Sietas Type 70; 499 grt; 801 dwt
Owner: Gebr Eckert KG, Jork, West Germany. Managing owner: Peter Döhle Schiffahrts-KG, Hamburg, West Germany
Built 1970 by J J Sietas KG Schiffswerft GmbH & Co, Hamburg-Neuenfelde. Yard no. 685
Main engine: six-cylinder, four-stroke Deutz RBV6M358 of 2,000 bhp at 290 rpm. Service speed: 13.5 knots
Launched as OBOTRITA; 1977-OBOTRITA; 1979-ELEONORA; 1979-total loss after collision 30/5 with Belgian ferry PRINSES MARIA ESMERALDA, NE of South Goodwin Light Vessel, Dover Strait
Photographed alongside Crown Wharf, Strood, Medway