Euterpe was an obscure passenger ship that worked the Greek waters for just three years around the time of the Asia Minor campaign.
She was built as the Dutch passenger ship Bolsward by J & K Smit in 1901. She had 346 tons, a length of 51.7 m and a width of 7 m. She was requisitioned by the British Navy in 1914 and was transferred to the A. Theodorides Co in 1919 and named Express II.
In 1921 she became an H.O. Paterson ship (of Smyrna) handled by Palios Line ship under the name Euterpe
Here are two ads from August 8 and 16, 1922. Schedule from Piraeus to Chios and Mytilene!
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She was bought by Smyrna International Ferry in 1925 and renamed Sakkaria (an "in your face" gesture to the previous owners (?) as Sakkaria was the site of the dreaded defeat of the Greek Army in 1922).
She was deleted from Lloyd's in 1931
Additional information about Euterpe is provided in some Dutch sites. For example, in http://www.spanvis.nl/Stoomschepen%2.../index%204.htm and http://www.spanvis.nl/Jaap%20van%20d...oten/index.htm there are additional information and pictures.