The exceptional pictures and updates on
Teti and
Adriatiki made me call an 80-year old friend in Boston who used to wok for
Typaldos back in the 50s... His memory is quite clear.
Teti arrived in Piraeus in December 1946 with major construction of its super structure. She was used extensively by the
Sigalas Line as their flag ship because she was very new and extremely fast.
In 1955, she was sold to
Typaldos Line because the
Sigalas Line had some financial difficulties. My friend claims that "Mr Sigalas was seriously ill at that time". He claims that
Teti was sold to Typaldos and the only thing that changed was the insignia on its funnel. it was only later, in 1957 or January of 1958 that she was sent to Perama for extension of its superstructure and change of color to white. At that time, she was named
Adriatiki. [NB: I have not found any Typaldos ad about
Teti in 1955-1958].
The name change date of course would disagree with the dates given in Miramar. But, surprisingly enough, there is a unique photograph that may support these memories. Laurence Dunn's recent book on
Mediterranean Shipping offers a very clear photograph of
Teti as a Typaldos ship and with the name
Teti! Next to her, there is a black and dirty
Philippos! Since
Philippos joined Kavounides in 1955 and started doing runs that summer, it is clear that
Teti was sold to Typaldos in 1955 but kept her name until later!
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