Pegasus
Greek Steam merchant
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| Name | Pegasus | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 5,762 tons | ||
| Completed | 1920 - Furness Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Haverton Hill, Middlesbrough | ||
| Owner | G.N. Louloudis, Paris | ||
| Homeport | Andros | ||
| Date of attack | 15 Sep 1941 | Nationality:  Greek | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-94 (Otto Ites) | ||
| Position | 54° 40'N, 29° 50'W - Grid AK 6735 | ||
| Complement | 29 (16 dead and 13 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | ON-14 (straggler) | ||
| Route | Leith - Trinidad - Alexandria - Haifa | ||
| Cargo | 5500 tons of general cargo and military stores and a motor launch on deck | ||
| History | Completed in September 1920 as Swedish Benares for A/B Svenska Ostasiatiska Kompaniet, Gothenburg. 1934 renamed Lappland for Ångfartygs-A/B Tirfing (Axel Broström), Gothenburg. 1939 sold to Greece and renamed Pegasus. | ||
| Notes on event | At 20.38 hours on 15 Sep 1941 the Pegasus, a straggler from convoy ON-14, was hit by one stern torpedo from U-94 and stopped. The crew abandoned ship in two lifeboats, but one overturned and several men drowned. A Swedish ship stopped near the torpedoed vessel and rescued the survivors, when the U-boat fired a coup de grâce at 21.28 hours which broke the ship in two. Parts of the wreck remained afloat until they were shelled and sunk by a Allied warship in 54°54N/30°32W. | ||
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