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
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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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