Locations and voyages of the ship "Nea Hellas" in 1940.
Compiled by Robert L. Baber on 2008 Nov 1 and 2.

The Nea Hellas travelled between Piraeus, Lisbon and New York during much of the year 1940. Many refugees from Europe sailed to the U.S. on the Nea Hellas during this time. After the Italian invasion of Greece in late October, the Nea Hellas was put into service as a troop transport.

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Date, location, source/references/notes

1940 Jan 16, dep Piraeus, Greece, *1
1940 Jan 23, dep Lisbon, Portugal, *1
1940 Feb 03, arr New York, *1

1940 Mar 16, dep Piraeus, Greece, *1
1940 Mar 23, dep Lisbon, Portugal, *1
1940 Apr 02, arr New York, *1

1940 May 11, dep Piraeus, Greece, *1
1940 May 18, dep Lisbon, Portugal, *1
1940 May 28, arr New York, *1

1940 June: *2

1940 June 08, dep New York, *1 p. 8, 16 etc. of Jul 12 arriving passenger list

1940 July 03, dep Lisbon, Portugal, *1
1940 July 12, arr New York, *1 *3
1940 July 19, at New York/Hoboken, NJ, *1 p. 37 of Jul 12 arriving passenger list
1940 July 19, dep New York/Hoboken, NJ, *1 p. 8 of Jul 12 arriving passenger list

1940 Aug 02, dep Lisbon, Portugal, *1
1940 Aug 10, arr New York, *1

1940 Sep 03, dep Lisbon, Portugal, *1
1940 Sep 12, arr New York, *1

1940 Oct 04, dep Lisbon, Portugal, *1
1940 Oct 13, arr New York, *1

1940 Oct 19, dep New York,  NYT SM 1940 Oct 19
1940 Oct 28, arr Lisbon, Portugal, NYT SM Oct 30

Because of the Italian invasion of Greece on 1940 Oct 28, *6
subsequently scheduled trip(s) from Lisbon to New York were cancelled. *7 *8

1940 Nov: no arrival of the Nea Hellas in New York listed in *1
1940 Dec: no arrival of the Nea Hellas in New York listed in *1

Conjecture: Sometime in November 1940 the Nea Hellas sailed from Lisbon, Portugal, to Glasgow, Scotland.

1940 Dec 10, at Glasgow, Scotland, *4
1940 Dec 23, dep Glasgow, Scotland, *4

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Abbreviations and notes:
arr: arrived at
dep: departed from
at: in port at

NYT: New York Times (newspaper)
SM: "Shipping and Mails", a regular column in the New York Times

*1: Ancestry.com, Immigration & Emigration Records, New York Passenger Lists, search for the Nea Hellas and the dates in question

*2: The last Piraeus-New York voyage of the Nea Hellas commenced on 1940 May 11.
On 1940 June 8 the Nea Hellas transferred to the Lisbon-New York route *5

*3: No passengers disembarked in New York on Jul 12 who had embarked in Piraeus. Crew members had embarked in Piraeus on May 11. No record was found indicating that the Nea Hellas docked at Piraeus after May 11.

*4: http://home.comcast.net/~idreos/NH3.htm [search on page for: 10/12/1940]

*5: http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/descriptions/ShipsN.html [search on page for: 8/6/1940]

*6: http://www.google.com [search on page for: Italian invasion of Greece]

*7: http://www.holocaustchronicle.org/StaticPages/204.html [search on page for: voyage was canceled]

*8: NYT 1940 Oct 29 "Greek Ships Advised to Seek Safe Ports", date line Lisbon, Portugal Oct 28

Several other references of relevance can be found by searching the New York Times online archives.  The New York Times web site starts at http://www.nytimes.com. Use the advanced search options to select the "NYT Archive 1851-1980", the desired time period (e.g. October 1-31, 1940) and the subject "Nea Hellas".

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