The MV Anshun was a 3,188 GRT motor vessel built by Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Limited, Greenock in 1930 for The China Navigation Company for the Chinese coastal passenger service. [2]

MV Anshun sank with the starboard side underwater and the port side exposed above the surface. Afterwards, the shipwreck was often photographed by Allied personnel or appears in photographs of the Gili Gili dock area.

Anshun: Taikoo Dockyard Hong Kong. 1951. Tonnage: 6,160 GRT. Length: 418ft – 127.4m. Breath: 57ft – 17.3m. Propulsion: 4 cylinder Doxford Diesels – Anshun’s was built by Tailoo HKG.

The pontoon wharf and hulk of the SS Anshun sunk by Japanese naval gun fire, Milne Bay, New Guinea..

Milne Bay, New Guinea. 1942. Merchant ship SS Bantam alongside SS Anshun after being damaged by gunfire during a Japanese aerial attack. Both ships were salvaged later.

#UndanganKeBaitullah: S.S. Anshun was one of the few ships used by pilgrims for their Hajj journey. This is a photograph of a family of pilgrims departing for Jeddah on board the S.S. Anshun. Image...

The landing ship (troops) at Pontoon Wharf taking on troops and supplies for a landing on northern coast of New Guinea. The SS Anshun, a merchantman sunk by Japanese naval forces is seen on her side to the right of wharf.

Apr 16, 2023 · Milne Bay, 1942/1943. Alienum phaedrum torquatos nec eu, vis detraxit periculis ex, nihil expetendis in mei.

In ten weeks up to the end of the Battle of Milne Bay Australian destroyers and corvettes, particularly HMAS Swan, Warrego and Colac, escorted 36 supply ships to Milne Bay. One of these, the SS Anshun, was sunk there by Imperial Japanese Navy ships Tenryu and Arashi on the night of 6 September 1942.

In September 1942 the Arunta was again escorting convoys to New Guinea and while thus engaged took on board the survivors of the SS Anshun at Milne Bay after that ship had been sunk by Japanese cruisers on the night of 6-7 September.