Ship Voyages

Ship Voyages is the first map visualization application in an online open access form, which is based on data from ship logbooks. Ship Voyages data are based on logbooks of merchant ships, an invaluable type of source, largely unexplored by the historians, who have used them only in a secondary and supplementary way. Ship Voyages is unique because it allows the user to follow the ship’s route as a whole and to also observe each separate point of the voyage (usually registered once a day, around noon, in the logbook). It also allows the user to visit the transcribed metadata from the source, to check the information, or to read other types of information from the logbooks which are not directly viewable on the map, like certain noted events, and also to retrieve the information. Therefore, Ship Voyages is a highly sophisticated platform, designed to enable deep level of analysis of metadata and of source contents. Thus, the application is not only informative, educative, and entertaining for the broader public, but also very important to academic users for research purposes. Additionally, it is unique in terms of historical subject, since it is about the voyages of merchant ships from the Mediterranean countries during the transition from sail to steam navigation (a historical subject not well researched). Thus, it offers the opportunity to study the evolution of maritime trade routes and the several aspects of navigation on two different technological systems of sea transportation: the sailing ship and the steamship. It also encompasses trade routes and various aspects of navigation in enclosed seas, like the Mediterranean, the Black Sea, and the English Channel as well as in oceans, like the Atlantic, the Indian, or the Pacific.

The work of the insertion and curation of the data was performed on:

Greek ships by Thomas Kalesios
Spanish ships by Dr. Enric Garcia Domingo
Italian ships by Dr. Leonardo Scavino
Informatics design, curation and assistance by Kostas Petrakis

You can download the Ship Voyage user guide from here : User_Guide.pdf

The following table provides an example of the basic data of the ships as collected from their logbooks and inserted in the Ship Voyages application:

Ship Name	Ship Type	Tonnage	Year Built	Place Built	Port Registry	Shipowner	Logbook period of voyages
Margherita	Barque (Brigantino a palo)	1023.39	1890	Genoa	295	P. Beverino, son of G.B.	03/10/1907-03/07/1908
Giuseppe Emanuele	Barque (Brigantino a palo)	535.04	1871	Rapallo		Filippo Denegri	27/04/1887-10/07/1887
Città di Torino	Screw Propelled Steamship (Piroscafo a Elice)	2569 (net) / 4041 (gross)	1898	Genoa	326	La Veloce – Navigazione Italiana a Vapore	29/10/1900-02/09/1901
Angiolina	Screw Propelled Steamship (Piroscafo a Elice)	2260.57 (net) / 3541.06 (gross)	1897	Sunderland	657	Luigi Dufour Sons	01/10/1916-17/07/1919
Camila Primera De Tossa	Barque (Corbeta)	210	1859	Tossa de Mar, Cataluna	Barcelona	Vidua Moré e Hijos and Josep Mestres,	1882-1884
Habana	Barque (Corbeta)	684.92	1868	José Vieta Burjachs, Blanes, Cataluna.	Barcelona	Balcells y Subirán Co.	9/4/1892-29/6/1892
Tordera (ex Lualaba)	Passenger and Cargo Steamship	1850 grt / 1170 nrt	1878	Port Glasgow	Barcelona	Linea de Vapores Tintoré,	13/1/1916-12/2/1917
Leon XIII (Ex Isla de Cuba, Ex Taroba)	Passenger Liner Steamship	4938 grt / 3235 nrt	1888	Pointhouse, Glasgow	Barcelona	Compañía Trasatlántica Española,	12/11/1896-29/8/1897
Infanta Isabel	Passenger Liner Steamship	8170 grt / 4118 nrt	1912	Port Glasgow	Cadiz	Naviera Pinillos	20/2/1922-13/7/1922
Coundouriotis	Brig	352 and 86/94 tons	1853	Capo d'Istria	Hydra	I. Kalogiannis	1866-1881
Theofania	Brig	232	1865	Spetses	Spetses	Anargyros V. Komnas	1873-1876
Panaya tis Ydras	Brig	220	1867	Syros	Hydra	S. I. Kalogiannis	1874-1879
Stratigos Favieros	Brig	362	1874	Skopelos	Skopelos	G.D. Zacharias, from 1880 Panayotis Siskos	1876-1889
Eleni Koupa	Brig	276	1878	Syros	Hydra	S. I. Kalogiannis	1878-1896
Asimoula	Barquentine	307	1880	Galaxidi	Galaxidi	D.E. Katsoulis	1882-1885
Thiresia (ex Charles Tennant)	Cargo steam ship	874 grt/580 nrt	1869	Low Walker, Newcastle upon Tyne.	Piraeus,	A Mango & D Foscolo,	1888-1890
Demetrio S. Schilizzi	Cargo steam ship	2034 grt / 1277 nrt	1893	West Hartlepool	Piraeus	A Mango & D Foscolo,	1/3/1896 - 20/6/1896
Leonidas	Cargo steam ship	2751 grt / 1750 nrt	1896	Sunderland	Andros	A. Embiricos	1904-1906
Andriana	Cargo steam ship	2958 grt / 1769 nrt	1906	Sunderland	Andros	A. Embiricos	1908-1909
Constantinos (ex Strathearn	Cargo steam ship	4419 grt / 2845 nrt	1906	Greenock, Glasgow.	Piraeus,	Panaghos C. Lemos	1924-1927

