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SS Pelagos

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PELAGOS was built at Harland & Wolff in 1901as the ATHENIC for Shaw Savill & Albion's service from London to Wellington, NZ. Bought in 1928 by the Norwegian Hvalfangerslsk Pelagos A/S, who converted the vessel to a whale factory ship. She was captured by the raider PENGUIN in 1941, subsequently sunk at Kirkenes in 1944, raised and rebuilt, PELAGOS continued whaling until scrapped in 1961! Photo: Robert Pabst (c)

 

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