was Mr Anders Jonassen.
1955 To the whaling ground as catcher for KOSMOS III the season of 1955/56. Shooter was Mr Edvard Akselsen.
1956 Shifted to the KOSMOS IV-expedition as catcher the season of 1956/57. Shooters was Mr Per Hvatum and Ernst Bakken
1957 To the whaling ground as buoy boat for KOSMOS III the season of 1957/58. Shooter and master was Mr Erling B. Hansen
1958 To the whaling ground as catcher for KOSMOS III the season of 1958/59. Shooter was Mr Lorang Thiis Haraldsen and Gunnar Hartveit.
1959 At the end of 1958/59 season and return to Sandefjord, she was laid up caused by reduction in the catcher fleet of the KOSMOS III from 12 to 9 vessel.
1962 Sold to the Taiyo Gyogyo K.K. Tokyo, Japan. Renamed TOSHI MARU No.11. Continued as whale catcher all the way until her days of whaling ended.
1965 Broken up.