I am starting today with the presentation of a number of passenger ships that were doing the South Evoikos routes, from Aliveri to Karystos and Kymi, often with stops (or starts) from Rafina. many were continuing to teh northern Cyclades islands. Several of these ships belonged to the Togias family and most of them are somewhat difficult to identify. Konstantinos Togias established a small shipping line in 1894 with basis in Karystos of Evoia. His first ship was the steamship Karystos of 130 tons. She was placed in the South Evoikos route. http://www.nautilia.gr/forum/showthread.php?t=71540

The second Karystos was named Karystos Togia and was short-lived although much bigger than the first one! She was built in 1869 and had 845 tons. (see http://www.nautilia.gr/forum/showthr...020#post233020)

Kostas was a small ship that seemed to have concentrated on the Southern Evoikos routes all the way to Karystos. She belonged to the Togias family and is often confused with Constantinos Togias!

She was a small ship of 178 tons (according to Chr. Ntountis’ “Shipwrecks in the Greek seas”) that provides most of the information here. She was built in 1905 at Ansaldo and her name was Arfan.

She was bought in 1924 by Dimitrios Togias. In 1932 she was transferred to Euaggelos Togias, in 1934 to Alkiviades Togias and in 1937 to Euaggelos Togias.

Here are two of her schedules. On August 2, 1924 she was doing the route Piraeus, Kea, Karystos, Gavrion, Batsi, Hysternia Tenou. And then on November 18, 1926 she was doing the same route
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She was sunk by the Germans on April 28, 1941 in Syros as mentioned also in A. Tzamtzis’ 2002 book on page 80.