Ναύπλιον [Χρυσαλλίς - Nauplion, Chrysallis]

[Nicholas Peppas]

In this portion of the 1892 book by R.A.H. Bickford-Smith, Greece under King George (Bentley, London, 1892) the author talks about the flag ship of Goudes Line Nauplion! (see also http://www.nautilia.gr/forum/showthread.php?t=66053)
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Nauplion was a very nice and successful Greek passenger ship. She was built especially for Goudes by H. M. NcIntyre Paisley in Hugh Scotland in 1882. She had 502 tons with a length of 56 m and a width of 8.1 m. Here service speed was 13.5 knots. See also http://www.clydesite.co.uk/clydebuil...p.asp?id=13322

She served Goudes very well for 35 years.

After World War I , in 1917, she passed to the Palios Line.

She transferred to Yannoulatos' Ionian Line and in 1922 became the well known Chrysallis.

In 1929 she transferred to the amalgamated company Elliniki Aktoploia.

In 1934 (after 52 years of service) she was ready to be forced in retirement but was saved by Yannoulatos and continued until March 1938 when she was scrapped at the advanced age of 56!

Here is the Miramar entry, very incomplete, very poor

IDNo: 5616233 Year: 1882
Name: NAUPLION Launch Date: 4.5.82
Type: Passenger/cargo Date of completion:
Flag: GRC Keel:
Tons: 502 Link: 1580
DWT: 0 Yard No: 87
Length overall: Ship Design:
LPP: Country of build:
Beam: Builder: McIntyre, Hugh
Material of build: I Location of yard: Paisley
Number of screws/Mchy/
Speed(kn):
Subsequent History: 22 CHRYSSALLIS
Disposal Data: BU 1q.38

Nauplion's schedule is difficult to discern but in 1887 we find the schedules of Goudes Line. The ship was doing all routes but Argosaronikos
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Here are her potential July 1908 and April 1910 schedules of the ship
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