ITHAKI
| Name : | ITHAKI |
| Greek name : | ΙΘΑΚΗ |
| Type of Ship : | Passenger Liner |
| LRS-Name : | ITHAKI |
| Internat. call sign : | SZJY |
| Port of Registry : | Piraeus 434 |
| Later Names : | 1894 SAFA-EL-BAHR 1920 ITHAKI |
| Initial Flag of Registry : | Egypt |
| Owner : | 1894 Abbas Hilmi II Bey (s. Abbas Hilmi Pasha, "Khedive" of Egypt), Cairo, Egypt 1920 Dracoulis Bros, Ithaca Island, Greece 1929 Hellenic Coast Lines Co. Ltd, Piraeus, Greece |
| Shipyard : | A. & J. Inglis Ltd, Pointhouse, Glasgow, Great Britain |
| Hull Number : | 232 |
| Year of Construction : | 1894 |
| Launch : | 11.05.1894 |
| Commissioned : | 00.05.1894 |
| Size (GRT) : | 675 |
| Size (NRT) : | 317 |
| Lenght (m) : | 61 |
| Width (m) : | 8.2 |
| Depth (m) : | 4,6 |
| Engine : | Steam engine/triple expansion/3 cylinders/A. & J. Inglis Ltd, Glasgow, Great Britain |
| Output : | 146 NHP |
| Screws : | 1 |
| Speed (kn) : | 14 |
1894 built as steam yacht SAFA-EL-BAHR for Abbas Hilmi II Bey (Abbas Hilmi Pasha, Khedive of Egypt), Cairo, Egypt.
1915 to 1919 chartered by the British government and used as a Royal Navy patrol boat.
1920 acquired by Dracoulis Bros., Ithaca (today: Ithaki), Greece, for 26,000 £ and renamed ITHAKI, subsequently used as a passenger steamer.
1929 integrated into "Hellenic Coast Lines" Co. Ltd, Piraeus, Greece.
15.10.1940 commandeered by the Greek government and used as a transport ship.
20.04.1941, 12:30, with Captain Dimitris Konas in command and a crew of 39, attacked by Luftwaffe aircraft in Souda Bay, Crete, and sunk by bombs within 7 minutes with a loss of 18 men.
1949-1951 scrapped by N.O.A. (Greek Scrapping Committee).
1915 to 1919 chartered by the British government and used as a Royal Navy patrol boat.
1920 acquired by Dracoulis Bros., Ithaca (today: Ithaki), Greece, for 26,000 £ and renamed ITHAKI, subsequently used as a passenger steamer.
1929 integrated into "Hellenic Coast Lines" Co. Ltd, Piraeus, Greece.
15.10.1940 commandeered by the Greek government and used as a transport ship.
20.04.1941, 12:30, with Captain Dimitris Konas in command and a crew of 39, attacked by Luftwaffe aircraft in Souda Bay, Crete, and sunk by bombs within 7 minutes with a loss of 18 men.
1949-1951 scrapped by N.O.A. (Greek Scrapping Committee).
| Date of Loss : | 20.04.1941 |
| Time of Loss : | 12:30 Uhr |
| Cargo : | Ammunition |
| Place of Loss : | Souda Bay, Crete, Greece |
| Kind of Loss : | Air attack |
| Cause of Loss : | Air attack |
| Name of Opponent : | German Luftwaffe, Luftflotte 4 |
| Fate of Crew : | 18 Losses Casualty list: Efstathios Marinos (accountant), Dimitrios G. Panagiotopoulos (boatswain), Charalambos L. Chaldeakis (sailor), Pantelis E. Chardavelas (sailor), Kyriakos D. Pothitos (sailor), Georgios N. Sardis (sailor), Christoforos G. Benetatos (sailor), Stefanos M. Frantzis (sailor), Ioannis G. Veloudos (oiler) Petros Deftereos (oiler), Nikolaos Chr. Koubenas (stoker), Dimitrios S. Zisimos (stoker), Nikolaos Katagas (stoker), Nikolaos Pilitsis (stoker), Christos G. Karastamatis (second cook), Vasilis I. Sakellaridis (kitchen service), Ioannis Stroggylos (sailor), Apostolos Androulidakis (sailor). |
1. Lloyds Register of Shipping
2. Melissinos, Ioannis: The Navy during World War II - The total contribution of the Greek Merchant Navy (Motorsailers and Steamers) 1940-1945, volume I and II, University of Ioannina 1995 (Gr.)
3. Dounis, Christos: The wrecks of the Greek Waters 1900-1950, volume I, Finatec, Athens 2000 (Gr.)
4. Jordan, Roger W.: The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939: The Particulars and Wartime Fates of 6,000 Ships, Naval Institute Press, 2000.
2. Melissinos, Ioannis: The Navy during World War II - The total contribution of the Greek Merchant Navy (Motorsailers and Steamers) 1940-1945, volume I and II, University of Ioannina 1995 (Gr.)
3. Dounis, Christos: The wrecks of the Greek Waters 1900-1950, volume I, Finatec, Athens 2000 (Gr.)
4. Jordan, Roger W.: The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939: The Particulars and Wartime Fates of 6,000 Ships, Naval Institute Press, 2000.
| Inserted : | 19.07.2011 |
| Inserted by : | Dimitris Galon |
| Last Edit : | 20.01.2016 |
| Edited by : | Dimitris Galon |
| Modifications : | - 30.07.2011 T. Reich photos1-6 inserted - 29.05.2015 T. Reich document 1 inserted - 20.01.2016 Service Life inserted |
