BORIS
| Name : | BORIS |
| Greek name : | ΒΟΡΙΣ |
| Type of Ship : | Freighter |
| LRS-Name : | BORIS |
| Internat. call sign : | SVHI |
| Port of Registry : | Piraeus 834 |
| Later Names : | 1917 WAR HEATHER 1919 MENAPIER 1933 BORIS |
| Initial Flag of Registry : | Great Britain |
| Owner : | 1917 Britische Regierung, London, Great Britain 1919 Lloyd Royal Belge, Antwerpen, Belgium 1933 Société Commerciale et Maritime Vlasov, Syros Island, Greece 1934 Société Commerciale et d'Armament, Piraeus, Greece |
| Shipyard : | D&W Henderson & Co. Ltd, Glasgow, Great Britain |
| Hull Number : | 513 |
| Year of Construction : | 1917 |
| Launch : | 17.10.1917 |
| Commissioned : | 00.12.1917 |
| Size (GRT) : | 5.166 |
| Size (NRT) : | 3.071 |
| Lenght (m) : | 122 |
| Width (m) : | 15,8 |
| Depth (m) : | 8,5 |
| Engine : | Steam engine/triple expansion/3 cylinders/D&W Henderson & Co. Ltd, Glasgow, Great Britain |
| Output : | 490 NHP |
| Screws : | 1 |
| Speed (kn) : | 11 |
1917 built as WAR HEATHER for the British government.
1919 purchased by Lloyd Royal Belge, Antwerp, Belgium, and renamed MENAPIER.
1933 sold to Société Commerciale et Maritime Vlasov, Syros Island, Greece, and renamed BORIS.
1934 sold to Société Commerciale et d'Armament, Piraeus, Greece.
03.06.43, 23:40, hit by one of three torpedoes fired from German submarine U 180 (Fregkpt. Werner Musenberg) west of Ascension (South Atlantic). Due to a cargo of wood, the steamer remained afloat and had to be sunk with two "finishing shots" at 23:52. [A][B][C]
11.12.1952 removed from the port register of Piraeus. [D]
1919 purchased by Lloyd Royal Belge, Antwerp, Belgium, and renamed MENAPIER.
1933 sold to Société Commerciale et Maritime Vlasov, Syros Island, Greece, and renamed BORIS.
1934 sold to Société Commerciale et d'Armament, Piraeus, Greece.
03.06.43, 23:40, hit by one of three torpedoes fired from German submarine U 180 (Fregkpt. Werner Musenberg) west of Ascension (South Atlantic). Due to a cargo of wood, the steamer remained afloat and had to be sunk with two "finishing shots" at 23:52. [A][B][C]
11.12.1952 removed from the port register of Piraeus. [D]
| Date of Loss : | 03.06.1943 |
| Time of Loss : | 23:40 Uhr |
| Convoy : | Unguarded |
| Route : | From Santos, Brazil, to Freetown, Sierra Leone, and then to Belfast, Great Britain. |
| Cargo : | 2.975 tonnes of general cargo, including bauxite, castor seed and poplar wood. |
| Place of Loss : | West of Ascension Island (South Atlantic), 07.14 S / 18.41 W, Mr.Qdr. FL 3816 [A] |
| Kind of Loss : | Torpedo attack |
| Cause of Loss : | Torpedo attack |
| Type of Opponent : | German uboat |
| Name of Opponent : | U 180 (Fregkpt. Werner Musenberg) |
| Fate of Crew : | No losses [B] |
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.[A] Rohwer, Jürgen: Axis Submarine Successes of World War Two, German, Italian and Japanese Submarine Successes, 1939-1945, Naval Institute Press Annapolis, Maryland 1999 (engl.)
4. [B] Uboat.net
5. [C] Project ASS Axis Submarine Successes, 1939-1945
6. [D] Port register of Piraeus
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.[A] Rohwer, Jürgen: Axis Submarine Successes of World War Two, German, Italian and Japanese Submarine Successes, 1939-1945, Naval Institute Press Annapolis, Maryland 1999 (engl.)
4. [B] Uboat.net
5. [C] Project ASS Axis Submarine Successes, 1939-1945
6. [D] Port register of Piraeus
| Inserted : | 28.01.2011 |
| Inserted by : | Dimitris Galon |
| Last Edit : | 20.01.2016 |
| Edited by : | Dimitris Galon |
| Modifications : | - 29.01.2011 T. Reich photo 1 inserted - 25.02.2014 T. Reich photo 2 inserted - 20.03.2014 D. Galon ASS-Link inserted - 18.05.2015 T. Reich Document 1 inserted - 20.01.2016 Service Life inserted |
