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Typaldos Lines
Typaldos Lines, formally known as the Aegean Steam Navigation Company, was a privately held Greek shipping company based in the port of Piraeus, Greece. In 1956 the company had registered its headquarters in London, UK. after operating earlier as ''Typaldos Brothers Steamship Co. Ltd.'' The company purchased retired ships and refitted the vessels for passenger cruises and ferry services in the Mediterranean and Greek islands. In 1966 the ferry ''SS Heraklion'' sank in the Aegean Sea and over 200 passengers and crew members perished. In 1968 the Greek government investigation of the ''Heraklion'' incident found the ship's owners guilty of manslaughter, negligence, and document falsification. Furthermore, twelve of the company's fifteen ships had failed inspection. Haralambos Typaldos (company owner) and Panayiotis Kokkinos (general manager) were sentenced to jail. The company was dissolved that year when their ships were taken over or sold. Lawsuit The Typaldos Lines name endures ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piraeus Harbour
Piraeus ( ; el, Πειραιάς ; grc, Πειραιεύς ) is a port city within the Athens urban area ("Greater Athens"), in the Attica region of Greece. It is located southwest of Athens' city centre, along the east coast of the Saronic Gulf. The municipality of Piraeus and four other suburban municipalities form the regional unit of Piraeus, sometimes called the Greater Piraeus area, with a total population of 448,997. At the 2011 census, Piraeus had a population of 163,688 people, making it the fifth largest municipality in Greece2011 POPULATION AND HOUSING CENSUS, HELLENIC STATISTICAL AUTHORITY, http://www.statistics.gr/documents/20181/1215267/A1602_SAM01_DT_DC_00_2011_03_F_EN.pdf/cb10bb9f-6413-4129-b847-f1def334e05e and the second largest (after the municipality of Athens) within the Athens urban area. Piraeus has a long recorded history, dating back to ancient Greece. The city was founded in the early 5th century BC, when plans to make it the new port of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Paula (1932)
SS ''Santa Paula'' (later SS ''Acropolis'') was a passenger and cargo ocean liner built for the Grace Line. She was the second of four sister ships (the others being , ''Santa Lucia'' and ) ordered in 1930 from the Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company of Kearny, NJ. Her regular service route included inter-coastal service between the east coast and the west coast of the US via the Caribbean and the Panama Canal. She later sailed on cruises from New York to the Caribbean and South America. She was the second of three vessels to bear the name ''Santa Paula'' for Grace Line service. (The first Grace Line ''Santa Paula'' was a 1916-built ship that was sold in 1925 and sunk in 1943.) Design and construction Designed by Gibbs & Cox, ''Santa Paula'' and her sisters featured their signature winged funnel. The ships were exceptionally powerful and could achieve with only three boilers in use. The main engines were twin steam turbines, double reduction geared to twin screws. The screw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Transport Companies Disestablished In 1968
Transport (in British English), or transportation (in American English), is the intentional movement of humans, animals, and goods from one location to another. Modes of transport include air, land (rail and road), water, cable, pipeline, and space. The field can be divided into infrastructure, vehicles, and operations. Transport enables human trade, which is essential for the development of civilizations. Transport infrastructure consists of both fixed installations, including roads, railways, airways, waterways, canals, and pipelines, and terminals such as airports, railway stations, bus stations, warehouses, trucking terminals, refueling depots (including fueling docks and fuel stations), and seaports. Terminals may be used both for interchange of passengers and cargo and for maintenance. Means of transport are any of the different kinds of transport facilities used to carry people or cargo. They may include vehicles, riding animals, and pack animals. Vehicles may inclu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Defunct Shipping Companies
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SS Taroona
SS ''Taroona'' was built in Linthouse, Glasgow by Alexander Stephen & Sons for Tasmanian Steamers, Australia. She was a steam turbine ship capable of 18 knots, but typically operated at 16 knots for better fuel economy. Service in Australia and New Zealand ''Taroona'' entered service in 1935 on the Bass Strait route from Melbourne to Bell Bay and Beauty Point from Melbourne to Devonport and Burnie. ''Taroona'' was requisitioned for service as a troopship in World War II by the Government of New Zealand. She carried troops from Auckland to Suva's Naval Base Fiji in January 1942, and in March 1942. On her return to the Bass Strait run she was almost immediately again requisitioned this time by the Government of Australia again as a troopship. During her first trip to Naval Base Port Moresby at Port Moresby she carried 480 troops and supplies; on leaving Port Moresby she ran aground on a reef at the entrance where she remained for three days, helpless hard and fast aground. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SS Colombie
SS ''Colombie'' was a French merchant ship and later converted to a hospital ship. She was named after Colombie. Construction and career She was laid down, launched and commissioned in 1931 for Compagnie Générale Transatlantique. She was built by Ateliers et Chantiers de France, Dunkirk. Throughout the 1930s she serve as a merchant ship until 1940 where she was converted to an armed merchant ship till 1941. In December 1942, SS ''Colombie'' was taken over by US Army at Casablanca, Morocco. SS ''Colombie'' set off to New York to be converted to a troopship in 1943 by Arthur Tickle Engineering Company. She was still under jurisdiction of War Shipping Administration, with the French Line. SS ''Columbie'' operated between the east coast of the United States and the Europe- Africa- Middle East theater of operations. Acquired by the US Army Transportation Service for conversion to a hospital ship by Arthur Tickle Engineering Company, between January and April 1945. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SS Santa Rosa (1932)
SS ''Santa Rosa'' (later SS ''Athinai'') was a passenger and cargo ocean liner built for the Grace Line for operation by its subsidiary Panama Mail Steamship Company of San Francisco. She was the first to be launched and operating of four sister ships, the others in order of launch being (11 June 1932), ''Santa Lucia'' (3 October 1932) and (30 November 1932). All four ships, dubbed "The Four Sisters" and "The Big Four" were noted as the finest serving the West Coast and were of advanced technology. All served in World War II as War Shipping Administration (WSA) troop ships. Both ''Santa Lucia'' and ''Santa Elena'' were lost in air and torpedo attacks off North Africa. The ship was ordered in 1930 from the Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company of Kearny, New Jersey. Her regular route included inter-coastal service between the east coast and the west coast of the US via the Caribbean and the Panama Canal. She was the second of ultimately three vessels to bear the name '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
