The German m/v SEA ELBE (1), 82,5m/1.812gt, launched as CHRISTA SCHUTT, however completed 12/1979 by Schiffswerf Hugo Peters, Wewelsfleth, as SEA ELBE for Bauer & Hauschildt KG. Kustensschiffahrt, Hamburg; 1994 MARNE; 1995 FALKO; 2001 DREDGER; 2004 DEFENDER, Reederei Erwin Strahlmann, St.Vincent and Grenadines; Still trading.
Seen on the 16/02/1992 passing under D. Luis bridge, Oporto, in transit to the river wharf of Sardoura, 60 kms as from the ocean, inaugurating then the new river Douro waterway.