The following table shows the material sources for each ship:

Ship	Source
Coundouriotis (ex Lucia) and Eleni Koupa	Private Archive of Evangelos Rafalias, Hydra
Stratigos Favieros	Private Archive of Nikos Zachariadis, Skopelos
Theofania	Aegean Maritime Museum, Mykonos
Asimoula	Maritime Museum of Galaxidi
Thiresia (ex Charles Tennant)	Korais Library of Chios
Demetrio S. Schilizzi, Leonidas and Andriana	Hellenic Literary and Historical Archive (ELIA), Athens
Constantinos (ex Strathearn)	Association of friends of Oinousses Island
Camila Primera De Tossa, Habana, Tordera (ex Lualaba), Leon XIII (Ex Isla de Cuba, Ex Taroba), Infanta Isabel	Maritime Museum of Barcelona
Margherita	Archivio di Stato, Genova

Bellow you can see the logbooks ships basic data:

Italian

MARGHERITA

Type: Barque (Brigantino a palo)
Name: Margherita
Tonnage: 1023.39 (net) / 1107.29 (gross)
Owner: P. Beverino, son of G.B.
Period of ownership: -
Shipbuilder: E. Cravero
Place of construction: Genoa
Year of construction: 1890
Propulsion: sail
Dimensions in meters (length / breadth / depth): 62.90 / 10.29 / 6.22
Hull: Steel - 1 deck, 2 tiers of beams, 1 bulkheads, cemented in 1890, repaired in 1902, damage repaired in 1899.
Classification: 1,00A (RINA, May 1908)

GIUSEPPE EMANUELE

Type: Barque (Brigantino a palo)
Name: Giuseppe Emanuele
Tonnage: 535.04 (gross)
Owner: Filippo Denegri.
Period of ownership: - Shipbuilder: G. Saccomanno
Place of construction: Rapallo
Year of construction: 1871
Propulsion: sail
Dimensions in meters (length / breadth / depth): 38 / 9.50 / 5.25
Hull: Oak, iron and copper fastening, sheathed with metal in September 1887, large repairs in 1878, small repairs in 1887.
Classification: 1,00L (RINA, July 1887)

CITTA DI TORINO

Type: Screw Propelled Steamship (Piroscafo a Elice)
Name: Città di Torino
Tonnage: 2569 (net) / 4041 (gross)
Owner: La Veloce – Navigazione Italiana a Vapore.
Period of ownership: - Shipbuilder: N. Odero & Co.
Place of construction: Genoa
Year of construction: March 1898
Propulsion: Triple expansion engine, 3 cilinders, NHP 406 – IHP 3039, 11 atm main boilers working pressure; 2 double ended main boilers.
Dimensions in meters (length / breadth / depth): 110 / 13.24 / 5.75
Hull: Steel - 2 decks, 3 tiers of beams, 6 bulkheads, cemented in 1898, repaired in 1899.
Classification: 1,00A (RINA, January 1901)

ANGIOLINA

Type: Screw Propelled Steamship (Piroscafo a Elice)
Name: Angiolina
Tonnage: 2260.57 (net) / 3541.06 (gross)
Owner: Luigi Dufour Sons
Period of ownership: - Shipbuilder: Bartram and Sons
Place of construction: Sunderland
Year of construction: 1897
Propulsion: Triple expansion engine, 3 cilinders, NHP 331 – IHP 1200, 2 boilers, 6 ovens.
Dimensions in meters (length / breadth / depth): 109.91 / 13.12 / 7.80
Hull: Steel - 2 deck, 2 tiers of beams, 6 bulkheads, cemented in 1897.
Classification: Suspended (RINA, October 1913)

