The Atlas was a Bremer freighter, owned by Atlas-Levante Line, which was heavily damaged on 2nd October 1958 in Hamburg Kaiser Wilhelm harbor by two explosive charges and partially sank. The criminal investigations were inconclusive. Only on 27 November 1959 it was announced that the attack had been carried out in the context of the Algerian war by the Red Hand, of which only since the 1990s it is known that this was a false flag operating camouflage organization of the French Service Action.
Full story here (in German):
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlas_(Schiff,_1951)
Flag: Germany
Other names: Naguilan (1959–1969), Nordhaff (1969–1971), Nikitas II (1971–1974), Siam Queen (1974–1976), Simalee 1 (1976–)
Type: general cargo ship
Yard: Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft, Flensburg
Yard no. 530
LauncH: 15th March 1951
Commissioned: 30th May 1951
Measurements and crew
Length: 107,13 m (Lpp)
Breadth: 15,05 m
Tonnage: 2,699 BRT, 1,417 NRT, 5,200 tdw
Engine
Engine: 1 × MAN-four-stroke engine
Power: 3.600 HP (2.648 kW)
Speed: 13,0 kn (24 km/h)
Propeller 1 × Propeller
Classification: Germanischer Lloyd
IMO 5246001
