Whaling ship - Hogeisen (English spelling) Whale catcher

Japanese: 捕鯨船 - ほげいせん（英語表記）whale catcher

Also called a catcher boat. A fast boat used for catching whales. There are relatively small ones that catch whales along the coast, and ones that go out to sea in a fleet with a whaling mother ship. The latter are generally diesel-powered vessels with a length of 40 to 65 meters and a total weight of 500 to 700 tons, equipped with a whaling gun on the bow, a tall lookout mast, and a rope puller on the bow, and have a hull that can withstand rough ocean waves and agile maneuverability. Until the beginning of the 20th century, when mother ship whaling began, these vessels were equipped with whale oil extraction equipment and storage tanks.

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Japanese:

キャッチャーボートともいう。クジラの捕獲に従事する快速船。沿岸で捕獲を行う比較的小型のものと，捕鯨母船とともに船団を成し遠洋へ出漁するものがある。後者の場合は一般に船長 40～65m，500～700総tのディーゼル機関船で，船首の捕鯨砲，高い見張り用マスト，船首の綱繰台などを備え，外洋性の荒い波浪に耐える船体と，機敏な運動性能をもつ。なお，母船式捕鯨が始る 20世紀初頭までは鯨油の採油装置，貯蔵タンクを備えていた。

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