Norwegian Whale Ship of 540 tons, she replaced the COMMANDANT CHARCOT.
She left Rouen on10th Nov, 1951 for Terre Adelie and arrives at Port Martin on 21st December 1951, returning to Hobart in 1952.
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Tottan
Norwegian Whale Ship of 540 tons, she replaced the COMMANDANT CHARCOT.
She left Rouen on10th Nov, 1951 for Terre Adelie and arrives at Port Martin on 21st December 1951, returning to Hobart in 1952.
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Re: Tottan
Built as a trawler by Goole Shipbuilding & Repair Co., Goole for the Royal Navy as an anti-submarine trawler.
06 August 1940 launched under the name MORRIS DANCE.
Tonnage 530 ton, dim. 150 x 27½ft.
Armament: 1 – 4 inch, 3 – 20mm AA guns.
October 1940 commissioned.
March 1946 sold to Belgium, and renamed TOTTAN.
1951 Refitted in a reefer vessel.
Lloyds Register 1954/55 gives as her owner Partrederiet Engebretsen & Hauan, Tönsberg, Norway, still under the name TOTTAN.
Tonnage given as 541 gross, 199 net, 250dwt., dim. 164.0 x 27.8 x 12.6ft. (draught)
Powered by a 6-cyl Oil Engine 4SA manufactured by Fr. Krupp, Kiel, Gemany, 1.100 hp, speed 11 knots, one propeller, fitted in 1951.
She was chartered by the French and ANARE (Australian Government) in the season 1951/52 to replace the COMMANDANT CHAROT.
Left Rouen 11 October 1951 for Terre Adelie and arrives on the road of Port-Martin 21 December 1951.
After a call at Pointe Geologie on 24 January 1952 she returns to Hobart, Tasmania where she arrived on 01 February.
The British North Greenland Expedition of 1952 used also the TOTTAN, but severe ice damage forced the ship to withdraw early
Again chartered for a other voyage the next season by ANARE, sailed from Hobart, and arrived 6 days later on 02 January 1953 at Pointe Geologie, leaves Macquarie Island 14 January 1953 to return to Auckland and Hobart where she arrived on 25 February 1953.
The stamp of the British Antarctic Territory shows the TOTTAN after her refit in 1951.
She was chartered in the seasons 1955 till 1958 for relief and supply ship for the Royal Society basis in the Halley Bay, and during the season 1958/59 she was again chartered, now by the FIDS when the Halley Bay base was transferred to FIDS
1960 Renamed in KVITFJELL.
Lloyds Register 72/73 is her owner given as Carino Co., Halifax, Canada, and is she in use as a sealer under the name SIEKO.
1976 Refitted in a salvage vessel, and renamed DEEP DIVER, owned by Göteborgs Dykeriteknik, Göteborg, Sweden.
1985 Sold to Sjovik Rederi A/B in Sweden and renamed in SJOVIK.
http://www.equasis.org gives for 2006, IMO No 5198656 still under the name SJOVIK but under Panama flag and registry, and owned and managed by Nordic Fishing Management at Nouadhibou, Mauritania.
Tonnage given as 490 gross. Still in use as a salvage vessel.
British Antarctic Territory 1993 £1 sg227, scott211
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Source: Navicula. Log Book. Marine News. http://www.chez.com/philateliemarine/ph ... TAAF_e.htm? http://www.south-pole.com/aspp026.htm
http://www.aad.gov.au/default.asp?casid=1483 Ships of the Royal Navy Vol. 2 by Colledge.
06 August 1940 launched under the name MORRIS DANCE.
Tonnage 530 ton, dim. 150 x 27½ft.
Armament: 1 – 4 inch, 3 – 20mm AA guns.
October 1940 commissioned.
March 1946 sold to Belgium, and renamed TOTTAN.
1951 Refitted in a reefer vessel.
Lloyds Register 1954/55 gives as her owner Partrederiet Engebretsen & Hauan, Tönsberg, Norway, still under the name TOTTAN.
Tonnage given as 541 gross, 199 net, 250dwt., dim. 164.0 x 27.8 x 12.6ft. (draught)
Powered by a 6-cyl Oil Engine 4SA manufactured by Fr. Krupp, Kiel, Gemany, 1.100 hp, speed 11 knots, one propeller, fitted in 1951.
She was chartered by the French and ANARE (Australian Government) in the season 1951/52 to replace the COMMANDANT CHAROT.
Left Rouen 11 October 1951 for Terre Adelie and arrives on the road of Port-Martin 21 December 1951.
After a call at Pointe Geologie on 24 January 1952 she returns to Hobart, Tasmania where she arrived on 01 February.
The British North Greenland Expedition of 1952 used also the TOTTAN, but severe ice damage forced the ship to withdraw early
Again chartered for a other voyage the next season by ANARE, sailed from Hobart, and arrived 6 days later on 02 January 1953 at Pointe Geologie, leaves Macquarie Island 14 January 1953 to return to Auckland and Hobart where she arrived on 25 February 1953.
The stamp of the British Antarctic Territory shows the TOTTAN after her refit in 1951.
She was chartered in the seasons 1955 till 1958 for relief and supply ship for the Royal Society basis in the Halley Bay, and during the season 1958/59 she was again chartered, now by the FIDS when the Halley Bay base was transferred to FIDS
1960 Renamed in KVITFJELL.
Lloyds Register 72/73 is her owner given as Carino Co., Halifax, Canada, and is she in use as a sealer under the name SIEKO.
1976 Refitted in a salvage vessel, and renamed DEEP DIVER, owned by Göteborgs Dykeriteknik, Göteborg, Sweden.
1985 Sold to Sjovik Rederi A/B in Sweden and renamed in SJOVIK.
http://www.equasis.org gives for 2006, IMO No 5198656 still under the name SJOVIK but under Panama flag and registry, and owned and managed by Nordic Fishing Management at Nouadhibou, Mauritania.
Tonnage given as 490 gross. Still in use as a salvage vessel.
British Antarctic Territory 1993 £1 sg227, scott211
.
Source: Navicula. Log Book. Marine News. http://www.chez.com/philateliemarine/ph ... TAAF_e.htm? http://www.south-pole.com/aspp026.htm
http://www.aad.gov.au/default.asp?casid=1483 Ships of the Royal Navy Vol. 2 by Colledge.
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