NICOLAS PATERAS
| Name : | NICOLAS PATERAS |
| Greek name : | ΝΙΚΟΛΑΟΣ ΠΑΤΕΡΑΣ |
| Type of Ship : | Freighter |
| LRS-Name : | NICOLAS PATERAS |
| Internat. call sign : | SVBB |
| Port of Registry : | Chios 127 |
| Later Names : | 1910 BRANTFORD 1917 BAYFORD 1921 PORT DE LA PALLICE 1924 MARIA M. DIACAKIS 1934 PENTE ADELFI 1935 NICOLAS PATERAS |
| Initial Flag of Registry : | Great Britain |
| Owner : | 1910 Furness, Withy & Co. Ltd, Liverpool, Great Britain 1917 Bay Steamship Co., London, Great Britain 1921 franz. Regierung, Paris, France 1924 M.D. Diacakis, Syra Island, Greece 1935 Costas N. & Elias N. Pateras, Chios Island, Greece |
| Shipyard : | Northumberland Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Howden-on-Tyne, Newcastle, Great Britain |
| Hull Number : | 168 |
| Year of Construction : | 1910 |
| Launch : | 25.02.1910 |
| Commissioned : | 00.04.1910 |
| Size (GRT) : | 4.326 |
| Size (NRT) : | 2.602 |
| Lenght (m) : | 111,2 |
| Width (m) : | 15,7 |
| Crew : | 28 |
| Engine : | Steam engine/3 cylinders/Richardsons, Westgarth & Co., Sunderland, Great Britain |
| Output : | 335 NHP |
| Screws : | 1 |
| Speed (kn) : | 10 |
1910 built as BRANTFORD for Furness, Withy & Co. Ltd, Liverpool, England.
1917 acquired by Bay Steamship Co., London, Engl., and renamed BAYFORD.
1921 sold to the French government (Paris, France) and renamed PORT DE LA PALLICE.
1924 acquired by M.D. Diacakis, island of Syra (today: Syros), Greece, and renamed MARIA M. DIACAKIS.
1934 renamed PENTE ADELFI.
1935 acquired by Costas N. & Elias N. Pateras, island of Chios, Greece, and renamed NICOLAS PATERAS.
25.06.1941, 16:14, with captain Dimitris Liosatos in command, after the steamer was separated from convoy OB 336 due to bad weather, attacked by German u-boat U 108 (KrvKpt. Klaus Scholtz) south-east of Cape Farewell, Greenland, and hit by torpedo amidships. After that, the sub fired 97 rounds with its deck gun (between 17:13 and 17:55) until the ship sank. No survivors. [A][B][C][D]
1917 acquired by Bay Steamship Co., London, Engl., and renamed BAYFORD.
1921 sold to the French government (Paris, France) and renamed PORT DE LA PALLICE.
1924 acquired by M.D. Diacakis, island of Syra (today: Syros), Greece, and renamed MARIA M. DIACAKIS.
1934 renamed PENTE ADELFI.
1935 acquired by Costas N. & Elias N. Pateras, island of Chios, Greece, and renamed NICOLAS PATERAS.
25.06.1941, 16:14, with captain Dimitris Liosatos in command, after the steamer was separated from convoy OB 336 due to bad weather, attacked by German u-boat U 108 (KrvKpt. Klaus Scholtz) south-east of Cape Farewell, Greenland, and hit by torpedo amidships. After that, the sub fired 97 rounds with its deck gun (between 17:13 and 17:55) until the ship sank. No survivors. [A][B][C][D]
| Date of Loss : | 25.06.1941 |
| Time of Loss : | 16:14 Uhr |
| Convoy : | OB 336 |
| Route : | from Liverpool, Great Britain, to "Father Point", Canada. |
| Cargo : | Ballast |
| Place of Loss : | Southeast of Cap "Farewell", Greenland, 55.00 N / 38.00 W, MrQdr. AJ 9587 [A] |
| Kind of Loss : | Torpedo Attack |
| Cause of Loss : | Torpedo Attack |
| Type of Opponent : | German Uboat |
| Name of Opponent : | U 108 (KrvKpt. Klaus Scholtz) |
| Fate of Crew : | No survivors [B][C] |
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] Dounis, Christos: In time of war, J&J, Athens 2003 (gr.)
5. [C] U-Boat.net
6. [D] ASS-Projekt (HMA)
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] Dounis, Christos: In time of war, J&J, Athens 2003 (gr.)
5. [C] U-Boat.net
6. [D] ASS-Projekt (HMA)
| Inserted : | 07.04.2011 |
| Inserted by : | Dimitris Galon |
| Last Edit : | 26.10.2015 |
| Edited by : | Dimitris Galon |
| Modifications : | - 25.05.2011 T. Reich photo 1 inserted - 08.06.2014 T. Reich photos 2-3 inserted - 01.06.2015 T. Reich photos 4-5 inserted - 26.10.2015 D. Galon English Service Life added |
