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    Channel 5, movie about whaling ships, model in the office was of a Hector Whaling, whales catches.
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    Hi Vic. Missed that one. When I was Fifteen I wanted to go whaling and the Hector Whaling Co. was advertising for crews. Mother said no, so served an apprenticeship in engineering.
    On the NLS web site there some footage on whaling, most you have to go to Edinburgh but one on line. From 1947 no sound but worth watching.
    https://movingimage.nls.uk/film/3537

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    Hector Whaling became part of British & Commonwealth.
    After the initial opening scenes, the film moves to offices where Hector trawler is shown.
    Different trawlers were used in the film.
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    Just before i joined the Merchant Navy, i had an offer to go on the Whaling Ship Willem Barendsz in Cape Town, she was at that time a Regular there!
    But for the lack of me having a Valid Passport and Police Clearance at the time, and it would have taken a few days to get i missed that opportunity. Mind you now that i think back, i wonder just how i would have gone with all those Big and Hardy Guys aboard! LOL

    Yet as things had it, not too long after i managed to get a spot on the Dunnottar Castle out of Cape Town, and believe it or not got my Travel Docs, etc all fixed up in a day! I was so determined not to loose another chance!
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    Well you will have been at home with the numbers on board Vernon similar to a passenger vessel although they were all workers , I assume the Willem Berendsz was a factory ship similar to the Southern Harvester and Southern Venturer . There could be at least 1000 crew on board at one time if my memory is correct , Butchers Bakers and Candlestick makers one might say , not to mention the flensers and other assorted trades. A Captain McGoughlin wrote a book about these vessels whilst he was doing time as mate on a vessel I was an apprentice on in 1955. He had previously been the working mate on the Harvester and then master on one of their transport ships running to South Georgia where he threw one of the office staff of his bridge so the story went , so a change of company’s was in order. He decided to write a book and me being the educated person that I’m not he decided I had to proof read for him , his handwriting and spelling was atrocious and I wouldnt recommend to anyone . Anyhow the book was printed and called the Deep South if I remember correctly , it was too expensive for me to buy , so have to rely Memories are made of this , however if you wanted to know the life of a whalerman circa 1955 it was the book to have . Cheers JS
    PS It was a non fiction book and dealt in facts and figures , and proved once again that the truth can be stranger than fiction. JS
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