PETROS
| Name : | PETROS |
| Greek name : | ΠΕΤΡΟΣ |
| Type of Ship : | Oil barge |
| LRS-Name : | PETROS |
| Port of Registry : | Piraeus 35 |
| Owner : | Othon Kallinikos (50%) and Konstantinos Alexandrakis (50%), Piraeus, Greece |
| Size (GRT) : | 300 [B] |
PETROS was registered as "tank barge" in the Piraeus riverine shipping register as # 35. She was owned by Othon Kallinikos (50%) and Konstantinos Alexandrakis (50%). After the occupation of Greece in April, 1941, she was declared as a prize and continued to be employed by the German occupational army as a tank barge. Two entries in German war diaries prove that PETROS was in use for the Wehrmacht:
„... 23.08.41 cont[inued]. Tug Wasiliki with tank barge Petros arrived with 572,2 ts für B.Z. Südost IV Tr.Ro. from Saloniki.“ [C]
„13.11.41 Lightly clouded, 15:10 Uhr, Alba-Julia arrived with 4.990 ts coal for Wehrmacht and private enterprises and 150 ts general cargo from Triest. 17:40 Uhr, span. S/S Adeje arrived, tug
Zakynthos (Zakynthos 70) with barge Petros arrived from Astakos.“ [C]
In November 1944 PETROS, with Captain Spyridon Artavanis in command, was attacked in the bay of Milos by Allied aircraft and sunk without loss of life [B]. After the war, she was demolished by O.A.N. (Greek demolition committee) [A]. PETROS is listed exactly with her name and the information „position of loss Bay of Milos“ in the accurate Melissinos demolition list. [A]
„... 23.08.41 cont[inued]. Tug Wasiliki with tank barge Petros arrived with 572,2 ts für B.Z. Südost IV Tr.Ro. from Saloniki.“ [C]
„13.11.41 Lightly clouded, 15:10 Uhr, Alba-Julia arrived with 4.990 ts coal for Wehrmacht and private enterprises and 150 ts general cargo from Triest. 17:40 Uhr, span. S/S Adeje arrived, tug
Zakynthos (Zakynthos 70) with barge Petros arrived from Astakos.“ [C]
In November 1944 PETROS, with Captain Spyridon Artavanis in command, was attacked in the bay of Milos by Allied aircraft and sunk without loss of life [B]. After the war, she was demolished by O.A.N. (Greek demolition committee) [A]. PETROS is listed exactly with her name and the information „position of loss Bay of Milos“ in the accurate Melissinos demolition list. [A]
| Date of Loss : | 00.11.1944 |
| Place of Loss : | Gulf of Milos, Cyclades, Greece [A][B] |
| Kind of Loss : | Prize |
| Cause of Loss : | Prize |
| Name of Opponent : | German Wehrmacht |
| Fate of Crew : | No losses [B] |
1. [A] Melissinos, Ioannis: The Navy during World War II - The total contribution of the Greek Merchant Navy (Motorsailers and Steamers) 1940-1945, volume I and II, University of Ioannina 1995 (Gr.)
2. [B] Dounis, Christos: The wrecks of the Greek Waters 1900-1950, volume I, Finatec, Athens 2000 (Gr.)
3. [C] Theodor Dorgeist Archive
2. [B] Dounis, Christos: The wrecks of the Greek Waters 1900-1950, volume I, Finatec, Athens 2000 (Gr.)
3. [C] Theodor Dorgeist Archive
| Inserted : | 16.01.2015 |
| Inserted by : | Dimitris Galon |
| Last Edit : | 20.01.2016 |
| Edited by : | Dimitris Galon |
| Modifications : | - 01.06.2015 T. Reich document 1 inserted - 20.01.2016 D. Galon Service Life inserted |
