SFJ00119480620001 DS/Hvb MILLIAM KIHL. Bilde via Jan Tore Knutsen.

1948 DS/Hvb MILLIAM KIHL (SFJ001194806)

Type

Dampskip, hvalbåt
steam ship, whaling catcher.

ID:

5235260

Flagg (flag):

NOR

Havn(port):

Sandefjord

Byggeår (year built):

1941/01

Bnr (Sno):

242

Bygger (yard):

Marine Industries Ltd, Sorel, Quebec, Canada.

Eier (owner):

A/S Kosmos, Sandefjord.

Disponent (manager):

Anders Jahre & Co. A/S, Sandefjord.

Klasse (Class):

Tonnasje (Tonnage):

723 brt, 242 nrt

Dimensjoner (size):

Loa: 197,3'-B: 33,2'-D: 16,5'.

Fangstutstyr:
(catching equipm.)

Kjølemaskineri:
(Refr. machinery)

Kun for proviant

Navigasjonsutstyr:

Manøversystemer
(syst. for manouvering)

Dekksmaskineri
(deck machinery):

Kommunikasjon (comm.):

Trådløs telefoni og telegrafi

Kallesignal (Call sign.):

LNOR

Fremdrift (propulsion):

1 stempel dampmaskin (steam reciprocating), 3-trinns
ekspansjon (triple exp.). 4-sylinder, syl. diam.: 18,5"-
31,0"-38,5"-38,5", slag/stroke.: 30,0". 2.600 IHK. Bygget
ved John Inglis Co. Ltd, Toronto, Canada.

Fart/forbr. (speed/cons.):

Hjelpemaskineri (aux):

Tot. el. kraft (el. power):

Kjele(r) (boiler):

2 oljefyrte dampkjeler (vannrørskjeler/water tube
boilers). Total heteflate (HF) 7.150 ft². Bygget ved ved
John Inglis Co. Ltd, Toronto, Canada.

Bemanning (crew):

pers,

Historikk:

1940 Bestilt 22/01 av Royal Navy.
Kjølen lagt 29/03.
Bygget ved Marine Industries Ltd, Sorel, Quebec, Canada som Flower class korvett HMS FENNEL for Royal Navy. Sjøsatt 20/08.
1941 Levert uferdig 15/01. Seilte over til Greenock, Scotland og ferdigstilt. Lånt ut til Canada 15/05. Omdøpt til HMCS FENNEL (K194).
1943 Forlenget forut ved verft i Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A fra juni til 06/09.
1945 Tilbakelevert 12/06 til Royal Navy (RN). Lagt opp.
1948 Solgt til A/S Kosmos (Anders Jahre & Co. A/S), Sandefjord og ombygget til slep/bøyebåt for hvalfangsten ved Kieler-Howaldtswerke, Kiel, Vest-Tyskland. Ferdig med første trinn av ombygging i oktober. Omdøpt til MILLIAM KIHL. Gikk til isen som bøyebåt for Fl/k KOSMOS IV for sesongen 1948/49.
Navnet fikk hun etter hvalfangstbestyrer Milliam Kihl, som omkom under torpederingen av kokeriet KOSMOS II den 28/10-1942.
1949 Opererte som bøyebåt for KOSMOS IV alle sesonger frem til sommeren 1951.
1951 Sommeren 1951 gikk hun tilbake til Kieler-Howaldtswerke i Kiel og ble ombygget til hvalbåt. Om høsten gikk hun til isen for å delta i sesongen 1951/52, som fullverdig hvalbåt for KOSMOS IV-ekspedisjonen med Harald B. Hansen som hvalskytter.
1952 Sesongen 1952/53 som bøyebåt for KOSMOS IV-ekspedisjonen med John Larsen som skytter.
1953 Fanget sesongene 1953/54 til og med 1956/57 t for KOSMOS IV med Sverre Andreassen som skytter.
1957 Fanget sesongene 1957/60 for KOSMOS III med Sverre Andreassen som skytter.
1960 Sesongen 1960/61 i opplag i Sandefjord da man solgte KOSMOS III til Japan. Tiden benyttes til reparasjoner.
1961 Fanget sesongene 1961/63 for KOSMOS IV. Sverre Andreassen som skytter.
1963 Fanget sesongen 1963/64 for KOSMOS IV. Ny skytter er Asbjørn Marthinsen.
1964 Sesongen 1964/65. Denne sesongen ble hennes siste sesong på hvalfangst. Fanget for KOSMOS IV med Christian Henriksen som skytter. Etter endt sesong ble hun lagt opp for godt.
1967 Hugget i 3. kvartal ved Norsk Skipsopphugging, Grimstad.

History in English:

1940 Ordered 22/01 by the British Admiralty from a yard in Canada. Keel laid 29/03 at Marine Industries Ltd, Sorel, Quebec, Canada. Launched 20/08-1940. Completed as Flower Class Corvette HMS SUFFOLDBROOK for the British Royal Navy (RN).
1941 Handed over to the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) in January. In service from 15/04-1941 under Canadian flag between 1941 and 1945. Renamed HMCS FENNEL (K194). She was one of ten corvettes owned by the Royal Navy (RN) but operated by the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN).
1943 Lengthened forward at a shipyard in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Job completed 06/09-1943.
1945 Decommissioned and returned to the Royal Navy (RN) and taken out of service 12/06.
1948 Sold to A/S Kosmos (Anders Jahre & Co. A/S), Sandefjord and converted to tug/buoy boat by Kieler-Howaldtswerke, Kiel. Completed in October. Renamed MILLIAM KIHL. Sent to the Antarctic as buoy boat for the Fl/F KOSMOS IV the season of 1948/49.
The name she was given was the name of the whaling manager of KOSMOS II, who was killed during the torpedoing of KOSMOS II on 28/10-1942.
1949 Operated as buoy boat for Fl/F KOSMOS IV all seasons until the summer of 1951.
1951 This summer she went back to the Kieler-Howaldtswerke in Kiel to be completed as whale catcher. In the autumn she went south to the ice to serve as catcher the season of 1951/52, for the KOSMOS IV-expedition, and with Mr. Harald B. Hansen as gunner.
1952 The season of 1952/53 operated as buoyboat for the KOSMOS IV-expedition, and with Mr. John Larsen as gunner.
1953 The season of 1953/54 and all seasons until end of 1956/57 as catcher for Fl/k KOSMOS IV with Mr Sverre Andreassen as gunner.
1957 The season of 1957/58 and all seasons until the 1959/60 as catcher for KOSMOS III, still with Mr Sverre Andreassen as gunner.
1960 The season of 1960/61 she joined the layup buoy in Sandefjord as KOSMOS III was sold to Japan. The time as laid up was used to repair.
1961 The season of 1961/61 and until end of 1962/63 as catcher for KOSMOS IV. Still with Mr Sverre Andreassen as gunner.
1963 The season of 1963/64 as catcher for KOSMOS IV. This year with a new gunner, Mr Asbjørn Marthinsen.
1964 The season of 1964/65 was her last season as catcher. Catching for KOSMOS IV with Mr Christian Henriksen as gunner. After finishing off the season, she was laid up for good.
1966 She was sold to Norsk Skipsopphugging in Grimstad, were she also was broken up.

00119480420001 DS/Hvb MILLIAM KIHL som HMCS FENNEL tegnet av R. N. Pearson