Departed Balchik 18-Jan-1939, arrived 16-Feb-1939 Gross tonnage/Year built: 951/1892
773 passengers Organized by Revisionists Picked up 850 passengers at Balchik, Romania, who had come down the Danube in sealed trains from Czechoslovakia. The engines broke down after she sailed and most her stores were ruined by sea water. On 6 Feb 1939 237 passengers were transferred to Artemisia (No. 20). The Katina went back to Greece when the Artemisia did not return. She was then sent to pick up the marooned survivors of the Chepo (No. 28) bringing her passenger list to 1,250. About 600 were landed at Netanya but British ships fired on her and she returned to Greece. The remainder were finally landed in April but many had to abandon their belongings. Photo courtesy of World Ship Society
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