Manolis N. Vintiadis
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Manolis N. Vintiadis | |
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Εμμανουήλ Ν. Βιντιάδης | |
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| Born | 1898 Kasos, Greece |
| Died | 1991 |
| Citizenship | Greek |
| Occupation | Shipowner |
| Known for | Greek shipping |
Manolis N. Vintiadis (Greek: Εμμανουήλ Ν. Βιντιάδης; 1898–1991) was a Greek shipowner.
Early life and education
Manolis Vintiadis was born in 1898 in Kasos, Greece as the oldest out of six siblings. His mother died when he was a young child and he was raised by his aunt, Anna Markou.[1][2] He received his early education in Port Said in Egypt and continued his studies in Syros, at the Commercial School of Hermoupolis. After completing university, he worked at the maritime brokerage firm of Psaki and Kappari, first in Syros and later in Athens.[2] During the Second World War, at the outbreak of the Greek-Italian conflict, he was imprisoned by the Italians at the Averof Prison but was released in April 1941, shortly before the German invasion of Greece.[3]
Career
In 1922, Vintiadis began working in London at "R+K Ltd." In 1926, he founded his own agency in Venice, "Emmanouil Vintiadis" and in 1928 he established the renowned brokarage firm "Emmanouil Vintiadis - Vasileios Mantakas" (Mantakas & Vintiadis) in Genova.[2]
In 1930, he purchased his first ship, the S/S "Georgios," followed immediately by the S/S "Poli," which he chartered during the Spanish Civil War.[2] In 1939, he acquired the S/S "Anna Markou," a three-island type vessel built in 1919 with a displacement of 2,431 tons.[2] The ship had been built in Britain and was named in honor of his aunt Anna Markou, who had raised him following his mother's death. [1] [2] The vessel had a steam engine with airscrews and low speed.[2] Following the declaration of the Greek-Italian War, the S/S "Anna Markou" was requisitioned by the Greek Government and subsequently sent via Alexandria to India. The ship later arrived in New York via South African ports remaining mobilized in Philadelphia by the exiled Greek Government.[2] In 1946 the S/S "Anna Markou" was released from wartime requisition in Philadelphia and made a historic relief voyage from New York to Greece (first Piraeus and then the Dodecanese) that was organised by the National Dodecanesian Council of America. It carried 4,500 packages of aid donated by Greek-Americans, becoming the first free Greek ship to reach the Dodecanese islands after liberation.[1]
In 1947, Vintiadis purchased from the Greek Government the first German ship "Simon Van Utrecht," which had been given as war reparations to the Greek Government. He continued to acquire several ships throughout his shipping career[4][5], including the Liberty ship S/S "Marucla," which notably played a role during the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962.[2][6][7][8]
Vintiadis continued his shipping and brokerage activity till he retired at which point it was taken over by his son.
The Marucla and the Cuban Missile Crisis
The S/S "Marucla," a Liberty ship named after Vintiadis' mother and daughter, gained historical significance during the Cuban Missile Crisis in October 1962, when it became involved in the naval blockade operations conducted by the United States Navy.[9] [10] [9][11][12][13] The Marucla was the only ship boarded during the Cuban Missile Crisis blockade on October 26, 1962, when USS Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. and USS John R. Pierce intercepted and boarded the vessel. The inspection did not find any harmful cargo and the ship was allowed to proceed.[14]
Personal Life
Manolis Vintiadis married Mariannina Lissi (1905-1996), a chemist and lived in Genoa, Italy where they [2] had two children [2]
- Nikolas Vintiadis (1934, Genoa – 2020, Athens), a naval engineer who continued his father's maritime business and married Daphne Kanellatos (Alexandria, 1943), the daughter of an industrialist.
- Anna-Maria (Marucla) Vintiadis (1936, Genoa – 2026, Genoa)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Το «χρυσό» φορτίο και η πρωτιά του «Άννα Μάρκου» - HuffPost - Ειδήσεις και Απόψεις από την Ελλάδα και τον Κόσμο". May 4, 2017.
