Setter II
Ship Number
1391
Vessel Type
Whale Catcher
Built
A&J Inglis
Launch Date
July 6, 1948
Delivered
November 8, 1948
Owner
United Whalers Ltd
Weight
599 grt
BP Length
160 feet
Breadth
31 feet
No. of Screws
Single
Speed (approx)
15 knots
Propulsion
Q4cyl (18.5, 31, 38.5, 38.5 x 30in), 2750ihp (made 1941) Engine came from corvette SUNDEW being broken up at Troon
Official No.
182873
Registered
London
Fate
Scrapped
Setter II

Engine and boilers built 1941. (Standard Flower Class Corvette type).
 
Catching for Fl/F. Balaena from 1948/49 to 1958/59. Last season as tow vessel.
 
1953 Transferred to Hector Whaling Co., London.
 
1959 Laid-up at Tenvik near Tonsberg.
 
1961 In January sold to Anda Bros., Stavanger for demolition, but not moved from Tenvik. (Saved from scrapping)
 
In June 1961 she was sold to Salvesen, (the company’s last whale catcher purchase) renamed Southern Springer and sent to her final Antarctic season with Fl/F. Southern Harvester 1961/62.
 
1962 In May laid-up at Melsomvik, Norway (close to Tenvik).
 
1964 In April, once more sold for scrapping.
 
1965 Scrapped in September at Odense Denmark.