Sifnos
SHIP PARTICULARS
FIRST NAME: "Mira"
TYPE: Steam Screw Yacht / Passenger ship (after 1922)
YEAR: 1891
COUNTRY: Great Britain
FIRST OWNER: Hon. Frederick G. Wynn, Carnavon
SUBSEQUENT OWNERS/NAMES:
1898: "Jela"/ Vittorio Emmanuele di Savoia (Prince of Naples), Italy
1900: "Jela" / Vittorio Emmanuele III (King of Italy 1900 - 1946)
1912: "Jela" / Italian Navy (Marina Militare Italiana) [sold to Constantinos Toyas, Greece in 1915]
1922: "Constantinos Toyas" / Toyas Steamship Co., Greece [after conversion to passenger ship for commercial use]
1933: "Sifnos" / Hellenic Coast Lines Ltd., Greece
1941: "Sifnos"/ German Government
BUILDER: David J. Dunlop, Glasgow, Scotland
LOCATION OF YARD: Inch Yard, Scotland
YARD No: 206
DATE OF LAUNCH: 25-04-1891
DATE OF COMPLETION: April 1891
WEIGHT: 244 GRT (315 GRT after conversion)
LENGTH: 154 ft
BEAM: 21.6 ft (27.1 ft after conversion)
HEIGHT: 5.6 ft
SCREWS: 1
ENGINE: Triple expansion steam engine (500 IHP)
SPEED: 12.5 knots
FATE
Bombed and sank during a German air-strike in 1941 at Souda Bay, Crete (April 26). She was repaired and used by the Germans. Torpedoed and sank near Souda Bay (March 4, 1944). Not to be confused with the cargo ship Sifnos (2045 GRT ex. Labor, ex Cap D'Antifer) sank at Milos in April 1941.
DETAILS
Sailed from Souda Bay (Crete) for the Greek island of Milos.
LOSS OF LIFE
The book written by Gehrard Schreiber gives 59 dead Italian prisoners (out of 90).
Victims: 59 (internees) + Survivors: 31 (internees) = Total: 90 (internees)
LOCATION OF WRECK
North of Cape Malekas, near the entrance of Souda Bay, Crete.
FIRST NAME: "Mira"
TYPE: Steam Screw Yacht / Passenger ship (after 1922)
YEAR: 1891
COUNTRY: Great Britain
FIRST OWNER: Hon. Frederick G. Wynn, Carnavon
SUBSEQUENT OWNERS/NAMES:
1898: "Jela"/ Vittorio Emmanuele di Savoia (Prince of Naples), Italy
1900: "Jela" / Vittorio Emmanuele III (King of Italy 1900 - 1946)
1912: "Jela" / Italian Navy (Marina Militare Italiana) [sold to Constantinos Toyas, Greece in 1915]
1922: "Constantinos Toyas" / Toyas Steamship Co., Greece [after conversion to passenger ship for commercial use]
1933: "Sifnos" / Hellenic Coast Lines Ltd., Greece
1941: "Sifnos"/ German Government
BUILDER: David J. Dunlop, Glasgow, Scotland
LOCATION OF YARD: Inch Yard, Scotland
YARD No: 206
DATE OF LAUNCH: 25-04-1891
DATE OF COMPLETION: April 1891
WEIGHT: 244 GRT (315 GRT after conversion)
LENGTH: 154 ft
BEAM: 21.6 ft (27.1 ft after conversion)
HEIGHT: 5.6 ft
SCREWS: 1
ENGINE: Triple expansion steam engine (500 IHP)
SPEED: 12.5 knots
FATE
Bombed and sank during a German air-strike in 1941 at Souda Bay, Crete (April 26). She was repaired and used by the Germans. Torpedoed and sank near Souda Bay (March 4, 1944). Not to be confused with the cargo ship Sifnos (2045 GRT ex. Labor, ex Cap D'Antifer) sank at Milos in April 1941.
DETAILS
Sailed from Souda Bay (Crete) for the Greek island of Milos.
LOSS OF LIFE
The book written by Gehrard Schreiber gives 59 dead Italian prisoners (out of 90).
Victims: 59 (internees) + Survivors: 31 (internees) = Total: 90 (internees)
LOCATION OF WRECK
North of Cape Malekas, near the entrance of Souda Bay, Crete.
SOURCES
www.naftilia.gr
- Forum of this maritime portal [Research by Nicholas Peppas]
www.clydesite.co.uk/clydebuilt/index.asp
- Online ndex of ships built on the Clyde
www.miramarshipindex.org.nz - Online ship database
I MILITARI ITALIANI INTERNATI NEI CAMPI DI CONCENTRAMENTO DEL TERZO REICH 1943-1945: TRADITI, DISPREZZATI, DIMENTICATI - Gehrard Schreiber [Uff.Storico SME, Roma, 1992]
www.naftilia.gr
- Forum of this maritime portal [Research by Nicholas Peppas]
www.clydesite.co.uk/clydebuilt/index.asp
- Online ndex of ships built on the Clyde
www.miramarshipindex.org.nz - Online ship database
I MILITARI ITALIANI INTERNATI NEI CAMPI DI CONCENTRAMENTO DEL TERZO REICH 1943-1945: TRADITI, DISPREZZATI, DIMENTICATI - Gehrard Schreiber [Uff.Storico SME, Roma, 1992]