Spanish

CAMILA PRIMERA DE TOSSA

Type: Barque (Corbeta)
Name: Camila Primera de Tossa
Tonnage: 210 tons
Owner: Vidua Moré e Hijos and Josep Mestres, Barcelona.
Period of ownership: -
Shipbuilder/Location: Joan Boada, Tossa de Mar, Cataluna.
Year built: 1859
Hull material: Wood
Mode of propulsion: Sails
Dimensions in meters (Length/ Breadth/ Depth): 32.30/7.62/ 4.26
Vessel History: In 1868, the rigging was changed to barquentine (bergantín goleta de tres palos). In January 1885, the ship sold to a foreign ship-owner and we have no more news from her.
Logbook period of voyages: 1882-1884

HABANA

Type: Barque (Corbeta)
Name: Habana (ex. Joaquin Serra)
Tonnage: 684.92 tons
Owner: Balcells y Subirán Co., Barcelona.
Period of ownership: -
Shipbuilder/Location: José Vieta Burjachs, Blanes, Cataluna.
Year built: 1868
Hull material: Wood
Mode of propulsion: Sails
Dimensions in meters (Length/ Breadth/ Depth): 42.55 /9.65 / 6.12
Vessel History: She was built as a full rigged ship (fragata) but changed the rigging to barque in 1883 and was renamed Habana. The first owner was Juan Jover y Serra. The ship was a total loss off Florida or Georgia in the night of the 20 April 1907.
Logbook period of voyages: 9/4/1892-29/6/1892

TORDERA

Type: Passenger and Cargo Steamship
Name: Tordera (ex Lualaba)
Tonnage: 1850 grt / 1170 nrt
Owner: Linea de Vapores Tintoré, Barcelona.
Period of ownership: 1894-1917
Shipbuilder/Location: Cunliffe & Dunlop, Port Glasgow.
Year built: 1878
Hull material: Iron
Mode of propulsion: Screw
Dimensions in meters (Length/ Breadth/ Depth): 98.93 /10.51 /7.22
Vessel History: 1894 P.M. Tintore y Cia, Barcelona
1917 Lines de Vapores Tintore, Barcelona
1917 Cia. Trasmediterranea, Barcelona
Worked as a passenger and cargo steamer to African ports. She had capacity for 210 passengers.
Scrapped in 1934.
Logbook period of voyages: 13/1/1916-12/2/1917

LEON XIII

Type: Passenger Liner Steamship
Name: Leon XIII (Ex Isla de Cuba, Ex Taroba)
Tonnage: 4938 grt / 3235 nrt
Owner: Compañía Trasatlántica Española, Barcelona.
Period of ownership: 1894-1931
Shipbuilder/Location: A&J Inglis, Pointhouse, Glasgow.
Year built: 1888
Hull material: Steel
Mode of propulsion: Screw
Dimensions in meters (Length/ Breadth/ Depth): 122/13.10 /8.50
Vessel History: In service first for the British India Associated Steamers, was purchased in 1894 by the Compañía Trasatlántica and renamed Isla de Cuba. Two years later, in 1896, was renamed LEON XIII (for the Pope) after a pilgrimage to Rome. She could carry more than 2000 passengers. Her last trip was in 1926, and was scraped in 1931.
Logbook period of voyages: 12/11/1896-29/8/1897

INFANTA ISABEL

Type: Passenger Liner Steamship
Name: Infanta Isabel
Tonnage: 8170 grt / 4118 nrt
Owner: Naviera Pinillos, Cadiz.
Period of ownership: 1912-1925
Shipbuilder/Location: Russell & Co, Port Glasgow.
Year built: 1912
Hull material: Steel
Mode of propulsion: Screw
Dimensions in meters (Length/ Breadth/ Depth): 145.4 /17.8 /8.5
Vessel History: Had a capacity for 150 first class passengers, 120 second class passengers and 1500 third class passengers. Sold in 1925 to Compañía Transoceánica de Navegación. In 1926 sold to Japan and renamed Midzuho Maru. Sunk in 21 September 1944 by USS submarine Redfish.
Logbook period of voyages: 20/2/1922-13/7/1922

