Efploia
Efploia under her former name Podmladak. Photo Courtesy of Library of Contemporary History, Stuttgart
| Name | Efploia | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 3.867 tons | ||
| Completed | 1911 - Irvine´s Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co Ltd, Middleton Shipyard, West Hartlepool | ||
| Owner | George Christos Lemos, Athens | ||
| Homeport | Chios | ||
| Date of attack | 1 Sep, 1940 | Nationality:  Greek | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-101 (Fritz Frauenheim) | ||
| Position | 55.27N, 13.17W - Grid AM 4289 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | ? men (0 dead and ? survivors). | ||
| Convoy | OB-205 (straggler) | ||
| Route | Liverpool - Father Point, Quebec | ||
| Cargo | Ballast | ||
| History | Built as Glendene, 1918 renamed Severnmede, 1925 renamed Doverton, 1927 renamed Podmladak, 1936 renamed Efploia | ||
| Notes on loss | At 00.55 hours on 1 Sep, 1940, the Efploia, a straggler from convoy OB-205, was hit aft by a G7e torpedo from U-101 northwest of Ireland. The Germans observed that the ship settled by the stern and the crew abandoned ship in two lifeboats. Later that day, the wreck was scuttled by a British warship with gunfire at 55°43N/13°05W. | ||
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