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Argosaronikos before World War I
Traveling to Aegina, Poros, Hydra, Spetses was not as common 100 years ago as it is now. Such travel would take several hours and passengers would have to stay in an island overnight!
An add of Goudes Line from 126 years ago (November 1, 1883) makes it clear that what we call now Argosaronikos (called Argolikos well into the 1920s) was another long trip... Notice the extension of the routes to Porto Heli and Nauplio as well as one route that was starting from Hydra and Spetses but was going all around Peloponissos. I am sure the shorter route was done by Spetsai, the 110-ton ship bought by Goudes in 1879 from England. Known affectionately as Goudes' duck or "i papia tou Goudi" this one carried our great-grandfathers and grandfathers back to Piraeus...
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In 1897, we had a leisurely visit of Methana, Poros and Hydra with Thera, a former yacht of the 1860s. This Thera does not appear in Miramar or other sources, so we will not known what type of yacht she was... The short article is from June 19, 1897.
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The Portolos Line is not out of this competition. Indeed in 1897 Aghios Ioannis-Elpis was doing the same route, traveling all the way south to Astros and Leonidion.
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Aghios Ioannis-Elpis was a very small vessel that ran so many short routes in pre-World War I Greece. By 1920 she was truly dilapidated and Tzamtzis (in his 1997 Efoplistis insert) includes horror stories about her inspections and almost sinkings!
This ship had only 303 tons with a length under 50 m and a speed of 9 knots! Here she is. They called her a "yacht" in Greece but to me she doe snot like one. In addition, the Marquis of Conyngham did not seem to like her much as in his memoirs he talks always of Una (his important yacht) but not Helen!
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Also here is the Miramar entry
Παράθεση:
IDNo: 1067573 Year: 1872
Name: HELEN Launch Date:
Type: Yacht Date of completion: 7.72
Flag: GBR Keel:
Tons: 303 Link: 2381
DWT: Yard No: 134
Length overall: Ship Design:
LPP: 49.4 Country of build: GBR
Beam: 7.2 Builder: Seath
Material of build: I Location of yard: Rutherglen
Number of
screws/Mchy/
Speed(kn): 1C-
Owner as Completed: Marquis of Conyngham, Cowes
End: 1934
Subsequent History: SPERANZA - AGHIOS IOANNIS
Disposal Data: BU 2q.1934
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Argosaronikos before World War I: Part 2
The Goudes Line continue serving the islands proximate to Piraeus well in the 1900s and 1900s. Here is a July 14, 1908 ad with the usual route.
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By 1914 (July 18 ) we see the introduction of Hydra on the schedule along with Amfitriti.
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Here this get confusing. It is not clear which Hydra is mentioned here. There is of course the Hydra of I. Leousis which is mentioned as having 114 tons (ref 1) and then the Hydra of E. Leousis & Co with 231 tons (ref 2) but also belonging to the Peiraiki Atmoploia of G. Domestinis (ref 3)! Finally there is information of a Hydra of P. A. Protopapas (ref 4) that was sunk on April 23, 1941. Don't you "love" poorly documented books?...
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References:
(1). A. I. Tzamtzis, Aktoploia: Ta prota 110 Xronia: 1830-1940, page 50, Insert to Efoplistis, Athens, February 1997.
(2). A. I. Tzamtzis, I Elliniki Epivatigos Nautilia, page 26, Miletos, Athens, undated.
(3). A. I. Tzamtzis, I Elliniki Epivatigos Nautilia, page 27, Miletos, Athens, undated.
(4). A. I. Tzamtzis, I Elliniki Epivatigos Nautilia, page 80, Miletos, Athens, undated.
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I hope Ellinis or someone else will help solve this mystery and that all four ships are the same. Here is a photo of the "Leousis Hydra".
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Post-1920 ships in Argosaronikos
A familiar ship to the Greek seas, Astrapi, appeared in Argosaronikos in 1922... Here is an ad from July 25, 1922
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We have discussed Astrapi (and her reincarnation as Doris) in http://www.nautilia.gr/forum/showthread.php?t=57124 She is listed by Tzamtzis at 464 tons, but before I wrote she was 319 tons. Astrapi was built by Cunliffe & Dunlop, a relatively small shipyard in Port Glasgow, as a small yacht in 1876. She was named Dobhran and had a length of 58.8 m, width of 6.97m and a tonnage of 319 tons. She was sold to Claude Crespel in 1898 and named Cyrano (source: Yacht Register 1901-02). She was reconfigured down to 180 tons and was registered in Boulogne, France. At the age of 26, she was bought by Komenos and Portolos Lines and named Astrapi in 1902. early enough, she was used on the North Korinthiakos run (Piraeus, Corinth, Itea, Galaxidi, Patras, Ithaca, Levkas, gulf of Arta). In the 1920s she is listed as part of the Nisiotiki Aktoploiathat includes also Delfin. She is shown here in Scotland as Dobhan.
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On August 2, 1924, Ioanna is doing the Argosaronikos route. On June 15, 1928, here is Hydra. On September 22, 1928 here is Ioanna again.
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