Nevertheless, the island flourished financially during the Crimean War (1853-1856), when the Oinoussian shipowners carried out transports of the Ottoman army from Smyrna to the Dardanelles. Given that, with this money the ship-owners of the island managed to acquire larger boats. In the 1860s the first large hulls were built in Syros, Chios and Ikaria with a capacity of 120 tons. The voyages extend from Egypt to the Black Sea, with the name of the Oinoussian sailor, ship owner, etc. being established in the shipping centres of the world. In the light of the above, by 1880 their fleet was traveling across the Mediterranean and beyond the Straits of Gibraltar to Sierra Leone. With the development of steam-powered shipping in the early 20th century, the decline of this great era for the island unfortunately began, while later due to adverse conditions in World War I, ship-owners were forced to sell them. In 1923, the island’s ship-owners bought used ships from London and transformed them into new ones. Notably, during World War II the island offered a significant fleet of an average capacity of 8000 tons which is “lost” in the Atlantic, with the island remaining with few ships at the end of the war. The Americans deliver to Greece 100 “liberty” type ships, in replacement of those lost in the war, of which 14 are delivered to Oinoussa. Must be remembered that in 1960 the island’s fleet reached 150 ships, a number that ranks Oinoussa at the top of world shipping. Today, as can be seen, this number has decreased significantly with the inhabitants of the island having turned to other areas of employment.