D/S Leonidas Z.Cambanis

Other names
ex Littleton,ex Harpalyce,ex Shannonmede,ex Linmore,ex Llanover
Call sign
SVQX
Nationality
Greece flaggGreece
Home port
Andros

Shipyard

Name
W. Pickersgill & Sons, Ltd, Sunderland, UK
Build year
1917
Yard number
193
Month of delivery
mai

Other

  • Participant in WW2
  • Torpedoed, 3.4.1941
  • Civilian ship

Tonnage

Gross tonnage:
4.274
Net tonnage:
2.671

Engine

Propulsion:
Triple 3 cyl.
Engine size:
NHK 475
Speed:
10

Dimensions

Length:
390.0'
Beam:
53.3'
Draft:
23.5'
  • Miscellaneous

    1. D/S Leonidas Z. Cambanis - Foto v/ uboat.net

    HISTORIKK:
    v/H. Larsson-Fedde.

    5/1917: Evan Thomas,Radcliffe & Co.Ltd., Liverpool,U.K. - LLANOVER
    /1917: Johnston Line Ltd( Furness,Withy & Co.Ltd) Liverpool, U.K.- LINMORE
    /1920: Canute S.S.Co.Ltd( D. & T. G. Adams) Liverpool ,U.K. - SHANNONMEDE
    /1925: Willis S.S.Co.Ltd( J. & C. Harrison Ltd) Liverpool, U.K. - HARPALYCE
    /1929: The Edward Nicoll S.S.Co.Ltd., London, U.K. - LITTLETON
    /1932: Heirs of the late L. Z. Cambanis(Mina L.Cambanis) Andros, Hellas - LEONIDAS Z. CAMBANIS
    4/1941: Torpedert i konvoy og senket 3/4 av tysk ubåt U-74 (Korvettenkapitän Eitel-Friedrich Kentral) i pos.N 58.12', W 27.40' på reise Halifax til Swansea i konvoi SC-26  med en last av hvete. 2 personer omkom.

    Se også:
    https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/849.html

    Shipwreck location

    Latitude: 58
    Longitude: -27

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