Mount Pindus
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| Name | Mount Pindus | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 5,729 tons | ||
| Completed | 1920 - J.L. Thompson & Sons Ltd, North Sands, Sunderland | ||
| Owner | Kulukundis Shipping Co SA, Piræus | ||
| Homeport | Piræus | ||
| Date of attack | 7 Sep 1942 | Nationality:  Greek | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-517 (Paul Härtwig) | ||
| Position | 48.50N, 63.46W - Grid BB 1842 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 37 (2 dead and 35 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | QS-33 | ||
| Route | Montreal - Father Point - Sydney - UK | ||
| Cargo | 7566 tons of general cargo and 8 tanks as deck cargo | ||
| History | Built as Zinal, 1937 renamed Mount Pindus | ||
| Notes on loss | At 23.01 and 23.02 hours on 7 Sep, 1942, U-517 fired torpedoes at the convoy QS-33 south of Anticosti Island and sank the Mount Pindus, Oakton and Mount Taygetus. | ||
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