Hvalur 9 RE399
whaler
Current position
No live position received yet. Identity and particulars below.
Identity & particulars
- Name
- Hvalur 9 RE399
- IMO number
- 5361148
- MMSI
- —
- Call sign
- —
- Flag
- —
- Vessel type
- whaler
- Gross tonnage
- 573
- Deadweight (DWT)
- —
- Length overall
- 52 m
- Beam
- —
- Year built
- 1952
- Builder
- Langesund Mekaniske Verksted
- Registered owner
- —
- Operator
- —
Particulars are enriched from public sources as they become available. Position & identity are derived live from AIS.
About Hvalur 9 RE399
Hvalur 9 is an Icelandic whaling ship built in 1952 in Norway. It has been a part of the Icelandic whaling fleet operated and owned by the company Hvalur hf. since 1966. In 1972 and again in 1973 she was requisitioned by the Icelandic Coast Guard, repainted, renamed Týr, after the god from the Norse mythology, and armed with a 57 mm gun and subsequently used to cut the fishing gear from foreign fishing vessels fishing illegally (according to Icelandic law) in a newly claimed fishery zone during the Second Cod War. During her service in the Coast Guard she was nicknamed Hval-Týr (English: Whale-Týr) by the Icelanders and Moby Dick by the British. Between 1987 and 2006, while commercial whaling ceased in Iceland, the ship remained unused at pier but the recommencement of whaling in Iceland brought it back into action. As of 2022, the ship remains active.
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Hvalur 9 RE399 now?
- Hvalur 9 RE399 has not transmitted a live position recently. Its identity and particulars are kept on this page, and its position will appear here the moment it is detected on AIS again.
- What kind of ship is Hvalur 9 RE399?
- Hvalur 9 RE399 is a whaler, built in 1952 by Langesund Mekaniske Verksted. The vessel is 52 m long and has a gross tonnage of 573.
- Has Hvalur 9 RE399 been detained or sanctioned?
- No detentions or sanctions for Hvalur 9 RE399 appear in the public sources Seadar tracks (USCG PSIX inspections and the OFAC SDN list).