Southern Actor

{{Short description|Ship built in 1950}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2017}} {{Use British English|date=January 2017}} {{Infobox ship  |display_title=ital |section1={{Infobox ship/image |image=Southern Actor at Sandefjord Museum.png |image_caption=''Southern Actor'' at Sandefjord harbour }}

|section2={{Infobox ship/career |hide_header= |country=United Kingdom |flag={{shipboxflag|United Kingdom|civil}} |name=Southern Actor |owner=Christian Salvesen Ltd |operator= |registry= |route= |ordered= |builder=Smiths Dock |original_cost= |yard_number= |way_number= |laid_down= |launched=1950 |completed= |christened= |acquired= |maiden_voyage= |in_service= |out_of_service= |identification= |fate=Sold to Norway |notes= }}

|section3={{Infobox ship/career |hide_header=title |country=Norway |flag={{shipboxflag|Norway}} |name=Southern Actor |acquired=1989<ref>Gjerseth, Simen (2016). ''Nye Sandefjord''. Liv forlag. Page 122. {{ISBN|9788283301137}}.</ref> |owner=Sandefjord Museum |identification=*{{IMO Number|5335228}} *{{MMSI Number|257015900}} *Callsign: LGYC |fate=Museum Ship }}

|section4={{Infobox ship/characteristics |hide_header= |header_caption= |class= |type=Whaler |tonnage={{GRT|439}} |displacement= |length={{convert|158|ft|9+1/2|in|abbr=on}} (LOA) |beam={{convert|27|ft|6|in|abbr=on}} |height= |draught= |draft={{convert|15|ft|6|in|abbr=on}} |depth= |decks= |deck_clearance= |ramps= |ice_class= |sail_plan= |power=Triple expansion steam engine |propulsion= |speed= |capacity= |crew= |notes= }} }} '''''Southern Actor''''' is a former whale catcher, currently a museum ship based in Sandefjord, Norway and owned by Sandefjord Museum. It is the only whale catcher from the Modern Whaling Epoch still to be in its original working order.<ref>Olstad, Finn (1997). ''Sandefjords historie B.2: En vanlig småby?'' Sandefjord kommune. Page 395. ISBN 8299379725.</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.visitvestfold.com/en/sandefjord/see-and-do/attractions/museum/?TLp=3495&The-Whale-catcher-Southern-Actor |title = The Whale catcher Southern Actor}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.visitnorway.com/listings/the-whale-catcher-southern-actor/13/ |title = The Whale catcher Southern Actor}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=https://snl.no/Sandefjord |title = Sandefjord|date = 26 April 2019}}</ref> Over 100,000 hours have been spent on restoring the vessel.<ref>Bertelsen, Hans Kristian (2000). ''Sandefjord i bilder / Sandefjord in pictures''. Grafisk studio forl. Page 22. ISBN 8290636024.</ref>

''Southern Actor'' is in working order and can be chartered for excursions.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lardex.net/TONSBERG/salvesen/skipstekst/1950_southern_actor.htm |title=1950 DS/Hvb Southern Actor |website=Museumsskip i Sandefjord |date=}}</ref>

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==External links== * {{cite web |url=http://www.mclaren.gs/s__actor.htm |title=Jim Mclaren's website devoted to maritime history of the far southern latitudes |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060113230115/http://www.mclaren.gs/s__actor.htm |archivedate=13 January 2006 |df=dmy-all }} * {{cite web |url=http://www.hvalfangstmuseet.no/en/southern-actor/ |title=Sandefjord Museum official website}}

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