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<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\tThe 1918-built Greek steamship ANTONIOS CHANDRIS, owned by John D. Chandris, captured and sunk on 8 September 1940 by a German auxiliary cruiser. (1\/71)<\/p><\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>
![\"2_MOUNT_PINDUS_1914_ACQUIRED_AS_ARIS-2\"](\"https:\/\/greekshippingmiracle.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/2_MOUNT_PINDUS_1914_ACQUIRED_AS_ARIS-2.jpg\")
<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\tThe 1914-built Greek steamship ARIS, owned by Michael M. Xylas, was shelled and sunk on 12 October 1939 by U 37. (2\/71)<\/p><\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>
![\"3_GALAXIAS_1918_1940_LYRAS-2\"](\"https:\/\/greekshippingmiracle.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/3_GALAXIAS_1918_1940_LYRAS-2.jpg\")
<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\tThe 1918-built Greek steamship GALAXIAS, owned by M. J. Lyras & Co., half-sunk at the port of Dieppe, France after being bombed on 23 May 1940. (3\/71)<\/p><\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>
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<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\tThe 1914-built Greek steamship GAROUFALIA, owned by A. G. Lemos family, was torpedoed and sunk on 11 December 1939 by U 38. (4\/71)<\/p><\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>
![\"5_GEORGE_J_GOULANDRIS_Johnson_1941-2\"](\"https:\/\/greekshippingmiracle.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/5_GEORGE_J_GOULANDRIS_Johnson_1941-2.jpg\")
<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\tThe 1913-built Greek steamship GEORGE J. GOULANDRIS, owned by Goulandris Bros., was torpedoed and sunk on 29 June 1941 by U 66. (5\/71)<\/p><\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>
![\"6_KONSTANTINOS_HADJIPATERAS_1913-2\"](\"https:\/\/greekshippingmiracle.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/6_KONSTANTINOS_HADJIPATERAS_1913-2.jpg\")
<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\tThe 1913-built Greek steamship KONSTANTINOS HADJIPATERAS, owned by C. Hadjipateras Brothers, mined and sunk on 24 October 1939 about 3 miles south of Inner Dowsing, England. (6\/71)<\/p><\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>
![\"7_KASSOS_1939_chartered_SWISS-2\"](\"https:\/\/greekshippingmiracle.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/7_KASSOS_1939_chartered_SWISS-2.jpg\")
<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\tThe KASSOS, owned by Kassos Steam Navigation Co. Ltd., one of 15 Greek ships chartered to the Swiss government during WWII. (7\/71)<\/p><\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>
![\"8_THETIS-2\"](\"https:\/\/greekshippingmiracle.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/8_THETIS-2.jpg\")
<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\tThe THETIS, owned by Elias Hadjilias, one of 15 Greek ships chartered to the Swiss government during WWII. (8\/71)<\/p><\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>
![\"9_NAYLWMENA_PLOIA-2\"](\"https:\/\/greekshippingmiracle.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/9_NAYLWMENA_PLOIA-2.jpg\")
<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\tGreek ships chartered to the Swiss government during WWII. (9\/71)<\/p><\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>
![\"10_SALUTE_to_GREECE-2\"](\"https:\/\/greekshippingmiracle.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/10_SALUTE_to_GREECE-2.jpg\")
<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\tA cartoon from the British newspaper News of the World that praises Greek resistance against the Italian forces. (10\/71)<\/p><\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>
![\"11a_LONDON_NEWS_16_11_40-2\"](\"https:\/\/greekshippingmiracle.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/11a_LONDON_NEWS_16_11_40-2.jpg\")
<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\tArticle published in London News, dated 16 November 1940, referring to Greece (1 of 4). (11\/71)<\/p><\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>
![\"11b_LONDON_NEWS_16_11_40-2\"](\"https:\/\/greekshippingmiracle.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/11b_LONDON_NEWS_16_11_40-2.jpg\")
<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\tArticle published in London News, dated 16 November 1940, referring to Greece (2 of 4).(12\/71)<\/p><\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>
![\"11c_LONDON_NEWS_16_11_40-2\"](\"https:\/\/greekshippingmiracle.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/11c_LONDON_NEWS_16_11_40-2.jpg\")
<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\tArticle published in London News, dated 16 November 1940, referring to Greece (3 of 4). (13\/71)<\/p><\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>
![\"11d_LONDON_NEWS_16_11_40-2\"](\"https:\/\/greekshippingmiracle.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/11d_LONDON_NEWS_16_11_40-2.jpg\")
<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\tArticle published in London News, dated 16 November 1940, referring to Greece (4 of 4). (14\/71)<\/p><\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>
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<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\tA number of supplies for the Greek troops that fought in Albania were transported by Greek ships. (15\/71)<\/p><\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>
![\"13_Greeks_marching_to_War-2\"](\"https:\/\/greekshippingmiracle.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/13_Greeks_marching_to_War-2.jpg\")
<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\tA number of supplies for the Greek troops that fought in Albania were transported by Greek ships. (16\/71)<\/p><\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>
![\"14_Soldiers_in_Albania-2\"](\"https:\/\/greekshippingmiracle.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/14_Soldiers_in_Albania-2.jpg\")
<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\tA number of supplies for the Greek troops that fought in Albania were transported by Greek ships. (17\/71)<\/p><\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>
![\"15_Soldiers_in_Albania-2\"](\"https:\/\/greekshippingmiracle.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/15_Soldiers_in_Albania-2.jpg\")
