Allied Ships hit by U-boats


Mount Taygetus


Mount Taygetus under her former name Mundixie. Photo Courtesy of Library of Contemporary History, Stuttgart

NameMount Taygetus
Type:Steam merchant
Tonnage3.286 tons
Completed1921 - New York Harbor & Dry Dock Corp, Port Jefferson NY 
OwnerKulukundis Shipping Co SA, Piræus 
HomeportPiræus 
Date of attack7 Sep, 1942Nationality:      Greek
 
FateSunk by U-517 (Paul Härtwig)
Position48.50N, 63.46W - Grid BB 1842
- See location on a map -
Complement28 (2 dead and 26 survivors).
ConvoyQS-33
RouteMontreal - Father Point - Sydney - UK 
Cargo4440 tons of general cargo and 8 tanks as deck cargo 
History 1940 the American Mundixie was sold to Greece and renamed Mount Taygetus 
Notes on loss At 23.01 and 23.02 hours on 7 Sep, 1942, U-517 fired torpedoes at the convoy QS-33 south of Anticosti Island and sank the Mount Pindus, Oakton and Mount Taygetus


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