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M/S Talisman To Talisman on the "Ships starting with T" page.
Manager: Wilh. Wilhelmsen, Tønsberg Launched Aug. 25-1937 by Kockums Mekaniska Verkstads A/B, Malmö (Yard No. 199), completed Oct. 29. Talisman sailed a total of about 300 000 miles during the war.
Talisman rescued the captain and 22 crew members of the Canadian steamer Frank B. Baird in May-1942 (sunk by U-158 on May 22), and landed them at Pointe Noire, French Equatorial Africa. On Sept. 14 that same year Talisman rescued 18 survivors from the American California and landed them at Takoradi on Sept. 18. This ship had been sunk by the Italian submarine Reginaldo Giuliani on Aug. 13-1942, so the survivors had been on the ocean for a month; 1 of the original 19 survivors in the boat had died. (19 survivors in another lifeboat had been rescued by the Britsh City of Capetown on Sept. 5 and landed in New York on the 13th). Just for info, there's a Talisman listed in the fast New York-U.K. Convoy CU 55 in Jan.-1945, bu tonnage is given as 8258 gt. Perhaps there was also a British ship by this name, or was this the Norwegian Talisman? (The ship in question had originally been scheduled for the previous convoy, CU 54). Several more voyages will be added.
Had a fire in the engine room on May 12-1950, about 80 miles off Shimizu having left there for Hong Kong, and was abandoned by crew and passengers. On the 14th she was towed to near Shimizu by the American naval tanker Shawnee Trail. Took on a severe list on May 18, but righted again and refloated on June 7. Arrived in tow at Yokohama on Aug. 15 for examination. Condemned on Sept. 17 and sold to Mitsui Sempaku K.K., Japan, delivered Nov. 16 and rebuilt at Kobe. Renamed Asakasan Maru in 1951. Sold in 1959 to Toyo Kaiun K.K., Japan. Sold in 1966 to Hei An Shipping Co. Ltd., Taiwan and renamed Chun An. Sold in 1967 to Cia. Nav. Fu An Ltda., Panama. Sold in 1968 to Tienho Nav. (Panama) Ltd. S.A., Panama and renamed Tien Ho. Sold for scrapping in 1969 to Koshin Sangyo K.K. Demolition began at Osaka on June 23-1969. Related external links: Back to Talisman on the "Ships starting with T" page. Wilh. Wilhelmsen had 6 ships by this name through the years, this was the third one. The text on this page was compiled with the help of: Wilh. Wilhelmsen fleet list and misc. (ref. My sources).
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