Casgliadau Arlein

¾ Starboard bow view of S.S. KONISTRA at Cardiff Docks.

S.S. KONISTRA. Built 1943 as EDWIN L. GODKIN by Southeastern Shipbuilding Corp., Savannah, Georgia (with engines by General Machinery Corp., Hamilton, Ohio) for War Shipping Authority ( managed by Luckenbach Steamship Co., New York. 1947 – Sold to Epirotiki Steamship Navigation Co., Piraeus, later transferred to Thomas N. Epiphainades Steamship Co., Piraeus, managed by Nokomis, London. Managed by Furness Withy & Co from 1949, and T.P. Rose Richards from 1950. 1961 – Sold to Marestrella Cia. Nav., Panama,and renamed ERETRIA. Managed by Nokomis, Piraeus – Moreland Navigation, London from 1963 – and Franco Shipping Co., Athens from 1965. 1967 – Sold to Katerina Cia. Nav., SA, Panama, and renamed ERATO (under the Somali flag). 1970 – Sold to Barbarino Shipping Co., (under the Cypriot flag – managed by Franco Shipping Co., Athens). She retained her name, but was broken up at Castellon in 1971.