Tai Ping
1929-1940 General cargo
Buildingyard: Kockums Mek Verkstad A/B., Malmø/ Sweden
Built year: 1929
Yard no: 159
Tonnage: GRT: 7019/ NET: 3868/ TDW: 9860
Dims : LOA: 461,9/ BR: 60,6/ DR: 28,9ft
Machinery : 2 x 8-cyl by the shipbuilders - twin screws
IHP : 7300
Speed: 14,5 knots
Reeferspace: 21.965 cub.ft
Passengers: 12
Photo: WW Fleetlist 150 years
16.03.1929: Luanched by Kockums Mek Verkstad A/B., Malmø
15.06.1929: Completed. Price paid: 3.362.842,72NOK
28.05.1940: Seized by the Germans in Oslo. Served as SPEERBRECHER 14, a supply ship for raiders. Later bought by Unterweser
Reederei A.G., Germany. Renamed BOCKENHEIM
12.09.1942: Mined and sunk at Honnigsvaag. Raised and repaired
26.08.1944: Scuttled in the River Gironde near Bordeaux
10.07.1946: Lying in Bassens, having been refloated after the war.
29.02.1948: Left in tow for Pasajes/ Spain for demolition
00.02.1949: Demolition commenced