Rinos
Greek Steam merchant
Photo courtesy of Library of Contemporary History, Stuttgart
| Name | Rinos | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 4,649 tons | ||
| Completed | 1919 - Sir John Priestman & Co Ltd, Southwick, Sunderland | ||
| Owner | Leonidas A. Embiricos, Piræus | ||
| Homeport | Andros | ||
| Date of attack | 2 Nov 1942 | Nationality:  Greek | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-402 (Siegfried Freiherr von Forstner) | ||
| Position | 52° 30'N, 45° 30'W - Grid AJ 8674 | ||
| Complement | 31 (5 dead and 26 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | SC-107 | ||
| Route | St. John, New Brunswick - Halifax (27 Oct) - Hull | ||
| Cargo | 6151 tons of general cargo and vehicles | ||
| History | Completed in March 1919 as British Westcliff for Cliffside Shipping Co Ltd (W. Reay-Smith & J.W. Morrison), Newcastle-upon-Tyne. 1920 sold to Norway and renamed Ullstad for Grefstads Rederi A/S (Bendix J. Grefstad), Arendal. In September 1936 sold to Greece and renamed Rinos. | ||
| Notes on event | Between 04.10 and 04.23 hours on 2 November 1942 U-402 fired five torpedoes at convoy SC-107 about 500 miles east of Belle Isle and reported three ships sunk. One hit was observed on a Geraldine Mary type vessel in station #11 of convoy, but this was possibly a detonation near the ship, while two other torpedoes hit the Dalcroy and Rinos. The Rinos (Master Dimitrios Lekkas) in station #13 was struck by one torpedo on port side and sank within five minutes. 5 crew members were lost. The master and 25 crew members (the ship was only armed with anti-aircraft guns) had abandoned ship immediately after the hit in a moderate sea, were picked up after about 90 minutes by the British rescue ship Stockport (Master Thomas Ernest Fea, OBE) and landed at Reykjavik on 8 November. | ||
| On board | We have details of 6 people who were on board. | ||
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