Who does not know this famous ship of the coastal shipping? She graced the Hellenic seas as Thessalia and Xenoula and finished her days as Urania!
The ship was built as Indostan in 1864 at Palmer Bros in Newcastle. She was a big ship for her times, 775 tons, 79.6 m long and 8.9 m wide. Miramar's data are dismal.
Her first owners were the Societa Anomima Italiana di Navigazione Adriatica based in Venice.IDNo: 5611453 Year: 1864 Name: INDOSTAN Launch Date: 9.1.64 Type: Cargo ship Date of completion:
Flag: ITA Keel:
Tons: 798 Link: 1493 DWT:
Yard No: 139 Length overall:
Ship Design:
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Country of build: GBR Beam:
Builder: Palmer Bros Material of build:
Location of yard: Willington Quay Number of screws/Mchy/ Speed(kn):
Subsequent History:
Disposal Data
In 1871 she was renamed Principe Carignano. Then around 1905 she moved to Greece (already 40 years old) and was under the flag of Nomikos being one of his first if not the first passenger ship of the comapny
Here is Thessalia on July 12, 1916 going to Evoikos. Notice that the Thiraki Shipping had two co-owners! And then on December 1, 1916, the ship is in the Cyclades
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And here is an unusual event with the ship. For those unfamiliar with the events, in 1916 Greece was ready to split into a Royal government in Athens and another in Thessaloniki with E. Venizelos
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