BUILDING SITE: Jarlsø Verft, Tønsberg
PREVIOUS NAME: GOS I
LAUNCHED: September 1927
REQUISITIONED: 1941
IN COMMAND: 11 July 1941 to 1945
OWNER: Hvalfangerselskapet Pelagos A/S, Tønsberg
ARMAMENT
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1x 3" Mk.III Cannon
-Caliber in metric: 76.2mm
-Barrel length in calibers: L/50
-Placement: front of the Bow on a platform -
1x 37mm Anti air cannon
-Placement: In the middle of the vessel, just behind the lifeboats -
1x 20mm Oerlicon cannon
-Placement: Aft platform above the depth charge racks -
2x1 12.7mm Colt MG/53 Machineguns
-Placement: 1x on each side of the wheelhouse, on the bridge wings.
TECHNICAL DATA
Displacement: 274 Gross tonnage
Length: 36.85 Meter
Width: 7.52 Meter
Depth: 4.29 Meter
MACHINERY
1x piston steam machine (steam reciprocating)
Type: triple expansion 3-cylinder
Cylinder diameter: 15.5”–26.0”–44.0”
Stroke: 26.0”
Built by: Kaldnes mek. Workshop, Tønsberg
1x steam boiler (boiler)
Dimensions: 15.0’ x 12.0’ and 3 fire aisles.
Total heating surface: 3,082 ft²
Working pressure: 200 psi
Built by: Kaldnes mek. Workshop, Tønsberg
Power: 1250 Indicated Horse Powers
Speed: 13 Knots (24.07 km/h)
Bunkers: 90 Metric Tons of oil
Range: 3000 n. miles at 9 knots (16.66 Km/h)
CREW
Estimated crew: 15 Men
TIMELINE OF IMPORTANT EVENTS
1927: Built as a whaleboat at Jarlsø Verft, Tønsberg for A/S Valfangerselskap Pelagos (Svend Foyn Bruun), Tønsberg - GOS I
1940: In Nortraship’s service. Converted 1941 in Halifax, Canada to a patrol vessel. Hired by the Norwegian Navy from 1941 for use as a training ship - new name HMS MOSS - Norwegian Crew. Served as a patrol vessel from 1943 to 1945. 1945 - Ship returned - got its former name back - GOS I
1954: Sold to Harlad Østervold, Torangsvåg in Austevoll
1955: Completed conversion as a fishing vessel at Skudenes Notbarkeri & Slip - new name -ELDJARN
The steam machinery had been replaced with a VØLUND diesel of 420 BHK.
1964: New NORMO main engine of 780 BHK was installed. 1970 Lengthened and rebuilt with raised deck and new wheelhouse. The new length had become 150 ft.
1973: Sold to Ståle Remøy, Leinøy and - new name - STÅLBAS
3.7.1974: Wrecked at Ile aux Morts in Newfoundland
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. GOS I/HNoMS Moss was 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.
This ship was built in 1927 by Jarlsø Verft located in Tønsberg for the whaling company Pelagos A/S (Bruun & von der Lippe). The ship was completed in September and christened GOS I. It was launched the following year for whaling. Arrived March 1940 Walvis Bay, South West Africa then Transferred to Nortraship sailed to Halifax, NS, Canada via Pernambuco, Brazil and Trinidad. Arrived 03/10 to Halifax. Converted to a patrol boat in Halifax. Delivered to KNM in the autumn. Renamed to KNM MOSS. As the only one of the 16 Halifax boats, she was kept on Canada’s east coast as a training vessel at the rescue school in Camp Norway, Lunenburg, NS, Canada which, among other things, trained gunners for the merchant navy. was therefore not equipped with depth charges.
Was in Kristiansand when the Norwegian authorities took over the town in May. Returned to the owners. Restored as a whaleboat at Kaldnæs mek. Verksted A/S, Tønsberg. Renamed GOS I. The “Jahre group” separated after the war. The company Bruun & von der Lippe was split up and the Whaling company Pelagos A/S (Sven Foyn Bruun), Tønsberg takes over GOS I. Captured for Fl/k PELAGOS until 1949.
ALBUM
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SOURCES
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Nasjonalbiblioteket
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Norske Marinefartøy – Bodoni Forlag
Leselystig 39: Modeller som forteller – Norsk Marinehistorie | Polar Coordinate
D/S Gos I - Krigsseilerregisteret
Nasjonalbiblioteket
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