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Pam
Where was the picture taken?
[ 10-23-2004: Message edited by: PamM ]
quote:Originally posted by lasuvidaboy:The white hulled one is much smaller than Raffaello INMO and only has one short funnel.
Interesting catch on the black freighter.
No idea about the other ship in front.
The one thing that I am certain of is that the ship is definately NOT the Raffaello, as no pictures of her wreck have (to my knowledge) ever appeared in any western publication. Besides, as someone else mentioned, she is way too small.
Regards, Kaiser
quote:Originally posted by Keitaro:OK, I finally remembered! It must have been the RAFFAELLO. The funnel (twin funnels) was/were soo unique! I remember reading somewhere that she was bombed and sunk partially in the harbor somewhere in Iraq (?)...
Read Pam's posts more carefully. She took the picture in Greece, not Iraq. It is also quite obvious that the white-hulled ship is much smaller than the Raffaello or Michelangelo, posssibly less than 10,000 gt.
Brian
[ 10-24-2004: Message edited by: Brian_O ]
Kaiser was right, it is the Melody. Here are some facts about her from my files:
TSS DJEBEL-DIRA
Length: 113,25 mBeam: 15,6 mGRT: 4,253 tBuilt: 1938 Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Newcastle, EnglandOrig. owner: Cie. de Navigation Mixte, MarseilleSpeed: 16,5 knPassengers: 618New names: Phoenix 1970, Melody 1979-90
She was built for Marseille - Casablanca service. In 1970 she was sold to Spyros P. Billinis and was converted into a cruise ship for 188 passengers for cruises in the Greek Isles, also to Turkey and Israel. In December 1980 she was severely damaged in a storm while bound for Haifa and was laid up in Perama, Greece, for 10 years, changing owners three times. On 07-06-1990, while finally under repairs at Keratsini, she caught fire, was taken in tow and beached off Atalanti Island where the fire was extinguished the next day. Soon she began to leak and is still visible today, half-submerged off Atalanti Island.
And another text about her:
Like many other French passenger ships at the time, the 371-foot long Djebel-Dira was sold to Greek buyers in 1970. The purchaser was Spyros P. Billinis, who renamed her Phoenix. Stripped of her cargo holds and rebuilt for cruising, she was later renamed Melody and sent on voyages to the Greek isles, Turkey and Israel. She was, however, badly damaged in a severe storm while en route to Haifa in December, 1980. She lay unrepaired for many months. Her owners at the time, Athens Marine Cruises, went bankrupt and she passed to the IMS Shipping Co. and then to Cougar Shipping Co. who used Honduran registry. Eventually, she fell into Greek government ownership but when, in July 1990, some repairs were finally underway, she caught fire and began to sink by the stern. Still half-submerged, she remains to this day off Atalanti Island.
For additional photos, check out:
http://www.faktaomfartyg.com/djebel_dira_1948.htm
AJL
[ 10-24-2004: Message edited by: AJL ]
...and by the way, thank you for the additional pictures (and informations) about the ex-DJEBEL DIRA.
quote:Originally posted by Johan:Strange that those derelict ships can lay there rusting years after yearsonce they will be cleared !!
Could be the cost of scrapping is to great verses the worth of their steel and also their position is not a threat to navigation.
The entrance is where the red hulled ship is heading in the photo below, and the wrecks are just visible in the distance to the right of the top of the mast of the ferry Patmos.
which goes onto here
From this one you can see some ships enter Keratsini from the other direction
Then the other wreck you can only see the bow of, is Khalid I [Bella Maria, Delos, Azemmour] see here.
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