Qualla: Arctic Viking (H452) https://qualla.com/arctic-viking en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:34 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Arctic Viking (H452) https://qualla.com/arctic-viking Arctic Viking (H452): Introduction https://qualla.com/arctic-viking/ How many ships are sunk twice in their working lives? The Arctic Viking - launched in January 1937 from a Selby fitting-out berth on the River Ouse - went under twice and came up only once. In between she ploughed the icy fishing grounds of the White Sea, sliced another British trawler nearly in half by accident, and got herself involved in an actual gun-battle with the Icelandic Navy during the First Cod War. Her second sinking, on 18 October 1961 in mountainous seas off the Yorkshire coast, took five men with her. The wreck was lost for nearly fifty years before divers found her in 2009, some 20 miles off Flamborough Head, her engine telegraph still ringing 'full ahead'.

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]]> Sun, 31 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/u/1/8/h/arctic-viking-wp/u18h-arctic-viking-h452-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Arctic Viking (H452): From Trawler to Anti-Submarine Ship https://qualla.com/arctic-viking/ She started as a North Sea trawler, designed for the long Hull-to-Iceland fishing runs that defined the British distant-water fleet. In October 1939 the Admiralty requisitioned her, renamed her HMT Arctic Pioneer with pennant number FY164, and sent her off to do what trawlers wer...

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]]> Sun, 31 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/u/1/8/h/arctic-viking-wp/u18h-arctic-viking-h452-from-trawler-to-anti-submarine-ship.mp3 0:06 2 full Arctic Viking (H452): The Day She Cut Another Ship in Half https://qualla.com/arctic-viking/ On 27 May 1956 - the same date, oddly, as her wartime sinking fourteen years earlier - the Arctic Viking collided with the British trawler St Celestin off the east coast of Iceland. The St Celestin's chief engineer later described what happened: the Arctic Viking practically slic...

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]]> Sun, 31 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/u/1/8/h/arctic-viking-wp/u18h-arctic-viking-h452-the-day-she-cut-another-ship-in-half.mp3 0:06 3 full Arctic Viking (H452): Shelled by Iceland https://qualla.com/arctic-viking/ On 30 April 1959, during the First Cod War, the Arctic Viking was fishing in waters that Iceland had unilaterally declared off-limits to British trawlers. The Icelandic patrol boat Thor came alongside and ordered her to stop. She refused. Thor fired warning shots, then aimed shot...

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]]> Sun, 31 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/u/1/8/h/arctic-viking-wp/u18h-arctic-viking-h452-shelled-by-iceland.mp3 0:06 4 full Arctic Viking (H452): The October Storm https://qualla.com/arctic-viking/ She was operating for the Boyd Line, pennant H452, returning from a 22-day trip to the White Sea when she met the storm of 18 October 1961. The Met Office records 50 mph winds and what the surviving crew called mountainous seas. Skipper Phillip Garner watched her start to list an...

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]]> Sun, 31 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/u/1/8/h/arctic-viking-wp/u18h-arctic-viking-h452-the-october-storm.mp3 0:06 5 full Arctic Viking (H452): The Telegraph at Full Ahead https://qualla.com/arctic-viking/ In 2009, divers located the wreck of the Arctic Viking on the seabed, more than 70 metres down, off Flamborough Head - 20 miles offshore, almost exactly where the last sightings had placed her. They recovered the wheelhouse telegraph and found it set to 'full steam ahead'. Skippe...

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