SS ARAKAKA(1)

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Built:	1896
Builder:	Alexander Stephen & Sons Ltd, Glasgow Scotland.
Propulsion:	Single-screw steamship
Tonnage:	2,262 GRT
Comments:	Ex Granada. Bought from Trinidad Shipping and Trading Co. Ltd in 1913. She survived the 1st World War and in 1922 was sold to Hellenic Company of Maritime Enterprises and renamed Attiki, where still appeared in Lloyd's Register as such up to the outbreak of the Second World War where she was registered as a hospital ship. After a remarkable 45 years of service she was finally sunk by the Luftwaffe off Karystos, in the Doro Channel (Greece) on the 11th April 1941 with the loss of 28 crew.