In service: 1993 - 1995
Owner: Hermann Buss K.G. ms"Manta" (Hermann Buss G.m.b.H.& Compagnie) - Leather (Antigua & Barbuda)
Built: Keel laid 23-01-1991; to water 14-05-1991; delivered 17-12-1992
Shipyard: Stocznia Szczecinska SA - Szczecin.
Construction number: B.92/223
Dimensions: 81.37 x 71.45 x 16.30 x 7.20 x 4.90 m.
Tonnage: 2,723 GRT.
Call signal: V.2.M.U.
Registration Number: 8418631 Lloyds Register
Machines: 2x four-stroke 6 cylinder Sulzer type 6ZL40/48, 400x480 each coupled to an adjustable propeller; 3 generators 384kW/220380 V/60 Hz; 1 generator 100 kW/220380 V/60 Hz.
Power: 7,200 apk.
Speed: 15 knots.
Bollard pull: 89 tons
Purchased: On 23-12-1993 in charter
Sold: In December 1995 from charter

Details: Launched as NEFTEGAZ 73 for USSR Ministry of Gas Industry.
In 1992 as PETEKA SUPPLY II.
In January 1996 on charter with the German government as a temporary Coast Guard vessel. In April 1998 as MANTA to ms "Manta" (Bohlen & Doyen GmbH & Co.[Jade-Dienst]) - Wiesloch (Antigua & Barbuda and converted into cable-laying vessel. In November 2005 as MANTA III to Manta Société D'Exploitation (Allseas Engineering B.V.) -Panama.
On 23-08-2012 to Gulf Energy Pioneers Gepco Inc. (Synergy Subsea Engineering LLCDubai) - Panama.
Sold on 15-05-2018 for scrapping to Alang and beached on 02-06-2018.