Believer at Hamburg, 24.02.2008

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07.01.2014, 23.06 hrs: While enroute from Thessaloniki to Marsaxlokk the ship hit submerged rocks of Paximada in Steno Skopelou, Greece, at a speed of 15 knots due to a navigational error.
The ship suffered extensive underwater hull damage and breached a number of water ballast tanks and there was also water ingress in two of the cargo holds. Beached at Aliaga, Turkey, by the end of the same month.
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Built at J. J. Sietas Schiffswerft, Hamburg, Germany
Sietas standard design type 148
Yard No.: 1031
Completed: 11.03.1992
First name: Sven Oltmann (1992)
Subsequent names:
- 00.1999 - Gracechurch Planet
- 04.2002 - Emily Borchard
- 00.2003 - Sven Oltmann
- 11.2004 - Believer
- 04.2010 - Romy Believer
Port of registry: Valletta, Malta
Call sign: 9HNX8

Gt/Nt/Dwt: 5.006 / 2.524 / 6.620
L/B/D (m): 116,82 / 17,90 / 6,87
Speed: 16 knots
Number of 20 ft. containers: 510

Registered owner: Skips Christine AS, Midsund, Norway
Manager: Jenset Rederi AS, Midsund, Norway
Operator: Yaiza Shipping SA, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain