UTD2882592: Crew of factory vessel "Jan Wellem", 1930s (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

UTD2882597: Crew members of the factory vessel "Jan Wellem" having a break at the canteen, 1930s (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

UTD2882608: Crew member of the factory vessel "Jan Wellem" with a lifesaver on deck, 1930s (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

UTD2882609: Spare time on deck of factory vessel "Jan Wellem", 1930s (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

UTD2882627: A new white passenger vessel being built at a wharf at Hamburg, Germany 1930s (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

UTD2882632: Ships docking at Hamburg harbor, Germany 1930s (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

UTD2882636: Barges at St Pauli Hamburg port jetty, Germany 1930s (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

UTD2882645: Ships at Hamburg harbor, Germany 1930s (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

UTD2882247: Crew members of the factory vessel "Jan Wellem" of the German whaling fleet at work on deck, 1930s (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

UTD2882250: Factory vessel "Jan Wellem" of the German whaling fleet with its whaling boats heading an island in the Antarctic Sea, 1930s (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

UTD2882251: On the bridge of factory vessel "Jan Wellem" of the German whaling fleet, right (with cap) captain Otto Kraul, 1930s (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

UTD2882253: Burgee at the mast of the factory vessel "Jan Wellem" of the German whaling fleet, 1930s (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

UTD2882254: Whaling boat "Treff I" of the factory vessel "Jan Wellem", 1930s (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

UTD2882262: Factory vessel "Jan Wellem" of the German whaling fleet at heavy sea conditions in the Antarctic Sea, 1930s (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

UTD2882264: Crew member of the factory vessel "Jan Wellem" of the German whaling fleet at work on deck, 1930s (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

UTD2882265: Deck of factory vessel "Jan Wellem" of the German whaling fleet, 1930s (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

UTD2882269: A crew member of the factory vessel "Jan Wellem" of the German whaling fleet standing at the railing, 1930s (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

UTD2882272: A ship of the German whaling fleet in the Arctic Sea, 1930s (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

UTD2882275: Crew members of a ship of the German whaling fleet in the Arctic Sea, 1930s (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

UTD2882277: A whale is dismantled on a German whaling ship, 1930s (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

UTD2882288: A butcher cutting dried whale meat for his comrades on board of a ship of the German whaling fleet, 1930s (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

UTD2882298: The crew of a factory vessel of the German whalung fletis working on the carcass of a hunted down whale, 1930s (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

UTD2882308: A crew member of the factory vessel "Jan Wellem" of the German whaling fleet standing at the cable winch, 1930s (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

UTD2882323: A whale cadaver being pulled on deck of factory vessel "Jan Wellem", 1930s (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

UTD2882335: Friends and relatives leaving the factory vessel "Jan Wellem" after saying good bye to the crew members at Wesermuende harbor, Germany 1930s (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

UTD2882346: View from the deck of the departing factory vessel "Jan Wellem" to the quay with the waving families and friends of the whalers at Wesermuende, Germany 1930s (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

UTD2882354: At the engine area of factory vessel "Jan Wellem" of the German whaling fleet, 1930s (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

UTD2882355: At the engine area of factory vessel "Jan Wellem" of the German whaling fleet, 1930s (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

UTD2882359: Swastika flag at the stern of factory vessel "Jan Wellem" of the German whaling fleet on its Antarctic voyage, Germany 1930s (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

UTD2882360: Swastika flag at the stern of factory vessel "Jan Wellem" of the German whaling fleet on its Antarctic voyage, Germany 1930s (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

UTD2882367: The crew of the factory vessel "Jan Wellem" at the crossing-the-line-ceremony, 1930s (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

UTD2882371: The crew of the factory vessel "Jan Wellem" at the crossing-the-line-ceremony, 1930s (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

UTD2882378: The crew of the factory vessel "Jan Wellem" at the crossing-the-line-ceremony, 1930s (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

UTD2882379: The crew of the factory vessel "Jan Wellem" at the crossing-the-line-ceremony, 1930s (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

UTD2882381: The crew of the factory vessel "Jan Wellem" at the crossing-the-line-ceremony, 1930s (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

UTD2882382: The crew of the factory vessel "Jan Wellem" at the crossing-the-line-ceremony, 1930s (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images