Evdoxia
Evdoxia under her former name Dionyssios. Photo Courtesy of Library of Contemporary History, Stuttgart
| Name | Evdoxia | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 2,018 tons | ||
| Completed | 1903 - Flensburger Schiffsbau-Ges., Flensburg | ||
| Owner | John Stefanopoulos, Nicolaos M. Andronicos and Ph. Philippacopoulos, Pirĉus | ||
| Homeport | Pirĉus | ||
| Date of attack | 15 Jul 1940 | Nationality:  Greek | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-34 (Wilhelm Rollmann) | ||
| Position | Grid AM 8784 | ||
| Complement | 23 (1 dead and 22 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Sunderland - Greece | ||
| Cargo | |||
| History | Completed in August 1903 as German Captain W. Menzell for Hanseatischer Dampfer Cie (Menzell & Co), Hamburg. 1912 renamed Albert Killing for Gewerkschaft "Deutscher Kaiser", Mülheim. 1919 taken over by the Belgian government. 1922 renamed Hesbaye for Cie Hanséatique Belge (Legrand & van Regemortel), Antwerp. In July 1927 sold to Greece and renamed Dionyssios for E.D. Caravias, Ithaca. 1938 renamed Evdoxia for The Balkans & Near East Shipping Agency, Pirĉus. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 03.21 hours on 15 Jul, 1940, the unescorted Evdoxia was hit amidships by a torpedo from U-34 and sank capsizing after 10 minutes about 40 miles southwest of Bull Rock, Ireland. | ||
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