Nicolas Angelos
Photo Courtesy of Library of Contemporary History, Stuttgart
| Name | Nicolas Angelos | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 4.351 tons | ||
| Completed | 1912 - Greenock & Grangemouth Dockyard Co Ltd, Greenock | ||
| Owner | John N. Angelos, Chios | ||
| Homeport | Chios | ||
| Date of attack | 1 Feb, 1941 | Nationality:  Greek | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-48 (Herbert Schultze) | ||
| Position | 59N, 17W - Grid AL 3616 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | ? men (? dead - no survivors) | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Liverpool - New York | ||
| Cargo | |||
| History | Completed in November 1912 as River Orontes for America-Levant Line Ltd (S. & J. Thompson), London. 1931 sold to Greece and renamed Nicolas Angelos. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 21.25 hours on 1 Feb, 1941, the Nicolas Angelos was hit near the bridge by one torpedo from U-48 after being missed by a first torpedo at 20.58 hours. After the crew abandoned ship, the U-boat fired from 21.50 to 22.15 hours 28 shells into the vessel, which caught fire and sank by the bow at 23.04 hours. Schultze observed that the survivors set sail in their lifeboat, but they were never found. | ||
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