German whale factory ship Unitas 1937-1945, British Empire Victory 1946-1947, South African Empire Victory 1946-1950, Abraham Larsen 1950-1957 and Japanese Nisshin Maru II 1957-after 1967

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Call sign DOTC. Owner in 1939 Jürgens Van den Bergh Margarine Verkauf Union GmbH, Bremen, Germany. Built by Deutsche Schiff-und Maschinebau A.G. Weser, Bremen, Germany as a sister ship of the Terje Viken in 1937, became after the Second World War a war reparation, renamed Empire Victory and operaed by the Ministry of Food in the 1945-1946 season, sold to the Union Whaling Co., Durban, South Africa, renamed Abraham Larsen in 1950, sold to Taiyo Gyogyo KK, Japan renamed Nisshin Maru II in 1957, converted into a fish-processing factory in 1967 active in the North Pacific and Bering Sea. Gross tonnage 21,846 tons, under deck 18,256 tons, net tonnage 11,841 tons and as dimensions 602.5 x 80.2 x 49.1 feet.