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Name: MEDEA D
Type: Passenger Cargo Ship
Launched: 04/10/1884
Completed: 11/1884
Builder: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd
Yard: Jarrow
Yard Number: 545
Dimensions: 819grt, 519nrt, 219.0 x 30.2 x 14.7ft
Engines: C2cyl (28 & 54 x 36ins), 128nhp
Engines by: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: n/a
History:
11/1884 Soc di Navigazione à Vapore sul Danubio, Trieste
1891 Donau Dampfschiffahrts Ges (L Pellegrini), Trieste
1895 Regie des Monopoles de Roumania (Roumanian State Railways), Constantza
1895 Renamed MEDEA
1902 Ionian SS Navigation (Destouni & Yannoulatos), Piraeus; renamed ERISSOS
1907 Navigation Ionienne à Vapeur, Piraeus
10/1912 Government of Turkey
1913 Navigation Ionienne à Vapeur, Piraeus
1919 Renamed ERISSOS KEFALLINIAS
1920 National Steam Navigation Co of Greece (Embiricos Bros), Piraeus
1920 Renamed THYRA
1924 Nafi ve Halim Surekasi, Istanbul; renamed RUMELI
1926 Yemi Turkiye Vapur Sirketi, Istanbul
1929 Ahmet ve Nafi Beyler, Istanbul
1930 Arslan Sadikzade, Istanbul
1931 Hafiz MUSTAFA Tavilzade ve Biraderler, Istanbul; renamed SAADET
1934 Turk Sosyete Vapurculuk TAS, Istanbul
1936 Denizyollari Idaresi, Istanbul
1938 Denizbank - Denizyollari Idaresi, Istanbul
1939 TC Munakalat Vekaleti – Devlet Denizyollari, Istanbul
No later history known
Comments: 10/1912: Seized by Turkey at Istanbul
1913: Returned to owners
1954: Hulked in Turkey


Above photo as ERISSOS is courtesy of David Asprey. CLICK to enlarge/BACK to return