Mount Lycabettus
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| Name | Mount Lycabettus | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 4.292 tons | ||
| Completed | 1917 - Sir Raylton Dixon & Co Ltd, Middlesbrough | ||
| Owner | Kulukundis Shipping Co SA, Pirĉus | ||
| Homeport | Syra | ||
| Date of attack | 17 Mar, 1942 | Nationality:  Greek | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-373 (Paul-Karl Loeser) | ||
| Position | 40.15N, 61W - Grid CB 3818 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 30 (30 dead - no survivors) | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Baltimore (13 Mar) - Lisbon | ||
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| History | Completed in November 1917 as British War Flower for the Shipping Controller managed by G.Pyman & Co. 1919 renamed Turkestan for Hindustan Shipping Co (Common Bros), Newcastle-upon-Tyne. 1935 sold Greece and renamed Mount Lycabettus for Atlanticos SS Co (Kulukundis Bros), Syra. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 15.08 hours on 17 Mar, 1942, U-373 sank an unescorted ship with two torpedoes. This vessel must have been Mount Lycabettus, which was reported missing after 14 March. | ||
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