Hvalur 9

Hvalur 9 is an Icelandic whaling ship built in 1952 in Norway. It has been a part of the Icelandic whaling fleet operated and owned by the company Hvalur hf. since 1966.^{[citation needed]}

Hvalur 9 at pier in Reykjavík along with other members of the Hvalur hf. fleet.
History
Iceland
Name	Hvalur 9
Owner	Hvalur hf.
Port of registry	Iceland
Builder	Langesund Mekaniske Verksted, Langesund, Norway
Launched	1952
Acquired	1966
Homeport	Reykjavík
Identification	IMO number: 5361148 MMSI number: 251365110 Callsign: TFLY
Status	in active service
Notes	Operated by the Coast Guard as ICGV Týr during the 1973 Cod War
History
Iceland
Name	ICGV Týr
Operator	Icelandic Coast Guard
Commissioned	1972
Decommissioned	1973
Identification	RE-399, fisheries registration
Fate	Returned in 1973
Notes	Leased during the second Cod War
General characteristics
Type	Whaler
Tonnage	573.4 GRT
Length	51.15 m (167 ft 10 in) o/a
Beam	9.06 m (29 ft 9 in)
Draft	5.65 m (18 ft 6 in)
Propulsion	1398 kW steam engine
Speed	17 kt

In 1972 and again in 1973 she was requisitioned by the Icelandic Coast Guard, repainted, renamed Týr, after the god from the Norse mythology, and armed with a 57 mm gun and subsequently used to cut the fishing gear from foreign fishing vessels fishing illegally (according to Icelandic law) in a newly claimed fishery zone during the Second Cod War. During her service in the Coast Guard she was nicknamed Hval-Týr (English: Whale-Týr) by the Icelanders and Moby Dick by the British.^[1]

Between 1987 and 2006, while commercial whaling ceased in Iceland, the ship remained unused at pier but the recommencement of whaling in Iceland brought it back into action.^{[citation needed]} As of 2022, the ship remains active.^[2][3]