INDEPENDENT PIONEER general cargo ship about 5,000 tons under arrest at same time as tanker ITHAKI SAILOR ex HAMILTON TRADER and reefer ITHAKI KATHARA ex BARCAROLLE.
Built as CHRISTIAN SARTORI and renamed 68 CHRISTIAN - 70 CHRYSOVALANDOU - 70 INDEPENDENT PIONEER - 73 RENAISSANCE - 75 ROMAN BERNARD. Wrecked Puerto Isabel, Nicaragua 28 Jan 1975 & broken up New Orleans.