Peleus
Photo Courtesy of Library of Contemporary History, Stuttgart
| Name | Peleus | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 4.695 tons | ||
| Completed | 1928 - W. Gray & Co Ltd, West Hartlepool | ||
| Owner | Nereus Steam Navigation Co Ltd, Athens | ||
| Homeport | Syra | ||
| Date of attack | 13 Mar, 1944 | Nationality:  Greek | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-852 (Heinz-Wilhelm Eck) | ||
| Position | 02S, 10W - Grid FF 19 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 35 (32 dead and 3 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Algiers - Freetown (8 Mar) - Buenos Aires | ||
| Cargo | Ballast | ||
| History | Built as Egglestone, 1928 renamed Peleus | ||
| Notes on loss | At 19.40 hours on 13 Mar, 1944, the unescorted Peleus was hit by two torpedoes from U-852 and sank rapidly about 500 miles north of Ascension Island. The U-boat tried to destroy all evidences of the sinking by shooting at debris and rafts from the ship. During this action some survivors were killed and only four men were alive when the U-boat left the area. One of them later died, the remaining three survivors were picked up by the Portuguese steam merchant Alexandre Silva on 20 April and taken to Lobito, Angola. | ||
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