Panagiotis (ship, 1937)

Panagiotis

The Panagiotis wreck (2013)

From 1975 flag  Greece other ship names Saint Bedan (1937–1964) Meropi (1964–1965) Charis (1965–1974) Nicos (1974–1977) Ship type Coaster Callsign SV3645 home port Piraeus Owner P Lisikatos & Co, Piraeus Shipyard Scott & Sons, Bowling (Scotland) Build number 341 baptism February 19, 1937 Launch January 14, 1937 takeover March 1937 Whereabouts stranded on October 1, 1980

Ship dimensions and crew length 47.80 m ( Lüa ) width 7.80 m Draft Max. 4.30 m measurement 452 BRT 245 NRT

Machine system machine 4Cyl. Atlas oil. 2SCSA, British Auxiliaries Ltd., Glasgow Machine performance 566 shp Top speed 10 kn (19 km / h) propeller 1

Transport capacities Load capacity 550 dw

Others Registration numbers IMO : 5305546

The Panagiotis was a coaster, which on October 1, 1980 in a bay on the island Zakynthos at position 37 ° 51 '34 "  N , 20 ° 37' 29"  O coordinates: 37 ° 51 '34 "  N , 20 ° 37' 29 ″  O ran aground. It is a popular photo opportunity because of its location on the beach.

history

The bay with the wreck is a popular tourist attraction (2018)

The Panagiotis was built on January 14, 1937 as Saint Bedan for MJ & A. Gardner and Co. Ltd , Glasgow at the Scott & Sons shipyard in Bowling (Scotland) and put into service. Until 1944 it was mainly used in the coastal area of ​​the Irish Sea . In 1944 she was requisitioned by the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT) for D-Day , the Saint Bedan loaded military goods in Port Talbot and traveled with the convoy EBC4W across the English Channel to the French Atlantic coast.

After the Second World War it changed owners and names several times:

• 1964 - sold to Greece to Gigilinis & S Kakassinas , Thessaloniki , new name Meropi
• 1965 - renamed Charis
• 1972 - sold to Marina Koutrouba & Co., Thessaloniki
• 1974 - sold to NS Kalfas, Thessaloniki , new name Nicos
• 1977 - sold to G Trivelas & Co., Thessaloniki , new name Panagiotis
• 1980 - sold to P Lisikatos & Co, Piraeus

Stranding

When the Panagiotis was on her last voyage under Captain Charalambos Kompothekras from Argostoli , Kefalonia to Durrës , Albania , she was surprised by a storm and washed up on the beach after a technical defect.

Web links

Commons : Panagiotis  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ships Monthly, Volume 39 . Waterway Productions Limited, 2004 (page 22).
2. ↑ Clydeships Saint Bedan (IMO 5305546). Retrieved April 27, 2020 . 
3. ↑ MV Panagiotis (IMO 5305546). Retrieved April 27, 2020 . 
4. ↑ How Did The World's Most Famous Shipwreck Come To Be? Retrieved April 27, 2020 .