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Hvalur 6 RE-376
''Hvalur 6'' is an Icelandic whaling ship built in 1946 in England by Smith's Dock Company. It has been a part of the whaling in Iceland, Icelandic whaling fleet operated and owned by the company Hvalur hf. since 1961. It was bought, along with its sister ship ''Hvalur 7 RE-377, Hvalur 7'', to replace the aging ''Hvalur 2'' and ''Hvalur 3'' which were built between 1920 and 1930. 1986 sinking In November 1986, ''Hvalur 6'' along with ''Hvalur 7'' were sunk in Reykjavík harbour by anti-whaling activists from the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. Both ships were raised a few days later, but have not gone on a whale hunt since. While the steam engines where undamaged, the ships electrical wirings, interiors and various devices where damaged by the salt. While feasible, the ships have yet to be fully repaired and have never gone whaling after the sinking. As of 2015, they are stored on dry land next to the company's whaling station in Hvalfjörður, north of Reykjavík, where they a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hvalur Reykjavik 2009
Hvalur hf. (, ) is an Icelandic commercial whaling and holding company. Hvalur hf. was founded in 1947 as a commercial whaling company by Loftur Bjarnason and Vilhjálmur Árnason and later run by their sons, Kristján Loftsson and Árni Vilhjálmsson (professor), Árni Vilhjálmsson. In the recent decades, it has become one of the most powerful investment companies in Iceland, having owned large shares in Arion Bank, Marel, Origo hf. and Brim hf. amongst others. In 1948, the company purchased an American naval base at Hvalfjörður (Whale Fjord) and converted it into a whaling station. Norwegian crews were involved in training Icelandic whalers into the early 1950s. Whaling fleet The company currently operates two whaling ships, ''Hvalur 8'' and ''Hvalur 9''. It further owns two more, ''Hvalur 6'' and ''Hvalur 7'', that were never fully repaired following the 1986 Hvalur sinkings. Ships history *''Hvalur 1''- Arrived in 1949. *''Hvalur 2'' - Sold to Síldarverksmiðjur Rík ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
