Nicholas Peppas
03-07-2009, 02:00
Eugenia was a small yacht that had a short life in the Greek seas as a passenger ship of the Androhydraiki Atmoploia of Georgios Koulouras.
Eugenia was a steel-hulled, single-screw yacht built by Hawthorn & Co. at Leith in Scotland in 1897 for J. G. Cassatt. She had 165 tons, a length of 39.1 m, a width of 6 m and a speed of 13 knots. Here is a photo of this yacht on June 18, 1898 as she is painted to became a Navy vessel, half gray and half white (Source: http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/130094.htm)
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Indeed, Eugenia was purchased by the U.S. Navy in June 9, 1898 and renamed Siren. She was commissioned on June 24, 1898 and served on the North Atlantic from July 26, 1898 until the end of the Spanish-American War on August 12, 1898. At some point during this time, she was reconstructed to 343 tons. During this time, she participated in the blockade of Spanish Cuba as a part of the North Atlantic Squadron.
Siren was decommissioned on September 24, 1898 and remained idle until June 22, 1899 when she was loaned to the Virginia Militia. Subsequently, Siren served at the Navy Yard at Norfolk, Va., as a tender to the receiving ship, Franklin.
She struck from the Navy list on August 30, 1910 and was offered for sale.
Eugenia was purchased in 1913 or 1914 by a small Greek shipping company whose name was unknown to me before this article. The company was called Androhydraiki Atmoploia and belonged to Georgios Koulouras. I know little about them except that they were the owners of Eugenia and Karystos!
Here is an ad from July 20, 1916 announcing two routes, one to Laconia, the other to Korthion (I presume from Piraeus). As a second ad from July 15, 1916 indicates that Karystos was going to Andros, one can safely assume that Eugenia was in the Laconia trade!
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Regrettably we do not know what happened to Eugenia, except that (according to A. Tzamtzis) by 1921 neither the shipping company nor the ship existed any more.
Eugenia was a steel-hulled, single-screw yacht built by Hawthorn & Co. at Leith in Scotland in 1897 for J. G. Cassatt. She had 165 tons, a length of 39.1 m, a width of 6 m and a speed of 13 knots. Here is a photo of this yacht on June 18, 1898 as she is painted to became a Navy vessel, half gray and half white (Source: http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/130094.htm)
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Indeed, Eugenia was purchased by the U.S. Navy in June 9, 1898 and renamed Siren. She was commissioned on June 24, 1898 and served on the North Atlantic from July 26, 1898 until the end of the Spanish-American War on August 12, 1898. At some point during this time, she was reconstructed to 343 tons. During this time, she participated in the blockade of Spanish Cuba as a part of the North Atlantic Squadron.
Siren was decommissioned on September 24, 1898 and remained idle until June 22, 1899 when she was loaned to the Virginia Militia. Subsequently, Siren served at the Navy Yard at Norfolk, Va., as a tender to the receiving ship, Franklin.
She struck from the Navy list on August 30, 1910 and was offered for sale.
Eugenia was purchased in 1913 or 1914 by a small Greek shipping company whose name was unknown to me before this article. The company was called Androhydraiki Atmoploia and belonged to Georgios Koulouras. I know little about them except that they were the owners of Eugenia and Karystos!
Here is an ad from July 20, 1916 announcing two routes, one to Laconia, the other to Korthion (I presume from Piraeus). As a second ad from July 15, 1916 indicates that Karystos was going to Andros, one can safely assume that Eugenia was in the Laconia trade!
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Regrettably we do not know what happened to Eugenia, except that (according to A. Tzamtzis) by 1921 neither the shipping company nor the ship existed any more.