¶γιος Ιωάννης-Ελπίς [Aghios Ioannis, Speranza, Helen]

[Nicholas Peppas]

Aghios Ioannis-Elpis was a very small vessel that ran so many short routes in pre-World War I Greece. By 1920 she was truly dilapidated and Tzamtzis (in his 1997 Efoplistis insert) includes horror stories about her inspections and almost sinkings!

She was built as the yacht Helen at Rutherglen in 1872. Her owner was the Marquis of Conyngham

Also here is the Miramar entry

IDNo: 1067573 Year: 1872
Name: HELEN Launch Date:
Type: Yacht Date of completion: 7.72
Flag: GBR Keel:
Tons: 303 Link: 2381
DWT: Yard No: 134
Length overall: Ship Design:
LPP: 49.4 Country of build: GBR
Beam: 7.2 Builder: Seath
Material of build: I Location of yard: Rutherglen
Number of screws/Mchy/
Speed(kn): 1C-
Owner as Completed: Marquis of Conyngham, Cowes
Subsequent History: SPERANZA - AGHIOS IOANNIS
Disposal Data: BU 2q.1934

Name Tons Change Main Owner
HELEN 303 1872 Lord Conyngham
SPERANZA 303 1876 C.W.White
AGHIOS IOANNIS 303 1894 Portolos & Manianis

See also http://www.clydesite.co.uk/clydebuil...p.asp?id=10104

This ship had only 303 tons with a length under 50 m and a speed of 9 knots! They called her a "yacht" in Greece but to me she does not look like one. In addition, the Marquis of Conyngham did not seem to like her much as in his memoirs he talks always of Una (his important yacht) but not Helen!

Here she is.
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