On1949 65438+127 October, the Taiping ship of China United Shipping Company was overloaded (2093 tons) and sailed at night. It collided with a ship Jianyuan carrying 2700 tons of coal and timber and sank in the waters near Zhoushan Islands, killing 932 people on board.

Jianyuanlun belongs to Jianyuan Shipping Company and has a rough life experience. Jianyuanlun was formerly a French freighter built in Norway in 19 19, and was completed in 19 19, named as Vaz province. Jianyuanlun was resold and renamed several times, and was acquired by China Jianyuanlun Shipping Company on 1948. The main shareholder of the company is Rong Hongyuan of the Rong family of Wuxi Mianwang. It is worth mentioning that Rong Hongyuan is the cousin of later Vice President Rong Yiren. According to the Hong Kong newspaper, the tonnage of this ship is about 3000 tons.