M/S Tai Yang

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Received from Trond Jergel, Norway, who had relative on board, Karl Johannes Beck (also served as stoker on Lom)
He disappeared without a trace after the war, and Trond has been searching for more information for years.
If anyone can assist, please contact me via the address provided at the bottom of this page.

In Nov.-1927 Wilhelmsen made an agreement with Barber Steamship Company, New York to provide tonnage for Barber's regular service between the New York area and the Far East, in co-operation with the Liverpool firm, James Chambers & Company. Each company was to have 5 ships available. Existing tonnage was used at first, but between 1929 and 1930, 10 almost identical motor liners were built, specially adapted for transportation of vegetable oil and reefer cargo. 5 of the ships were given Chinese names, beginning with the prefix "Tai". Tai Yang was the first in the series (Troja was the 10th and last). Tai Yang was launched on July 14-1928 by Deutsche Werke A.G., Kiel (Yard No. 220), completed March 18-1929. 7084 gt, 3903 net, 12 400 tdwt, 461.4' x 60.6' x 29.0', two 8 cyl. 4 scsa oil engines totalling 7000 ihp by the shipbuilders, driving twins screws. Service speed 14.5 knots.

There's not much WW II info available to me for this ship, other than the fact that she's listed in the Gibraltar-U.K. Convoy HGF 31 in May-1940, bound for London with general cargo.

POST WAR:

From 1952 she had two 5 cyl. 2 scsa oil engines totalling 8000 ihp by Howaldtswerke A.G., Hamburg, driving the twin screws. Service speed 15 knots, 8 passengers. Sold on Febr. 22-1962 to Cia. Nav. Mousse S.A. (Achilles Frangistas, manager), Lebanon and renamed Mousse. Sold in 1969 to Mousse Shipping Co. Ltd., Cyprus. Sold to Chinese shipbreakers in 1970. Delivered at Shanghai on March 16-1970 for demolition.

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1 who died on board - This man, 3rd Engineer Ole Kvalnesvik is listed as having died at sea on Aug. 19-1942 because of illness.

(Tai Yang is Chinese for "the sun").

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The text on this page was compiled with the help of: Wilh. Wilhelmsen fleet list.