German steamer SAFI (1), imo 1180769/ 91m/ 2.719gt/ 10kn/ 10 pax; 08/10/1929 completed by Deutsche Werft AG, Hamburg, as CEUTA (3) for Oldenburg Portugiesische Dampfschiffs Rhederei, Oldenburg; 1929 Oldenburg Portugiesische Dampfschiffs Rhederei, Hamburg; 1939 she was at Germany in the outbreak of WW2; 1940 requisitioned by Kriegsmarine to be used as naval transport; 1941 back to Oldenburg Portugiesische Dampfschiffs Rhederei, Hamburg; 28/03/1943 at Rotterdam she was bombed and sank by RAF, later she was raised and repaired; 05/1945 seized in Kiel by British; 03/10/1945 arrived Methyl and name altered to EMPIRE CAMEL by MoWT, mgrs John Bruce & Co., Ltd, London; 25/10/1946 RINKENAES, transferred to Danish government as war reparations, mgrs T. C. Christensen, Copenhagen; 1947 OYRNAF JELL, Foroya Lagting, mgrs Fasmur P/f, Thorshaven, Faroe Islands; 1955 SAFI, Oldenburg Portugiesische Dampfschiffs Rhederei, Hamburg; 05/01/1960 handed over to breakers at Hamburg.
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