whale catcher

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• whale catcher — noun also whale chaser : a sturdy fast quick turning steel ship about 135 feet in length equipped with a harpoon gun in the bow and used for hunting whales as one of a fleet attached to a factory ship …   Useful english dictionary

• whale chaser — noun see whale catcher …   Useful english dictionary

• Sei Whale — Taxobox name = Sei Whale MSW3 Cetacea|id=14300014] image caption = A Sei Whale feeding near the surface. image2 caption = Size comparison against an average human status = EN status system = iucn3.1 status ref =IUCN2008|assessors=Reilly, S.B.,… …   Wikipedia

• Antarctic Minke Whale — Taxobox name = Antarctic Minke Whale MSW3 Cetacea|id=14300013] status = DD status system = iucn3.1 status ref =IUCN2008|assessors=Reilly, S.B., Bannister, J.L., Best, P.B., Brown, M., Brownell Jr., R.L., Butterworth, D.S., Clapham, P.J., Cooke, J …   Wikipedia

• History of whaling — The history of whaling is very extensive, stretching back for millennia. This article discusses the history of whaling up to the commencement of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) moratorium on commercial whaling in 1986. Prehistoric to… …   Wikipedia

• Whaler — For other uses see whalers. For|the Sophie B. Hawkins album|Whaler (album) A whaler is a specialized kind of ship, designed for whaling, the catching and/or processing of whales. The former included such vessels as the sail or steam driven… …   Wikipedia

• History of research ships — The research ship had origins in the early voyages of exploration. By the time of James Cook s Endeavour , the essentials of what today we would call a research ship are clearly apparent. In 1766, the Royal Society hired Cook to travel to the… …   Wikipedia

• Sandefjord — Infobox Kommune name=Sandefjord idnumber=0706 county=Vestfold landscape= capital=Sandefjord governor=Bjørn Ole Gleditsch (H) governor as of=2004 arearank=370 area=121 arealand=119 areapercent=0.04 population as of=2008 populationrank=16… …   Wikipedia

• whaling — /hway ling, way /, n. the work or industry of capturing and rendering whales; whale fishing. [1680 90; WHALE1 + ING1] * * * Hunting of whales for food, oil, or both. Whaling dates to prehistoric times, when Arctic peoples used stone tools to hunt …   Universalium

• Svend Foyn — (1809–1894) was a Norwegian from Tønsberg. In 1864 he sailed the first purpose built steam whale catcher, the Spes et Fides ( Hope Faith ), with seven whale guns (each firing a harpoon grenade separately) mounted on the forecastle to North Norway …   Wikipedia

• International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling — The International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling is an international agreement (see environmental agreement) signed in 1946 in order to provide for the proper conservation of whale stocks and thus make possible the orderly development… …   Wikipedia