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Kyma


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NameKyma
Type:Steam merchant
Tonnage3.994 tons
Completed1912 - Short Bros Ltd, Pallion, Sunderland 
OwnerNicolas Sitinas & Co, Port Said 
HomeportAndros 
Date of attack24 May, 1940Nationality:      Greek
 
FateSunk by U-37 (Victor Oehrn)
Position48.30N, 09.30W - Grid BF 1983
- See location on a map -
Complement30 (7 dead and 23 survivors).
Convoy 
RouteRosario - Avonmouth 
Cargo6000 tons of maize and 90 tons of trucks 
History Built as Hesleyside, 1933 renamed Kyma 
Notes on loss At 02.48 hours on 24 May, 1940, the unescorted Kyma was hit by a torpedo from U-37 and sank about 300 miles west of Ushant. 


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