MACEDONIA
| Name : | MACEDONIA |
| Greek name : | ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΙΑ |
| Type of Ship : | Passenger Liner |
| LRS-Name : | MACEDONIA |
| Internat. call sign : | SVBX |
| Port of Registry : | Piraeus 600 |
| Later Names : | 1899 APHRODITE 1930 AETOS 1933 MACEDONIA |
| Initial Flag of Registry : | United States of America |
| Owner : | 1899 Colonel Oliver Payne, New York, United States of America 1917 United States Navy (commandeered) 1919 Oliver Payne, New York, United States of America 1927 Apostolos Riggas, Piraeus, Greece 1929 Hellenic Coast Lines, Piraeus, Greece |
| Shipyard : | Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, USA |
| Hull Number : | 25 |
| Year of Construction : | 1899 |
| Launch : | 01.12.1898 |
| Commissioned : | 25.03.1899 |
| Size (GRT) : | 1.831 |
| Size (NRT) : | 697 |
| Lenght (m) : | 79,9 |
| Width (m) : | 10,6 |
| Depth (m) : | 6 |
| Engine : | Steam engine/triple expansion/3 cylinders/Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, USA |
| Output : | 294 NHP |
| Screws : | 1 |
| Speed (kn) : | 13 |
1899 built as yacht APHRODITE for Colonel Oliver Payne, New York, USA.
20.05.1917 commandeered by the US government and enjoined into the United States Navy. The ship served as surveillance craft and convoy escort at Bordeaux, France, during World War One.
1919 returned to Oliver Payne, New York, USA, heir of deceased Colonel Oliver Payne.
1927 sold to Apostolos Riggas, Piraeus, Greece, and renamed AETOS.
1929 transferred to Hellenic Coast Lines, Piraeus, Greece, as capital equivalent to 11.437.500 Drachmas.
1933 renamed MACEDONIA.
29.10.1940 commandeered by the Greek government
22.04.1941 with captain Athanassios Armyras in command and with 55 passengers, the ship was attacked at Spilia on the island of Trisonia in the bay of Korinth, Greece, by the German Luftwaffe with incendiaries and bombs, severely damaged and set afire. Little time later, the burning steamer was beached where it sank later. One loss, Ioannis Hatziris (Sailor). After the war, scrapped by O.A.N. (Greek demolition committee).
20.05.1917 commandeered by the US government and enjoined into the United States Navy. The ship served as surveillance craft and convoy escort at Bordeaux, France, during World War One.
1919 returned to Oliver Payne, New York, USA, heir of deceased Colonel Oliver Payne.
1927 sold to Apostolos Riggas, Piraeus, Greece, and renamed AETOS.
1929 transferred to Hellenic Coast Lines, Piraeus, Greece, as capital equivalent to 11.437.500 Drachmas.
1933 renamed MACEDONIA.
29.10.1940 commandeered by the Greek government
22.04.1941 with captain Athanassios Armyras in command and with 55 passengers, the ship was attacked at Spilia on the island of Trisonia in the bay of Korinth, Greece, by the German Luftwaffe with incendiaries and bombs, severely damaged and set afire. Little time later, the burning steamer was beached where it sank later. One loss, Ioannis Hatziris (Sailor). After the war, scrapped by O.A.N. (Greek demolition committee).
| Date of Loss : | 22.04.1941 |
| Time of Loss : | 10:30 Uhr |
| Place of Loss : | "Spilia", Trisonia Island, Gulf of Corinth, Greece |
| Kind of Loss : | Air attack |
| Cause of Loss : | Air attack |
| Name of Opponent : | German Luftwaffe, Luftflotte 4 [A] |
| Fate of Crew : | 1 loss: Ioannis Hatziris (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. [A] WLB-Stuttgart
5. Mighty Aphrodite by Donna Stuart
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. [A] WLB-Stuttgart
5. Mighty Aphrodite by Donna Stuart
| Inserted : | 03.01.2012 |
| Inserted by : | Dimitris Galon |
| Last Edit : | 20.01.2016 |
| Edited by : | Dimitris Galon |
| Modifications : | - 08.02.2012 T. Reich photo 1 inserted - 14.02.2012 T. Reich photos 2+3 inserted - 26.04.2013 T. Reich document 1 und photo 4 inserted - 30.05.2015 T. Reich document 2 inserted - 20.01.2016 D. Galon Service Life inserted |
