Diana Containerships Inc.
Pendelis 16
175 64 Palaio Faliro
Athens, Greece
March 19, 2012
BY EDGAR
United States Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
100 F Street, NE
Washington, D.C. 20549
| | Re: | Diana Containerships Inc. (No. 333-179636) |
The undersigned registrant hereby requests that the effectiveness of the above captioned Registration Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on Form F-3 on February 23, 2012 be accelerated so that it will be made effective at 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, March 21, 2012, or as soon thereafter as practicable, pursuant to Rule 461(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act").
The undersigned registrant hereby acknowledges that (i) should the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, declare the filing effective, it does not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the filing; (ii) the action of the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, in declaring the filing effective, does not relieve the undersigned registrant from its full responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filing; and (iii) the undersigned registrant may not assert the action of the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, in declaring the filing effective, as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States.
The undersigned registrant is aware of its obligations under the Act.
| | Yours truly, |
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| | DIANA CONTAINERSHIPS INC. |
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| | By: | /s/ Symeon Palios |
| | | Name: Symeon Palios |
| | | Title: Chairman and Chief Executive Officer |
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