Oropos
Photo Courtesy of Library of Contemporary History, Stuttgart
| Name | Oropos | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 4.474 tons | ||
| Completed | 1913 - Rickmers Reismühlen Rhederi & Schiffsbau AG, Bremerhaven | ||
| Owner | Maris A. Embiricos, Athens | ||
| Homeport | Andros | ||
| Date of attack | 18 Dec, 1942 | Nationality:  Greek | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-621 (Max Kruschka) | ||
| Position | 51N, 37W - Grid BD 3288 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 34 (34 dead - no survivors) | ||
| Convoy | ONS-152 (straggler) | ||
| Route | London (2 Dec) - Loch Ewe (9 Dec) - Halifax | ||
| Cargo | |||
| History | Built as Madeleine Rickmers, 1917 renamed Hornhöhe, 1919 renamed Minna Horn, 1921 renamed Maid of Sparta, 1928 renamed Oropos | ||
| Notes on loss | At 02.26 hours on 18 Dec, 1942, U-621 fired a spread of three torpedoes at a freighter of 5000 tons and heard a dull hit and a detonation after 2 minutes 30 seconds. Later they observed dark smoke and noticed a smell of burning. The ship hit was probably the Oropos, a straggler of convoy ONS-152 which was reported missing after 21 December. | ||
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