Scopelos IMO 5071626

[Aris]

Pictured in Scopelos Island in 1986.
I have found that she was the former BUENA SUERTE (probably built in Germany in 1950) that came to Greece in 1977 as PANAGHIS K.
She was renamed NISSOS FOURNI in 1984, and SCOPELOS in 1985.
She was last spotted in Kalamata (date unknown) under the Bolivian flag as MAXI.
Any information on her pre-1977 or final story would be most welcomed.

[Leslie Spurling]

Yes Aris,

You have a lot of the facts already - she is IMO No. 5071626. Built in 1950 by H.C.Stuelcken of Hamburg as the ULMBRUEDER 5. Between 1956 and 1975, she was a regular trader to the UK as CHRISTA KONCKE before sailing off to the Mediterranean for her new life under new ship names!

Leslie

[Dierk Bauer]

Moin, moin Aries and Leslie, thank you very much for your efforts

She isn`t listed in MiramarShipIndex, unlike her sisters

Equasis.org got this only:
MAX I
IMO n° 5071626
Flag (Not Known)
Call Sign UNKNOWN
Gross tonnage 249(during 1950)
DWT 350
Type of ship General Cargo Ship(during 1950)
Year of build 1950
Status No Longer updated by (LRF) IHSF(since 12/07/2010)
Last update of ship particulars 24/03/2011

If you`re interested, can have a look into my collection of the german shipping magazine "Die Seekiste" . Did find an article about the "ULMBRUEDER2 Type ships in the 1950 July edition.
Attached is the german originald, will try a translation later...

[Aris]

Thank you both! This one puzzled me for quite some time...

[Aris]

And here she is as MAX I at Kalamata. Photo taken by Cpt T. Kalyvas, date unknown.

[Leslie Spurling]

Here is the ULMBRÜDER 5 on trials in 1950.

Photo: J. Robert Boman (R.I.P.)