Mount Myrto
Greek Steam merchant
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| Name | Mount Myrto | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 5,403 tons | ||
| Completed | 1919 - Canadian Vickers Ltd, Montreal, Quebec | ||
| Owner | Kulukundis Shipping Co SA, Piræus | ||
| Homeport | Syra | ||
| Date of attack | 14 Jun 1940 | Nationality:  Greek | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-38 (Heinrich Liebe) | ||
| Position | 50° 03'N, 10° 05'W - Grid BF 1526 | ||
| Complement | 24 (4 dead and 20 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Galveston - London | ||
| Cargo | General cargo and timber | ||
| History | Completed in November 1919 as French Alsace II for Cie Française d'Armement & d'Importation de Nitrate de Soude, Dunkirk. 1934 sold to Greece and renamed Mount Myrto for J.A. Cosmetto and Kulukundis Shipping Co SA, Piræus. | ||
| Notes on event | At 19.11 hours on 14 Jun 1940 the Mount Myrto was missed by two stern torpedoes from U-38, which had followed her since five hours. The U-boat then surfaced and began shelling the ship with 53 rounds. After the shelling, the U-boat accidentally dived, leaving six men of the gun crew in the water, which were picked up after 10 minutes. At 19.58 hours, the ship was hit by a coup de grâce near the bridge, but the ship did not sink due her load of timber and Liebe decided to leave the wrecked vessel because convoy HX-47 came in sight some minutes later. The master and three crew members were lost. | ||
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