[2] Celia was a Hansa A Type cargo ship built in 1943 as yard number 402 by Lübecker Maschinenbau-Gesellschaft, Lübeck, Germany for A. Kirsten, Hamburg.

[3] Following the Israeli Declaration of Independence and the start of the Arab–Israeli War, Egypt instigated a policy of confiscating goods in transport to Palestine that would be of use to the Egyptian military effort.

Her cargo of aluminium, dried fruit, machinery, motor vehicles, seaweed and tin was confiscated.

[4] On 1 January 1949, Richard Borchard was intercepted 60 nautical miles (110 km) off Haifa, Israel by an Egyptian Navy corvette and minesweeper.

She stopped after a shot was fired across her bows and was allowed to proceed after a rudimentary search for contraband goods had been made.

[5] In 1960, Richard Borchard was sold to Fairplay Schleppdampfschiffahrt Reederei, Hamburg and renamed Fairwood.