SS Heimara
Greek-owned passenger ship that sunk in 1947 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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SS Heimara (sometimes spelled as Himara or Chimara, Greek: Χειμάρρα) was a passenger steamer operating the Piraeus – Thessaloniki route. The ship hit a reef and sank on 19 January 1947 in the Aegean Sea, killing around 400 people.[1] It is Greece's deadliest maritime disaster.
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Namesake | Himara (1946–47) |
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Builder | Stettiner Oderwerke |
Yard number | 547 |
Completed | 1905 |
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Fate | Sunk 19 January 1947 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Passenger ship |
Tonnage | 1,221 GRT |
Length | 76 m (249 ft) |
Beam | 10 m (33 ft) |
Installed power | 224 NHP |
Propulsion | 2 x 3-cylinder triple-expansion engine |
Speed | 16 knots (30 km/h) |
Crew | 54 |
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