Greek

PANAYA TIS YDRAS (ΠΑΝΑΓΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΥΔΡΑΣ)

Type: Brig
Name: Panaya tis Ydras
Tonnage: 220 tons
Owner: S. I. Kalogiannis, Hydra.
Period of ownership: -
Shipbuilder/Location: Syros
Year built: 1867
Hull material: Wood
Mode of propulsion: Sails
Dimensions in meters (Length/ Breadth/ Depth): -
Vessel History: -
Logbook period of voyages: 1874-1879

COUNDOURIOTIS (ΚΟΥΝΤΟΥΡΙΩΤΗΣ)

Type: Brig
Name: Coundouriotis
Tonnage: 352 and 86/94 tons
Owner: I. Kalogiannis, Hydra.
Period of ownership:
Shipbuilder/Location: Capo d'Istria
Year built: 1853
Hull material: Wood
Mode of propulsion: Sails
Dimensions in meters (Length/ Breadth/ Depth): -
Vessel History: 1875 A. Mavrocordatos, new owner
Logbook period of voyages: 1866-1881

THEOFANIA (ΘΕΟΦΑΝΕΙΑ)

Type: Brig
Name: Theofania
Tonnage: 236 tons
Owner: Anargyros V. Komnas
Period of ownership: -
Shipbuilder/Location: Spetses
Year built: 1865
Hull material: Wood
Mode of propulsion: Sails
Dimensions in meters (Length/ Breadth/ Depth): -
Vessel History: -
Logbook period of voyages: 1873-1876

STRATIGOS FAVIEROS (ΣΤΡΑΤΗΓΟΣ ΦΑΒΙΕΡΟΣ)

Type: Brig
Name: Stratigos Favieros
Tonnage: 362 tons
Owner: G.D. Zacharias, from 1880 Panayotis Siskos, Skopelos.
Period of ownership: -
Shipbuilder/Location: Skopelos
Year built: 1874
Hull material: Wood
Mode of propulsion: Sails
Dimensions in meters (Length/ Breadth/ Depth): -
Vessel History: -
Logbook period of voyages: 1876-1889

ELENI KOUPA

Type: Brig
Name: Eleni Koupa
Tonnage: 276 tons
Owner: S. I. Kalogiannis, Hydra.
Period of ownership: -
Shipbuilder/Location: Syros
Year built: 1878
Hull material: Wood
Mode of propulsion: Sails
Dimensions in meters (Length/ Breadth/ Depth): -
Vessel History: -
Logbook period of voyages: 1878-1896

ASIMOULA (ΑΣΗΜΟΥΛΑ)

Type: Barquentine
Name: Asimoula
Tonnage: 307 tons
Owner: D.E. Katsoulis, Galaxidi.
Period of ownership: -
Shipbuilder/Location: Galaxidi
Year built: 1880
Hull material: Wood
Mode of propulsion: Sails
Dimensions in meters (Length/ Breadth/ Depth): -
Vessel History: -
Logbook period of voyages: 1882-1885

THIRESIA (ΘΗΡΕΣΙΑ)

Type: Cargo steam ship
Name: Thiresia (ex Charles Tennant)
Tonnage: 874 grt/580 nrt.
Owner: A Mango & D Foscolo, Piraeus, Greece.
Period of ownership: 1887-1898.
Shipbuilder/Location: Charles Mitchell & Co, Low Walker, Newcastle upon Tyne.
Year built: 1869
Hull material: Iron
Mode of propulsion: Screw
Dimensions in meters (Length/ Breadth/ Depth): 68.51/8.86/5.27
Vessel History: 1869 Watts, Milburn & Co, Newcastle
1872 Registered at London
1875 H Clapham & Co, Newcastle; renamed MAUD
1884 Owners restyled as Clapham Steamship Co, Newcastle
1887 A Mango & D Foscolo, Piraeus, Greece; renamed THIRESIA
1898 Mitovidoff et al, Odessa
1901 E Mouschenksky & Co, Odessa
1908 Renamed TERESIA
1909 JJ Kodjash, Odessa
1912 FE Gladtchenock, Odessa
1914 H Enriiqez, Constantinople; renamed BEATRICE
1916 H Nomicos, Greece; renamed THYRA
11/01/1916: Sunk in bombardment of San Giovanni di Medua, Albania.
Logbook period of voyages: 1888-1890

