TYPE: Anti Submarine Whaler
BUILDING SITE: Smith’s Dock Co. Ltd Middelsbrough, England
PREVIOUS NAME: KOS VI
LAUNCHED: October 1929
REQUISITIONED: July 1940
IN COMMAND: 1 January 1941 to 1946
OWNER: Hvalfangerselskapet Kosmos A/S, Sandefjord
ARMAMENT
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1x 3" HA Mk.V Cannon
-Caliber in metric: 76.2mm
-Barrel length in calibers: L/50
-Placement: Bow -
2x1 12.7x99mm Colt MG/52 Machinegun
-Cooling system: water cooled
-Placement: one on each side of the vessel, beside the chimney behind the wheelhouse -
1x2 12.7mm Twin Vickers Mk.III turret ( 0.50"/62)
-Placement: Aft, “turret” placed above the depth charge racks
-Gun Weight: 25.4 kg
-Gun Weight with filled cooling jacket: 28.1 kg
-Gun Length oa: about 89 cm
-Bore Length: 79.4 cm
-Rate Of Fire:
–600 to 700 rounds per minute cyclic
–450 rounds per minute cyclic when used with a delay pawl
–150 to 200 rounds per minute practical
-Type: Fixed
-Weight of Complete Round: 0.08 kg
-Projectile Types and Weights: Ball: 580 gr
-Bursting Charge: Solid bullet
-Propellant Charge Ball: 142gr Cordite 7/2
-Muzzle Velocity: 768 mps
-Magazine capacity per gun: About 2,500 rounds
-Mark III: 1,170 kg
-Mark II, Mark II and Mark III:** -10 / +80 degrees
-Elevation Rate: All except Marks V and VC: Manually operated, only
-Marks V and VC: 50 degrees per second
-Train: 360 degrees
-Train Rate: All except Marks V and VC: Manually operated, only
-Marks V and VC: 72 degree/s per second
-Gun recoil: 3.2 cm -
16x Admiralty type 395lbs depth charges
-Throwers: 2x Mk.IIN Throwers
-Racks: 2x racks -
ASDIC RADAR 123A
TECHNICAL DATA
Displacement: 248 Gross tonnage
Length: 35.26 Meter
Width: 7.34 Meter
Depth: 3.9 Meter
MACHINERY
1x piston steam machine (steam reciprocating)
Type: triple exp. 3-cylinder,
Cylinder diameter: 14"-23"-39"
Stroke: 24"
Built by: Smith’s Dock Co. Ltd, South Bank, Middlesbrough, England.
1 steam boiler (fire tube boiler), oil fired
Heating surface (HF): 2,292 ft²
Built by: Blair & Co. Ltd, Stockton-on-Tees, England.
Power: 887 Indicated Horse Powers
Speed: 12 Knots (22.22km/h)
Bunkers: 90 Metric Tons of oil
Range: 2700n. miles at 9.5 knots (17.59 Km/h)
CREW
Estimated crew: 11 - 23 Men
TIMELINE OF IMPORTANT EVENTS
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HISTORY
During the summer of 1940 the Norwegian navy seized 16 Norwegian whaling boats in South Africa. they were taken to Halifax in Canada for conversion into patrol vessels. the whaleboats proved to be in such poor condition that extensive repair work had to be started at the same time as the rebuilding. 7 of these whaleboats were therefore sent to Great Britain for conversion to minesweepers, and the rest were converted to patrol vessels. KOS VI/HNoMS Farsundwas one of those that was converted into a patrol vessel, and which you will hear about here. I would like to suggest a whale boat that was requisitioned by the Norwegian navy after the German invasion of Norway. This vessel was armed and used as a patrol vessel throughout the war.
HNoMS Farsund/KOS VI was one of a series of five whaleboats that Norwegian Anders Jahre ordered at the same time as KOSMOS was ordered. In 1929 the boat was built by Smith’s Dock Co. Ltd., South Bank, Middlesbrough, England for the Whaling Company Kosmos A/S (Anders Jahre), Sandefjord, and it was christened KOS VI. The ship was launched the same year on 9 May, the contract sum was £21,000. The ship participated in a number of whaling seasons forward until in 1940 After the season, arriving at Walvis Bay on March 19, and leaving Walvis Bay on September 2 for Halifax with the other patrol boats H.J. BULL, KOS II, KOS V and KOS I under the command of whaler Aksel Akselsen on H. J. BULL.
KOS VI goes together with other fishing boats to Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada Chartered by the Norwegian Navy from 20 July, after arrival in Lunenburg, the ship was converted into an anti-submarine vessel (Anti Submarine Whaler) with a Norwegian crew from 29 September. The vessel got one 3 inch cannon mounted in the front, below the wheelhouse on its own platform, two watercooled Colt MG 52 on each sides of the vessel, 2 depth charge racks with throwers and a 12.7mm Vickers mark III turret above those on a platform between the lifeboats. KOS VI was then renamed HMS FARSUND (FY-358) on 26 October. Farsund was stationed on Iceland throughout her service (1941-1945) and surrendered to the owners in 1946
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Leselystig 39: Modeller som forteller – Norsk Marinehistorie | Polar Coordinate
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Twin Vickers Britain 0.50"/62 (12.7 mm) MG Mark III - NavWeaps
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