Sietas "Typ 1" design; 499 grt; 843 dwt
Operator: Klaus von Allwörden, Drochtersen, Hamburg. Flag: West German
Built: 1961 by J J Sietas KG Schiffswerft GmbH & Co, Hamburg-Neuenfelde, West Germany. Yard no: 497
Main engine: six-cylinder, four-stroke Deutz RV6M545 developing 500 bhp at 380 rpm. Speed: 9.5 knots
Built as HEIMATLAND for Kapt. W. Lührs, Hamburg (Managing owners: Jhs Thode, Hamburg)
1977-to Hermann Peter August Wolter (Managing owner: Peter Döhle), Hamburg, renamed RUTH W
1983-LISA (as photo)
1990-to Ramore Marine Ltd, renamed JILL COAST (Hoduras flag)
1992-to Ocean Shipping Ltd as NEPTUNE GALE (Honduras flag)
2012-to Pacific Shipping & Trading, Kingstown, name unchanged, St Vincent/Grenadines flag
2012-to Comship Ltd, Honiara, Solomon Islands, name unchanged
Still in registers but no AIS trace. Continued existence must be doubtful.
Photographed in the River Elbe, heading upriver towards Hamburg, August 1986.