Thetis was a passenger ship of McDowall and Barbour. She was built in 1859 and had 317 tons. This doe snot match with any of the 30+ Thetis ships in Miramar, so for the time being this ship's background is a mystery

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But the story of this ship once she came to Greece is rather well known. Here is the complete text of an 1895 article by Konstantinos Skokos published in his Imerologion tou Skokou (The Diary of Skokos). The article presents the early years of John McDowall, how the McDowall & Barbour company was started and othet information. Then it clearly states the five most important ships of the company in the early days, Athena, Margarita, Poseidon, Hera, and of course Thetis!
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