Kalliopi
Photo Courtesy of Library of Contemporary History, Stuttgart
| Name | Kalliopi | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 4.965 tons | ||
| Completed | 1910 - Northumberland Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Howden-on-Tyne | ||
| Owner | Diamantis J. Pateras & Sons, Chios | ||
| Homeport | Chios | ||
| Date of attack | 7 Feb, 1943 | Nationality:  Greek | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-402 (Baron Siegfried von Forstner) | ||
| Position | 55.27N, 26.08W - Grid AL 4418 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 36 (4 dead and 32 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | SC-118 | ||
| Route | St. John, New Brunswick - Halifax - London | ||
| Cargo | 6500 tons of steel and lumber | ||
| History | Built as Himalaia, 1920 renamed Kermanshah, 1922 renamed Oceana, 1927 renamed Nymphe, 1928 renamed Kalliopi | ||
| Notes on loss | At 07.35 hours on 7 Feb, 1943, the Kalliopi in convoy SC-118 was torpedoed and sunk by U-402. | ||
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