Ύδρα [PC-579, USS Wapakoneta, Hydra]

[Ellinis]

Αρχές της δεκαετίας 60 υπήρχε και το ΥΔΡΑ των Τυπάλδων

Το ΥΔΡΑ των Τυπάλδων ήταν μάλλον πρώην πολεμικό των ΗΠΑ, ναυπήγησης 1942. Νομίζω οτι ταξίδευε και το 1965, αραγε ξέρει κανείς τι απέγινε;

[esperos]

Το 1971 πουλήθηκε για διάλυση.

[Nicholas Peppas]

Nicholas foto tou YDRA yparxei se mia taverna stin Egina eixe ksilini gefira.Distixos den gnorizw tou pote einai i foto,alla nomizw oti eixes anevasei mia foto tou ploiou sto 8ema me ta ploia tou Sarwnikou.

Our friend Aegina asked a very important question that led me to believe that we should at least inform all nautilia.gr members of all the Hydras that have graced Saronikos gulf overe the years .

Post-war Hydras

1. The Latsis Hydra

This is the vessel that started in the Greek waters as Niki. See http://www.nautilia.gr/forum/showthr...496#post208496. She was built at Garston shipyards in the UK in 1906 and spent the 1910s, 20s and 30s as a tug boat. She had a tonnage of about 275 tons, a length of 32.3 m and a service speed of 14.3 knots.
Miramar entry

IDNo: 5251290 Year: 1906
Name: BISON Launch Date: 7.9.06
Type: Tug Date of completion: 11.06
Flag: GBR Keel:
Tons: 274 Link: 1612
DWT: Yard No: 57
Length overall: Ship Design:
LPP: Country of build: GBR
Beam: Builder: Garston GD
Material of build: Location of yard: Garston
End:
Subsequent History: 47 NIKI - 54 HYDRA - 57 NICHOLAS L. - 64 AGHIOS GEORGIOS

Latsis.jpg

Aug 15 1950 Hydra.jpg

Now, something quite interesting is that as early as August 25, 1950, this Hydra is advertised as a Potamianos Hydra. But I will let the experts decide what happened here and tell us appropriately … Esperos? Apollon?

19500825 Hydra.jpg

2. The Typaldos Hydra

Known as the Typaldos Hydra, this boat started as a 284-ton US World War II patrol craft named PC-579 but was converted in 1962 to a 551-ton swan (sorry, I meant) beautiful ship Hydra.

IDNo: 6113941 Year: 1942
Name: PC-579 Launch Date: 29.4.42
Type: Patrol craft Date of completion: 25.8.42
Flag: USA Keel: 5.1.42
Tons: 284 Link: 1174
DWT: 450 Yard No: 56
Length overall: 52.9 Ship Design:
LPP: Country of build: USA
Beam: 7.0 Builder: Albina
Material of build: Location of yard: Portland, Ore.
Number of screws/Mchy/
Speed(kn): 2D-20
Owner as Completed: U.S.Navy
End: 1969
Subsequent History: [1962 cv to passenger ship, 551gt] - 56 WAPAKONETA - 62 HYDRA
Disposal Data: BU Piraeus 9.69/1970 [K.Kavroudakis]

Hydra.jpg

[aegina]

File Nikolas otan elega oti exeis anevasei foto tou YDRA tou prwtou ( auto me tin ksilini gefira kai anafer8ika sti foto sou enoousa mia foto enos ploiou me yperari8mous epivates- kapoio sxoleio eixe ginei gia in asfaleia-).Twra ta YDRA tou Sarwnikou itan 3:Tou LATSI,tou TYPALDOY kai to YDRA metepoita AG.NEKTARIOS(prwin AINOS).Ta POROS 3 kai auta:Twn Vatikioti-prwin KALAMARA-,Ena mikro tis dekaeteias tou `60 POROS,kai to POROS EXPRESS (prwin DELFINI EXPRESS) tou VENTOURI dekaeteia `90.Ta AIGINA dio:To perifimo AIGINA EXPRESS ( AIGINAKI ) ka8ws kai to f/b AIGINA.8a prepei na prws8esoume kai ta CITY OF HYDRA kai to CITY OF POROS pou itan krouazieroploia imeras.

[TSS QUEEN ANNA MARIA]

Στη φωτογραφία του NIcholas φαίνεται καθαρά η μπούκα των καυσαερίων που είχε στις μπάντες λίγο πάνω από την ίσαλο, μιας και δεν είχε συμβατική τσιμινιέρα. Κάθε φορά που έπιανε λιμάνι όποιος είχε την ατυχία να είναι όρθιος κοντά λιποθυμούσε από τα καυσαέρια.

[Ellinis]

To ΎΔΡΑ στις Σπέτσες.

ydra at spetses.jpg
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