Aenos
Photo Courtesy of Library of Contemporary History, Stuttgart
| Name | Aenos | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 3,554 tons | ||
| Completed | 1910 - Bartram & Sons Ltd, South Dock, Sunderland | ||
| Owner | Zephyros SS Co Ltd, Argostoli | ||
| Homeport | Argostoli | ||
| Date of attack | 17 Oct 1940 | Nationality:  Greek | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-38 (Heinrich Liebe) | ||
| Position | 59N, 13W - Grid AM 1632 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 29 (4 dead and 25 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | SC-7 (straggler) | ||
| Route | Sorel - Manchester | ||
| Cargo | 6276 tons of wheat | ||
| History | Built as Cedar Branch, 1930 renamed Aenos | ||
| Notes on loss | At 09.57 hours on 17 Oct, 1940, the Aenos, a straggler from convoy SC-7, was missed by U-38 with a G7e torpedo. The U-boat then surfaced and shelled the ship until she sank at 10.52 hours. The survivors were picked up by the Canadian steam merchant Eaglescliffe Hall, another straggler from the same convoy. They were landed in Gourock the next day. | ||
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