Ακρόπολις (2) [Polyanthus, Colima, Acropolis]

[Nicholas Peppas]

In http://www.nautilia.gr/forum/showthr...hus#post262736 we wrote

AKROPOLIS (1917-1941)
(1.487 tonnoi, mhkoV 76,4 metrwn, 16 komboi)

Adelfo ploio tou SOFIA nauphghqhke to 1917 wV Polyanthus gia to aggliko polemiko nautiko. Meta ton polemo perase kai auto sta ceria twn Mexikanwn kai ekane taxidia gurw apo to Mazatlan. To 1925 phge ston Kanada kai to 1933 hlqe sthn Ellada san AkropoliV. Caqhke kai auto (opwV to EllaV) sthn ekrhxh tou Clan Fraser ston Peiraia thn prwth mera tou Germanikou bombardismou tou PeiraiwV, dhladh stiV 6 Apriliou 1941.
http://www.nautilia.gr/forum/showpos...08&postcount=5

Indeed, Polyanthus that came to Greece in the 1930s, as a passenger/cargo ship Acropolis. I have other information from http://warsailors.com/forum/read.php?1,40072,40073

POLYANTHUS
1921 renamed COLIMA by Cia. Naviera de Los Estados de Mexico, S.A., Mazatlan (1,487 grt) ME
1925 new owners Cayzer, Irvine & Co., Ltd., Montreal CA 146269
1930 new owners British Trade Crusades, Ltd., Glasgow
1933 renamed ACROPOLIS by Antoniou & Katarmados (N. D. Antoniou), Piraeus GR 722
Sunk by German air attack at Piraeus on 6 April 1941 (CLAN FRASER explosion)

Miramar indcates

Year: 1917
Name: POLYANTHUS Keel:
Type: Patrol frigate Launch Date: 24.9.17
Flag: GBR Date of completion: 11.17
Tons: 1250 Link: 1924
DWT: Yard No: 826
Length overall: 81.7 Ship Design:
LPP: 77.7 Country of build: GBR
Beam: 10.2 Builder: Lobnitz
Material of build: Location of yard: Renfrew
Speed(kn): 1T-17.5
Subsequent History: 21 COLIMA - 33 ACROPOLIS
Disposal Data: ac/b Piraeus 6.4.41

POLYANTHUS 1250 1917 Royal Navy GBR
COLIMA 1487 1921 Mexican Govt
ACROPOLIS 1487 1933 Antoniou Katarmados

COLIMA, ex. POLYANTHUS

Rigging: steel single screw steamer; 1 steel deck sheathed in wood; 2nd steel deck in No. 1 & 3 holds; 8 cemented bulkheads; fitted with electric light; cellular double bottom, under boiler 11 feet long, forward 11 feet, 22 tons; Deep Tank forward 21 tons; Forward Peak Tank 21 tons; Aft Peak Tank 23 tons

Tonnage: 1,487 tons gross, 857 under deck and 917 net.
Dimensions: 255.6 feet long, 35.1 foot beam and holds 17.3 feet deep;
Construction: 1917, Lobnitz & Co. Ltd. in Renfrew; St. Lawrence River - limited trading (1927)

Coastal trade between San Francisco & Panama

Colima 1917 ex- 'Q'ship HMS Polyanthus, 1921 became Mexican registered Colima, 1925 chartered by Clarke from the Clan Line, 1927 returned to Clan Line, 1929 sold to British Trade Crusades, London, 1933 sold to Greece, renamed Acropolis, 1941 destroyed by aircraft attack at Piraeus. 1,393

HMS Polyanthus as a "Q" ship during World War I
Class overview
Built: 1916
In commission: 1916–1932
Completed: 12
Lost: 3
General characteristics
Type: Minesweeper
Displacement: 1,250 tons
Length: 255 ft 3 in (77.80 m) p/p
267 ft 9 in (81.61 m) o/a
Beam: 33 ft 6 in (10.21 m)
Draught: 12 ft 6 in (3.81 m)
Propulsion: 1 Γ— 4-cylinder triple expansion engine
2 Γ— cylindrical boilers
1 screw

Speed: Designed to make 17.5 knots (32.4 km/h) at 2,500 ihp (1,900 kW), but actually can only make 15-16.5 knots with this power and require 3,000 ihp (2,200 kW). for 17.5 knots (32.4 km/h).
Range: 205 tons of coal
Complement: 80 men
Armament: Designed to mount 3 Γ— 12-pdr guns and 2 Γ— 3-pdr AA, but had 2 Γ— 4 inch gun, 1 Γ— 3-pdr AA and depth charge throwers

POLYANTHUS

Polyanthus.jpg

Acropolis 1930.jpg


ACROPOLIS

Akropolis.jpg