Vassilios A. Polemis
Photo Courtesy of Library of Contemporary History, Stuttgart
| Name | Vassilios A. Polemis | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 3.429 tons | ||
| Completed | 1907 - Chantiers Navals Anversois, Antwerp | ||
| Owner | John Ghikas Goumas, Athens | ||
| Homeport | Andros | ||
| Date of attack | 22 Jan, 1942 | Nationality:  Greek | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-333 (Peter-Erich Cremer) | ||
| Position | 42.32N, 52.38W - Grid BB 9600 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 33 (21 dead and 12 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | ON-53 (straggler) | ||
| Route | Glasgow - Clyde - St. John, New Brunswick | ||
| Cargo | Ballast | ||
| History | Built as Oehringen, 1927 renamed Vassilios A. Polemis | ||
| Notes on loss | At 20.45 hours on 22 Jan, 1942, the Vassilios A. Polemis, a straggler from convoy ON-53, was torpedoed and sunk by U-333. The Germans questioned the survivors and apparently misidentified her victim as the British steam merchant Burdwan (6069 grt). | ||
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