Oropos
Photo Courtesy of Library of Contemporary History, Stuttgart
| Name | Oropos | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 4,474 tons | ||
| Completed | 1913 - Rickmers Reismühlen, Rhederei & Schiffsbau AG, Geestemünde | ||
| Owner | Maris A. Embiricos, Athens | ||
| Homeport | Andros | ||
| Date of attack | 18 Dec 1942 | Nationality:  Greek | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-621 ( Max Kruschka) | ||
| Position | 51N, 37W - Grid BD 3288 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 34 (34 dead - no survivors) | ||
| Convoy | ONS-152 (straggler) | ||
| Route | London (2 Dec) - Loch Ewe (9 Dec) - Halifax | ||
| Cargo | |||
| History | Completed in July 1913 as Madeleine Rickmers for Rickmers Line, Hamburg. 1917 renamed Minna Horn for H.C. Horn, Schleswig. 1919 delivered to Britain and 1921 renamed Maid of Sparta for Byron SS Co. 1928 sold to Greece and renamed Oropos. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 02.26 hours on 18 Dec, 1942, U-621 fired a spread of three torpedoes at a freighter of 5000 grt and heard a dull hit and a detonation after 2 minutes 30 seconds. Later they observed dark smoke and noticed a smell of burning. The ship hit was probably the Oropos, a straggler of convoy ONS-152, which was reported missing after 21 December. | ||
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