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Star VI, Star VII (812 813) General Arrangement Plan
STAR VI
Star VI, Star VII (812 813) General Arrangement Plan
Star VI, Star VII (812 813) General Arrangement Plan

STAR VI

Shipbuilder (Aberdeen, Scotland, 1864 - 1992)
Owner (Sandefjord, Norway)
Date30 September 1948
Object NameWHALER
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 148' x breadth 29 7/12' x depth 18 1/12'
Gross Tonnage: 591 ton
Object numberABDSHIP002507
About MeYard: Hall, Russell & Co.
Yard Number: 812
Official Number: 5338543
Subsequent Names: CLUPEA (1965); VESTFART (1967); VESTFART II (1994)

Fate: Still extant 2010.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Whaler, machinery aft, cruiser stern

Owners:
1948: Hvalfanger A/S, managed by Johan Rasmussen & Co., Sandefjord.
1967: Odd Grotle Partrederl, Bergen.

General History:
STAR VI was a steam whale catcher, sister ship of STAR VII. STAR VI stayed with the company until 1965 when it was sold to Odd Grotle of Bergen and named CLUPEA until 1967 when it was converted from a steam whale catcher to motor fishing and renamed VESTFART. In 1994 it was renamed to VESTFART II.

Notes: 2 compound engines 14 9/10" and 34 1/4" cylinders, 32 1/2" stroke, by Hall, Russell.
Listed as active in 2003/2004 Lloyds Register, and in 2010, but owners not listed.
1967: 8 cylinder deisel engine fitted, 320x450 mm, 1100 bhp.
Black and White Photograph in album of 'Star VII' on slipway in shipyard
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
4 October 1948
Black and White Photograph in album of launch of Norwegian whaler 'POL XV'
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
23 May 1951
NORTH CITY
DUTHIE
December 1889
STAR OF SCOTLAND
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
27 September 1960
QUADRILLE
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
15 March 1941
ABERDEEN EXPLORER
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
17 May 1965
BEN LUI
John Lewis & Sons
1953
Ulafur Johannessen, BA77
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
15 August 1950
Black and White Photograph in album showing construction of 'Anno'
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
3 September 1951
LOCH AVON
DUTHIE
1906
BENTLEY
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
13 February 1895
STAR OF THE ISLES
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
28 July 1960
KIRKELLA
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
3 May 1965
ELLIDAEY
Alexander HALL & Co.
1947
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
1942
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
22 September 1965
Black & white photograph of 'Sugar Importer'
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
5 May 1955
ADMIRAL JELLICOE
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
23 November 1961
ECLIPSE
Alexander HALL & Co.
1867
ADMIRAL DRAKE
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
18 September 1960
REFLORESCO
Alexander HALL & Co.
1924