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Θέμα: Protea [Cantigny, American Banker, Ville d'Anvers, City of Athens, Arosa Kulm]

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    Προεπιλογή Protea [Cantigny, American Banker, Ville d'Anvers, City of Athens, Arosa Kulm]

    Here we have a very unusual ship. I first heard about it in Tzamtzis's 1977 book on Greek Ocean liners. Of course to call her an ocean liner is a euphemism, a misnomer, an oxymoron!

    Frankly, Protea was the worst "ocean liner" in the history of transatlantic shipping, an indescribable mega trash can that enriched her anonymous owners at the expense of poor post-world war II emigrants... I iwll let the Web site http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/s...g/cantigny.htm describe its history.

    USAT Cantigny (Transport, 1920-1923).Later S.S. American Banker, Ville d'Anvers, City of Athens, Protea, and Arosa Kulm.

    The U.S. Army Transport Cantigny, a 7555 gross ton troopship, was completed at Hog Island, Pennsylvania, in August 1920. She was the second ship of her design (Hog Island Type B) to be laid down (on Armistice Day, 11 November 1918) and the first to be launched.

    USAT Cantigny made one trooping voyage to Panama and then commenced a series of crossings between New York and Antwerp, Belgium, repatriating American forces from Europe. The Army soon found her surplus to its needs and laid her up, probably following her return to New York from Antwerp in September 1921

    In late 1923 and early 1924 Cantigny and four idle sisters were transferred to the U.S. Shipping Board, given names beginning with American, and placed in commercial service between New York and London as freighters with berths for 16 passengers. Their passenger accomodations were increased to around 90 persons in 1926.

    American Banker (ex-Cantigny) remained in operation between the United States and London until laid up following the September 1939 outbreak of World War II and the November 1939 Neutrality Act, which prevented American flag ships from calling at belligerent ports.

    In early 1940 her American owners set up a Belgian shipping company, and the eight idle American ships transferred to it were able to resume operations, although under Belgian names. American Farmer returned to sea in March 1940 as Ville d'Anvers. She was the only one of the eight Belgian, ex-American, ships to survive World War II. Following World War II her American owners re-registered the Ville d'Anvers under the Honduran flag, retaining her Belgian name, and operated her as a freighter.

    She re-entered passenger service in November 1946 with 200 berths under the name City of Athens, but the identity of her new owners, probably Italian or Greek, was never revealed.

    In late 1947 she was refitted as the migrant carrier Protea with berths for over 1000 persons in bunkhouse accomodations that were, according to one historian, possibly the worst of any European owned and oriented vessel of her day.

    Her accommodations were reduced to 900 and vastly improved after she was renamed Arosa Kulm in 1952. The old "Hog Islander" was arrested for debt in 1958 and sold for scrapping in 1959.
    Here is a photo of Cantigny from August 23, 1920

    Cantigny.jpg

    Here is City of Athens during her short period in Greece

    City of Athens.jpg

    And here is an extremely rare ad of the first travel of City of Athens, published in Eleutheria on December 21, 1946 and advertising her first trip on January 30, 1947

    19461221 City of Athens.jpg

    Many emigrants remember City of Athens... Here is another one from http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/th/...-05/0926597716!

    The CITY OF ATHENS was built in 1919 by the American International Shipbuilding Corporation, Hog Island, Penn. She was a 7,430 gross ton ship, length overall 448 ft x beam 58.2 ft, one funnel, two masts, single screw and a speed of 17 knots. Originally launched on 27/10/1919 as the US Army Transport CANTIGNY, she went to the American Merchant Line in 1924 and was renamed AMERICAN BANKER with accommodation for 12 tourist class passengers. On 24/4/1924 she commenced her first
    voyage from New York to London and in 1926 her accommodation was altered to carry 80 tourist passengers.

    In 1931 she went to the United States Line and on 6/11/1931
    started her first sailing from New York to Plymouth and London. On 8/10/1939 she commenced her last round voyage New York - London(dep 25/10) - New York(arr 4/11).

    In 1940 she went to the French company, Societe Maritime Anversoise who renamed her VILLE D'ANVERS and on 9/3/1940 she started her first voyage from New York to Liverpool. In 1945 she went back to the United States Line and in 1946 went to the Isbrandsten Line.

    Later the same year she was sold to the Compania de Vapores Mediterranea, Honduras, her accommodation altered to carry 200 single class passengers and renamed CITY OF ATHENS but was chartered to the Stevenson Line of Honduras and sailed from New York to Istanbul on 11/11/1946. She made two more voyages on this service on 23/1/1947 and 3/4/1947 and on 30/5/1947
    commenced her 4th voyage for this company when she sailed from New York for Genoa, Piraeus, and Baltimore (arr 12/7).

