Republic of the Marshall Islands	4412	N/A
(State or other jurisdiction of	(Primary Standard Industrial	(I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)	Classification Code Number)	Identification No.)

Diana Shipping Inc. Pendelis 16 175 64 Palaio Faliro Athens, Greece (30) 210 947-0100 (Address and telephone number of Registrant's principal executive offices)		Seward & Kissel LLP Attention: Gary J. Wolfe, Esq. One Battery Park Plaza New York, New York 10004 (212) 574-1200 (Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)



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Gary J. Wolfe, Esq. Robert E. Lustrin, Esq. Seward & Kissel LLP One Battery Park Plaza New York, New York 10004 (212) 574-1200 (telephone number) (212) 480-8421 (facsimile number)		Gary L. Sellers, Esq. Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP 425 Lexington Avenue New York, New York 10017 (212) 455-2000 (telephone number) (212) 455-2502 (facsimile number)



Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: As soon as practicable after this Registration Statement becomes effective.

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This Registration Statement shall become effective upon filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission in accordance with Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act of 1933.

This registration statement is being filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The contents of the Registration Statement on Form F-1, as amended (Registration No. 333-129726) filed by Diana Shipping Inc. with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which was declared effective by the Commission on December 6, 2005, are incorporated by reference into, and shall be deemed part of, this registration statement.

All exhibits filed with or incorporated by reference in Registration Statement No. 333-129726 are incorporated by reference into, and shall be deemed to be a part of, this registration statement, except for the following, which are filed herewith.

Exhibit Number		Description
1.1		Form of underwriting agreement.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form F-1 and has duly caused this amendment to the registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in New York, New York, on the 6^th day of December, 2005.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this amendment to the registration statement has been signed by the following persons on December 6, 2005 in the capacities indicated.

Signature		Title

/s/ SIMEON P. PALIOS Simeon P. Palios		Director, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board
/s/ ANASTASSIS MARGARONIS Anastassis Margaronis		Director and President
* Ioannis Zafirakis		Director, Vice President and Secretary
* Konstantinos Koutsomitopoulos		Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
* Maria Dede		Chief Accounting Officer
* Apostolos Kontoyannis		Director
* William Lawes		Director
* Boris Nachamkin		Director
* Konstantinos Psaltis		Director

Pursuant to the requirement of the Securities Act of 1933, the undersigned, the duly undersigned representative in the United States of Diana Shipping Inc., has signed this amended registration statement in the City of Newark, State of Delaware, on December 6, 2005.

		DIANA SHIPPING INC.
		By:	/s/ SIMEON P. PALIOS Name: Simeon P. Palios Title: Director, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board

PUGLISI & ASSOCIATES
By:	/s/ GREGORY F. LAVELLE Name: Gregory F. Lavelle Title: Managing Director