West Iceland

Other names	Castor 1912 - Glønna 1919
Owner	1912 Nils Hansen Sole, Bergen 1916 Tore G., Magnus Sjøflot, Peder Gartle and J. Vaagbø 1919 Christan Jaklen, Bodø and Hans Andreassen, Meløy 1923 Hans A. Vaatvik, Ørnes in Meløy. 1933 Hjalmar Holmboe and Gudleif Holmboe, Tromsø, Ludolf Sheldrup and Thomas Sheldrup, Skånland, and Jens Olsen, Tromsø. They each owned 1/5 of the ship. 1937 Schjelderups Sealing Company A/S
Reg. brand	T 27 T
Home port	Tromsø
Construction site	Upper in Hardanger
Year built	1912 (?)
Building materials	Three
Length, year of construction	68,1
Dimensions in width, year of construction	19,5
Dimensions in depth, year of construction	7,8
Tonnage	56 GRT
Machine, new	engine 52 hp
Skippers	The Lydersen (1931) Jens Olsen (1934/1936) Henry Olsen 1937
Shipwrecked	Wrecked in the White Sea on March 10, 1937
Additional information	In 1935, "Vesteris" was in a dramatic situation in the Vesterisen where it, together with "Selis", a ship from Hammerfest and 7 ships from Ålesund/Brandal, were stuck in the ice for 15 days from March 22 to April 5 at 72 degrees north - 12 west. The question eventually arose of sending an expedition to try to free them, both ships and aircraft were mentioned, but before it got that far all ships got out of the ice at about 67 degrees north, 25 west. It was hard screwing in -28 degrees below zero. They saw catches in several places on the ice, but the screw yards were so serious that they could not send people onto the ice. When they finally got free from the ice, they damaged the propeller. After a while they managed to sail to Iceland for a temporary repair on the sleeve and shaft. They returned to Vesterisen for more catch, but after a short time the leak around the casing increased so they had to break off and be towed to Tromsø by "Isbjørn". On May 8th "Vesteris" arrived from Vesterisen with 552 animals. 1 dead polar bear, 30 seals, 50 white cubs, 82 hooded seals, 389 blue backs and 115 barrels of blubber. In 1937, it was sunk during a capture in the White Sea on March 10, and the crew made their way to a Russian station.