14,187 grt; 14,300 dwt; 400 TEU. Operator: DDG "Hansa", Bremen, West Germany. Built 1977 by Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft AG, Kiel, West Germany. Yard no 113. Propulsion machinery: 2 x nine-cylinder, four-stroke 2 x nine-cylinder, four-stroke MAN 9L52/55 of 18,900 bhp (total) at 450 rpm, geared to single screw shaft. Speed: 19.5 knots. 1980-on bankruptcy of DDG “Hansa” sold to Anker Schiffsbetreuungsgesellschaft mbH, Kiel (Managers C F Ahrenkiel, Hamburg). 1981-renamed NOREFJORD for charter to S-E-A-L RO-RO (Norwegian American Line) for service Europe to East Africa and Madagascar.1981-sold to Dynamene Verwaltungsgesellschaft für Schiffsbeteiligungen mbH, Bremen (manager: Heyo Janssen, Bad Zwischenahn), renamed RADBOD. 1987-sold to Selkirk Investment Inc., Panama (Manager: Vencaribe CA, Caracas, Venezuela), renamed SANTOS. 1990-renamed CANADIAN FOREST for charter to Kent Line, St. John’s, Newfoundland Canada. 1991-SANTOS (end of charter).
1993-sold to US Government (Department of Transportation - Maritime Administration), Norfolk, Virginia, USA, renamed CAPE TRINITY (T-AKR 9711). Still in US Reserve Fleet.
Photo: arriving Tilbury Dock, Port of London 3/4/1979.