<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\tA number of supplies for the Greek troops that fought in Albania were transported by Greek ships. (18\/71)<\/p><\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>
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<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\tIoannis Metaxas and Greek soldiers in jubilation following the historic \u2018OHI\u2019 (\u2018NO\u2019) to the Italians. (19\/71)<\/p><\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>
![\"17_EKKLISIS_NAYTILIAKWN_ORGANWSEWN_PROS_EEE_1940-2\"](\"https:\/\/greekshippingmiracle.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/17_EKKLISIS_NAYTILIAKWN_ORGANWSEWN_PROS_EEE_1940-2.jpg\")
<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\t\u0391 joint circular by the Hellenic Chamber of Shipping and the Union of Greek Shipowners after the outbreak of the War urging shipowners to offer financial assistance to the government. (20\/71)<\/p><\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>
![\"19_ATHINA_LIVANOS_AT_WAR-2\"](\"https:\/\/greekshippingmiracle.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/19_ATHINA_LIVANOS_AT_WAR-2.jpg\")
<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\tAnti-aircraft defense on board the Greek steamship ATHINA LIVANOS during the War. (21\/71)<\/p><\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>
![\"18_EGGRAFO-2\"](\"https:\/\/greekshippingmiracle.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/18_EGGRAFO-2.jpg\")
<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\tCircular by the Union of Greek Shipowners, advising its members about the order of the German-appointed Tsolacoglou administration to place Greek ships under the command of the Axis Forces. (22\/71)<\/p><\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>
![\"20_tsouderos_1942-2\"](\"https:\/\/greekshippingmiracle.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/20_tsouderos_1942-2.jpg\")
<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\tEmmanuel Tsouderos (1882-1956), Prime Minister of the Greek government in Cairo during the War. (23\/71)<\/p><\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>
![\"21_Swastika_on_Acropolis-2\"](\"https:\/\/greekshippingmiracle.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/21_Swastika_on_Acropolis-2.jpg\")
<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\tThe German swastika was raised in Acropolis but never on Greek ships. (24\/71)<\/p><\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>
![\"22_ESPEROS_1918_WWII_loss_Hospital_ship-2\"](\"https:\/\/greekshippingmiracle.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/22_ESPEROS_1918_WWII_loss_Hospital_ship-2.jpg\")
<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\tThe Greek hospital ship ESPEROS, sunk with almost the entire Greek passenger fleet following German air raids. (25\/71)<\/p><\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>
![\"23_ALBERTA_1900-2\"](\"https:\/\/greekshippingmiracle.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/23_ALBERTA_1900-2.jpg\")
<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\tThe Greek passenger ship ALBERTA, of the Inglessis family, sunk by German fire on 23 April 1941. (26\/71)<\/p><\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>
![\"25_Mr_Lambrou_hospital_note_1942-2\"](\"https:\/\/greekshippingmiracle.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/25_Mr_Lambrou_hospital_note_1942-2.jpg\")
<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\tMedical certificate of the Nova Scotia hospital referring to the mental illness of a Greek seaman following the torpedoing of his ship. (27\/71)<\/p><\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>
![\"24_MACEDONIA_WWII_LOSSES_1941-2\"](\"https:\/\/greekshippingmiracle.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/24_MACEDONIA_WWII_LOSSES_1941-2.jpg\")
<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\tThe Greek passenger ship MACEDONIA, of the Hellenic Coast Lines Co. Ltd., sunk by German fire on 23 April 1941. (28\/71)<\/p><\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>
![\"26_ALEXANDROS_KORYZIS-2\"](\"https:\/\/greekshippingmiracle.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/26_ALEXANDROS_KORYZIS-2.jpg\")
<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\tAlexander Koryzis (1885-1941) became Prime Minister of Greece when Ioannis Metaxas passed away on 29 January 1941. A few months later he committed suicide when the German forces were about to enter Athens. His name was given to one of the Liberty ships acquired after the War. (29\/71)<\/p><\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>
![\"28_tsouderos-2\"](\"https:\/\/greekshippingmiracle.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/28_tsouderos-2.jpg\")
<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\tPrime Minister Emmanuel Tsouderos, Finance Minister Kyriakos Varvaressos (left) and Greek Ambassador Charalambos Simopoulos (right) visiting the Foreign Office. (from the book Emmanuel Tsouderos written by Elias Venezis, Athens 1966). (30\/71)<\/p><\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>
![\"27_warships-2\"](\"https:\/\/greekshippingmiracle.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/27_warships-2.jpg\")
<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\tThe Greek participation in convoys was invaluable during the battle of the Atlantic. (31\/71)<\/p><\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>
![\"29_PELEUS_HATZIELIAS-2\"](\"https:\/\/greekshippingmiracle.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/29_PELEUS_HATZIELIAS-2.jpg\")
<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\tThe 1928-built Greek steamship PELEUS, owned by Elias Hadjilias. On 13 March 1944 was torpedoed and sunk by U 582. Its survivors were gunned down by members of the crew of the German submarine. After the War, following the testimony of three persons who survived the murder, the German captain and officers responsible went on trial and sentenced to death. (32\/71)<\/p><\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>
![\"30_ATHINAI-2\"](\"https:\/\/greekshippingmiracle.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/30_ATHINAI-2.jpg\")
<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\tThe 1910-built Greek steamship ATHINAI, owned by Hellenic Lines Ltd. became a war loss in 1944. (33\/71)<\/p><\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>