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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 48. Chapters: MV Mi Amigo, SS Francisco Morazan, MS Bleu de France, SS Empire Conveyor, SS Theresia L M Russ, Passat, Priwall, TS Pretoria, SS Ljusnealf, MV Wotan, MV Bessel, MV Wickenburgh, SS Deneb, SS Jean Marie, SS Crown Arun, SS Charlotte Cords, Parma, SS Ganter, SS Lina Fisser, MV Nyora, SS Wahehe, SS Pompeji, SS Edenhurst, SS Laura, SS Uhenfels, SS Kolno, SS Frontier, SS I P Suhr, MV Francop, SS Goodleigh, SS Ambria, MV Doulos Phos, SS Empire Conyngham, SS Corona, SS Ernst Brockelmann, SS Haga, SS Soderhamn, SS Barlind, SS Ceuta, SS Claus Rickmers, SS Nordmark, SS Anakriya, SS Ilse L M Russ, SS Borussia, MV Tyrronall, SS Alk, SS Memel, SS Dollart, SS Lasknes, SS Gisela L M Russ, SS Quersee, SS Badenia, SS Orlanda, SS Manganese, USS Lake Arthur, SS Pinnau, SS Selnes, SS Erna, MV Clary, SS Wilhelm Russ, Dorothea Weber, SS Johannes C Russ, SS Gunther Russ, SS Pickhuben, SS Malmo, SS Dimitry Laptev, SS Messina, SS Masuren, SS Elbe, SS Walter L M Russ, SS Saar, SS Klio, SS Stettin, SS Marie Fisser, USS Saturn, SS Azov, SS Westfalen, MV Pelikan, SS Spreewald, Zebra, SS Ypiranga. Excerpt: The Mi Amigo was originally a three masted cargo schooner, that later gained international recognition as an offshore radio station. She was built as the schooner Margarethe for German owners. A sale in 1927 saw her renamed Olga and she was lengthened in 1936. During the Second World War, she was requisitioned by the Kriegsmarine and served as an auxiliary ship between 1941 and 1943. In 1953, the ship was again lengthened to 133 feet 9 inches (40.77 m). In 1959, she was sold for conversion to a floating radio station and was renamed Bon Jour. Subsequently, she was renamed Magda Maria in 1961 and Mi Amigo in 1962. She served, intermittently, as a radio ship, until 1980, when she sank in a gale. The ship, was built, as a three masted schooner SS M...