Oυπς.. την πατησα, ok έρχομαι και εγώ με το ΚΥΚΛΑΔΕΣ για να τα πούμε και εν πλώ!
Το 10 λες να ήταν επιβατηγό ή κάποιο μπανκεράδικο;
Στην ιστοσελίδα http://www.prevato.it/giornalenautico/00.php βρήκα πληροφορίες για τρία καράβια της Adriatica di Navigazione, που ως πρώην Ελληνικά, αποτελούσαν λάφυρα πολέμου.
Calliope
Έτος ναυπήγησης 1890
Λοιπά τεχνικά στοιχεία άγνωστα
Ενοικίαση στις 13. Ιουλίου 1943 στη Societa Italo - Greca METAPONTO με έδρα την Αθήνα.
Συγκοινωνία μεταξύ Κέρκυρας - Κεφαλλονιάς - Ιθάκης - Ζακύνθου.
Στις 18. Απριλίου 1944 επιστροφή στις Ελληνικές Αρχές.
Αsti
Έτος ναυπήγησης 1912
Λοιπά τεχνικά στοιχεία άγνωστα
Πρώην όνομα <<MEIETOS VENEZIANOS>>
Παράδοση στους Ιταλούς, στη Μασσαλία, στις 20. Φεβρουαρίου 1943.
Αυτοβύθιση στη Γένοβα.
Δυστυχώς δεν υπάρχει διαθέσιμη φωτογραφία ...
Trieste
Έτος ναυπηγήσεως 1909
Μήκος 75 μέτρα
Λοιπά τεχνικά στοιχεία άγνωστα
Πρώην όνομα <<Πολέμης>>.
Παράδοση στην Adriatica στις 30. Ιουλίου 1943 στην Τουλώνη.
Με την Ιταλική συνθηκολόγηση το Σεπτέμβρη του 1943, το πλοίο πέρασε στα χέρια του Γερμανικού στρατού.
Κάθε περαιτέρω πληροφορία θα ήταν άκρως ευπρόσδεκτη!!!
Για το ΠΟΛΕΜΗΣ βρήκα απο το miramar οτι ήταν φορτηγό. Απο το warsailors βρήκα οτι είχε κατασχεθεί απο τους Γάλλους του Vichy στο Dakar -προφανώς το 1941- και το είχαν μετανομάσει ΜΑURE. Δεν αναφέρουν μετανομασία σε ΤRIESTE αλλά αυτοβύθιση το 1944 στη Γαλλία. Ίσως οι Ιταλοί να είχαν σκοπό να το επισκευάσουν αλλά να μην τα κατάφεραν, όπως συνέβη και πολλά άλλα γαλλικά σκαριά που έπεσαν στα χέρια τους το 1943.
Well, our friend Franco Prevato has posted now additional information about Asti i.e., Meletios vVenezianos! http://www.prevato.it/giornalenautico/40.php
Built in 1912, 542 tons, single screw
The last sentence says it clearly: It is presumed that Asti was forced to sink in the proximity of the entrance of the port (of Genoa)La nave ASTI già MEIETOS VENEZIANOS (Peppas NB: it is Meletios Venezianos) di proprietà greca, fu presa in consegna dalle Autorità italiane e consegnata all'Adriatica, nel porto di MARSIGLIA, il 20 febbraio 1943. In quel porto rimase in sosta fino al 20 giugno, quando poi partì, alla volta di GENOVA, vuota di carico e con sola scorta militare. A Genova arrivò il 22 e vi rimase fino all'8 settembre. Il giorno dopo, la nave fu occupata dalle forze armate tedesche. L'equipaggio fu immediatamente sbarcato e non fu internato nei campi di concentramento, contrariamente ad altre circostanze, tutti poterono quindi rientrare alle proprie residenze.
Si presume che l'ASTI sia stata portata ad affondare in prossimità delle bocche di porto.
And here is the sad photo
Asti 1940.jpg
I think I have some further information on Meletios Venezianos (later Asti)
Miramar lists her as having been launched as Rio Jamary on February 15, 1911 and completed at Smith's Dock in South Bank, Middlesborough on February 1912. But the shipyard itself has her completed in June 1911. http://www.teesbuiltships.co.uk/smit...jamary1911.htm She had a length of 44.3 m, width of 9.2 m and 307 tons. The first owner was the R Pollock Sons & Co Ltd of Manaos, Brazil, for service on the Amazon river! The Pollocks had the Apex Tire & Rubber Co in the USA, among other business. By the way, Rio Jamary is a tributary of the Madeira, which in turn is a tributary of Amazon at the level of the city of Rodania several hundred miles west/south west of Manaos. It is not clear if teh ship went all the way there!
She seems to have been renamed Excellencia in 1913. She was bought by E. Logothetopoulos of Nauplion in 1920 and named Sia. Then in 1938 she was bought by P&A Venetzianos and named Meletios Venetzianos (not surprising that the Italians spelled this name as Venezianos). Now, I must admit that I have never come across Sia or Meletios Venetzianos as passenger ships... But the book The History of Greek-Owned Shipping, by Gerlina Harlaftis mentions (p. 378) a P&A Venetzianos company having one steamship of (guess what) 423 tons!
Franco Prevato has given her story once she passed to Adriatica during World War II and was named Asti. But her sinking in the Genoa port (see photo before) was not her end. Presumably, she was removed and repaired after World War II and was used by the Venetzianos company until 1952. Miramar has her deleted in 1964!
And now for the ultimate maritime trivia question: Ask your friends "Which Greek passenger ship was working the Amazon line before coming to Greece?"