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Passenger ship TSS NEA HELLAS
"The NEA
HELLAS arrived today; looks very nice. My partner who
was on this ship in 1940 at the age of three was almost
moved to tears when he saw it. Many thanks to you and
your team!
Best,
Gabrielle Wimmer
GALERIE ULYSSES
Opernring 21
1010 Wien"
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Nea Hellas was built
after WWI by the British-flag Anchor Line by
Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Shipyards at
Glasgow Scotland.
Christened as the Turbine Steam Ship (T.S.S.)
Tuscania, she
went into service in 1921.
Nea Hellas
was the 'state of the art' of marine engineering at
that time,
capable of 16 knots.
During the Depression,
the General Steam Navigation Company of Greece
purchased the
Tuscania to
establish a Trans-Atlantic service between Greece
and the U.S. The ship was
renamed Nea Hellas (meaning 'New Greece') and
departed from Piraeus
for her maiden voyage on May 19, 1939. The New
York Herald Tribune noted her first arrival in New
York, reporting that during her first stay there, a
series of parties and dinners celebrating her
arrival were planned for the New York business,
social, and diplomatic community.
Within months of her maiden crossing,
when WWII broke out in Europe,
Nea
Hellas was
used by the allies to transport troops. During
the next seven years she was affectionately dubbed
the 'Nelly Wallace' by her many soldier passengers..
Nea Hellas was returned to her Greek owner in 1947, and
served as Greece's flagship for eight years, and
then was
replaced by the Olympia. She was renamed 'New
York' served the northerly route between
Germany, France, Canada, and Boston, and New York.
By 1959,
Nea
Hellas
was thirty seven years old. On
November 14, 1959 she returned to her home port of
Piraeus for the last time, twenty years after her
first departure as the pride of the Greek nation.
This
primarily wood TSS Nea Hellas model has the following distinguished qualities:
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Plank-on-frame hull
- Windows and portholes are cutouts (not black decals),
uniform, and on straight lines.
- Captivating
lighting, with and green/red navigation
light that will light up your special evenings. LED light powered by standard 9v
battery for your convenience.
A ship is not an ocean liner without beautiful
lighting.
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Click
here to learn more about authentic ocean liner
models.
32" long
(popular 1/200 scale) and 44" long (popular
1/144 scale).
Model is built per commission only.
We require only a small deposit to start the
process. Please click
here for
more details.
We can make the name NEA
HELLAS (instead of the one in Greek letters) as in the
below photo per your request.
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