Dutch Netherlands Whaling Company sold whale factory ship Willem Barendsz to Japan according to the Commercial Fisheries Review dated October 1964 No. 10

An item reported that according to the Netherlands Whaling Company the whale factory ship Willem Barendsz to Japanese interests under a contract of 2 years. After the 2 years she was to be sold back with a predetermined prize. The Japanese would keep the quota. The Dutch company sold 2 of the 10 cathers to Norway, the remaining 8 were sold to be broken up. The intention was after her return to sell the Willem Barendsz as a reefer or as a tanker. The Dutch whaling activities in the Antarctic were stopped to due to the disappointing results.(1)

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1. IMO 5389906 and call sign PIQE. Gross tonnage 23.799/26.830 tons, net tonnage 15.090 tons, summer deadweight 26.152 tons, bale capacity 38.000 cubic feet and as dimensions 639.6 x 90.6 x 44.4 (depth) feet. Launched by Dok- en Werf Maatschappij Wilton-Fijenoord N.V., Schiedam, Netherlands with yard number 743 on 20 November 1954, delivered on 9 July 1955 to the N.V. Nederlandse Maatschappij voor de Walvisvaart, Amsterdam, Netherlands (Vinke&Co.), sold to the Atlantic Harvester (Pty) Ltd., South Africa and handed over on 27 October 1965, recommissioned in 1967 homeport Cape Town, South Africa, call sign ZSUL, owned by Willem Barendsz Ltd. and managed by Silverman-Group, both of Cape Town, since 1973 as the Yu Sin, homeport Busan, South Korea-flagged, owned and managed by Korea Wonyang Fisheries Co. Ltd., Busan, renamed Gae Cheog No. 1 in 1978, renamed Gae Cheog in 1981, renamed Ocean Pioneer in 1987 and renamed Gae Cheog in 1996. Sold to be broken up in second quart of 2001 arrived at the shipyard Xinhui, China on 1 June 2001.