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Carmen
 Taken by Ray Perry, www.seatheships.org.uk
Photo shows ship in her original guise, prior to her time as "Carmen" in the Pacific
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Built in Hablingen, she is powered by two 390hp MAK diesel engines, producing a service speed of 9.5 knots.
She has two 2 tonne derricks, and is crewed by thirteen.
En route from Suva to Onehunga, she broke down fourteen miles from the Manukau Heads. The "Manukau" promptly came to the rescue, a 5.5 hour tow including traversing the Manukau Bar before she tied up alongside much later than planned on 21 September 1982.
Delays in securing engine parts from Germany meant she stayed in port for a remarkable 42 days, and set a record which never came close to being matched, that of most shifts from berth to berth to accommodate other movements - nine all told!
All this for what was intended to be a four-day visit! She eventually sailed for Tonga and Samoa in November.
A year later she was reported lost in the South Pacific.
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