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Built as a whalecatcher by Framnes Mekaniske Verksted, Sandefjord, Norway for Thøger Andresen, Larvik, Norway
Launched under the name PEQUENA.
Tonnage 200 gross, 80 net, 250 dwt, dim. 134.8 x 20.1 x 12ft. (I do not think this is the building tonnage, dim and engine.)
Powered by one 4-cyl Rubestad oil 2SA engine, speed 10 knots.
1912 completed.

1913 Sold to A/S Ørnen, Larvik, Norway and renamed NEB II.
1926 Sold to Sociedade Portuqueza da Pesca de Cetaceos Lda, Søren L. Christensen renamed SEBALDI II.
1931 Her owner given as A/S Ørnen (Søren L. Christensen.)
1938 Bought from Thor Dahl by Ingebright Bakke m. fl., Steinsland, Sotra, Norway.
Rebuilt into combined freighter and fishing vessel (seiner).
Tonnage 171 gross, 275 dwt, dim. 111.2 (lpp) x 20.2 x 11.9ft.
Powered by a Wichmann engine, 300 bhp.
January 1939 delivered under the name SIBALDI.
November 1939 owners given as P/R Ingebright Bakke, Steinsland & John. Presthus, Bergen, Norway (Fishery No. B-50-B)
April 1941 Owned alone by Johs. Presthus, Bergen.
Not any war-history known.

November 1951 lengthened, and reefer equipment installed by Br. Lothe AS Flytedokken, Haugesund, Norway
Tonnage 207 gross, 91 net, 250 dwt. Dim. 134.7 x 20.1 x 11.8ft.
Used in the waters around Tristan da Cunha from 1948 till 1954.
1960 Tonnage gross changed to 199 ton (probably tactic to keep her under 200 grt to carry less crew.)
August 1962 Sold to Skips-AS Exspedit (E. Reiss), Oslo, renamed COOL BOY, and trading as a reefer vessel.
March 1966 Sold to Skips-AS Andvake, Måløy, Norway, renamed BLAAEGG.
January 1979 Sold to Einar Cook a shipbreaker, Bergen, Norway, all usable parts removed, the hull was laid up at Nyhavn, Bergen.
1981 Towed to Måløy Skipsopphugging (shipbreakers), Måløy, Norway.
Most probably there scrapped but her fate is not confirmed.

Tristan da Cunha 1998 30p sg633, scott614. 1997 £1.20 MSsg?, scott617

Source: Watercraft Philately Vol. 44 page 84. http://warsailors.com/forum/read.php?1,3594,3690
http://www.warsailors.com/forum/read.ph ... #msg-23430

This ship was named "Pequena" only for one year (1912), and sailed later under many different names. I have tried, but so far with no success, to verify that it was this ship under her first name which was used in the waters around Tristan da Cunha from 1948-1954.
http://www.warsailors.com/homefleet/shipss1.html#Si
gives:
Built Sandefjord 1912. Previous names: Pequeña until 1913, Neb II until 1926.
Ships history: Delivered in June-1912 from Framnæs Mek. Verksted, Sandefjord as whale catcher Pequeña (175 gt) to Hvalfangerselskapet Quelimane A/S (Thøger Andresen), Larvik, operated in East Africa. The company ceased to exist and Pequeña was sold to A/S Ørnen, Sandefjord in 1913, renamed Neb II. Sold in Sept.-1925 to Soc. Potuguesa da Pesca de Cetaceos Ltda., Setubal, Portugal, renamed Sibaldi. Sold in 1928 to Søren L. Christensen, Sandefjord. Sold in May-1932 to Thorland Ltd., London (A/S Thor Dahl, Sandefjord), converted for ocean fishing. Sold in 1938 to Ingebrigt Bakke, Steinsland, Sotra, converted to seiner and freighter, 171 gt, and entered service as Sibaldi in Jan.-1939. Owned by Ingebrigt Bakke, Steinsland & Johs. Presthus, Bergen (Johs. Presthus, Bergen) from Nov.-1939. Johs. Presthus, Bergen, Apr.-1941 (B-50-B).
POST WAR: Lengthend in Nov.-1951 at Br. Lothe A/S Flytedokken, Haugesund, 207 gt. Refrigerated hold installed. Remeasured 1960, 199 gt. Sold in Aug.-1962 to Skips-A/S Ekspedit (E. Reiss), Oslo, renamed Cool Boy, in use as refrigerated vessel. Sold in March-1966 to Skips-A/S Andvake, renamed Blaaegg. Sold in Jan.1979 to Einar Cook, Bergen for breaking up. De-rigged and laid up in Nyhavn, Bergen. Towed to Måløy Skipsopphugging, Måløy in 1981 - later sunk?
(Sources: "Damp - Dampskipets æra i Vestfold", and info received from T. Eriksen, Norway)

http://sandefjordskip.18.forumer.com/a/ ... t1020.html
(text in norwegian) confirm that Johs. Presthus was the owner of "Sibaldi", but no info of this ship beeing used in the waters of Tristan da Cuhna.

Could anybody clear this up?

She for the correct details and history of PEQUENA http://www.shipstamps.co.uk/forum/viewt ... 350#p17350