German whale factory ship (ex-Vikingen 1929-1938) Wikinger 1938-1945 (Empire Venture 194501946, Slava 1946-1971, Fuji Maru 1971)

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Call sign DJXY. Homeport in 1939 Hamburg. Owner in 1939 Deutsche Ölmuhler-Rohstoffe GmbH, managers Hamburger Wallfang-Kontor GmbH. Launched by Swan, Hunter&Wigham Richardson Ld., Wallsend Yard, Newcastle-on-Tyne, England with yard number 1377 for the Viking Whale Co. Ltd. (S Cartwright), Newcastle on 6 July 1929, completed in September 1929, Of South Sea Chartering Co Ltd, Newcastle of Viking Corporation (Johan Rasmussen & Co), Panama since 1934, of Deutsche Ölmuhlen-Rohstoffe GmbH, Hamburg since 1938, renamed Wikinger, of the Ministry of Transport (Kerguelen Sealing & Whaling Co Ltd), London, England since 1945, renamed Empire Venture, of Ministerstvo Rybnogo Khozyaistva, Odessa, Ukraine and renamed Slava in 1946, of Dalryba, Vladivostok since 1966, sold to Japan and renamed Fuji Maru in 1971 and broken up at Kaohsiung, Taiwan where she arrived on 13 July 1971. Gross tonnage 14,772 tons, under deck 14,163 tons, net tonnage 10,678 tons and as dimensions 493.2 x 71.1 x 50.4 feet.