The Southern Actor

The Southern Actor arrives at the quay in Sandefjord at the end of April 1995, after a full refit, bringing her to as near to her original condition as possible. She was built in 1950 for Sevilla Whaling Co. Ltd. and managed by Christian Salvesen & Co., Scotland. She is seen here in her original Salvesen livery.

The steam engine of the Southern Actor, still going strong after half a century. The steam engines were favoured by Norwegian whalers as the engines were quieter than diesel engines did and did not frighten the whales.