GAELIC PRINCE / PRINS WILLEM / MINA / MARINOS / ARAXOS

BUILT IN HOLLAND IN 1956. SHE WAS THE SISTER SHIP TO THE GOTHIC PRINCE. SHE WAS LAUNCHED AS THE 'PRINS WILLEM' FOR THE ORANJE LINE ( NETHERLANDS ) IN 1967 SHE WAS ACQUIRED BY THE VERINA SHIPPING CORP OF GREECE FOR THE EXPRESS PURPOSE OF CHARTERING HER OUT, SHE WAS RE-NAMED 'MINA' AT THIS TIME. IN 1969 SHE WAS CHARTERED TO THE PRINCE LINE AND RE-NAMED 'GAELIC PRINCE'. IN 1970 SHE CAME OF CHARTER TO PRINCE LINE AND WAS RE-NAMED 'MINA'. IN 1971 SHE WAS SOLD TO LIVADIA SHIPPING CO OF CYPRUS AND RE-NAMED 'MARINOS'. IN 1973 SHE WAS SOLD TO A GREEK COMPANY  ( BANIMAR SHIPPING CO ) AND RE-NAMED 'ARAXOS'. IN 1979 SHE WAS SOLD TO A SOUTH AFRICAN COMPANY ( MAHARAJ BROS. ) BUT CAUGHT FIRE SHORTLY AFTERWARDS AND WAS TOWED TO PORT ELIZABETH AND IN 1981 SHE WAS SCRAPPED AT DURBAN. THE ABOVE PICTURE SHOWS HER WITH HER PRINCE LINE LIVERY BUT FLYING THE GREEK FLAG.