Vassilios A. Polemis
Photo Courtesy of Library of Contemporary History, Stuttgart
| Name | Vassilios A. Polemis | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 3,429 tons | ||
| Completed | 1907 - Chantiers Navals Anversois, Antwerp | ||
| Owner | Ghikas John Goumas, Athens | ||
| Homeport | Andros | ||
| Date of attack | 22 Jan 1942 | Nationality:  Greek | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-333 (Peter-Erich Cremer) | ||
| Position | 42.32N, 52.38W - Grid BB 9600 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 33 (21 dead and 12 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | ON-53 (straggler) | ||
| Route | Glasgow - Clyde - St. John, New Brunswick | ||
| Cargo | Ballast | ||
| History | Completed in September 1907 as German Oehringen for Seetransport GmbH, Hamburg. 1927 sold to Greece and renamed Vassilios A. Polemis. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 20.45 hours on 22 Jan, 1942, the Vassilios A. Polemis, a straggler from convoy ON-53, was hit amidships by one torpedo from U-333, broke in two and sank within 10 minutes. The Germans questioned the survivors and gave them bread and cigarettes. They apparently misunderstood the name and reported the sinking of the British steam merchant Burdwan (6069 grt). | ||
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