Goudes Line (Ατμοπλοΐα Γουδή) was founded by Dimitrios Goudes from Spetses in Piraeus in 1879. Goudes started by becoming a captain in various Spetsiot ships after he finished high school.
Its first passenger ship was the paddle wheel Spetsai of 110 tons that was doing the Argosaronikos run (Aegina to Spetsai and further). This was the famous Goudes duck (I papia tou Goudi).
Here is a list of the earliest Goudes ships in order of purchase:
1. Spetsai, a 110-ton ship
2. Hellas, a 173 tons ship
3. Kriti, a 287-ton ship
4. Nauplion, a 285-ton ship
5. Mina, a 61 tons ship
6. Peloponnesos
7. Adriatikos
A glorious postcard of this ship is shown below.
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