Cleanthis
Photo Courtesy of Library of Contemporary History, Stuttgart
| Name | Cleanthis | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 4.153 tons | ||
| Completed | 1911 - R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Hebburn | ||
| Owner | Pindos SS Co Ltd, Athens | ||
| Homeport | Andros | ||
| Date of attack | 30 Nov, 1942 | Nationality:  Greek | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-181 (Wolfgang Lüth) | ||
| Position | 24.29S, 35.44E - Grid KP 3523 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 34 (12 dead and 22 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Aden - Durban | ||
| Cargo | Ballast | ||
| History | Built as Framlington Court, 1922 renamed Cleanthis
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| Notes on loss | At 05.31 hours on 30 Nov, 1942, the unescorted Cleanthis was shelled by U-181 about 200 miles northeast of Lourenço Marques. The ship had been spotted 4 hours earlier and missed by two G7e torpedoes at 05.11 hours. The U-boat scored about 70 hits with 80 rounds from the deck gun and fired its last round from 400 metres into the waterline. At 06.55 hours, the burning ship sank after holes were fired into the stern with the 20mm AA gun. The survivors had abandoned ship in the last intact lifeboat. The master and eleven crew members were lost. | ||
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