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 κοντος, χρηστος ι. (1 January 1991). "Μίνως Κομνηνός, Κασιώτες Καραβοκύρηδες στον 19ο-20ό αιώνα. (Η συμβολή της Κάσου στην παγκόσμια Ναυτιλία), Αθήνα 1990, 367 σ." Μνήμων. 13: 397. doi:10.12681/mnimon.472. ISSN 2241-7524. Retrieved 18 April 2026.
- ↑ {{Cite weburl=https://mesimvrini.gr/%CF%84%CE%BF-%CF%87%CF%81%CF%85%CF%83%CF%8C-%CF%86%CE%BF%CF%81%CF%84%CE%AF%CE%BF-%CE%BA%CE%B1%CE%B9-%CE%B7-%CF%80%CF%81%CF%89%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%AC-%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%85-%CE%AC%CE%BD%CE%BD/%7Ctitle=Το «χρυσό» φορτίο και η πρωτιά του «Άννα Μάρκου» . | Mesimvrini S.A.|website=mesimvrini.gr}}
- ↑ http://www.teesbuiltships.co.uk/view.php?a1PageSize=&official_number=&imo=&builder=5035&builder_eng=&year_built=&launch_after=&launch_before=&role=&type_ref1=&propulsion=&owner=&port=&flag=&disposal=&lost=&a1Order=yard_number&a1Dir=DESC&a1Page=16&ref=168350&vessel=EMPIRE+PEAK
- ↑ Tyne Built Ships, A history of Tyne shipbuilders and the ships that they built: Crest cargo ship.https://www.tynebuiltships.co.uk/C-Ships/crest1897.html
- ↑ Kardakari, D.C. (2025). Η εξέλιξη των Κασιώτικων ναυτιλιακών επιχειρήσεων από το τοπικό στο παγκόσμιο, 19ος αιώνας – παραμονές Δευτέρου Παγκοσμίου Πολέμου - The evolution of Kassiot shipping enterprises from local to global, 19th century – on the eve of the Second World War (Doctoral dissertation). Ionian University, Department of History. DOI: 10.12681/eadd/58563.
- ↑ Χλωμούδης, Κ. (1991). Η ελληνική εμπορική ναυτιλία 1910–1939: Συνύπαρξη διαφορετικών τρόπων παραγωγής [The Greek commercial navigation 1910–1939: Coexistence of different methods of production] (Doctoral dissertation, Πανεπιστήμιο Μακεδονίας Οικονομικών και Κοινωνικών Επιστημών). Didaktorika National Archive of PhD Theses. https://hdl.handle.net/10442/hedi/1700
- ↑ Μίνος Δ. Κομνηνός, «Κασιώτες Καραβοκύρηδες στον 19ο και 20ο αιώνα», Αθήνα 1990
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 "The Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962: The Photographs". nsarchive2.gwu.edu.
- ↑ "Cuba Si, Yankee No! Περιπέτεια με το «λίμπερτυ ΜΑΡΟΥΚΛΑ» - HuffPost - Ειδήσεις και Απόψεις από την Ελλάδα και τον Κόσμο". March 31, 2018.
- ↑ Naval History and Heritage Command https://www.history.navy.mil/our-collections/photography/numerical-list-of-images/nhhc-series/nh-series/USN-711000/USN-711187.html
- ↑ Summary Record of the Sixth Meeting of the Executive Committee of the National Security Council https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1961-63v11/d79
- ↑ The national security archive, the George Washington University: the Cuban missile crisis 1962. https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu/nsa/cuba_mis_cri/photos.htm
- ↑ Reynolds, K.C. "Boarding MARUCLA: A personal account from the Executive Officer of USS Joseph P. Kennedy Jr". Archived from the original on September 22, 2010. Retrieved June 22, 2010.
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