{{Infobox company | name = Typaldos Lines | logo = Typaldos_Lines_Logo.png | image_size = 200px | type = | traded_as = | genre = <!-- Only used with media and publishing companies --> | fate = | predecessor = | successor = | foundation = {{circa|1949}} | founder = | defunct = 1968 | location_city = | location_country = | location = Hellenio House, 12 Old Bond Street, London, W1X 4BL, United Kingdom<ref name=UKDATA>{{cite web|title=Company details for TYPALDOS LINES (LONDON) LIMITED (Registered No 00560484)|url=http://ukdata.com/company/00560484/TYPALDOS-LINES-(LONDON)-LIMITED|publisher=ukdata.com|accessdate=29 September 2012}}</ref> | locations = Piraeus, Greece | area_served = international | key_people = | industry = Shipping | products = | services = | revenue = | operating_income = | net_income = | aum = <!-- Only used with financial services companies --> | assets = | equity = Private Limited with share capital | owner = Haralambos Typaldos | num_employees = | parent = | divisions = | subsid = | homepage = | footnotes = | intl = }} '''Typaldos Lines''', formally known as the Aegean Steam Navigation Company, was a privately held Greek shipping company based in the Port of Piraeus, Greece. In 1956 the company had registered its headquarters in London, UK.<ref name=UKDATA/> after operating earlier as ''Typaldos Brothers Steamship Co. Ltd.'' The company purchased retired ships and refitted the vessels for passenger cruises and ferry services in the Mediterranean and Greek islands. In 1966 the ferry ''SS Heraklion'' sank in the Aegean Sea and over 200 passengers and crew members perished. In 1968 the Greek government investigation of the ''Heraklion'' incident found the ship's owners guilty of manslaughter, negligence, and document falsification. Furthermore, twelve of the company's fifteen ships had failed inspection. Haralambos Typaldos (company owner) and Panayiotis Kokkinos (general manager) were sentenced to jail. The company was dissolved that year when their ships were taken over or sold.<ref>{{cite web|last=Pocock|first=Michael|title=Daily Event for December 8|url=http://www.maritimequest.com/daily_event_archive/2005/dec/08_heraklion.htm|publisher=MaritimeQuest.com|accessdate=19 September 2012}}</ref>
==Lawsuit== The Typaldos Lines name endures in legal contract law stemming from the lawsuit ''Anglo Continental Holidays Ltd v Typaldos Lines (London) Ltd.''<ref> {{cite court |litigants =Anglo-Continental Holidays, Ltd. v. Typaldos Lines (London), Ltd. |vol = |reporter = |opinion = |pinpoint = |court = |date =1967 |url=http://oxcheps.new.ox.ac.uk/new/casebook/cases/Cases%20Chapter%2021/Anglo-Continental%20Holidays%20Ltd%20v%20typaldos%20Lines%20%28London%29%20Ltd.doc }}</ref>
In that case a trip was advertised for the ''Atlantica'' (with two swimming pools and spacious accommodation) but the line substituted the much smaller ''Angelika''. Typaldos Lines also shortened a two-day call at Haifa, Israel to just eight hours. The line referred to a clause in the passenger contract that indicated, "..steamers, sailing, rates and itineraries are subject to change without prior notice." The court ruled that the substitution was a radical departure from the performance of the contract and granted monetary damages to the plaintiffs. Lord Denning said: "In my opinion a steamship company cannot rely on a clause of this kind so as to alter the substance of the transaction..."<ref>{{cite web|last=Leung|first=Richard|title=Terms, Discharge, and Breach of a Contract|url=http://www.slideshare.net/HTM2118/2119-lec3|publisher=Hong Kong Polytechnique University|accessdate=16 September 2012}}</ref> The case is still cited in legal opinions regarding injury to commercial reputation.<ref>{{cite web|title=Exclusion Clauses and the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977|url=http://insitelawmagazine.com/ch9remedies.htm|work=Contract Law Lecture Series|publisher=Insite Law Magazine|accessdate=16 September 2012}}</ref>
