Pandias
Photo Courtesy of Library of Contemporary History, Stuttgart
| Name | Pandias | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 4,981 tons | ||
| Completed | 1912 - D. & W. Henderson & Co Ltd, Glasgow | ||
| Owner | Oceanos Maritime Steamship Co, Pirĉus | ||
| Homeport | Syra | ||
| Date of attack | 13 Jun 1941 | Nationality:  Greek | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-107 (Günter Hessler) | ||
| Position | 07.49N, 23.28W - Grid ES 5313 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 34 (11 dead and 23 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Newport - Milford Haven - Table Bay - Alexandria | ||
| Cargo | 4894 tons of coal and 1050 tons of military goods, including 11 Spitfire fighters | ||
| History | Completed in March 1912 as British Angola for SS Angola Co Ltd (Maclay & McIntyre), Glasgow. 1917 renamed Baygola for Bay SS Co, London. 1921 sold to the French Government and renamed Port DAlger. 1922 renamed Louis L.D. for Louis Dreyfus & Cie, Dunkirk. 1931 sold to Greece and renamed Pandias for J. Margaronis & others, Syra. 1937 transferred to Oceanos Maritime Steamship Co, Pirĉus. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 11.57 hours on 13 Jun, 1941, the unescorted Pandias was hit amidships by one torpedo from U-107 and sank by the stern. The U-boat surfaced and provided the survivors in the lifeboats with cigarettes, water and rum. | ||
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