The Vasilefs
Constantinos
Built
by Cammell Laird & Company, Birkenhead, England, 1915. 9,272 gross tons; 470 (bp) feet long; 58 feet wide. Steam quadruple
expansion engines, twin screw. Service speed 17
knots. 2,310 passengers (60 first class, 450 second class, 1,800 third class).
Built for
National Greek Line, in 1915 and named Vasilefs
Constantinos. Piraeus-New
York service. Renamed
Megali Hellas in 1919. Also Piraeus-New
York service. Transferred to Byron
Steamship Company, British flag, in 1923 and renamed Byron. Mediterranean-New
York service. Returned in
1928. Reverted to Greek flag 1928. Laid up 1935-37. Scrapped in Italy in
1937.
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