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After 1956 the Montagu was gradually replaced with the 27-foot Motor Whaler, a three-in-one whaler [5] with an inboard petrol engine: this could also be pulled or sailed. They were heavy and handled poorly, and were superseded by the Motor Whaler Mod 1. which abandoned the sailing rig. [5] They continued until the 1990s.
24 ft 9 in (7.54 m) Propulsion: 2 × CE 1200psi boilers; 1 Westinghouse geared turbine; 1 shaft, 35,000 SHP (26 MW) Speed: over 27 knots: Boats & landing craft carried: 1 Diesel Capt. Gig. 1 26 ft Motor whale boat: Complement: 18 officers, 267 enlisted: Sensors and processing systems: AN/SPS-40 Air Search Radar; AN/SPS-67 Surface Search Radar ...
Boats & landing craft carried: 26 ft (7.9 m) Motor Whale Boat and Captain's Gig in port and starboard powered davits mounted amidships: Complement: 18 officers, 267 enlisted: Sensors and processing systems: AN/SPS-40C Air Search Radar; Originally AN/SPS-10F Surface Search Radar, later AN/SPS-67 Surface Search Radar; AN/SQS-26 Sonar
576 ft (176 m) Beam: 82 ft (25 m) Draft: 26 ft (7.9 m) Propulsion: Steam Turbine: Boats & landing craft carried: LCM, LCVP, motor whale boat: Complement: 50 officers, 592 men: Armament: As built; 4 × twin 3-inch/50-caliber guns; Later fitted; 2 x 20mm Phalanx CIWS; Service record; Operations: Vietnam War, Desert Storm
An early 1600s description of whale-hunting from a whaleboat follows closely the methods of New Bedford whalers in the 1870s. There is little information on the actual boats used in the 1600s, but with a whaleship of that time carrying half a dozen or more whaleboats, they are likely to have been specialised types.
But check out what happens when a whale slams into a 23-foot vessel. KGTV reports: "Two whales came out of the water, hit this boat, landed on the motor, popped the top off of that.
Most lifeboats built from the 1850s were of the Peake self-righting type but some whale boat lifeboats continued to be provided to stations where there was a need for a small boat, the last being built in 1910 and withdrawn in 1938.
Meteor is 380 feet long overall with a 366.5-foot keel, a beam of 45 feet, and a depth of 26 feet. The vessel measured 2,750 gross register tons and 2,013 net register tons . [ 6 ] [ 7 ] She contains 12 cargo bays which now contain an exhibit on the history of the ship.