General cargo ship “Saratoga” in the Suez Canal's Bitter Lakes, 19th May 1978
Owner: Columbus Shipping Corp.
Manager: Sea Terra SA
Flag: Greece
Builder: Drammen Slip og Verksted, Drammen, Norway
Gross tons: 1,791
Deadweight: 2,610
Length overall: 78.06 m
Max. draft: 5.64 m
Engine: 10-cylinder diesel, 1,860 b.h.p., by Sulzer Bros., Winterthur, Switzerland
Speed: 12 knots
Completed September 1956 as “Høegh Ariane” for Skibs A/S Abaco, Aruba, Astrea & Noruega (manager Leif Høegh & Co. A / S) Oslo.
Sold August 1965 to British Columbia S.S. (1962) Co., Ltd., Vancouver, Canada, renamed “Island Prince”.
Sold 1968 to (or owner renamed?) Northland Shipping Ltd. (manager Northland Nav. Co) Vancouver, retaining name.
Bought December 1977 by Columbus
Sold December 1981 to Paramount SS Co. Ltd., Puerto Cortes, Honduras, renamed “Courtney D”.
Sold 1984 to Some Luck Ltd., Georgetown, Cayman Is., renamed “Linda G”
Sold June 1986 for scrapping in Spain