Cleanthis
Photo Courtesy of Library of Contemporary History, Stuttgart
| Name | Cleanthis | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 4,153 tons | ||
| Completed | 1911 - R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Hebburn-on-Tyne | ||
| Owner | Pindos SS Co Ltd, Athens | ||
| Homeport | Andros | ||
| Date of attack | 30 Nov 1942 | Nationality:  Greek | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-181 (Wolfgang Lüth) | ||
| Position | 24.29S, 35.44E - Grid KP 3523 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 34 (12 dead and 22 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Aden - Durban | ||
| Cargo | Ballast | ||
| History | Completed in April 1911 as British Framlington Court for Framlington Syndicate Ltd (Haldinstein & Co), London. 1922 sold to Greece and renamed Cleanthis.
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| Notes on loss | At 05.31 hours on 30 Nov, 1942, the unescorted Cleanthis was shelled by U-181 about 200 miles northeast of Lourenço Marques. The ship had been spotted 4 hours earlier and missed by two G7e torpedoes at 05.11 hours. The U-boat scored about 70 hits with 80 rounds from the deck gun and fired its last round from 400 metres into the waterline. At 06.55 hours, the burning ship sank after holes were fired into the stern with the 20mm AA gun. The survivors had abandoned ship in the last intact lifeboat. The master and eleven crew members were lost. | ||
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