Showing posts with label Ships. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ships. Show all posts

Wednesday, 10 October 2012

Greek ship ΚΟΡΙΝΘΙΑ. Marseille, 1957


Greek Ship ΚΟΡΙΝΘΙΑ in the port of Marseille, September of 1957.
Simos Tsapnidis and greek sailors.
The greek poet Nikos Kavadias (Νίκος Καββαδίας) was one of the sailors of the ship. 

Friday, 21 September 2012

Greek Ship EURYMEDON and sailors. Hamburg, 1958



 The Greek ship EURYMEDON and some of the greek sailors. Hamburg.
Photographs by Simos Tsapnidis, April 12, 1958

Monday, 20 August 2012

Christina. Aristotle Onassis's super yacht. Monte Carlo, 26th of June, 1957


Christina was originally a Canadian River-class frigate called HMCS Stormont and was launched in 1943. She served as a convoy escort during the Battle of the Atlantic and was present at the D-Day landings. After the end of the Second World War she was one of many surplus naval vessels and Greek shipowner Aristotle Onassis purchased her for just $34,000. He spent $4 million to convert her into a luxurious yacht and renamed her Christina after his daughter.






Photographs taken on 26th of May, 1957, at Monte Carlo, by the leader of Greek Existentialists, Simos Tsapnidis. Simos was then on his tour around Europe, (he is the man with a cane and in shorts) and we can see him among other men who worked on Christina