Whaling

  Letter sent October 13, 1937 from St. Nicolaas Aruba, to Norway. Sender was R. Danielsen, who worked as secretary at S / S Sourabaya. Back of letter, S / S Sourabaya Between whaling seasons, the S / S Sourabaya lay in the harbor of Tønsberg. In the latter part of September 1937, the Norwegian whalers went on board of the factory ship, and shortly thereafter left for Aruba where they took fuel oil. In Aruba, the crew had the opportunity to send letters to family and friends. Afterwards, the ship headed for Arctic waters. The season started on 12-8-1936 and lasted until 3-15-1938. As this letter is not airmail, it was at the post office awaiting a ship going to Norway / Europe. Whale factory “Sourabaya” Completed in February 1915 as a steam passenger vessel “Carmarthenshire” for Royal Mail Lines Ltd, London. 1929 converted into whale factory ship Sourabaya for Christian Salvesen & Co, Edinburgh.   Letter sent 23-X-1937 from Oslo, to whale factory “Svend Foyn ”South Georgia...