Memas
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| Name | Memas | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 1.755 tons | ||
| Completed | 1912 - G. Seebeck AG, Wesermünde | ||
| Owner | N.D. Courouclis, Piræus | ||
| Homeport | Piræus | ||
| Date of attack | 28 Jun, 1942 | Nationality:  Greek | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-97 (Friedrich Bürgel) | ||
| Position | 32.27N, 34.43E - Grid CP 5953 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 25 (8 dead and 17 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | Metril | ||
| Route | Alexandria - Port Said - Famagusta | ||
| Cargo | |||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 13.16 hours on 28 Jun, 1942, U-97 fired a spread of two torpedoes at a convoy of three merchants with escorts (codenamed Metril) 14 miles south-southwest of Haifa and hit the Zealand, which sank within seconds. At 13.24 hours, a stern torpedo was fired which hit the Memas. | ||
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