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Sunday 17 March 2019

Dutch mother whale oil factory ship Willem Barendsz II 1954-1965 (Yu Shin 1973-1978, Gae Cheog 1 1978-1981, Gae Cheog 1981-1987, Ocean Pioneer 1987-1996, Gae Cheog 1996-2001))


Ijmuider Zee- en Havenmuseum, Ijmuiden, Netherlands 2 June 2018
Model made by Carl Tietze, Stuttgart

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., Schoedam, 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.), since 27 October 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.