Milos
Swedish Steam merchant
Photo courtesy of Sjöhistoriska Museet, Stockholm
| Name | Milos | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 3,058 tons | ||
| Completed | 1898 - Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co Ltd, Blyth | ||
| Owner | Rederi-A/B Helsingborg (Otto Hillerström), Helsingborg | ||
| Homeport | Helsingborg | ||
| Date of attack | 9 Mar 1943 | Nationality:  Swedish | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-530 (Kurt Lange) | ||
| Position | 58° 00'N, 24° 00'W - Grid AL 1763 | ||
| Complement | 30 (30 dead - no survivors) | ||
| Convoy | SC-121 (straggler) | ||
| Route | New York (23 Feb) - Loch Ewe - Grimsby | ||
| Cargo | General cargo, including steel and lumber | ||
| History | Completed in August 1898 as British William Broadley for Red "R" SS Co Ltd (Stephens & Mawson), Newcastle-upon-Tyne. 1912 renamed Izaston for W.S. Miller & Co, Glasgow. 1920 renamed Brynmead for Western Counties Shipping Co, London. 1922 sold to Sweden and renamed Milos for Rederi-A/B Helsingborg (Otto Hillerström), Helsingborg. | ||
| Notes on event | At 21.36 hours on 9 March 1943, U-530 sank a lone vessel with a torpedo and two coups de grâce. The ship was probably the Milos, which was reported missing after straggling from convoy SC-121. | ||
| On board | We have details of 28 people who were on board. | ||
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