Maroussio Logothetis
Maroussio Logothetis under her former name Queensland Transport. Photo courtesy of Dr Paul Bois collection
| Name | Maroussio Logothetis | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 4,669 tons | ||
| Completed | 1913 - Irvine´s Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co Ltd, Harbour Dock, West Hartlepool | ||
| Owner | Goulandris Bros, Pirĉus | ||
| Homeport | Andros | ||
| Date of attack | 15 May 1943 | Nationality:  Greek | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-105 (Jürgen Nissen) | ||
| Position | 05.28N, 14.28W - Grid ET 5997 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 39 (27 dead and 12 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Rio de Janeiro - Freetown - UK | ||
| Cargo | 7024 tons of iron | ||
| History | Completed in April 1913 as British Queensland Transport for Empire Transport Co Ltd (Houlder Bros & Co), Newcastle-upon-Tyne. 1934 sold to Greece and renamed Maroussio Logothetis for Goulandris Bros, Pirĉus. On 9 Jul, 1940, seized at Diego Suarez by Vichy French government and renamed General Duquesne. In April 1942 sold by Compagnie des Messageries Maritimes, Marseilles. On 5 May, 1942, the ship left Tamatave to load cattle in Djibouti but had to take refuge in Mayotte, where she was seized by Britain on 22 June. Returned to the Greek owner under her original name. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 20.43 hours on 15 May, 1943, the unescorted Maroussio Logothetis was hit by two torpedoes from U-105 and sank immediately. The ship had been missed by a first torpedo, which detonated prematurely. The second officer was taken prisoner by the U-boat, transferred four days later to U-460 (Schnoor) and landed at Bordeaux on 25 June. | ||
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