Greek Line (General Steam Navigation Co. of Greece)

(Est. 1939)


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The General Steam Navigation Company of Greece (marketed as Greek Line) was formed in 1939 to run transatlantic sailings from Greece. In the 1950s the company ordered the first and only passenger liner designed for Greek Line. This was the Olympia ordered from Alexander Stephen & Sons, Glasgow which entered service in 1953. As air travel hit passenger figures in the 1960s, the vessels devoted more time to cruising. The company began to fall on hard times in the early 1970s, following the death of Basil Goulandris, owner and chairman of Greek Line. It finally collapsed in 1975 and all its ships were sold.


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