Georgios Kyriakides
Greek Steam merchant
Photo courtesy of Library of Contemporary History, Stuttgart
| Name | Georgios Kyriakides | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 4,201 tons | ||
| Completed | 1911 - J. Readhead & Sons Ltd, South Shields | ||
| Owner | Heirs of Nicolas G. Kyriakides, Piræus | ||
| Homeport | Andros | ||
| Date of attack | 30 Jun 1940 | Nationality:  Greek | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-47 (Günther Prien) | ||
| Position | 50° 25'N, 14° 33'W - Grid BE 3195 | ||
| Complement | 30 (0 dead and 30 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | San Pedro de Macoris, Dominican Republic - Liverpool | ||
| Cargo | 7243 tons of sugar in bags | ||
| History | Completed in September 1911 as British Trevalgan for Hain SS Co Ltd (E. Hain & Son), St. Ives. 1929 sold to Greece and renamed Georgios Kyriakides. | ||
| Notes on event | At 14.45 hours on 30 June 1940 the unescorted and neutral Georgios Kyriakides was hit on starboard side in the bow by one G7e torpedo from U-47 and sank about 200 miles west-southwest of Cape Clear. The crew abandoned ship in the lifeboats and made landfall at Valentia Island on 2 July. | ||
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