Carras
Photo Courtesy of Library of Contemporary History, Stuttgart
| Name | Carras | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 5.234 tons | ||
| Completed | 1918 - Sir Raylton Dixon & Co Ltd, Middlesbrough | ||
| Owner | Constantine J. Carras & Others, Chios | ||
| Homeport | Chios | ||
| Date of attack | 19 Mar, 1943 | Nationality:  Greek | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-333 (Werner Schwaff) | ||
| Position | 54.05N, 24.19W - Grid AL 4854 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 34 (0 dead and 34 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | SC-122 (straggler) | ||
| Route | Rosario - New York - Belfast | ||
| Cargo | Wheat | ||
| History | Completed in October 1918 as British steam tanker War Spartan for Anglo American Oil Co. 1919 converted to the steam merchant Taxandrier for Lloyd Royal Belge (Great Britain), London. 1923 registered in Belgium for Lloyd Royal Belge SA, Antwerp. 1927 sold to Britain and renamed Kinross for Sutherland SS Co, Newcastle. 1934 sold to Greece and renamed Carras. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 06.42 hours on 19 Mar, 1943, U-666 (Engel) attacked the convoy SC-122 in grid AL 4869 and observed three hits after 3 minutes 15 seconds, 3 minutes 20 seconds and 3 minutes 30 seconds, the second ship sinking in three minutes. However, in fact only the Carras was hit and she remained afloat until she was sunk by a coup de grāce from U-333 at 21.28 hours. | ||
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