DEMETRIO S. SCHILIZZI (ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΣ Σ. ΣΚΥΛΙΤΣΗΣ)

Type: Cargo steam ship
Name: Demetrio S. Schilizzi
Tonnage: 2034 grt / 1277 nrt
Owner: A Mango & D Foscolo, Piraeus, Greece.
Period of ownership: 1893-1904.
Shipbuilder/Location: William Gray & Co. Ltd., West Hartlepool.
Year built: 1893
Hull material: Steel
Mode of propulsion: Screw
Dimensions in meters (Length/ Breadth/ Depth): 86.86/11.94/4.99
Vessel History: 1904 Daher et Cie, Marseille, renamed SAINTE HELENE
01/02/1917 mined in the entrance to the Gironde, 2 miles SW of La Coubre on passage from Port Talbot.
Logbook period of voyages: 1/3/1896 - 20/6/1896

LEONIDAS (ΛΕΩΝΙΔΑΣ)

Type: Cargo steam ship
Name: Leonidas
Tonnage: 2751 grt / 1750 nrt
Owner: A. Embiricos, Andros.
Period of ownership: 1896-1915
Shipbuilder/Location: Short Brothers Ltd., Sunderland.
Year built: 1896
Hull material: Steel
Mode of propulsion: Screw
Dimensions in meters (Length/ Breadth/ Depth): 97.84/13.13/6.67
Vessel History: 1913 N. Embiricos Sons, Andros
1915 A/S To - Thv. B. Heistein & Sonner, Kristiansand, renamed ASBORG
03/01/1918 Torpedoed by UC.75 when 4 miles SE by E of St. Catherine's Point on passage Newcastle for Livorno with coal and steel plates.
Logbook period of voyages: 1904-1906

ANDRIANA (ΑΝΔΡΙΑΝΑ)

Type: Cargo steam ship
Name: Andriana
Tonnage: 2958 grt / 1769 nrt
Owner: A. Embiricos, Andros.
Period of ownership: 1906-1916
Shipbuilder/Location: Short Brothers Ltd., Sunderland.
Year built: 1906
Hull material: Steel
Mode of propulsion: Screw
Dimensions in meters (Length/ Breadth/ Depth): 102.41/14.35/6.24
Vessel History: 1916 A/S D/S Lysekloster - Carl Traae, Bergen renamed as LYSEKLOSTER
1917 Den Skandinaviske Ost Afrika Linie A/S - Thor Thoresen jnr. A/S, Christiania
1920 renamed as ULEFOS
1921 renamed as ZINOVIA
1926 Michalinos Maritime & Commercial Co. Ltd., Piraeus
11/06/1940 Mined 21 miles north of Pantelleria on passage from Cardiff for Chalkis with patent fuel.
Logbook period of voyages: 1908-1909

CONSTANTINOS/KOSTANTIS LEMOS (ΚΩΝΣΤΑΝΤΙΝΟΣ/ΚΩΝΣΤΑΝΤΙΝΟΣ ΛΕΜΟΣ)

Type: Cargo steam ship
Name: Constantinos (ex Strathearn)
Tonnage: 4419 grt / 2845 nrt
Owner: Panaghos C. Lemos, Piraeus, Greece.
Period of ownership: 1924-1939.
Shipbuilder/Location: Grangemouth & Greenock Dockyard Co Ltd, Greenock, Glasgow.
Year built: 1906
Hull material: Steel
Mode of propulsion: Screw
Dimensions in meters (Length/ Breadth/ Depth): 112.77/15.9/5.33
Vessel History: 1918 Shankland & Co. Ltd. - R. R. Shankland, Glasgow / London
1920 Anglo-American Oil Co. Ltd., Glasgow / London
1924 Panaghos C. Lemos. Greece, Piraeus
1928 Panaghos C. & Geo. C. Lemos, Piraeus
1939 Soc. di Nav. 'Polena', Genoa
1940 Ministry of Shipping / Min. of War Transport - J. Morrison & Sons, London
10/06/1940 seized at Newcastle after attempting to sail.
07/09/1941 Bombed in 52.08N - 05.18W and sank the next day, on passage Pepel for the Tees with iron ore.
Logbook period of voyages: 1924-1927