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Lykiardopoulo is a shipping company founded in Kefalonia. The company also used the name Drake Shipping Co. Ltd. ==History== The Lykiardopoulos family had been involved in shipping since the middle of 18th Century. By Lloyds 1904, they were 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. Nikolaos Lykiardopulo opened an office in London in 1910. After 1929 the company's name was ''Lykiardinopulo'', and to this day In 1936 Lykiardopulo established Drake Shipping Co in London with the purchase of a second hand tramp steamer and bought others during and after the war. By 1954, it operated four ships named the Merchant Prince (1939, freight cargo ship), Merchant Duke (1943, freight cargo ship), Merchant Knight (1952, tanker), and Merchant Baron (1953, tanker). These were either transferred to Greek registry or sold. By the 1960s Drake Shipping Co became defunct. The company still operates from UK and from Greece as ''Neda Maritime Agency Co. Ltd.''. They had 26 ships in 2012. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lykiardopoulo」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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