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F/B ELLI

Photo EFOPLISTIS from George Kobeos’s collection #12040

Ship	Elli (1967) ΕΛΛH	Building Spec.	Kamitsis Galatis Messinas – N° 68 Perama, Greece, 1967
Call Sign	SZWA	IMO Number	6813409
GRT	1.324	DWT	937
Dimensions	78 x 11,10 x 3,70	Engines	2 Klöckner Humboldt-Deutz
Speed	15 knots	Passengers	843
Beds	118	Cars	125
Lane Metres		Sister ships
Registry Port	Piraeus	Flag	Greece
Former Names/Own.
New Names/Owners	Schinoussa – Elleniki Aktoploia 03/1985-07/1989 Paros Express – Katapoliani 07/1989-04/1994 Ippokratis – Greek Ministry of Aegean 04/1994-02/2005 Scrapped at Aliaga (Turkey) in February 2005 as “Ippokratis”
Line

The first new build ferry of Fragline, was ordered in 1966 and delivered in March 1967, when she was inaugurated in Piraeus; in April 1967 started sailings under the name of “Elli”, which was the name of Georgios Fragoudakis’s wife. Her first timetable provided four round-trips per week to Syros, Tinos and Mykonos, and three round-trips to Paros and Naxos, being the first modern car ferry to call in these ports. From June of the same year the itinerary was modified into daily calls to Paros and Naxos, and from 1972 she continued her sailings to Ios, Oia and Thira. In 1976 she left Aegean sea to operate on Igoumenitsa – Corfu – Brindisi line, but the following year was again on Aegean routes, sailing on varous services that included the small islands between Naxos and Amorgos, the Ikaria – Samos line, services to Rhodes either via Astypalea – Kalymnos – Kos – Symi and via Santorini – Anafi – Sitia – Kassos – Karpathos – Chalki and, obviously, the popular Paros – Naxos – Ios – Santorini line, calling also at the small islands on the route. In 1986 the company replaced the “Elli” with a larger vessel, the “Ouranos”, and put this ship up for sale; the buyer, unexpectedly, was Elleniki Aktoploia, the Greek State-owned company which usually bought vessels from locally-owned companies in financial troubles, this time buying for the first time a ferry for starting a new line. As “Schinoussa”, she was deployed on Eastern Cyclades route, and was the only ferry carrying the Elleniki Aktoploia livery, consisting in a white hull with the “E A” letters painted on the funnels, as long as the other ferries of the company maintained their former liveries. In 1989 Elleniki Aktoploia decided to exit ferry business and sell the ships to other operators, and the buyer of the “Schinoussa” was Katapoliani, a shipping company which established with her inter-Cyclades connections, after having renamed the ferry “Paros Express”. After five years of service, the ship passed again in public ownership, acquired by Greek Ministry of the Aegean, which planned to rebuilt her as a floating hospital; the “Paros Express” was conveniently renamed as “Ippokratis” and her conversion started at Keratsini yards. Anyway, this work didn’t proceed, and the “Ippokratis” remained laid up until 2005, when she was sold for scrap.

Photo EFOPLISTIS from George Kobeos’s collection #12039

ELLENIKI AKTOPLOIA F/B Schinoussa – Photo © George Kobeos #12041

ELLENIKI AKTOPLOIA F/B Schinoussa – Photo © Karolos #12043

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