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SS Sarpedon

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A number of ships have been named SS Sarpedon after Sarpedon, king of the Lycians during the Trojan War:

  • SS Sarpedon (1871), a 1,949-ton ship of the Blue Funnel Line
  • SS Sarpedon (1877), a 2,036-ton ship of the Blue Funnel Line
  • SS Sarpedon (1894), a 4,663-ton ship of the Blue Funnel Line
  • SS Sarpedon (1923), an 11,321-ton ship of the Blue Funnel Line
  • SS Sarpedon (1931), a 7,797-ton ship of the Blue Funnel Line, originally named SS Ajax (1931)
  • MV Sarpedon (1938), an 8,983-ton ship of the Blue Funnel Line from 1967 to scrapping in 1969, formerly Glen Line's MV Denbighshire (1938).

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    SS Sarpedon Wikipedia
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