[6] Southern Actor was built in 1950 at Smiths Dock, Middlesbrough, England, for the whaling company Christian Salvesen Ltd in Leith, Scotland.

In 1995, Southern Actor was fully restored, as authentically as possible in relation to the way the boat was originally constructed.

That same year she was declared worthy of preservation by Riksantikvaren, the Norwegian Directorate of Cultural Heritage.

Southern Actor is in working order and can be chartered for excursions.

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