==Vessels== '''Vessels of the Typaldos Lines:'''<ref>{{cite web|title=Archives - Typaldos Lines|url=http://www.timetableimages.com/maritime/images/archives.htm#typ|publisher=Maritime Timetable Images|accessdate=16 September 2012}}</ref> {| |- | valign="top" | * ''Adonis'' (later K Lines ''Atlantis'')<ref name=EROS>{{cite web|last=Goossens|first=Reuben|title=MS Ocean Odyssey|url=http://www.ssmaritime.com/OceanOdyssey.htm|publisher=ssMaritime.con}}</ref> * ''Adriatiki'' (ex-Royal navy frigate ''HMS Lossie'' (K303)) * ''Aegaeon'' (ex-Canadian Pacific Railway ''Princess Alice'') * ''Akropolis'' (ex-Grace Line ''Santa Paula'')<ref>{{cite web|last=Amaro|first=Rui|title=Akropolis, IMO 5002041|url=http://www.naviearmatori.net/ita/foto-166032-1.html|publisher=Navi e Armatori|accessdate=18 September 2012}}</ref> * ''Angelika'' (ex-Canadian Pacific Railway ''Princess Adelaide'') * ''Athinai'' (ex-Grace Line ''Santa Rosa'') * ''Atlantica'' (ex-French Line ''Colombie'')<ref>{{cite web|title=Liner Colombie|url=http://www.frenchlines.com/ship_en_108.php|publisher=L'Association French Lines|accessdate=17 September 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120712201809/http://www.frenchlines.com/ship_en_108.php|archivedate=12 July 2012}}</ref> * ''Elektra'' (ex- Soc. Général de Transportes Maritimes à Vapeur ''Sidi-Okba'', later Italmar ''Princess Sissy'')<ref>{{cite web|title=PRINCESS SISSY - IMO 5327049|url=http://www.shipspotting.com/gallery/photo.php?lid=39185|publisher=Shipspotting.com|accessdate=7 February 2018}}</ref> * ''Elli'' (ex- ''Stamura'', ex- ''Elsi'', ex-''Elli Toyas'')<ref>{{cite web|title=SS Elsi (1948-1958) John Toyas Steamship Co.|url=http://www.fleetfilerotterdam.nl/startpage_3F1.htm|publisher=Fleet File Rotterdam|accessdate=18 September 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140908060854/http://fleetfilerotterdam.nl/startpage_3F1.htm|archivedate=8 September 2014}}</ref> * ''Eros'' (later MTS ''Stella Oceanis, Jason, Iason'')<ref name=EROS /> * ''Hania'' (ex-Bibby Line ''Warwickshire'')<ref>{{cite web|title=Branch Lines and Ferries -Adriatic Sea|url=http://www.trains-worldexpresses.com/webships/600/616.htm|publisher=ships-worldwide.com|accessdate=22 September 2012}}</ref> | valign="top" | * ''Hellas'' (ex-Tasmanian Steamers ''Taroona'') * ''Heraklion'' (ex-Bibby Line ''Leicestershire'') * ''Ionion'' (ex-Société Nationale de Chemins de Fer Français ''Londres'')<ref>{{cite web|title=Page 2: Dieppe-Newhaven Services|url=http://www.simplonpc.co.uk/SNCF2_Dieppe.html|work=SNCF Fleet History|publisher=Simplon - The Passenger Ship Website|accessdate=17 September 2012}}</ref> * ''Kriti'' (ex-Associated Humber Lines ''Melrose Abbey'')<ref>{{cite web|last=Robinson |first=George|title=NER Hull Ships - Melrose Abbey|url=http://www.lner.info/ships/NER/melrose_abbey.shtml|publisher=London and Northeast Railway Encyclopedia|accessdate=17 September 2012}}</ref> * ''Lemnos'' (ex-Royal navy corvette HMCS ''Lindsay'', ex-Clarke Steamship ''North Shore (2)'')<ref>{{cite web|title=Clarke Steamship Company: Fleet List - Passenger Ships|url=http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/lines/ClarkeSSCo.shtml|publisher=TheShipsList®™ - (Swiggum)|accessdate=18 September 2012}}</ref> * ''Mediterranean'' (ex-Canadian Pacific Railway ''Princess Charlotte'')<ref>{{cite web|title=Princess Charlotte|url=http://www.oceanlinersblog.com/html/princess_charlotte.html|publisher=OceanLiners.org|accessdate=17 September 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130130201251/http://www.oceanlinersblog.com/html/princess_charlotte.html|archivedate=30 January 2013}}</ref> *''Atlantic'' (ex-Khedivial Mail Steamship & Graving Dock Company ''Famaka'')<ref>{{cite web|title=Launched 1922: SS FAMAKA|url=http://www.clydesite.co.uk/clydebuilt/viewship.asp?id=3573|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111022093901/http://www.clydesite.co.uk/clydebuilt/viewship.asp?id=3573|url-status=usurped|archive-date=22 October 2011|publisher=Shipping Times UK|accessdate=18 September 2012}}</ref> * ''Mount Olympos'' (ex-French Line ''Ville D'Oran'')<ref>{{cite web|title=Liner Ville D'Oran|url=http://www.frenchlines.com/ship_en_496.php|publisher=L'Association French Lines|accessdate=17 September 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120126115901/http://www.frenchlines.com/ship_en_496.php|archivedate=26 January 2012}}</ref> * ''Mykonos'' (ex-US Navy seaplane tender USS Shelikof (AVP-52)<ref name=NOST>{{cite web|title=Ship Nostolgia-Typaldos Lines Fleet|url=http://www.shipsnostalgia.com/showthread.php?t=9562|publisher=Ships Nostalgia.com|accessdate=17 September 2012}}</ref> * ''Rodos'' (ex-US Navy seaplane tender USS Timbalier (AVP-54)<ref name=NOST /> |}
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Category:Defunct cruise lines Category:Defunct shipping companies Category:Transport companies disestablished in 1968 Category:Transport companies established in 1956 Category:Defunct transport companies of Greece