Aeas
Greek Steam merchant
Name | Aeas | ||
Type: | Steam merchant | ||
Tonnage | 4,729 tons | ||
Completed | 1915 - Irvine’s Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co Ltd, Middleton Shipyard, West Hartlepool | ||
Owner | Pateras Bros, Piræus | ||
Homeport | Piræus | ||
Date of attack | 6 Sep 1942 | Nationality: Greek | |
Fate | Sunk by U-165 (Eberhard Hoffmann) | ||
Position | 49° 10'N, 66° 50'W - Grid BA 3836 | ||
Complement | 31 (2 dead and 29 survivors). | ||
Convoy | QS-33 | ||
Route | Three Rivers - UK | ||
Cargo | 1824 standards of lumber and 1490 tons of steel | ||
History | Completed in August 1915 as Gambia River for British Empire Steam Navigaton Co Ltd (Houlder Bros & Co), Liverpool. 1933 registered in Panama as Mount Pentelikon for Atlanticos SS Co Ltd & E.G. Culucundis & S.C. Costomeni, Panama. 1934 sold to Greece and renamed Aeas. | ||
Notes on event | During the night of 6/7 Sep 1942, U-165 attacked convoy QS-33 in the St. Lawrence river and reported the sinking of three ships with 19.000 tons. In fact, the Aeas and HMCS Raccoon were hit and sunk. |
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