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SS Heraklion
History
SS HeraklionGreece
OperatorAegean Steam Navigation Co.
BuilderFairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company
Launched29 June 1949
In service1949
Out of service8 December 1966
Reclassified1964
HomeportPiraeus, Greece
FateCapsized and sank 8 December 1966
General characteristics
TypeRoll-on/roll-off ship
Displacement8,922 t (8,781 long tons; 9,835 short tons)
Length498 ft (152 m)
Beam60 ft (18 m)
Speed17 kn (31 km/h; 20 mph)

SS Heraklion (sometimes spelled out in books as the Iraklion) was a roll on/roll off car ferry operating the lines Piraeus – Chania and Piraeus – Irakleio between 1965 and 1966. The ship capsized and sank on 8 December 1966 in the Aegean Sea, resulting in the death of over 200 people. Her demise was one of the greatest maritime disasters in Greek history.

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