In the thread on Lucinda, ad at the request of our friend Toxotis, ellinis and I revealed a forgotten Greek passenger ship that had a very short time in Greek waters. This ship had been a very well known yacht, Shemara, that was used as a passenger ship only from 1948 to 1951.
Here we have roughly the same situation with Valena, another yacht that became an obscure passenger ship in the Chalkis-Aedipsos-Volos and the Patras-Amvrakikos gulf routes in 1948-50! Here is Valena.
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Valena was built as the sumptuous British yacht Dolaura by Fleming & Ferguson of Paisley in 1908. Her owner was J. Dunsmuir of London. Originally she had an impressive 913 tons with a length of 58.9 m, a width of 9.8 m and a service speed of 14.4 knots. her technical specifications, as reported by Miramar are:
andName: DOLAURA Launch Date: 5.3.08
Type: Yacht Date of completion: 5.08
Flag: GBR Keel:
Tons: 913 Link: 1580
DWT: 0 Yard No: 373
Length overall: Ship Design:
LPP: 58.9 Country of build: GBR
Beam: 9.8 Builder: Fleming & Ferguson
Material of build: Location of yard: Paisley
Speed(kn): 2T-14
Subsequent History: 19 VICTORIA - 22 PATRICIA - 26 LAURENTIAN - 28 ALCEDO - 38 VALENA
Disposal Data: BU La Spezia 8.51
She is also reported in http://www.clydesite.co.uk/clydebuil...ip.asp?id=5802 that gives the following ownersName Tons Change Main Owner
DOLAURA 913 1908 J.Dunsmuir
VICTORIA 913 1919 J.Dunsmuir
PATRICIA 913 1922 J.Shewan
LAURENTIAN 913 1926 R.A.Alger
ALCEDO 913 1928 G.W.C.Drexel
VALENA 913 1938 J.C.Sweid
Owner History:
1908 James Dunsmuir, London & Victoria BC
1920 James Playfair, Midland Ont.
1921 A. Meeker, New York
1922 James Shewan, New York
1926 R.A. Alger, New York
1928 G.W. Drexel, Philadelphia
1938 J.C. Sweid, Glasgow
1939-1945 Admiralty requisition
1947 Pontos Compania de Navigation (J. Livanos), Panama
Scrapped - 30/12/1951