Cargo ship “Aquila” at Khorramshahr, Iran, April 1972
Owner: Altair Maritime S.A., Panama
Manager: Finmar Maritime, Athens
Flag: Liberia
Builder: Kieler Howaldtswerke A.G., Kiel, West Germany
Gross tons: 8,889
Deadweight: 13,650
Length overall: 151.4 m
Max. draft: 9.27 m
Engine: 6-cylinder MAN diesel, 5,400 b.h.p., by builders
Service speed 15 knots
Completed March 1957 as “Polarvind” for Havalfangerselskap Polaris A/S, Larvik, Norway (manager Melsom & Melsom)
Sold 1964 to Cherry Heering Line, Copenhagen (manager Peter F. Heering), renamed “Heering Christel”
Bought 1957 by Altair
1972: renamed “Minoan Trader” (same owner)
Sold 1973 to Blue Line Shipping (manager Saronicos Shipping S.A., Greece), renamed “Saronicos Gulf”
Seized 1978 at Luanda by the Angolan Government
Reportedly sold for scrapping in 1990