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Name: KIM
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 21/01/1913
Completed: 03/1913
Builder: Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd
Yard: Low Walker
Yard Number: 849
Dimensions: 5857grt, 3349nrt, 445.5 x 57.7 x 24.5ft; (1929: 7562grt)
Engines: T3cyl (27, 45 & 75 x 48ins), 390nhp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 10.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: n/a
History:
03/1913 D/S A/S Kim (P Johennessen), Tønsberg
1917 D/S A/S Balto (B Stolt-Nielsen), Haugesund; renamed BALTO
1925 D/S A/S OA Knudsen (Ole Andreas Knudsen), Haugesund
1925 Renamed SUDERØY
1929 Hvalfangst A/S Suderøy (OA Knudsen), Haugesund
1959 Hvalfangerselsk Kosmos & others, Sandefjord
1961 Anders Jahre Rederi A/S & others, Sandefjord; renamed JALINGA
05/1964 Broken up
Comments: 1929: Converted to whale factory ship
29/05/1964: Arrived at Bremerhaven for breaking up by Eisen u Metall AG


Above photo as SUDERØY is copyright of the Bangsbo Museum