Greek car ferry which sank in the Aegean Sea (1966)
Not to be confused with SS Herakleion.
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SS Heraklion
History
Greece
Operator
Aegean Steam Navigation Co.
Builder
Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company
Launched
29 June 1949
In service
1949
Out of service
8 December 1966
Reclassified
1964
Homeport
Piraeus, Greece
Fate
Capsized and sank 8 December 1966
General characteristics
Type
Roll-on/roll-off ship
Displacement
8,922 t (8,781 long tons; 9,835 short tons)
Length
498 ft (152 m)
Beam
60 ft (18 m)
Speed
17 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.
SSHeraklion (sometimes spelled out in books as the Iraklion) was a roll on/roll off car ferry operating the lines Piraeus – Chania and Piraeus – Irakleio...
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of Mount Fuji. All 124 aboard died. On 8 December 1966, the car ferry SSHeraklion sank in the Aegean Sea during a storm, killing 217 people. On 16 March...
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admitted to the United Nations. December 8 – The Typaldos Line's ferry SSHeraklion sinks in rough seas in the Aegean Sea near Crete, leaving 217 dead. December...
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in World War II. On 9 June 1944, a Royal Navy submarine sank her off Heraklion, Crete, killing hundreds of deported Cretan Jews, Cretan Christian civilians...
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