An item reported that the Turkish authorities released the Dutch steamships Achilles [of 1906] and Deucalion [of 1914]which were lying in captivity at Smyrna since October when Turkey choose the side of Germany and Austria-Hungary. Their crews who lived at shore for six months returned to their ships.(1)
Note
1, Both ships were property of the Koninklijke Nederlandsche Stoomboot-Maatschappij and were lost in the Second World War.