    On 12/8/1947 she was sold by auction at Baltimore and was
    bought by the Panamian Lines, renamed PROTEA and rebuilt from Oct'47-Apr'48 at Genoa. She then became a 8,929 ton ship with accommodation for 965 single class passengers, and from May 1948 -July 1951 she ran for the Panamanian Lines and
    later Compania de Operaziones Maritima, Italy. During this period she made 4 round voyages to Australia, one voyage Italy - Brazil, one Italy - Central America, 5 from Italy - South America, 2 Gdynia - Haifa, and 3 Italy - Australia. In August
    1951 she went to Compania Internacional Transportadora (Arosa Line) of Panama and made one round voyage from Marseilles to Indochina and Italy before being chartered to the Incres Line of Panama. She commenced her first voyage for this company from
    Havr to Plymouth and St John NB on 10/12/1951 and started her last run on 10/12/1951 from Havre to Plymouth, St John NB and Bremen(arr 4/1/1952).

    She then went back to the Arosa Line and was renamed AROSA KULM. On 18/3/1952 she commenced her first voyage from Bremen to Zeebrugge, Southampton and Halifax and in April 1952 made
    her first sailing from Bremen to Quebec and Montreal. Her final voyage commenced on 5/9/1958 when she sailed from New York for Bremen and on 6/12/1958 she was arrested for debt at Plymouth. She arrived at Bruges on 7/5/1959 and was scrapped.

    [Posted to the ShipsList by Ted Finch - 20 November 1997]

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    Here is now a longer story of the ship from Australian Migrant Ships 1946-1977 by Peter Plowman.

    AK 1.jpg
    AK2.jpg

    Here she is as Protea

    Protea.jpg

    Here she is as Arosa Klum

    Arosa Klum.jpg

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    'Αλλη μιά φωτογραφία σαν <AROSA KULM>

    http://www.photoship.co.uk/JAlbum%20...20Kulm-03.html


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    ¶λλη μια διαφήμιση του πλοίου, αυτή τη φορά με την ελληνική εκδοχή του ονόματος του : "ΠΟΛΙΣ ΤΩΝ ΑΘΗΝΩΝ" και το όνομα των πλοιοκτητών αδελφών Χανιώτη να φαίνεται.

    COF ATHENS AD.JPG

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    Το είδαμε σαν CANTIGNY-CITY OF ATHENS-PROTEA-AROSA KLUM.
    Ας το δούμε , εκτός λάθους μου , και σαν AMERICAN BANKERS και VILLE D' ANVERS

    http://www.photoship.co.uk/JAlbum%20...Banker-01.html

    http://www.photoship.co.uk/JAlbum%20...Anvers-01.html
    Συνημένες Εικόνες Συνημένες Εικόνες

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    Αρθρο για το πλοιο "Πολις των Αθηνων" στην Καθημερινη της 3ης Οκτωβριου 1946

    19461003 Polis twn Athnwn Ka0hmerinh.jpg

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    Δυο φωτογραφίες του PROTEA το 1950 στην Αυστραλία μας δείχνουν οτι τότε ήταν βαμμένο σε κάποια απόχρωση του μπεζ ή του γκρι

    protea1.jpgprotea2.jpg
    πηγή

    Και ένα διαφημιστικό της Compania Internacional Transportadora που κυκλοφορεί στο ebay
    proteas3.JPG

    Mιας και στην περίοδο που το πλοίο ονομαζόταν PROTEA άλλαξε αρκετούς διαχειριστές, να δούμε τι αναφέρει το swiss-ships.ch

    Purchased by public auction by Panamanian Lines Inc. (Eugene Eugenides, La Tour de Peilz, Switzerland), Panama, and renamed "PROTEA".
    Arrived at Genova in October 1947, to be refitted as a migrant carrier for 1078 passengers. GRT: 8929, NRT: 5155 DWT: 3000.
    1948: Sold to Compa&#241;ia de Operaciones Maritimas (Fratelli Cosulich, Genova), Panama. Not renamed.
    1949: Registered for Mediterranean Lines Inc., Panama.
    1950: Registered for Gestione Esercizio Navi, Genova, Panama. Not renamed.
    September 1951 sold at Genova, to Compa&#241;ia Internacional Transportadora (Nicol&#242; Rizzi, Gen&#232;ve), Panama. Not renamed. Made one voyage for the Panamanian Incres Line, on the North Atlantic.
    Arrived at Bremerhaven on January 4th, 1952 and renamed "AROSA KULM".
    Eδώ υπάρχουν αρκετές φωτογραφίες του ως AROSA KULM.

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    Κατ αρχή να ρωτήσω μήπως το αρχικό όνομα του πλοίου ήταν SHOHOLA. ??
    http://www.histarmar.com.ar/MarinaMe...lleDAnvers.htm

    Arosa Kulm

    Aroza Kulm_1.jpg

    http://www.shipspotting.com/gallery/...hp?lid=1301274
    Photographer: Chris Howell

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    Προκύπτει κ από αυτά που ανέβασες.

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    Μια ακομη καταχωρηση του πλοιου City of Athens και δρομολογιων του στο Εμπρος της 17ης Νοεμαβριου 1946

    19461117 Πολις των Αθηνων Εμπρος.jpg

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