Corinthiakos
Photo Courtesy of Library of Contemporary History, Stuttgart
| Name | Corinthiakos | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 3.562 tons | ||
| Completed | 1910 - Craig, Taylor & Co Ltd, Stockton-on-Tees | ||
| Owner | Maris A. Embiricos, Athens | ||
| Homeport | Andros | ||
| Date of attack | 20 Nov, 1942 | Nationality:  Greek | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-181 (Wolfgang Lüth) | ||
| Position | 25.42S, 33.27E - Grid KP 5322 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 32 (11 dead and 21 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Lourenço Marques - Mombasa - Aden | ||
| Cargo | 5025 tons of coal | ||
| History | Built as Bideford, 1921 renamed North Anglia, 1933 renamed Corinthiakos | ||
| Notes on loss | At 01.24 hours on 20 Nov, 1942, the unescorted Corinthiakos was hit aft by a G7a torpedo from U-181 and sank in a few minutes about 30 miles north of Inhaca Island. The master and ten crew members were lost. The U-boat picked up a man swimming in the water and transferred him to one of the two lifeboats in which the survivors had abandoned ship and questioned them. | ||
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