Keoyoung Sun

Keoyoung Sun was a South Korean tanker built in 1996, which sank in 2024.

General career

Built in June 1996 as a chemical and oil tanker, she was originally named Sanno Maru for Japanese owners. Later, she was sold to Keoyoung Shipping Company, and being renamed Keoyoung Yun in March 2005. She maintained this name for the longest throughout her career, but was renamed to Nan Liam 11 in 2018. was quickly renamed to Keoyoung Sun, which she would have for the remainder of her career.
The vessel was measured at, with an overall length of, a length between perpendiculars of and a beam of. She had ten chemical tanks on board, and a liquid cargo capacity of 1,357.
She was powered by a single diesel engine, built by Akasaka. The engine was rated as producing a power of. This turned her single fixed-pitch propeller and gave a top speed of.

Sinking

Keoyoung Sun departed on March 18, and was bound for Busan New Port. She was due to arrive on March 20.
At 7:00 am local time on March 20, the Keoyoung Suns crew had sent a distress signal, after the ship was in trouble during a storm. Soon after, the ship capsized with Initially eight of the crew reported as dead, two missing and one rescued. The death toll was later revised to ten of the eleven crew.