Ships hit by U-boats


Dimitrios G. Thermiotis


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NameDimitrios G. Thermiotis
Type:Steam merchant
Tonnage4,271 tons
Completed1906 - A. Stephen & Sons Ltd, Linthouse, Glasgow 
OwnerAlkiviadis M. Takakis, Athens 
HomeportAndros 
Date of attack18 Jan 1942Nationality:      Greek
 
FateSunk by U-86 (Walter Schug)
Position51N, 62W - Grid BC 4110
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Complement33 (33 dead - no survivors)
ConvoySC-63 (straggler)
RouteDemerara, British Guiana - Sydney - London 
Cargo6146 tons of general cargo 
History Completed in November 1906 as British Janeta for SS Janeta Co Ltd (Maclay & McIntyre), Glasgow. 1929 sold to Greece and renamed Dimitrios G. Thermiotis for Alkiviadis M. Takakis, Andros. 
Notes on loss

At 06.13 hours on 18 Jan, 1942, the Dimitrios G. Thermiotis, a straggler from convoy SC-63, was hit aft by one G7e torpedo from U-86 and sank by the stern off Cape Race. The ship had been missed with a G7e torpedo at 05.50 hours.

 


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