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Helios - (1897-1914/1918-1919)
"Helios" was build in 1894 as "A.C.O." for the American Cotton Oil Co. NV., Rotterdam.
Additional Info by Starke & Schell Registers :
A. C. O. - 1894 NE 1T (aft) (9½)
3,623 GRT for Holland-American Cotton Oil Co., Rotterdam 333.5 x 43.2
Tanker build by D. J. Dunlop & Co., Port Glasgow (3) #221
1897 - HELIOS Deutsch-Amerik. Petroleum Ges., Hamburg GE
(WW I - Imperial German Naval service as submarine depot ship at Emden)
1919 - French Government FR
1920 - Belgian Government - Régie de la Marine, Antwerp BE
1921 - VAMPA Soc. Anon. di Costruzioni & Imprese Navali “Andora”, Genoa IT 1064
1924 - Janua Soc. Anon. Maritt. Industriale (Soc. Esercizio Navigazione S.p.A.), Genoa
1925 - CLITUNNO s/o
1927 - Soc. Esercizio Navigazione S.A., Genoa
Wrecked 30 Dec 1927 between Cape Shableh & Cape Kaliakra, Black Sea, bound Batoum, in ballast.