NAFSIKA
| Name : | NAFSIKA |
| Greek name : | ΝΑΥΣΙΚΑ |
| Type of Ship : | Passenger Liner |
| LRS-Name : | NAFSIKA |
| Internat. call sign : | SZLO |
| Port of Registry : | Piräus 422 |
| Later Names : | 1896 CHRISTINE 1913 CORYCIA 1920 PANAGIS 1922 NAFSIKA |
| Initial Flag of Registry : | Great Britain |
| Owner : | 1896 Sir William Scott, Ancrum, Scotland, Great Britain 1902 Constance Monteath Scott, Ancrum, Scotland, Great Britain 1909 James W. Miller, London, Great Britain 1918 James Towage & Transport Co. Ltd., London, Great Britain 1920 Eleftherios Veliotis, Piraeus, Greece 1922 Alexandros Yannoulatos, Piraeus, Greece 1929 Parnassidos Steamship Co. (Efthymios Stoforos), Piraeus, Greece 1941 German Reich 1946 Parnassidos Steamship Co. (Efthymios Stoforos), Piraeus, Greece |
| Shipyard : | David J. Dunlop & Co., Port Glasgow, Great Britain |
| Hull Number : | 235 |
| Year of Construction : | 1896 |
| Launch : | 30.12.1896 |
| Commissioned : | 00.12.1896 |
| Size (GRT) : | 261 |
| Size (NRT) : | 132 |
| Lenght (m) : | 41,8 |
| Width (m) : | 6 |
| Depth (m) : | 3,4 |
| Engine : | Steam engine/triple expansion/3 cylinders/David J. Dunlop & Co., Port Glasgow, Great Britain |
| Output : | 70 NHP |
| Screws : | 1 |
| Speed (kn) : | 10 |
1896 built by shipyard „David J. Dunlop & Co.“, Port Glasgow, as steam yacht CHRISTINE for Sir William Scott, Ancrum, Scotland, Great Britain.
1902 in ownership of Constance Monteath Scott, Ancrum, Scotland, Great Britain.
1909 sold to James W. Miller, London, Great Britain.
1913 renamed CORYCIA.
1918 purchased by „James Towage & Transport Co. Ltd. “, London, Great Britain.
1920 sold to Eleftherios Veliotis, Piraeus, Greece, and renamed PANAGIS. Partial owners: Eleftherios Veliotis 2/3 and Panagis Zarifis 1/3.
1922 purchased by Alexandros Yannoulatos, Piraeus, Greece, for 200.000 Drachmas and renamed NAFSIKA.
1929 sold to „Parnassidos Steamship Co.“ (Efthymios Stoforos), Piraeus, Greece.
1940 commandeered by the Greek government at Patras. [A]
10.12.1940 released in accordance with order ΑΠ Nr. 18 (office Δ.Θ.Μ./Α΄). [A]
11.12.1940 commandeered again in accordance with order Nr. 1331 (office Δ.Θ.Μ./Γ΄). [A]
19.05.1941 arrived at Souda Bay, Crete, Greece, with captain Ioannis El. Andreopoulos in command. [B]
23.05.1941 attacked and sunk by German aircraft with bombs and machine guns. [A][B]
09.09.1941 evaluated by the salvage specialist captain Meier as "not floatable" but salvaged later (presumably in 1942). According to the War Diary of Senior Officer Sea Transport Aegean Sea (Seetransportchef Ägäis), the repairs were expected to continue up to August 1944. [E][F]
14.07.1944 after the loss of the refrigerator ship SUSANNE at Episkopi, Northern Greece, the Kriegsmarine decided to reconstruct NAFSIKA (mentioned in the war diary as NAUSIKA) as a refrigerator ship to replace SUSANNE. [F]
10.1944 scuttled at Saloniki. [G]
Presumably, the steamer was never employed by the Kriegsmarine and scuttled by the German army at Thessaloniki. After the war, the ship was salvaged by the owners, repaired and put back into service as a passenger ship with its old name. [C]
00.10.52. sold for scrap.
