Restored my account code but my ships are missing

[gangtrashsta]

back in April 2008 I printed out a copy of my MP Account ID using
"...\Freelancer\EXE\myflaccountid.hta"
so my account code cannot be incorrect

then I lost it :(
and a few days ago I found it, 13 months after I lost it,
I restored my ID and when I logged onto the server, all my ships were gone

I re-entered the code over and over and i also checked regedit.exe and the Install Key matches my account ID,

any help is welcome, I don't want to start role playing from scratch and rather start where I left off,
anything from checking if the account has been deleted or whatever,

thanks for the help in advance