ELENI
| Name : | ELENI |
| Greek name : | ΕΛΕΝΗ |
| Type of Ship : | Passenger Liner |
| LRS-Name : | ELENI |
| Internat. call sign : | SZIY |
| Port of Registry : | Piraeus 507 |
| Later Names : | 1903 TSCHERNOMORE (s. also CHERNOMORE) 1923 ELENI |
| Later Names : | 1941 KONSTANZ 1943 ELENI |
| Initial Flag of Registry : | Russia |
| Owner : | 1903 Russian Transport & Insurance Co., Odessa, Russia 1923 Georgios M. Embiricos, Andros Island, Greece 1941 German Reich 1943 Georgios M. Embiricos, London, Great Britain 1949 Aikaterini Kanari, Piraeus, Greece 1951 Aikaterini G. Klapsis, Piraeus, Greece |
| Shipyard : | Societe An. J. Cockerill, Hoboken, Belgium |
| Hull Number : | 424 |
| Year of Construction : | 1903 |
| Launch : | 26.12.1902 |
| Commissioned : | 00.04.1903 |
| Size (GRT) : | 1.441 |
| Size (NRT) : | 987 |
| Lenght (m) : | 74,6 |
| Width (m) : | 10 |
| Depth (m) : | 3,9 |
| Engine : | Steam engine/triple expansion/3 cylinders/Soc. An. J. Cockerill, Hoboken, Belgium |
| Output : | 300 NHP |
| Screws : | 1 |
| Speed (kn) : | 13 |
1903 built as TSCHERNOMORE (or CHERNOMORE) for the "Russian Transport & Insurance Co.", Odessa, Russia.
03.1916 confiscation by the Imperial Russian Navy, operated as transporter Nr. 79 in the Black Sea.
02.05.1918 German war booty at Sevastopol.
10.1918 taken over by the Russians, again.
1923 purchased by Georgios M. Embiricos, Andros, Greece, for 23.000 ₤ and renamed ELENI.
05.11.1940 commandeered by the Greek government and operated as a transport ship.
08.05.1941 taken over at naval base Salamis by the German Kriegsmarine as war booty. Subsequently renamed KONSTANZ and operated since September 1941, as hospital ship.
19.05.1943 attacked by Allied fighter-bombers. During the first attack, three men were wounded. The ship was to go to Pantelleria Island. During the voyage there, stopped by three British destroyers northwest of Pantelleria and ordered to follow them. [A][B]
20.05.1943 entered La Valetta, Malta. [B]
1943 returned to owner Georgios M. Embiricos, Andros, Greece, based also in London, Great Britain.
1949 purchased by Aikaterini Kanari, Piraeus, Greece.
1951 sold to Aikaterini G. Klapsis, Piraeus, Greece.
06.1952 scrapped in Italy.
03.1916 confiscation by the Imperial Russian Navy, operated as transporter Nr. 79 in the Black Sea.
02.05.1918 German war booty at Sevastopol.
10.1918 taken over by the Russians, again.
1923 purchased by Georgios M. Embiricos, Andros, Greece, for 23.000 ₤ and renamed ELENI.
05.11.1940 commandeered by the Greek government and operated as a transport ship.
08.05.1941 taken over at naval base Salamis by the German Kriegsmarine as war booty. Subsequently renamed KONSTANZ and operated since September 1941, as hospital ship.
19.05.1943 attacked by Allied fighter-bombers. During the first attack, three men were wounded. The ship was to go to Pantelleria Island. During the voyage there, stopped by three British destroyers northwest of Pantelleria and ordered to follow them. [A][B]
20.05.1943 entered La Valetta, Malta. [B]
1943 returned to owner Georgios M. Embiricos, Andros, Greece, based also in London, Great Britain.
1949 purchased by Aikaterini Kanari, Piraeus, Greece.
1951 sold to Aikaterini G. Klapsis, Piraeus, Greece.
06.1952 scrapped in Italy.
| Date of Loss : | 27.04.1941 |
| Place of Loss : | Naval Base Salamis, Greece |
| Kind of Loss : | Prize |
| Cause of Loss : | Prize |
| Name of Opponent : | German Kriegsmarine |
| Fate of Crew : | No losses |
1. Lloyds Register of Shipping
2. [A] 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. [B] Sudholt, Gert: Ungesühnt: Anglo-Amerikanische Kriegsverbrechen 1939-1945, Druffel & Vowinckel, 2006
2. [A] 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. [B] Sudholt, Gert: Ungesühnt: Anglo-Amerikanische Kriegsverbrechen 1939-1945, Druffel & Vowinckel, 2006
| Inserted : | 15.11.2011 |
| Inserted by : | Dimitris Galon |
| Last Edit : | 20.01.2016 |
| Edited by : | Dimitris Galon |
| Modifications : | - 27.11.2011 T. Reich photo 1 inserted - 28.01.2014 T. Reich photo 1 deleted - 18.05.2015 T. Reich photo 1 inserted - 24.07.2015 T. Reich photos 2-3 inserted - 20.01.2016 D. Galon Service Life inserted |
