The 324grt William Scoresby was built in 1926 by Cook, Welton & Gemmell at Beverley as a whalecatcher for the Falkland Islands Government. In 1950 she was taken over by the Admiralty and the following year joined the National Oceanographic Council. On 20th May 1954 she arrived at Plymouth to be broken up by Demmelweek & Redding.