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the harpoon-line is paid out, and the carcass turns over belly upward.
Then the compressor nozzle is inserted again and the inflation renewed.
On an average the inflation of th carcass takes five minutes.
that process a tail-buoy is attached to the tail.
During
It occasionally happens that the bomb does not explode inside
the whale's body. In that case the factory-ship is immediately notified , .
so that precautionary measures may be taken for safety in cutting no
the carcass.
A separate "passport" is filled up for each whale killed. The
first part of the passport describes the circumstances of the hunt and
the whale's behaviour.
whaling ship.
That part must be signed by the captain ,of the
The second part, which contains all possible information
about the killed whale, is completed by the scientific group on the
factory-ship.
If the whale has to be "flagged", the flag, lamp, and buoy must
be attended to before the line is cut.
When searching for a tagged whale the captain of the toWing vessel
finds its direction frem the operating radio installed on the buoy,. and -
as he approaches it he is guided by the flag during daylight hours and
by the lamp at night.
Ships with equipment for both killing whales and processing them
%appeared in the late 1960's.
One ship of that type is the Peder Huse
(Norwegian) (Fig. 78). That combined whaling- and factory-ship is 58
metres long and 10.5 metres eoad, with a displacement of 727 tons. A
90-mm harpoon-gun is mounted in the bow, and has a line connecting it
with a 10-ton hydraulic combination winch, which also serves to haul the 219
whale up the ramp to the after deck, where it is cut up.
A blubber-
boiler with a capacity of eight cubic . metres is used to extract the oil.
The flesh is frozen in a multiplate freezing apparatus. When the meat
is intended for sausage manufacture a rapid • freezing apparatus is used.
The finished frozen products are kept in two holds with a capacity of
800 cubic metres, at a temperature of -30 0 C.
A 2,400-h.p. diesel engine ensures a cruising speed of up to 13
knots, and a maximum speed of up to 15 knots uthe speed of modern whaling
ships is up to 18 knots.
There is a fuel-oil tank with a capacity of
540 cubic metres. he crew consists,of 20 men. 5:he ship is fitted out
wi.th modern naviationca and ot ṉer equip:aent
-2ol: whale-hunting.