Aeas
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| Name | Aeas | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 4.729 tons | ||
| Completed | 1915 - Irvine´s Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co Ltd, West Hartlepool | ||
| Owner | Pateras Bros, Pirĉus | ||
| Homeport | Pirĉus | ||
| Date of attack | 6 Sep, 1942 | Nationality:  Greek | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-165 (Eberhard Hoffmann) | ||
| Position | 49.10N, 66.50W - Grid BA 3836 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 31 (2 dead and 29 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | QS-33 | ||
| Route | Three Rivers - UK | ||
| Cargo | 1824 standards of lumber and 1490 tons of steel | ||
| History | Built as Gambia River, 1933 renamed Mount Pentelikon, 1934 renamed Aeas | ||
| Notes on loss | During the night of 6/7 Sep, 1942, U-165 attacked the convoy QS-33 in the St. Lawrence river and reported the sinking of three ships with 19.000 grt. In fact, the Aeas and HMCS Raccoon were hit and sunk. | ||
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