Koumoundouros
Photo Courtesy of Library of Contemporary History, Stuttgart
| Name | Koumoundouros | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 3,598 tons | ||
| Completed | 1925 - Robert Thompson & Sons Ltd, Bridge Dockyard, Sunderland | ||
| Owner | Constantine E. Embiricos, Athens | ||
| Homeport | Andros | ||
| Date of attack | 8 Oct 1942 | Nationality:  Greek | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-68 (Karl-Friedrich Merten) | ||
| Position | 34.10S, 17.07E - Grid GR 5689 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 31 (5 dead and 26 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Rosario - Table Bay - Beira | ||
| Cargo | 5539 tons of maize | ||
| History | Built as Daybreak, 1934 renamed Koumoundouros | ||
| Notes on loss | At 02.31 hours on 8 Oct, 1942, the unescorted Koumoundouros was hit aft by a torpedo from U-68 about 20 miles southwest of Cape Point, South Africa. The ship had been missed by two torpedoes at 01.22 and 02.17 hours. At 03.13 hours, the U-boat fired a coup de grāce after the crew abandoned ship and hit the vessel again aft, causing the ship to sink by the stern. | ||
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