 Hvalur 9 at pier in Reykjavík along with other members of the Hvalur hf. fleet. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 Iceland | |
| Name | Hvalur 9 |
| Owner | Hvalur hf. |
| Port of registry | Iceland |
| Builder | Langesund Mekaniske Verksted, Langesund, Norway |
| Launched | 1952 |
| Acquired | 1966 |
| Homeport | Reykjavík |
| Identification |
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| Status | in active service |
| Notes | Operated by the Coast Guard as ICGV Týr during the 1973 Cod War |
| History | |
| Iceland | |
| Name | ICGV Týr |
| Operator | Icelandic Coast Guard |
| Commissioned | 1972 |
| Decommissioned | 1973 |
| Identification | RE-399, fisheries registration |
| Fate | Returned in 1973 |
| Notes | Leased during the second Cod War |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Whaler |
| Tonnage | 573.4 GRT |
| Length | 51.15 m (167 ft 10 in) o/a |
| Beam | 9.06 m (29 ft 9 in) |
| Draft | 5.65 m (18 ft 6 in) |
| Propulsion | 1398 kW steam engine |
| Speed | 17 kt |
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.[ citation needed ]
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. [1]
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.[ citation needed ] As of 2022, the ship remains active. [2] [3]
