Ioannis Fafalios
Ioannis Fafalios under her former name Muntropic. Photo Courtesy of Library of Contemporary History, Stuttgart
| Name | Ioannis Fafalios | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 5.670 tons | ||
| Completed | 1919 - Merchant Shipbuilding Corp, Chester PA | ||
| Owner | Stamatios and Demitios Fafalios, Chios | ||
| Homeport | Chios | ||
| Date of attack | 5 Sep, 1944 | Nationality:  Greek | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-861 (Jürgen Oesten) | ||
| Position | 04.20S, 43.57E - Grid LJ 9243 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 33 (8 dead and 25 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Durban - Aden - Suez | ||
| Cargo | 6994 tons of coal | ||
| History | Completed in November 1919 as Terre Haute for US Shipping Board (USSB). 1929 renamed Muntropic for Munson SS Lines Inc, New York. 1937 sold to Greece and renamed Ioannis Fafalios. Since 1940 used as collier for the Admiralty. | ||
| Notes on loss | On 5 Sep, 1944, the unescorted Ioannis Fafalios was torpedoed and sunk by U-861 about 300 miles northeast of Mombasa. Seven crew members and one gunner were lost. | ||
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