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Gambia River

Names and owners

Year

Name

Owner

1915 Gambia River Unknown
1933 Mount Pentelikon Atlanticos S.S. Co. Ltd. E.G. Culucundis & S.C. Costomeni.
1934 Aeas Pateras Bros.

Fate

In convoy QS-33 on a voyage from Three Rivers for the UK with a cargo of 1824 standards of lumber, 1490 tons of steel & a crew of 31 Aeas was torpedoed by German submarine (U-165 Ebarhard Hoffmann) & sank in the St Lawrence River on 6 September 1942. HMS Arrowhead picked up 29 survivors. Two lives were lost.