Yard number 272 Fate Sunk Length 72 m | Out of service 1 June 1940 Launched 2 February 1907 | |
Name 1907-1937SS Douglas
1937SS Nepheligeretis
1937SS Stancourt
1938SS Hermes
1938SS Suzy
1938-1940SS Ioanna Operator 1907 Goole Steam Shipping Company
1907-1922Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
1922-1923London and North Western Railway
1923-1937London, Midland and Scottish Railway
1937Stanhope Steamship Company
1937G.Mavroleon, Greece
1938B.Athanassiedes, Piraeus Builder Clyde Shipbuilding and Engineering | ||
SS Douglas was a freight vessel built for the Clyde Shipbuilding and Engineering in Port Glasgow for Goole Steam Shipping Company in 1907.
History
She was built by Clyde Shipbuilding and Engineering in Port Glasgow for Goole Steam Shipping Company’s Copenhagen service. With her white hull, she was known as one of the "butter boats." She became the property of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway in 1907.
In 1922 she became the property of the London and North Western Railway and in 1923, the London, Midland and Scottish Railway.
In 1935 he was the property of Associated Humber Lines. By this time she had her hull colour changed to black.
She was sold in 1937 to the Stanhope Steam Ship Company and renamed Stanhope and later the same year to G M Mavroleon, Greece and renamed Nepheligeretis. In 1938 she was sold to B Athanassiades and renamed Hermes, then Suzy. She was renamed Ioanna in 1940.
On 1 June 1940 she was part of Convoy HG 32F. She straggled behind the convoy. She was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 120 nautical miles (220 km) west of Cape Finisterre, Spain by U-37 ( Kriegsmarine). All crew were rescued by Cabo Razo ( Spain).