Aeas
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| Name | Aeas | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 4,729 tons | ||
| Completed | 1915 - Irvines Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co Ltd, Middleton Shipyard, West Hartlepool | ||
| Owner | Pateras Bros, Pirĉus | ||
| Homeport | Pirĉus | ||
| Date of attack | 6 Sep 1942 | Nationality:  Greek | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-165 (Eberhard Hoffmann) | ||
| Position | 49.10N, 66.50W - Grid BA 3836 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 31 (2 dead and 29 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | QS-33 | ||
| Route | Three Rivers - UK | ||
| Cargo | 1824 standards of lumber and 1490 tons of steel | ||
| History | Completed in August 1915 as Gambia River for British Empire Steam Navigaton Co Ltd (Houlder Bros & Co), Liverpool. 1933 registered in Panama as Mount Pentelikon for Atlanticos SS Co Ltd & E.G. Culucundis & S.C. Costomeni, Panama. 1934 sold to Greece and renamed Aeas. | ||
| Notes on loss | During the night of 6/7 Sep, 1942, U-165 attacked the convoy QS-33 in the St. Lawrence river and reported the sinking of three ships with 19.000 tons. In fact, the Aeas and HMCS Raccoon were hit and sunk. | ||
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