Mentor
Greek Steam merchant
| Name | Mentor | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 3,050 tons | ||
| Completed | 1902 - Ropner & Son, Stockton-on-Tees | ||
| Owner | G.C. Dracoulis, Athens | ||
| Homeport | Ithaka | ||
| Date of attack | 7 Mar 1941 | Nationality:  Greek | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-37 (Asmus Nicolai Clausen) | ||
| Position | 59° 30'N, 25° 00'W - Grid AL 2587 | ||
| Complement | 29 (7 dead and 22 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | OB-292 (dispersed) | ||
| Route | Cardiff – Pepel - Takoradi | ||
| Cargo | Ballast | ||
| History | Completed in September 1902 as Alva for Newman & Dale SS Co Ltd, London. 1906 sold to Greece and renamed Mentor. | ||
| Notes on event | At 10.47 hours on 7 March 1941 the unescorted and unarmed Mentor, dispersed from convoy OB-292 the day before, was hit by one torpedo from U-37 and sank by the bow with a still turning propeller about 270 miles southwest of Iceland. Seven crew members were lost. The master and 21 crew members were picked up by a Faroese trawler in 60°40N/12°40W and landed at Thorshavn on 13 March. | ||
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