Lykiardopoulo

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Lykiardopoulo is a shipping company founded in Kefalonia. The company used also the name Drake Shipping Co. Ltd.

It operated after 1954 four ships :Merchant Prince (1939, freight cargo ship), Merchant Duke (1943, freight cargo ship), Merchant Knight (1952, tanker) and Merchant Baron (1953, tanker).

[edit] History

The Lykiardopoulos family being involved in shipping from the mid of 18th Century. By Lloyds 1904 they are presented as N.G. Lykiardinopoulos with a yellow and black quartered flag with the black letters N and L, the 1912 issue presented the company as N.D. Lykiardinopulos with a white flag with red star.

After 1929 the company's name was Lykiardinopulo and to this day the company still operates from UK, and as Neda Maritime Agency Co. Ltd.from Greece.