Nicholas Peppas
19-08-2009, 04:58
In the article about the first Moschanthi in http://www.nautilia.gr/forum/showthread.php?t=65996&page=2 our good friend Ellinis requested http://www.nautilia.gr/forum/showpost.php?p=210888&postcount=16
Νικόλα η παρουσίαση του πρώτου ΜΟΣΧΑΝΘΗ ήταν πραγματικά ενδιαφέρουσα. Νομίζω πως θα πρέπει να βάλεις στη σειρά των παρουσιάσεων το δεύτερο, ώστε να έχουμε όλες τις “Μοσχάνθες” της ακτοπλοΐας.
At last, here is the history of the second Moschanthi. Please notice I use a female in Greek for Moschanthi... She was a special ship indeed!
Here is her story in Miramar
IDNo: 1147634 Year: 1901
Name: HEERENVEEN Launch Date:
Type: Passenger ship Date of completion:
Flag: NLD Keel:
Tons: 344 Link:
DWT: Yard No:
Length overall: Ship Design:
LPP: 51.7 Country of build:
Beam: 7.0 Builder: Smit, J & K
Material of build: Location of yard: Krimpen a/d Lek
Number of screws/Mchy/
Speed(kn): 1T-
Subsequent History: 19 EXPRESS I - 21 CLEO - 31 CLEO V. - 37 MOSCHANTHI
Disposal Data: ac/b near Vostizza 20.4.41
Name Tons Change Registered Owner
HEERENVEEN 344 1901 Amsterdam-Lemmer
EXPRESS I 344 1919 A.Theodoridis & Co
CLEO 344 1921 H.P.Paterson
CLEO V. 344 1931 S.Victor
MOSCHANTHI 344 1937 A.Toyias
But this is indeed very little.
Like her sister Bolsward (later the Greek Euterpe) http://www.nautilia.gr/forum/showthread.php?t=74879 this second Moschanthi started as the Dutch ship Heerenveen.
She was built as the Dutch passenger ship Heerenveen by J & K Smit in 1901. She had 344 tons, a length of 51.7 m and a width of 7 m. She was bought by the A. Theodorides Co in 1911, not 1919 as mentioned in Miramar, and named Express II. At that time she worked out of the Golden Horn (Keratios kolpos) in Constantinople!
In 1921 she became an H.O. Paterson ship (of Smyrna and London) under the name Cleo. In 1931 she was sold to Solon Victor of Mytilene and named Cleo V. Then finally, in 1937, she was bought by Togias and named Moschanthi, the second Moschanthi!
The rest is well known. She was sunk by the Germans outside of Aegion on April 20, 1941....
Here is a nice drawing of the ship
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As mentioned before, Moschanthi had a significant career in the Netherlands, where she was built, as a relatively small passenger ship Heerenveen of the Stoomvaart Maatschappij Amsterdam-Lemmer. This was a truly different ship as it was covering a very "protected" route within Zuidezee, the enclosed sea within Holland that is now known as Ijsselmeer, and is slowly becoming smaller and smaller with extensive reclaiming of land in the last 30 years... The big chunk of land with Lelystad in the middle is the result of land reclaiming and did not exist 100 years ago
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A detailed description of the vessel can be found also in http://www.spanvis.nl/Jaap%20van%20de%20Zwaag/De%20tramboten/index.htm
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See more also in http://www.nautilia.gr/forum/showpost.php?p=242548&postcount=5
With the construction of the Afsluitdijk starting in 1927, the various small shipping companies of inner Holland ceased to function as passenger transport companies
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Νικόλα η παρουσίαση του πρώτου ΜΟΣΧΑΝΘΗ ήταν πραγματικά ενδιαφέρουσα. Νομίζω πως θα πρέπει να βάλεις στη σειρά των παρουσιάσεων το δεύτερο, ώστε να έχουμε όλες τις “Μοσχάνθες” της ακτοπλοΐας.
At last, here is the history of the second Moschanthi. Please notice I use a female in Greek for Moschanthi... She was a special ship indeed!
Here is her story in Miramar
IDNo: 1147634 Year: 1901
Name: HEERENVEEN Launch Date:
Type: Passenger ship Date of completion:
Flag: NLD Keel:
Tons: 344 Link:
DWT: Yard No:
Length overall: Ship Design:
LPP: 51.7 Country of build:
Beam: 7.0 Builder: Smit, J & K
Material of build: Location of yard: Krimpen a/d Lek
Number of screws/Mchy/
Speed(kn): 1T-
Subsequent History: 19 EXPRESS I - 21 CLEO - 31 CLEO V. - 37 MOSCHANTHI
Disposal Data: ac/b near Vostizza 20.4.41
Name Tons Change Registered Owner
HEERENVEEN 344 1901 Amsterdam-Lemmer
EXPRESS I 344 1919 A.Theodoridis & Co
CLEO 344 1921 H.P.Paterson
CLEO V. 344 1931 S.Victor
MOSCHANTHI 344 1937 A.Toyias
But this is indeed very little.
Like her sister Bolsward (later the Greek Euterpe) http://www.nautilia.gr/forum/showthread.php?t=74879 this second Moschanthi started as the Dutch ship Heerenveen.
She was built as the Dutch passenger ship Heerenveen by J & K Smit in 1901. She had 344 tons, a length of 51.7 m and a width of 7 m. She was bought by the A. Theodorides Co in 1911, not 1919 as mentioned in Miramar, and named Express II. At that time she worked out of the Golden Horn (Keratios kolpos) in Constantinople!
In 1921 she became an H.O. Paterson ship (of Smyrna and London) under the name Cleo. In 1931 she was sold to Solon Victor of Mytilene and named Cleo V. Then finally, in 1937, she was bought by Togias and named Moschanthi, the second Moschanthi!
The rest is well known. She was sunk by the Germans outside of Aegion on April 20, 1941....
Here is a nice drawing of the ship
52859
As mentioned before, Moschanthi had a significant career in the Netherlands, where she was built, as a relatively small passenger ship Heerenveen of the Stoomvaart Maatschappij Amsterdam-Lemmer. This was a truly different ship as it was covering a very "protected" route within Zuidezee, the enclosed sea within Holland that is now known as Ijsselmeer, and is slowly becoming smaller and smaller with extensive reclaiming of land in the last 30 years... The big chunk of land with Lelystad in the middle is the result of land reclaiming and did not exist 100 years ago
52862
A detailed description of the vessel can be found also in http://www.spanvis.nl/Jaap%20van%20de%20Zwaag/De%20tramboten/index.htm
52863
See more also in http://www.nautilia.gr/forum/showpost.php?p=242548&postcount=5
With the construction of the Afsluitdijk starting in 1927, the various small shipping companies of inner Holland ceased to function as passenger transport companies
52866