According to Dounis (2000)
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The Greek owned, French built M.V. Cite D’ Athenes , with 500 beds total capacity sailed from Mytelene towards Piraeus on the 19th of March 1939 with a crew of 16 men.
Since its departure no further communication from it was received.
On the 26 of March 1939, the captain of the British vessel MARTINIAN while sailing between the islands of Psara and Chios, reported a completely empty lifeboat bearing the name of Cite D’Athenes. Evidently it sunk and everyone on board was lost due to the extremely bad weather conditions that were reported even when it left port.
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References
- Dounis Ch. Shipwrecks in the Greek Seas. 1900-1950 (vol. A). Athens: Finatec, 2000, p. 434
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WRECKSITE – CITÉ D’ATHÈNES CARGO SHIP 1918-1939 [WWW Document], n.d. URL https://wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?208466 (accessed 3.29.20).
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