Built by Factorias Vulcano SA, Vigo as yard number 503, her keel was laid on 9 October 1991 and she was launched on 20 February 1992.

[7] Renamed Athena in 2004,[6] she was sold in 2005 to Davlos Shipping Ltd, followed by a sale later that year to Atlantic Wave Co Ltd, the nationalities of which are not recorded.

[4] On 27 October 2010, Athena was reported to be on fire in the Atlantic Ocean 200 nautical miles (370 km) south west of the Isles of Scilly.

The Maritime and Coastguard Agency at Falmouth were alerted to the ship's distress at 06:00 British Summer Time (05:00 UTC).

[10] A Sea King helicopter of 771 Naval Air Squadron, based at RNAS Culdrose,[11] was scrambled to the Isles of Scilly, where it was refuelled and held ready for use should it be required.

With the fire reported to be "under control", Athena made for Falmouth at 8 knots (15 km/h) and was expected to arrive on the evening of 28 October.

At 17:00, the officer in charge of the firefighting operation ordered the ship evacuated because of a release of carbon dioxide.

Athena was taken in tow by the tug Anglian Princess at 19:00, but was ordered to remain 4.3 nautical miles (8.0 km) off Falmouth.

Salvors from Smit International were reported as fighting the fire, which was still burning, and assessing whether or not it was safe to bring Athena into port.