Ηπειρωτική [Epirotiki Lines]

[Henry Casciaro]

Forgot to add Dimas that Epirus was not a sister to Atreus (ex Frederikshavn) even though she operated with her for the same subsidiary and in the same colours.

Regarding Adria there was an earlier "Adrias" (ex Killarney) which was a much older vessel than the Adria I think you mean. This however was an interesting two funnelled ship which had earlier opearted as Attiki for a company called Bury Court Shipping and ran for a short time trading between Capetown and Piraeus .

Thought this might be of interest
Henry.

[Ship's Agent]

Hello Henry

Many thanks for your great assitance.

I hope somebody could place the images of these ships under Epirotiki colours...

Madeira, well everybody saw what happened, but thank God we are recvering in a record time, and for the moment we have the island 80% clean already, within a week or so we will start reconstruction of the damaged areas, but turism will not be affected.

We had sadly 42 losses, and everybody has a friend that has an history to tell, but it's life, and we must be always positive.

We will have this sunday already AIDAluna visiting us!

Thank you for your friendship!

Dimas

[Nicholas Peppas]

Hello Henry

Many thanks for your great assitance.

I hope somebody could place the images of these ships under Epirotiki colours...

Madeira, well everybody saw what happened, but thank God we are recvering in a record time, and for the moment we have the island 80% clean already, within a week or so we will start reconstruction of the damaged areas, but turism will not be affected.

We had sadly 42 losses, and everybody has a friend that has an history to tell, but it's life, and we must be always positive.

We will have this sunday already AIDAluna visiting us!

Thank you for your friendship!

Dimas

Hello Dimas

We thought of you often the last few days... What a terrible catastrophe in Madeira

Nicholas

[Ellinis]

Dear Friends

As an Epirotiki lines enthusiast, i would liekt o know if somebody could post images from teh following ships of Epirotiki that I vever saw with their colors:

1) ADRIA
2) EPIRUS ( sistership of Atreus?)
3) ZEPHYRUS
4) EL GRECO
5) THELGYNOS

brgds

Ship's Agent/Dimas

As Henry noted the named ADRIA and ZEPHYROS were provisional. So if there is a photo of the ships under those names it must be before completion of refit, so most probably without the Epirotiki livery.

Epirotiki used interim names for other vessels such as ALEXANDROS for JUPITER and THESEUS for ORPHEUS.

For EL GRECO, I don't think she ever bore the Byzantine cross.
For EPIRUS check here.

[Ellinis]

Μια εικόνα από εταιρική μπροσούρα, τότε που τα ελληνικά κρουαζιερόπλοια γεμίζαν την καλδέρα. Εδώ το ΜΙΣΤΡΑΛ ΙΙ παρέα με το ΩΚΕΑΝΟΣ.

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[Henry Casciaro]

Here are some pages taken from the 1989 brochure which I think is one of the company's best in terms of photographs. The quality of their publications and the amount of detailed information given in the brochures of all the ships in their fleet was incredible. It also made it very interesting to see the internal decor of the vessels as they were all decorated in themes from Greek mythology. Sadly this gradually disappeared after the demise of the merged ROC.

The stern shot of Jupiter showing her after decks and lido is truly superb!

Henry.

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[TSS QUEEN ANNA MARIA]

Ηenry, I remember Piraeus in the 80's when on Fridays all Epirotiki ships were getting ready to sail for different cruises and trip durations. The area around the cruise terminal was filled dock to dock with the Epirotiki ships. There were two periods prior to that when Piraeus was packed with ships from a single company: In the 70's with the Efthimiadis ships, and in the 60's with the Typaldos ships. In 1984 I was escorting an agent from Toronto, Canada looking to charter one of the Epirotiki ships for the next year, and had the opportunity to visit at least 4 of them that morning. My favourite at the time was the World Renaissance.

[Henry Casciaro]

Ηenry, I remember Piraeus in the 80's when on Fridays all Epirotiki ships were getting ready to sail for different cruises and trip durations. The area around the cruise terminal was filled dock to dock with the Epirotiki ships. There were two periods prior to that when Piraeus was packed with ships from a single company: In the 70's with the Efthimiadis ships, and in the 60's with the Typaldos ships. In 1984 I was escorting an agent from Toronto, Canada looking to charter one of the Epirotiki ships for the next year, and had the opportunity to visit at least 4 of them that morning. My favourite at the time was the World Renaissance.

Thanks for that QAM. You are perfectly right those were glory days of Greek passenger shipping at its best and sadly they will not return.

I was only lucky in experiencing it in the 80's and 90's but would have given anything to be there in the 60's and 70's. To this day I always feel a sense of anticipation and excitement when I am about to visit Piraeus and I am rarely disappointed. Even today with the new megaships and the gradual disappearance of all the traditional Greek companies there is something special about this port and its atmosphere which is unique and without parallel elsewhere!

Henry.

[TSS QUEEN ANNA MARIA]

Thanks for that QAM. You are perfectly right those were glory days of ***** passenger shipping at its best and sadly they will not return.

I was only lucky in experiencing it in the 80's and 90's but would have given anything to be there in the 60's and 70's. To this day I always feel a sense of anticipation and excitement when I am about to visit Piraeus and I am rarely disappointed. Even today with the new megaships and the gradual disappearance of all the traditional ***** companies there is something special about this port and its atmosphere which is unique and without parallel elsewhere!

Henry.

Very interesting Henry. I never thought that Piraeus has something special compared to other Mediterranean ports. For us living in Athens Piraeus is our port and for the shiplovers a true haven. But I have visited many other ports including Lisbon, Genoa, Venice, Barcelona, etc and I find that each port has something very interesting. Maybe in Piraeus because of its U-shape you can see all the ships from almost any angle and you dont have to travel a great distance from end to end.

[Nicholas Peppas]

Two ads of Epirotiki from the March/April 1981 and August 1982 issues of Cruise Travel.

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