Built under yard No. 178 as a container vessel by Orskovs Christensen yard, Frederikshavn, Denmark for K/S Peter Wessels II Aps., Denmark.
20 December 1992 launched under the name LISBETH C.
Tonnage 2.881 gross, 925 net., dim. 91.50 x 16.20 x 6.90m., length bpp. 84.98m, draught 4.45m.
Powered by two 8-cyl. MAN-B&W diesels, 3.480 hp., speed 10 knots, twin controllable pitch propellers.
Bunker capacity 360m³.
Cargo capacity 4.084m³, can carry 267 TEU’s
Cargo gear, two cranes of 40 ton.
1993 Completed.
1994 Renamed by owners in PACIFIC PERU, and chartered out to Rederiet Lepus, A/S, Denmark, flagged into the Danish International Shipping Registry (DIS)
1998 Returned to owners and renamed LISBETH C.
2002 Renamed in SANTA PAULA, and transferred to K Peder Wessels II in Venuzuela.
2003 Renamed in LISBETH C.
From 1995 till January 2001 used in a service between Saint Pierre and Halifax, Canada.
July 2007 sold to Arrow Seismic Invest IV Ltd., United Kingdom renamed in POLAR SEA.
http://www.equasis.org gives for 2008:IMO No. 9042283, same owner, managed by Gc Rieber Shipping AS, Bergen, Norway.
Source: Marine News 1993/504. 1994/490, 1998/756. Bureau Veritas.