Parthenon
Photo Courtesy of Library of Contemporary History, Stuttgart
| Name | Parthenon | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 3.189 tons | ||
| Completed | 1908 - W. Gray & Co, West Hartlepool | ||
| Owner | Pithis Bros & Co and G. Corakis | ||
| Homeport | Chios | ||
| Date of attack | 2 Nov, 1942 | Nationality:  Greek | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-522 (Herbert Schneider) | ||
| Position | 53.30N, 42.15W - Grid AJ 9179 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 29 (6 dead and 23 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | SC-107 | ||
| Route | Botswood - St. Johns - Mersey | ||
| Cargo | General cargo | ||
| History | Built as Fameliaris, 1915 renamed Ambatielos, 1917 renamed P.L.M. 7, 1922 renamed Parthenon | ||
| Notes on loss | At 17.43 and 17.44 hours on 2 Nov, 1942, U-522 fired one torpedo at the convoy SC-107 and observed after 3 minutes 25 seconds one hit on a steamer, which settled slowly and heard another detonation after 3 minutes 36 seconds. Schneider reported the sinking of two steamers, but apparently Parthenon was hit by both torpedoes. The Parthenon had already been hit by a dud torpedo, when U-442 (Hesse) fired a spread of two torpedoes on the convoy at 08.47 hours on 2 November in grid AJ 8626. | ||
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