Hvalur 9 RE-399

Hvalur 9 RE-399 is an Icelandic whaling ship built in 1952 in Norway. It has been a part of the Icelandic whaling fleet operated and owned by the company Hvalur hf. since 1966.

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Hvalur 9 at pier in Reykjavík along with other members of the Hvalur HF fleet.
History
Icelandic FlagIceland
NameHvalur 9
OwnerHvalur hf.
Port of registryIceland
BuilderLangesund Mekaniske Verksted, Langesund, Norway
Launched1952
Acquired1966
HomeportReykjavík
Identification
Statusin active service
NotesOperated by the Coast Guard as ICGV Týr during the 1973 Cod War
History
Icelandic FlagIceland
NameICGV Týr
OperatorIcelandic Coast Guard
Commissioned1972
Decommissioned1973
FateReturned in 1973
NotesLeased during the second Cod War
General characteristics
TypeWhaler
Tonnage573.4 GRT
Length51.15 m (167 ft 10 in) o/a
Beam9.06 m (29 ft 9 in)
Draft5.65 m (18 ft 6 in)
Propulsion1398 kW steam engine
Speed17 kt

In 1972 and again in 1973 she was requisitioned by the Icelandic Coast Guard, repainted, renamed Týr, after the god from the Norse mythology, and armed with a 57 mm gun and subsequently used to cut the fishing gear from foreign fishing vessels fishing illegally (according to Icelandic law) in a newly claimed fishery zone during the Second Cod War. During her service in the Coast Guard she was nicknamed Hval-Týr (English: Whale-Týr) by the Icelanders and Moby Dick by the British.[1]

Between 1987 and 2006, while commercial whaling ceased in Iceland, the ship remained unused at pier but the recommencement of whaling in Iceland brought it back into action. As of 2022, the ship remains active.[2][3]

References
  1. "Stríðshetjan í helgan stein". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 3 January 1999. pp. 12B. Retrieved 17 September 2020 – via Tímarit.is. open access
  2. "Hval 9 verður gert til góða í slippnum". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 22 March 2022. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
  3. Kristján Már Unnarsson (22 June 2022). "Forstjóri Hvals býst við fyrsta hvalnum á land fyrir helgi". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 24 July 2022.


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