Last Name: SOFIA (1958)
Previous Names: SOFIA T (1957) FLOGA (1951) SOPHIA K (1948) GEORGIOS Z (1947)
Propulsion: Steam, re-engined to motor in 1954
Launched: Tuesday, 21/11/1905
Built: 1905
Ship Type: Collier
Tonnage: 470 grt
Length: 159.9 feet
Breadth: 26.1 feet
Owner History:
W O McCormick & Co, Dublin
1933 Holden SS Co,., Fowey
1936 Arran Shipping Co., Irvine
1940 S.J.Shippick, Rochester
1940 North of Scotland, Orkney & Shetland SN Co. Aberdeen
1947 Militiades Zografos, Piraeus
1953 The Cretan Shippin Co, Tsourinakis Bros.
1958 Stavros Daifas, Piraeus
Status: Sunk - 27/09/1962
Remarks: Sank NE of Ras el Tin, Cyrenaica on passage Greece to Benghazi with bentonite
Previous update by Stuart Cameron
Photo supplied by collection Clive Ketley