SS Chaksang (1944)

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History
Name
  • Weserbrück (1944–45)
  • Empire Franklin (1945–47)
  • Chaksang (1947–50)
Owner
  • Norddeutscher Lloyd (1944–45)
  • Ministry of War Transport (1945–46)
  • Ministry of Transport (1946–47)
  • Indo-China Steam Navigation Co Ltd (1947–50)
OperatorIndo-China Steam Navigation Co Ltd (1946–49)
Port of registryUnited Kingdom London, United Kingdom (1946–50)
BuilderDeutsche Werft
Yard number587
Launched1944
Completed1946
Out of service7 September 1949
Identification
  • United Kingdom
    Official Number
    180843 (1945–50)
  • Code Letters GDPV (1945–50)
FateScrapped
General characteristics
Class and typeHansa A type cargo ship
Tonnage1,923 GRT
Length85.85 m (281 ft 8 in)
Beam13.51 m (44 ft 4 in)
Depth4.80 m (15 ft 9 in)
Installed powerCompound steam engine
PropulsionSingle screw propeller
Speed10 knots (19 km/h)
Crew66

Chaksang was a 1,923 GRT Hansa A type cargo ship which was built in 1944 as Weserbrück by Deutsche Werft, Hamburg, Germany for Norddeutscher Lloyd. She was seized by the Allies in an incomplete state in 1945 and completed as Empire Fraser for the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT). She was sold in 1946 to the Indo-China Steam Navigation Co Ltd and renamed Chaksang. Suffering an on-board explosion and fire in September 1949, she sank at Hong Kong. She was subsequently raised and scrapped in 1950.

Description

The ship was 85.85 m (281 ft 8 in) long, with a beam of 13.51 m (44 ft 4 in). She had a depth of 4.80 m (15 ft 9 in). She was assessed at 1,923 GRT.[1]

The ship was powered by a two-cylinder compound steam engine driving a single screw propeller. It could propel her at 10 knots (19 km/h).[2]

History

Weserbrück was built in 1944 as yard number 587 by

Code Letters GDPV were allocated. She was operated under the management of the Indo-China Steam Navigation Co Ltd.[1]

In November 1946, Empire Fraser transported a cargo of raw

constructive total loss and scrapped at Hong Kong.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b "Lloyd's Register, Steamers & Motorships" (PDF). Plimsoll Ship Data. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
  2. ^ a b "SS Chaksang (II) [+1949]". Wrecksite. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
  3. ^
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  4. ^ "Japanese silk for stockings". The Times. No. 50605. London. 11 November 1946. col C, p. 3.
  5. ^ "Cause of Explosion in Hong Kong Harbour". The Times. No. 51598. London. 25 January 1950. col C, p. 3.
  6. ^ "British ship explodes in Hong Kong". The Sun. Sydney, Australia. 8 September 1949. p. 16. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
  7. ^ "Chaksang was blown up". The Sydney Morning Herald. Sydney, Australia. 25 January 1950. p. 3. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
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