T/S ARIADNE

Built 1951 as PATRICIA by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Ltd., Newcastle # 1884 for Rederi A/B Svenska Lloyd, Gothenburg, Sweden
GRT 7764

1957 ARIADNE Hamburg-Amerika Linie, Hamburg
1961 ARIADNE Ariadne Shipping Co., Ltd., Monrovia [Suwanee SS. Co., Jacksonville]
1969 ARIADNE Ares Shipping Corp., Monrovia [Eastern Steamship Lines, Miami]
1972 ARIADNE Minos Navigation, Ltd., Monrovia [A. J. Chandris]
1973 FREEPORT II Bon Vivant Cruises, Inc., Monrovia [Miami Terminal Transport Co., Miami]
1974 BON VIVANT Bon Vivant Cruises, Inc., Monrovia [Miami Terminal Transport Co., Miami]
1976 BON VIVANT Dubai Maritime Corp., Inc., Panama [A. J. Chandris] (accomodation ship)
1978 ARIANE Gilda Maritime Corp., Piraeus [A. J. Chandris]
1989 EMPRESA KATERINA Nios Maritime Co., Ltd. (Dafnis Navigation, Ltd.), Limassol
1995 EMPRESA KATERINA Regent Fortune Maritime, Ltd., Panama
1997 EMPRESS (for deliveriy)
1997 Arrived at Alang on December 18 for demolition.

Photo taken at Hamburg July 1959

Information concerning vessel's history is thanks to Wm. A. Schell