Famaka/Ormiston/Atlantic/Atlanticos:
I do not know if the Typaldos Atlanticos ever served as a cruise ship in Greece (I know she did serve as a passenger ship as the Egyptian Famaka) but I have some old photos from the Kourtzis family albums that I would like to share here. It seems that the Kourtzis family (see http://www.ergani.org.gr/web/guest/c...utes/steamship) took the Atlanticos (as Famaka) from Mytilene (where they were living after the Asian Minor catastrophe) to Piraeus and Marseilles in 1925 and made several good photos and even personal movies.
First, here is the technical information of the ship Famaka/Ormiston/Atlantic/Atlanticos
Name Tons Change Main Owner
FAMAKA 5815 1922 Khedivial Mail SS
ORMISTON 5815 1927 Australasian United
ATLANTIC 5815 1955 Typaldos Bros
ATLANTICOS 5815 1956 Typaldos BrosShe was built as Famaka for the Egyptian Khedivial Mail SS and was sold to the Australasian United and named Ormiston. She stayed in Australia for almost 30 years until she was bought by Typaldos and named first Atlantic and then AtlanticosIDNo: 1146682 Year: 1922
Name: FAMAKA Launch Date: 20.10.22
Type: Passenger ship Date of completion: 12.22
Flag: GBR Keel:
Tons: 5815 Link: 1554
DWT: Yard No: 498
Length overall: Ship Design:
LPP: 119.1 Country of build: GBR
Beam: 16.8 Builder: Stephen
Material of build: Location of yard: Linthouse
Number of screws/Mchy/ Speed(kn): 1ST-13.5
Owner as Completed:
Naval or paramilitary marking :
A: *
End: 1957
Subsequent History: 27 ORMISTON - 55 ATLANTIC - 56 ATLANTICOS
Disposal Data: BU La Spezia 30.11.57
Here are some photos. First a nice big photo (http://www.ergani.org.gr/ergani/show...nt?unitid=1811) of Famaka from the Kourtzis family
Famaka0.jpg
Then two little photos from a personal movie of the Kourtzis family http://www.ergani.org.gr/web/guest/c...s/routes/films
Famaka2.jpegFamaka10.jpeg
Then a schedule of Famaka from Piraeus to Mytilene, Smyrna, Constantinople on July 18, 1924
19240718 Famaka.jpg
And in the 1950s, two photos as Ormiston and Atlantic
Ormiston.jpg
Atlantic.jpg