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Call sign ZSDM. Owner in 1939 Kerguelen Sealing&Whaling Co. Ltd., Capetown, South Africa (since 18 September 1930), managers Irvin&Johnson (since 1936). Launched by Armstrong, Whitworth&Co. (Shipbuilders) Ltd., Low Walker Yard, Newcastle, England with yard number 1059 on 29 April 1930, completed in July 1930, converted into a tanker, of the Ministry of War Transport (Chr Salvesen&Co.), Cardiff, renamed Empire Heritage in 1943 and torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U482 43 miles North West of Londonderry underway from New York, USA towards Liverpool, England on 8 September 1944. The Dutch newspaper Schiedamsche Courant dated 6 May 1935 reported her arrival in the morning the day before at Schiedam, Netherlands with a cargo of 7,000 ton whale oil. South Africa-flagged but crewed by Scandinavian sailors. She left Sandefjord, Norway on 22 September 1934 arriving on the whaling grounds on 15 December. Maximum cargo capacity 19,000 ton whale oil. A second Dutch newspaper Algemeen Handelsblad dated 11 March 1938 reported the arrival at Amsterdam, Netherlands of the Norwegian ms Jenny in the evening the day before. She was loaded with 6,2000 ton British whale oil taken over from the South African whaler Tafelberg. It was the first cargo of whale oil that same year arrived in Amsterdam. A third Dutch newspaper Het nieuws van den dag voor Nederlandsch-Indië dated 18 December 1939 reported that she was some weeks earlier attacked without success by a German submarine in the western part of the Atlantic Ocean.
Gross tonnage 13,640 tons , under deck 10,339 tons, net tonnage 9,196 tons and as dimensions 5-8.x x 72.5 x 35.7 feet.
