SS Safra El-Bahr

History

Builder:	A. & J. Inglis, Pointhouse, Glasgow, Scotland Scotland
Yard number:	232
Launched:	1894
Status:	Sunk 20 April 1941
General characteristics
Type:	Initially yacht, later converted to passenger vessel
Tonnage:	675 BRT

The Egyptian Royal Yacht SS Safra El-Bahr for HH The Khedive of Egypt, Alexandria, was built in 1894 with 675 Brutto Register Tonnage. In 1915-1919 she was hired by Royal Navy as patrol vessel. In 1920 she was purchased by G. C. Dracoulis, Ithaca and converted from a yacht to a passenger vessel and renamed SS Ithaki. In 1929 she was purchased by Hellenic Coast Lines, Piraeus, Greece. On 20 April 1941 she was bombed and sunk in an air raid in Suda Bay.^[1]

References

↑ SS Ithaki - Royal Yacht Safra El-Nahr.

Ships built by A. & J. Inglis, Glasgow

Merchant ships	Alexandra Blanche Brisbane Bruselas Camorta Cawarra Cheduba Clyde Empire Belgrave Empire Bute Empire Campden Empire Coppice Empire Deep Empire Dombey Empire Fay Empire Fitzroy Empire Gat Empire Grosvenor Empire Gypsy Empire Harvest Empire Jura Empire Orkney Empire Shetland Empire Spinney Empire Tedship Empire Tedmuir Empire Tedport Empire Tedrita Erin's Isle Erl King Hankow Iverna Karagola Lady Sylvia Lincoln Castle Maid of Argyll Maid of Skelmorlie Maid of the Loch Norah Creina Norman Court North Carr Pioneer Safra El-Bahr Sirsa Talisman Tavolara Tredagh Vanadis Waroonga Waverley Weeroona

Warships	HMS Candytuft

Cancelled ships	Empire Tedellen Empire Tedfay Empire Tedflora Empire Tedmount Empire Tedrose

Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in April 1941

Shipwrecks	4 Apr: Lichtenfels, Liebenfels, Proussa 5 Apr: U-76 7 Apr: Clan Fraser 12 Apr: Drava, Morava, Sava, Vardar 13 Apr: Corinthic, HMS Rajputana 16 Apr: HMS Mohawk 17 Apr: Zagreb 20 Apr: Empire Endurance, Ithaki, Psara, Vasilefs Georgios 21 Apr: Thyella 22 Apr: Frinton, Hydra, Sea-Serpent 23 Apr: Alberta, Kilkis, Kios, Lemnos 25 Apr: Kyzikos, Pergamos, Pittsburgh 26 Apr: Kydoniai 27 Apr: HMS Diamond, Slamat (disaster), HMS Wryneck 28 Apr: U-65 29 Apr: City of Nagpur Unknown date: HMS Usk

Other incidents	12 Apr: Siboney 24 Apr: HMS Rover 30 Apr: HMS Fermoy

1940 1941 1942 March 1941 May 1941

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