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HVB “Penguin” (1950)

Aug 27, 2020 | whaling Museum, Hvb P, Penguin, Sandefjord, Companies / Companies, Thorndahl, The eagle

HVB “Penguin” built for A / S Ørnen in 1950 ved Smiths Docks.

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Flk “Ole Wegger”

Oct 10, 2019 | Flk O, whaling Museum, Lott, Ole Wegger, The eagle

Flk “Ole Wegger” at the end of World War II in the Seine. Was emptied of water and towed to England only to be condemned.

Photo: Geoffrey Lott
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Hvalkokerier by Bellsund

Nov 1, 2018 | Andre/Others, Bucentaur, Flk B, The Flk, Haabet, whale World, Kokerier/Floating factories, Companies / Companies, Location / Location, Svalbard, Vale, The eagle

View of Bellsund, at Spitsbergen, i 1905. The first three ships from the left: Turistskipet DS “Kong Harald”, Flk “Bucentaur” and Flk “Vale”. The first sailing ship from left are probably carcass digester “Aviemore”. The second sailing vessel is unknown, but may be A / S fisherman's “Figaro”.

"Ole Wegger" akter

May 24, 2016 | Flk O, Kokerier/Floating factories, Lott, Ole Wegger, Collections, Companies / Companies, The eagle

Salvage crews approaching “Ole Wegger” which is sunk in the Seine at Rouen after WWII. She was sunk by German forces blockade summer 1944. In December, she was raised, brought to Falmouth and put into drydock. She was condemned and in May 1946 she was towed to Gothenburg for hugging.

Photo: Geoffrey Lott (taken by his father).
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Flk "Admiralen" on Svalbard

Jan 7, 2016 | Admiralen, Andre/Others, Kokerier/Floating factories, Sandefjord, Svalbard, The eagle

This picture of the season 1904-05 taken in Bellsund in Svalbard show cookery “Admiralen” which is visited by the German cruise ship “Blücher”.
Photographer: unknown.

Flk "Thorshavet"

Jan 4, 2016 | Flk T, whaling Museum, Kokerier/Floating factories, Thorndahl, Thorshavet, The eagle

Cooking plant number ten in our series of ten.
Thor Dahl (A/S Ørnens) kokeri “Thorshavet”. “Thorshavet” was converted to factory ships for fishmeal 1969 and renamed “Astra”. She sank after a collision outside Africa 17. april 1974. One man was killed. This was the last former factory ship that had its base in Norway and Sandefjord. All the other great old ships were either sold abroad or scrapped.
Posted with permission from The Whaling Museum in Sandefjord.
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Hvb "Klo"

Apr 20, 2015 | Hvalbåter/Catchers, whaling Museum, Hvb K, at the (1923), The eagle

Number of you 30. Have not had time to post pictures this weekend, so I have to take me back. This is A / S Ørnens Hvb “at the” (1923).
Posted with permission from The Whaling Museum in Sandefjord.
Year: 1923-
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Boiling Rier in circulation

Feb 23, 2015 | A/S Odd, Flk T, Huseby, Sandefjord, Thorndahl, Thorshavet, Thorshøvdi, The eagle

Picture taken outward toward Thorøya in Sandefjord where these ships “Thorshavet” (nearest camera) and “Thorshøvdi” Situated in the summer edition. These were held, respectively A / S eagle and A / S Odd, but both of these were subsidiaries of A / S Thor Dahl and it is also Thor Dahl's logo in chimneys.
Postcards in the private collection.
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Hvb "Hauken"

Feb 20, 2015 | Andre/Others, Hauken, Hvalbåter/Catchers, Hvb H, Companies / Companies, The eagle

A/S Ørnens hvalbåt “Hauken” with whale along the side. “Hauken” caught only Kokeriet “Admiralen” Bjørnøya and Svalbard and so in recent seasons at the South Shetland Islands and the Antarctic.
The story takes you her.
year unknown.
photographer unknown.

Hvb "Pingvin"

Nov 17, 2014 | Hvalbåter/Catchers, whaling Museum, Hvb P, Penguin, Sandefjord, Thorndahl, The eagle

A / S Thor Dahls hvalbåt “Penguin” (1950). Picture taken in connection with the trial organized by Smith's Dock.
Posted with permission from The Whaling Museum in Sandefjord.
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