Aris
Photo Courtesy of Library of Contemporary History, Stuttgart
| Name | Aris | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 4,810 tons | ||
| Completed | 1914 - Richardson, Duck & Co Ltd, Stockton-on-Tees | ||
| Owner | Michael M. Xylas, Pirĉus | ||
| Homeport | Pirĉus | ||
| Date of attack | 12 Oct 1939 | Nationality:  Greek | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-37 (Werner Hartmann) | ||
| Position | 53.28N, 14.30W - Grid AM 7241 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | ? men (2 dead and ? survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Troon - Hampton Roads | ||
| Cargo | Ballast | ||
| History | Built as Pontwen, 1920 renamed Maindy Grange, 1932 renamed Mount Pindus, 1935 renamed Michalis Poutous, 1936 renamed Aris | ||
| Notes on loss | At 18.05 hours on 12 Oct, 1939, U-37 tried to stop the unescorted and neutral Aris west of Ireland, but she did not stop and used the radio because they had transported war materials to Britain according to the master. The crew abandoned ship in two lifeboats after a round hit the funnel at 18.20 hours. At 19.45 hours, the U-boat fired one G7a torpedo which passed underneath the keel. She was sunk by a second torpedo after shells fired into the waterline did not sink the ship. The U-boat then towed the lifeboats 80 miles towards the Irish coast. | ||
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