ACROPOLIS
| Name : | ACROPOLIS |
| Greek name : | ΑΚΡΟΠΟΛΙΣ |
| Type of Ship : | Passenger Liner |
| LRS-Name : | ACROPOLIS |
| Internat. call sign : | SVNQ |
| Port of Registry : | Piraeus 722 |
| Later Names : | 1917 POLYANTHUS 1921 COLIMA 1933 ACROPOLIS |
| Initial Flag of Registry : | Great Britain |
| Owner : | 1917 British Government 1921 Mexican Government 1929 British Trade Crusades, London, Great Britain 1933 Antoniou & Katramados (N.D. Antoniou, Manager), Piraeus, Greece |
| Shipyard : | Lobnitz & Co., Renfrew, Great Britain |
| Hull Number : | 826 |
| Year of Construction : | 1917 |
| Launch : | 24.09.1917 |
| Commissioned : | 00.11.1917 |
| Size (GRT) : | 1.393 |
| Size (NRT) : | 819 |
| Lenght (m) : | 77,7 |
| Width (m) : | 10,6 |
| Depth (m) : | 4,5 |
| Engine : | Steam engine/tripleexpansion/4 cylinders/Lobnitz & Co., Renfrew, Great Britain |
| Output : | 219 NHP |
| Screws : | 1 |
| Speed (kn) : | 17,5 |
1917 built as mine-layer HMS POLYANTHUS for the British government. Served as Q-ship until the end of WWI.
1921 purchased by the Mexican government and renamed COLIMA.
1929 sold to British Trade Crusades, London, Great Britain.
1933 purchased by Antoniou & Katramados (N.D. Antoniou, Manager), Piraeus, Greece, and re-named ACROPOLIS.
1935 owned by Nikolaos A. Katramados.
13.10.1940 - 07.04.1941 commandeered by the Greek government.
07.04.1941 with captain Vasilios Alexandrakis in command, attacked by German Luftwaffe aircraft of 2./KG.4 with bombs in the harbor of Piraeus and sunk without loss.
10.06.1941 scrapped by the German Kriegsmarine [A].
1921 purchased by the Mexican government and renamed COLIMA.
1929 sold to British Trade Crusades, London, Great Britain.
1933 purchased by Antoniou & Katramados (N.D. Antoniou, Manager), Piraeus, Greece, and re-named ACROPOLIS.
1935 owned by Nikolaos A. Katramados.
13.10.1940 - 07.04.1941 commandeered by the Greek government.
07.04.1941 with captain Vasilios Alexandrakis in command, attacked by German Luftwaffe aircraft of 2./KG.4 with bombs in the harbor of Piraeus and sunk without loss.
10.06.1941 scrapped by the German Kriegsmarine [A].
| Date of Loss : | 06.04.1941 |
| Place of Loss : | Port of Piraeus, Greece |
| Kind of Loss : | Air attack |
| Cause of Loss : | Air attack |
| Type of Opponent : | 11 x Heinkel He 111 |
| Name of Opponent : | German Luftwaffe, 2./KG.4 (Hptm. Kühl) [B] |
| Fate of Crew : | No losses |
1. Lloyds Register of Shipping
2. 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.)
3. Dounis, Christos: The wrecks of the Greek Waters 1900-1950, volume I, Finatec, Athens 2000 (Gr.)
4. [A] KTB Kommandant der Seeverteidigung Attika
5. [B] WLB-Stuttgart
2. 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.)
3. Dounis, Christos: The wrecks of the Greek Waters 1900-1950, volume I, Finatec, Athens 2000 (Gr.)
4. [A] KTB Kommandant der Seeverteidigung Attika
5. [B] WLB-Stuttgart
| Inserted : | 21.01.2011 |
| Inserted by : | Dimitris Galon |
| Last Edit : | 20.01.2016 |
| Edited by : | Dimitris Galon |
| Modifications : | - 26.07.2011 T. Reich document 1 inserted - 08.02.2012 T. Reich photo 1 inserted - 04.03.2014 D. Galon WLB-Link inserted - 20.01.2016 Service Life inserted |
