Ιθάκη [Safa El-Bahr, Ithaki]

[Nicholas Peppas]

Ithaki was a smaller Greek passenger ship that served our shipping passenger needs well for 20+ years, usually in secondary routes...

The ship belonged to the Aktoploia Ithakis of Drakoulis from 1920 to 1941. Here is a photograph

Ithaki.jpg

She was built at Inglis Shipyards in Pointhouse, UK in 1894. She was built as the private yacht of the Khedive of Egypt and was named Safa El-Bahr. She had a tonnage of 675 tons, a length of 61 m and a width of 8.2 m. Her speed was around 12 knots.

Here are her Miramar listings

IDNo: 5600649 Year: 1894
Name: SAFRA EL-BAHR * Miramar is wrong. It should be SAFA EL-BAHR (see below) Launch Date: 11.5.94
Type: Yacht Date of completion: 5.94
Flag: EGY Keel:
Tons: 675 Link: 1566
DWT: Yard No: 232
Length overall: Ship Design:
LPP: 61.0 Country of build: GBR
Beam: 8.2 Builder:Inglis
Material of build: Location of yard: Pointouse
Number of screws/Mchy/ Speed(kn): 1T-
Owner as Completed: H.H.The Khedive of Egypt, Alexandria
Subsequent History: 20 ITHAKI
Disposal Data: ac/b Suda Bay 20.4.41

Name Tons Change Main Owner
SAFA EL-BAHR 675 1894 Khedive of Egypt
ITHAKI 675 1920 G.C.Dracoulis