Georgios Kyriakides
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| Name | Georgios Kyriakides | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 4,201 tons | ||
| Completed | 1911 - J. Readhead & Sons Ltd, South Shields | ||
| Owner | Heirs of Nicolas G. Kyriakides, Pirĉus | ||
| Homeport | Andros | ||
| Date of attack | 30 Jun 1940 | Nationality:  Greek | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-47 (Günther Prien) | ||
| Position | 50.25N, 14.33W - Grid BE 3195 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 30 (0 dead and 30 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Macoris - Liverpool | ||
| Cargo | 7243 tons of sugar | ||
| History | Built as Trevalgan, 1929 renamed Georgios Kyriakides | ||
| Notes on loss | At 14.45 hours on 30 Jun, 1940, the unescorted Georgios Kyriakides was hit in the bow by a torpedo from U-47 and sank southwest of Ireland. | ||
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