Evros
Photo Courtesy of Library of Contemporary History, Stuttgart
| Name | Evros | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 5.283 tons | ||
| Completed | 1918 - J.L. Thompson & Sons Ltd, North Sands, Sunderland | ||
| Owner | John G. Livanos, Piręus | ||
| Homeport | Chios | ||
| Date of attack | 17 Oct, 1941 | Nationality:  Greek | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-432 (Heinz-Otto Schultze) | ||
| Position | 57N, 24.30W - Grid AL 0143 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 32 (30 dead and 2 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | SC-48 | ||
| Route | Victoria - Sydney - Ardrossan | ||
| Cargo | 7000 tons of iron ore | ||
| History | Completed in September 1918 as British War Tulip for West Hartlepool Steam Navigation Co. 1919 renamed Ethelfreda for Harrowing SS Co, Whitby. 1933 sold to Greece and renamed Evros. | ||
| Notes on loss | Between 03.42 hours and 04.00 hours on 17 Oct, 1941, U-432 attacked from inside the convoy SC-48 between the seventh and eight columns, first hitting the Evros in station #63 at 03.42 hours. At 03.43 and 03.46 hours, two torpedoes were fired and Schultze claimed one ship sunk and another possibly damaged. There is no confirmation for these hits in Allied reports, but the HMS Gladiolus (K 34) disappeared at about this time. It is possible that she was sunk by one of these two torpedoes from U-432 or an attack by U-558 (Krech). At 04.00 hours, another torpedo was fired, which struck the Barfonn in station #53 and sank her at 04.48 hours with a coup de grāce. | ||
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