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Το ναυάγιο του Σπερχειός [The loss of Sperchios, ex-Noble Nora]
The tragic loss of Sperheios (Spercheios in all Anglosaxonic references) in 1945 needs to be mentioned here. Sperheios was a special ship. She was a small vessel of the Greek Navy that was assigned from time to time to carry passengers, mostly naval personnel and their families, although she would not be called "a passenger ship". Here she is in 1945, a few months before her loss of May 3, 1945. The picture is from old war newspapers and it is not very good
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Believe it or not she started as a Norwegian whaler! As you can see, she was an 160-ton whaler with a length of 32 m only!! She was built in the UK as Noble Nora but spent most of her life in Durban, South Africa, until transfered to Norway in 1941. Then, in September 1943 she was given to the Greek Navy in Alexandria, named Sperheios and helped in various projects serving as a minsweeper. NB: The Greek Navy uses names of Greek rivers for its minsweepers.
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SMITH'S DOCK COMPANY LTD., SOUTH BANK
Name NOBLE NORA Type Whaler Yard Number 522 Launched 30/05/1912 Completed 07/1912 Off. Number 132747 Engine builder Shields Eng. Co.Ltd., N.Shields Engine type T 3 cyl GRT 160 Length (feet) 105.0 Beam (feet) 20.9 First owner Premier Whaling Co. Ltd. (C. Schlesinger), London History 25/06/1917 - 13/03/1919 Purchased by the Admiralty. 1919 sold back to Premier Whaling Co.Ltd. (Mgr. W.Sealswood, Durban in LR1930) 1932 Premier Whaling Co.Ltd. (A.E.Larsen) 03/1941 requisitioned by Admiralty as minesweeper. 08/1941 transferred to Royal Norwegian Navy. 09/1943 SPERCHEIOS, Greek Fate 04/05/1945 Capsized & sank off Greece while on loan to Greek Navy.
Source: http://www.teesbuiltships.co.uk/smit...lenora1912.htm
Sperheios was an a trip from Nausta0mos to Syros an Chios when she capsized and sunk in the area Zourda of Hydra.
First here are the headlines of Eleutheria of May 4, 1945.
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