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Vassilis C. Constantakopoulos ( Greek: Βασίλειος Κωνσταντακόπουλος Vassilis Constantakopoulos) 29 June 1935 - 25 January 2011) was, a Greek captain, shipowner and entrepreneur . Personal life. Constantakopoulos was born in 1935 in the village of Diavolitsi, in Messinia, in southwest Peloponnese.
Captain Vassilis Constantakopoulos was born on June 29th, 1935 in the village of Diavolitsi, Messinia, where he spent his childhood years. He was forced to relocate to Athens during the “destructive” years of the Civil War, as he referred to them; there, aged 13, he saw the sea for the very first time.
Capt Vassilis C. Constantakopoulos - bio - Greek Shipping Hall of Fame. 1935-2011. Father of Greek containership owning. Chairman of HELMEPA, founder & principal supporter of HELMEPA Junior. Major benefactor of Messinia. IT IS hard to think of shipowners who have left an entirely positive legend.
Vassilis Constantakopoulos’ skills were witnessed by his colleagues, particularly those who formed the Hellenic Marine Consortium (HMC) in 1978. In 1980, Costamare joined the HMC, while a short while later, its founder was elected as the organisation’s board secretary.
Shipowner captain Vassilis Constantakopoulos facilitated through his generous financial support most of the necessary expenses for the preparation of the ship to be safely towed to Greece, as well as the cost for its conversion in order to appear in the form that Liberty ships sailed during peacetime.
Jan 25, 2011 · Founder of Costamare and an aristocrat, captain Vasilis Constantakopoulos drew his last breath at 76, early this morning, stricken by cancer against which he had been fighting in the last years. Before passing away, he managed to see his great dream become a reality.
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Jan 25, 2011 · Vassilis Konstantakopoulos, one of Greece?s best-known shipowners and the man behind one of the country?s biggest tourist resorts, Costa Navarino in the Peloponnese, has died at the age of 76. Konstantakopoulos, also known as ?Kapetan? (Captain) Vassilis, had been fighting cancer.
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