Aegeon
Photo Courtesy of Library of Contemporary History, Stuttgart
| Name | Aegeon | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 5,285 tons | ||
| Completed | 1919 - Napier & Miller Ltd, Old Kilpatrick, Glasgow | ||
| Owner | Aegeon SS Co Ltd, Pirĉus | ||
| Homeport | Argostoli | ||
| Date of attack | 11 Apr 1941 | Nationality:  Greek | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-124 (Georg-Wilhelm Schulz) | ||
| Position | 06.55N, 15.38W - Grid ET 5635 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 31 (4 dead and 27 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Buenos Aires - Freetown - Barry Roads | ||
| Cargo | 7151 tons of wheat | ||
| History | Launched as British War Poppy for the Shipping Controller, completed as Knockfierna for Limerick SS Co, Limerick. 1935 sold to Greece and renamed Aegeon. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 20.59 hours on 11 Apr, 1941, the unescorted Aegeon was hit in the engine room by one torpedo from U-124 southwest of Freetown. The ship sank by the stern at 21.35 hours. | ||
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