SS ''Andrios'' was a cargo ship which sailed for a number of owners under several names before sinking off the

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Islands, near the coast of

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, in 1926. She was initially ordered by Robert Mackill,

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from the yards of Napier & Miller Yoker and was launched on 16 April 1901 as ''Liddlesdale'' but was purchased before completion by the

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and renamed ''Arabia''. She sailed during the

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and in 1919 was acquired by the Shipping Controller, and managed on their behalf by the London-based company Haldin & Co. She continued as ''Arabia'' under their ownership, and in 1920 was sold to the Belgian Government and managed by Association Maritime Belge, of Antwerp. ''Arabia'' was bought in 1922 by Ch. De Cort & Verschueren, and left Belgian ownership in 1923 when she was bought by the British firm by H Harrison (Shipping) Ltd. They renamed her ''Caterham'', but sold her later that year to Goulandris Brothers, a Greek company but based in London. They renamed her ''Andrios'', under which name she sailed for the remainder of her career. ''Andrios'' was wrecked on 20 November 1926, while sailing from Novorossiysk to Falmouth with a cargo of wheat. She ran aground off the Berlengas Islands, her wreck lying in 27 metres of water.

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