Samos
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| Name | Samos | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 1.208 tons | ||
| Completed | 1889 - Earle´s Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Hull | ||
| Owner | D. Inglessi Fils, Samos | ||
| Homeport | Samos | ||
| Date of attack | 17 Oct, 1941 | Nationality:  Greek | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-97 (Udo Heilmann) | ||
| Position | 31.14N, 28.50E - Grid CP 7189 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 34 (31 dead and 3 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Alexandria - Tobruk | ||
| Cargo | Government stores | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 00.55 hours on 17 Oct, 1941, U-97 spotted a small convoy, consisting of the Samos and Pass of Balmaha under escort by the British armed trawler HMS Cocker about 50 miles west of Alexandria. A first spread of three torpedoes at 02.17 hours missed, but a second spread of two torpedoes at 03.25 hours hit and sank the Samos. The second merchant was sunk with a spread of two torpedoes at 04.00 hours. | ||
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