KILBURN

Shipbuildervessel built by Hall, Russell & Company, Limited (Aberdeen, Scotland, 1864 - 1992)

Shipownervessel built for Admiralty

Date28 May 1918

Object NamePATROL VESSEL

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 172'5" x breadth 30' 1" x depth 16'
Gross Tonnage: 653 ton

Object numberABDSHIP002348

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Hall, Russell & Co.
Yard Number: 636.
Subsequent Names: TARSET (1920); TURNUS (by 1928); LIESELOTTE (by 1928); GYURI, CAP FERRAT (both names between 1928 & 1939); GYURI (1937); DRAGA II (by 1938); DRAGA (1937-40); STEPHANOS (1940-50); DIMITRIOS (1950-54); DIMITRIOSI (1954); STEFANOS (1955).

Fate: unknown after 1959

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Kil class patrol gunboat, steel screw, 1 deck, bridge deck 54'.

Owners:
05/1918: Admiralty.
14/02/1920: Sold to Robinson, Brown and Joplin. (J. J. Colledge and Ben Wardlow (2006), 'Ships of the Royal Navy' (Chatham Publishing, London), p. 185)
1920: Owner B. Burleston, manager Joplin & Hall, registered at Newcastle. (Lloyd's Register)
1927: E. Friederich, Bremen.
01/1928: LIESELOTTE was sold by E. Friederich, Bremen to French buyers for about £2500.
1937: it has unknown owners but was registered in Marseilles, France.
1939: A. Davaris, as DRAGA registered in Colon, Panama. (Lloyd's)
1949-50: S. Theofanidas & others, as STEPHANOS, registerd Laurium, Greece (A. Davaris Mgr)
1950-55: Owned by Trifon Iordanov, Piraeus, Greece.
1954: it became DIMITRIOS I as there was another Dimitrios reg. in Piraeus, Greece.
1955: it was sold to ASP Lycoudes, Piraeus, Greece. The owners withdrew class from Lloyds.

General History:
As DRAGA 2 carried 544 passengers; Jewish refugees fleeing European persecution; included ex Dachau inmates. Departed Galatz & Sulina, Romania, 6 November 1938, arrived in Paelstine December 1938. [Aliyah Bet Project by Paul H. Silverstone].

Note:
Triple expansion engines with 16", 26" and 44" diameter cylinders, 26" stroke. 99NHP.