Pantelis
Photo Courtesy of Library of Contemporary History, Stuttgart
| Name | Pantelis | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 3,845 tons | ||
| Completed | 1911 - Irvine´s Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co Ltd, Harbour Dock, West Hartlepool | ||
| Owner | C.P. Laimos and J.C. Ponticos, Chios | ||
| Homeport | Chios | ||
| Date of attack | 8 Oct 1942 | Nationality:  Greek | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-172 (Carl Emmermann) | ||
| Position | 34.20S, 17.50E - Grid GR 5649 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 33 (28 dead and 5 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Beirut - Aden - Table Bay - Buenos Aires | ||
| Cargo | Ballast | ||
| History | Completed in August 1911 as British Glenbridge for Glenbridge SS Co Ltd (Milburn, Lund & Co), Whitby. 1932 sold to Greece and renamed Pantelis. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 01.40 hours on 8 Oct, 1942, the unescorted Pantelis was hit in the foreship by one G7e torpedo from U-172 off Capetown and sank immediately. | ||
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