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U.S.S. Phoenix

U.S.S. Phoenix
Ship details: (CL-46: dp. 10,000; 1. 608'4", b. 61'9", dr. 19'5" (mean) s. 33.6 k; cpl. 868; a. 15 6", 8 5", 8 .50 eat mg.; cl. Brooklyn) The third Phoenix (CL-46) was laid down 15 April 1935 by the New York Shipbuilding Co., Camden, N.J., Iaunehed 13 March 1938; sponsored by Mrs. Dorothea Kays…
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M.V. Peace

M.V. Peace
Ship details: In 1968, Abie Nathan purchased a 170 foot, 570 ton Dutch freighter Cito built in Delfzijl, Groningen (Netherlands) in April 1940 at the Gebr. van Diepen, Waterhuizen shipyard. The ship was originally named Rolf, renamed Westpolder in 1950, and Cito in 1960. Abie renamed the ship Peace and registered it in Panama. In…
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Olga Patricia = Laissez Faire

Olga Patricia = Laissez Faire
Ship details: The Olga Patricia (formerly called FS263, Deal and Don Carlos) was built in New York in 1944, as a 480 ton landing craft 186 feet long. During the Korean war the cargo vessel was used to carry the bodies of GI's killed in Korea back to the USA. In early 1966 the Olga…
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M.V. Odelia

M.V. Odelia
Ship details: In 1980 Paul Greenwald, a former Rumanian national who had been living in Israel for sixteen years, travelled to Greece in search of a suitable ship. Finally in Piraeus he met ship owner Nestor Pierrakios who owned a ship built in 1958 that was regarded as valueless. The two made an agreement and…
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M.V. Oceaan VII

M.V. Oceaan VII
Ship details: The Oceaan 7 was built in 1939 by A Vuijk and Zonen of Capelle, and was 139 feet long and 160 tons. The Ship was used by the Dutch fishing fleet of Scheveningen as "Scheveningen 333". During World War II the Germans captured the ship and used her as a transportation vessel. After…
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Norderney

Norderney
Ship details: The 399 gross ton 44.05 metres long and 8.22 metre wide M.V. HH 294 'Paul J. Müller' was built in 1949/50 by the Deutsche Werft AG in Finkenwerder/Germany for the Paul Müller shipping company in Hamburg. The vessel should serve as a fishing boat in international waters off Iceland. In July 1956, the…
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M.S. Mebo II

M.S. Mebo II
Ship details: The Silvretta was built in 1948 by De Groot and Vliet at Slikkerveer Holland, she was 630 tons and 186 feet long. The Silvretta was purchased for £25,000 and a further £65,000 was spent on converting her to a radio ship by MeBo Telecommunications Ltd in Zurich (Switzerland). The ship was renamed Mebo…
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M.V. Mebyon Kernow

Ship details: The ship was a typical small Cornish style fishing trawler about 30 feet long by 10 feet wide renamed the Mebyon Kernow (Sons of Cornwall). She was a working fisher under her real name and would continue to fish commercially. In 1969, a small group of young members of the Cornish Nationalist Party…
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M.V. Magda Maria

M.V. Magda Maria
Ship details: In 1957 the Hoheweg, 620 ton 170 feet long, was built during 1957 at Luhring in Brake, near Bremen, Germany. The Hoheweg made her maiden voyage on 2rd October, she was owned by Ludwig Ras of Bremen. In December 1979 the Hoheweg sailed for the last time for Ludwig Ras. A freight order…
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Magdalena

Magdalena
Ship details: In 1955 the Magdalena, ex Centricity was built at Walsend on the Tyne for F T Everard and Sons of London to carry grain. The 655 gross ton ship was 225.5 feet long and 28.33 feet wide. In 1977 the ship was sold to Internavo Company Ltd and registered in Cyprus, and was…
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