1902 in ownership of Constance Monteath Scott, Ancrum, Scotland, Great Britain.
1909 sold to James W. Miller, London, Great Britain.
1913 renamed CORYCIA.
1918 purchased by „James Towage & Transport Co. Ltd. “, London, Great Britain.
1920 sold to Eleftherios Veliotis, Piraeus, Greece, and renamed PANAGIS. Partial owners: Eleftherios Veliotis 2/3 and Panagis Zarifis 1/3.
1922 purchased by Alexandros Yannoulatos, Piraeus, Greece, for 200.000 Drachmas and renamed NAFSIKA.
1929 sold to „Parnassidos Steamship Co.“ (Efthymios Stoforos), Piraeus, Greece.
1940 commandeered by the Greek government at Patras. [A]
10.12.1940 released in accordance with order ΑΠ Nr. 18 (office Δ.Θ.Μ./Α΄). [A]
11.12.1940 commandeered again in accordance with order Nr. 1331 (office Δ.Θ.Μ./Γ΄). [A]
19.05.1941 arrived at Souda Bay, Crete, Greece, with captain Ioannis El. Andreopoulos in command. [B]
23.05.1941 attacked and sunk by German aircraft with bombs and machine guns. [A][B]
09.09.1941 evaluated by the salvage specialist captain Meier as "not floatable" but salvaged later (presumably in 1942). According to the War Diary of Senior Officer Sea Transport Aegean Sea (Seetransportchef Ägäis), the repairs were expected to continue up to August 1944. [E][F]
14.07.1944 after the loss of the refrigerator ship SUSANNE at Episkopi, Northern Greece, the Kriegsmarine decided to reconstruct NAFSIKA (mentioned in the war diary as NAUSIKA) as a refrigerator ship to replace SUSANNE. [F]
10.1944 scuttled at Saloniki. [G]
Presumably, the steamer was never employed by the Kriegsmarine and scuttled by the German army at Thessaloniki. After the war, the ship was salvaged by the owners, repaired and put back into service as a passenger ship with its old name. [C]
00.10.52. sold for scrap.
| Date of Loss : | 23.05.1941 |
| Place of Loss : | Souda Bay, Crete, Greece [A][B][D] |
| Kind of Loss : | Air attack |
| Cause of Loss : | Air attack |
| Name of Opponent : | German Luftwaffe |
| Fate of Crew : | No losses [B] |
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. [B] Dounis, Christos: The wrecks of the Greek Waters 1900-1950, volume I, Finatec, Athens 2000 (Gr.)
4. [C] Halatsis, Giannis: The world of the coastal shipping in the Gulf of Corinth, Nafpaktos 2008 (Gr.)
5. [D] Babouris, Epaminondas: The Greek Merchand Navy in last war, Athens 1949 (Gr.)
6. [E] KTB Seeko Kreta
7. [F] KTB Seetransportchef Ägäis
8. [G] Tesapsides, Byron: Die Kriegsmarine in der Ägäis im II. WK 1941-1944, Thessaloniki 2010
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. [B] Dounis, Christos: The wrecks of the Greek Waters 1900-1950, volume I, Finatec, Athens 2000 (Gr.)
4. [C] Halatsis, Giannis: The world of the coastal shipping in the Gulf of Corinth, Nafpaktos 2008 (Gr.)
5. [D] Babouris, Epaminondas: The Greek Merchand Navy in last war, Athens 1949 (Gr.)
6. [E] KTB Seeko Kreta
7. [F] KTB Seetransportchef Ägäis
8. [G] Tesapsides, Byron: Die Kriegsmarine in der Ägäis im II. WK 1941-1944, Thessaloniki 2010
| Inserted : | 26.02.2015 |
| Inserted by : | Dimitris Galon |
| Last Edit : | 20.01.2016 |
| Edited by : | Dimitris Galon |
| Modifications : | - 30.05.2015 T. Reich photos 1-2 and documents 1-2 inserted - 20.01.2016 D. Galon Service Life inserted |
