Oh Happy Day:-)... I got another one of my beloved Sietas-built vessels, VISCARIA, seen here westbound in Kiel Canal near Grünental bridge on her way to Dordrecht, 07.07.2013

She'll turn 40(!) next October... Originally built as a general cargo vessel in 1973, she was stretched by Szczecinska Stocznia Remontowa at Szczecin in Poland by about 9,50 m in the autumn of 1981.

On August 13th, 1993, she arrived at Świnoujście, Poland, for conversion into an asphalt/bitumen tanker and reentered service as such in January of 1994...

Keep going, old lady!

Built by J. J. Sietas Shipyard, Hamburg, Germany
Sietas type no. 72
Yard/Hull no. 701
Keel laid: 07.06.1973
Launched: 13.09.1973
Delivered: 10.10.1973

First name: Jürgen Wehr
1977 renamed Jürgen W
1978 renamed Jürgen Wehr
1993 (August) renamed Jürgen
1993 (November) renamed Viscaria

Gt/Nt/Dwt: 1,859 / 558 / 2,437
L/B/D (m): 82,76 / 11,79 / 4,75
Speed: 12,50 knots