ARISTOFANES

1939 Bygget som motortanker ARISTOFANES ved AB Götaverken, Gøteborg. Under byggeperioden ble fartøyet overtatt av en redergruppe i Sverige. Sjøsatt 28/08-1939. Gudmor var fru Tullan Hedèn, gift med verkstedets direktør Ernst Augustus Hedèn. Ved et samarbeide mellom Anders Jahre v/Jahre Skibs A/S og den greske reder Onassis, ble resultatet at selskapet Skips-A/S Jaris oppstod og fartøyet overtatt. Skipet ble bygget etter Onassis standard, med rederlugar og dertil installert flygel.
1940 Overlevert til rederiet Skips-A/S Jaris i januar. Byggesummen var NOK 7.343.889.
ARISTOFHANES ble registrert under norsk flagg. Et pro-forma arrangement gjorde at Onassis fremdeles var fartøyets eier.
Seilte under Nortraships kommando under hele krigen.
1945 Tilbakelevert eierne, fremdeles med Anders Jahre som disponent .
1951 Solgt til Sociedad Maritima Miraflores Ltda. (Panama Maritima S. A., Paris) 07/12-1951. Registrert i Puerto Cortes under honduriansk flagg 07/12-1951. Hun beholdt navnet. Salgssummen var NOK 8.937.500.
1968 Solgt til spanske huggere. Ankom Castellon 13/04-1968.

1939 Built as motor tanker ARISTOFANES by A/B Götaverken, Gothenborg. During construction periode the vessel was taken over by a Swedish group of ship owners. Launched on 28/08-1939. Sponsor was Mrs. Tullan Hedèn, married to the director of the yard, Mr. Ernst Augustus Hedèn.
An agreement between Anders Jahre w/Jahre Skibs A/S and the Greece ship owner Mr. Onassis was settled and the company Skips-A/S Jaris was established and the vessel taken over. The vessel was built according to Mr. Onassis specification, with a luxurious owner’s cabin equipped with a piano.
1940 Delivery to her owner Skips-A/S Jaris in January. Building cost was NOK 7.343.889.
ARISTOFHANES was registered under Norwegian flag. An agreement to avoid the risk of the ship getting into wrong hands. The agreement said that Mr. Onassis was still her owner.
She sailed under Nortraships command during the whole war.
1945 Returned to her owners, still under management of A. Jahre, Sandefjord.
1951 Sold to Sociedad Maritima Miraflores Ltda. (Panama Maritima S. A., Paris), on 07/12-1951. Registered in Puerto Cortes under Honduran flag). Name unchanged. The price was NOK 8.937.500.
1968 Sold to Spanish breakers. Arrived Castellon, Spain on 13/04-1968 for breaking.