PETROS
| Name : | PETROS |
| Greek name : | ΠΕΤΡΟΣ |
| Type of Ship : | Passenger-Freighter |
| LRS-Name : | PETROS |
| Internat. call sign : | SZMD |
| Port of Registry : | Piraeus 587 |
| Later Names : | 1892 HUNGARIA 1910 VENETO 1913 ZATON 1926 IONIO 1927 PETROS |
| Initial Flag of Registry : | Austria-Hungary |
| Owner : | 1892 Società in Azioni Ungaro-Croata di Navigazione Marittime a Vapore, Fiume, Austria-Hungary 1910 Società Veneziana di Navigazione a Vapore, Venice, Italy 1913 Società Navigazione a Vapore Ragusea, Ragusa, Austria-Hungary 1919 Dubrovačka Parobrodska Plovidba, Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia 1926 Christodoulos N. Muhas, Corfu Island, Greece 1927 Georgios P. Potamianos, Piraeus, Greece 1931 „Epirotiki“ Steamship Navigation Company (Manag. Georgios Potamianos), Piraeus, Greece 1941 German Reich |
| Shipyard : | Howaldtswerke, Kiel, Germany |
| Hull Number : | 240 |
| Year of Construction : | 1892 |
| Launch : | 00.00.1892 |
| Commissioned : | 00.02.1892 |
| Size (GRT) : | 634 |
| Size (NRT) : | 347 |
| Lenght (m) : | 54,6 |
| Width (m) : | 7,6 |
| Depth (m) : | 3,7 |
| Engine : | Steam engine/triple expansion/3 cylinders/Howaldtswerke, Kiel, Germany |
| Output : | 118 NHP |
| Screws : | 1 |
| Speed (kn) : | 12 |
1892 built by Howaldtswerke, Kiel, Germany, as passenger-carrying freighter HUNGARIA for Società in Azioni Ungaro-Croata di Navigazione Marittime a Vapore, Fiume, Austria-Hungary.
1910 purchased by Società Veneziana di Navigazione a Vapore, Venice, Italy, and renamed VENETO.
1913 sold to Società Navigazione a Vapore Ragusea, Ragusa, Austria-Hungary, and renamed ZATON.
1919 ownership by „Dubrovačka Parobrodska Plovidba“, Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia.
1926 purchased by Christodoulos N. Muhas, Corfu, Greece, and renamed IONIO. Partial owners: Christodoulos N. Muhas 1/3, Dimitrios Mazarakis 1/3, Brothers Demosthenes and Sofokles Riggas 1/3.
1927 sold to Georgios P. Potamianos, Piräus, Greece, and renamed PETROS.
1931 ownership by „Epirotiki“ Steamship Navigation Company (Manag. Georgios Potamianos), Piraeus, Greece.
30.10.1940 commandeered by the Greek government (Office Ν.Θ.Μ./Γ΄) [A]
24.04.1941 while under command of Captain Nikolaos Beristianos in „Porto Helli“, Peloponnese, Greece, the ship was attacked by German Luftwaffe aircraft with bombs and machine guns and sunk without loss of life. [B]
15.10.1941 entered into list of "current salvages" by the (German) Salvage Officer. [C]
Although PETROS appears in the German prize court and salvage files, it is not known whether she was employed by the German occupation forces. [D]
00.10.1944 scuttled in „Liviana“, Thessaloniki, by the German Army. [B][E]
18.10.1952 offered by O.A.N. (Greek demolition committee) for demolition but remained unsold. After the war, the wreck was marked by a buoy, but remained to be a danger to shipping. After two motor sailers had hit the wreck in 1961, PETROS was scrapped. [A][B][E][F]
1910 purchased by Società Veneziana di Navigazione a Vapore, Venice, Italy, and renamed VENETO.
1913 sold to Società Navigazione a Vapore Ragusea, Ragusa, Austria-Hungary, and renamed ZATON.
1919 ownership by „Dubrovačka Parobrodska Plovidba“, Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia.
1926 purchased by Christodoulos N. Muhas, Corfu, Greece, and renamed IONIO. Partial owners: Christodoulos N. Muhas 1/3, Dimitrios Mazarakis 1/3, Brothers Demosthenes and Sofokles Riggas 1/3.
1927 sold to Georgios P. Potamianos, Piräus, Greece, and renamed PETROS.
1931 ownership by „Epirotiki“ Steamship Navigation Company (Manag. Georgios Potamianos), Piraeus, Greece.
30.10.1940 commandeered by the Greek government (Office Ν.Θ.Μ./Γ΄) [A]
24.04.1941 while under command of Captain Nikolaos Beristianos in „Porto Helli“, Peloponnese, Greece, the ship was attacked by German Luftwaffe aircraft with bombs and machine guns and sunk without loss of life. [B]
15.10.1941 entered into list of "current salvages" by the (German) Salvage Officer. [C]
Although PETROS appears in the German prize court and salvage files, it is not known whether she was employed by the German occupation forces. [D]
00.10.1944 scuttled in „Liviana“, Thessaloniki, by the German Army. [B][E]
18.10.1952 offered by O.A.N. (Greek demolition committee) for demolition but remained unsold. After the war, the wreck was marked by a buoy, but remained to be a danger to shipping. After two motor sailers had hit the wreck in 1961, PETROS was scrapped. [A][B][E][F]
| Date of Loss : | 24.04.1941 |
| Cargo : | Ballast |
| Place of Loss : | „Porto Helli“, Peloponnese, Greece [B] |
| Kind of Loss : | Air attack |
| Cause of Loss : | Air attack |
| Name of Opponent : | German Luftwaffe |
| Fate of Crew : | No losses [B] |
1. Lloyds Register of Shipping.
2. [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.)
3. [B] Dounis, Christos: The wrecks of the Greek Waters 1900-1950, volume I, Finatec, Athens 2000 (Gr.)
4. [C] „Stand der Bergungsarbeiten am 15. Oktober 1941 – In Gang befindliche Bergungen“, Akte RW 19/5524, Bundesarchiv-Militärarchiv
5. [D] Theodor Dorgeist Archive
6. [E] PETROS in „Forum Marinearchiv“ (s. #3)
7. [F] Newspaper EMPROS (11.10.1952)
2. [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.)
3. [B] Dounis, Christos: The wrecks of the Greek Waters 1900-1950, volume I, Finatec, Athens 2000 (Gr.)
4. [C] „Stand der Bergungsarbeiten am 15. Oktober 1941 – In Gang befindliche Bergungen“, Akte RW 19/5524, Bundesarchiv-Militärarchiv
5. [D] Theodor Dorgeist Archive
6. [E] PETROS in „Forum Marinearchiv“ (s. #3)
7. [F] Newspaper EMPROS (11.10.1952)
| Inserted : | 05.01.2015 |
| Inserted by : | Dimitris Galon |
| Last Edit : | 20.01.2016 |
| Edited by : | Dimitris Galon |
| Modifications : | - 12.01.2015 T. Reich photos 1-2 inserted. - 03.03.2015 D. Galon life service expanded - 01.06.2015 T. Reich documents 1-2 inserted - 20.01.2016 D. Galon Service Life inserted |
