ELLI
| Name : | ELLI |
| Greek name : | ΕΛΛΗ |
| Type of Ship : | Tanker |
| LRS-Name : | ELLI |
| Internat. call sign : | SZJX |
| Port of Registry : | Piraeus 99 |
| Initial Flag of Registry : | Great Britain |
| Owner : | 1878 Lynn Steam Shipping Co., King's Lynn, Great Britain 1881 East Coast S.S. Co. Ltd., King's Lynn, Great Britain 1906 Stamatios Raissis, Piraeus, Greece 1907 G. Grohman, Seriphos Island, Greece 1912 P. Nomikos and G. Tsiros, Piraeus, Greece 1913 P. Vagianis, Piraeus, Greece 1916 P. Synodinos, Piraeus, Greece 1919 Oriental Shipping Co. Ltd. (A.A. Capparis), Piraeus, Greece 1920 National Steam Navigation of Greece (Embiricos Bros), Piraeus, Greece 1925 Volos Steamship Co. (Stamatios Axelos), Volos, Greece 1931 E. and A. Fouskas, Piraeus, Greece 1941 Deligiannis, E. Eleftheriadis and Papas, Piraeus, Greece 1941 German Reich 1942 Italian government 1942 German Reich 1943 Mittelmeerreederei GmbH, Hamburg, Germany |
| Shipyard : | Andrew Leslie & Co., Newcastle, Great Britain |
| Hull Number : | 198 |
| Year of Construction : | 1878 |
| Launch : | 14.10.1878 |
| Commissioned : | 20.11.1878 |
| Size (GRT) : | 314 |
| Size (NRT) : | 129 |
| Lenght (m) : | 36,7 |
| Width (m) : | 6,3 |
| Depth (m) : | 3 |
| Engine : | Steam engine/2 cylinders/N.E. Marine Eng. Co. Ltd, Sunderland, Great Britain |
| Output : | 43 NHP |
| Screws : | 1 |
| Speed (kn) : | 9 |
1878 built by shipyard Andrew Leslie & Co., Newcastle, Great Britain, as the freighter SEA NYMPH for the Lynn Steam Shipping Co., King's Lynn, Great Britain.
1881 sold to East Coast S.S. Co. Ltd., King's Lynn, Great Britain.
1906 purchased by Stamatios Raissis, Piraeus, Greece, and renamed S. RAISSIS.
1907 sold to G. Grohman, Seriphos Island, Greece and renamed ISMINI, the owner's wife's name.
1912 purchased by P. Nomikos und G. Tsiros, Piraeus, Greece.
1913 in possession of P. Vagianis, Piraeus, Greece.
1916 in possession of P. Synodinos, Piraeus, Greece.
1919 sold to Oriental Shipping Co. Ltd. (A.A. Capparis), Piraeus, Greece.
1920 purchased by the National Steam Navigation of Greece Co. (Embiricos Bros), Piraeus, Greece.
1925 sold to Volos Steamship Co. (Stamatios Axelos), Volos, Greece.
1931 purchased by E. and A. Fouskas, Piraeus, Greece.
1941 in possession of Deligiannis, E. Eleftheriades and Papas, Piraeus, Greece. Presumably, shortly before the confiscation renamed ELLI by the Greek owners. [B]
28.07.1941 declared as a German prize in Piraeus. [B]
09.10.1941 set free for use by German units by the prize court Berlin and employed as Tanker ELLI in the Aegean.
11.12.1941 the Italian torpedo boat ALCIONE, which had been hit at the stern by a torpedo fired by the British submarine HMS TRUANT (Commanding Officer Lt.Cdr. Hugh Alfred Vernon Haggard, RN), was towed by ELLI to Souda Bay, Crete. [D]
01.1942 sold to the Italian government. Quote: “It is known that Italy, without permission, has bought Greek ships from the German zone at extremely elevated prices although these were registered by Germany and sailed for German units. These were the following ships: ELENI approx. 400 grt, ELENI (iron) 300 grt, AGIA PARASKEVI 310 grt, tanker ELLI 420 grt”. [C]
02.-07.1942 back to German units (cp. “KTB des Deutschen Marinekommandos Führungsstand Afrika von 09.07.1942” = war diary of German Naval Command representative at Command HQ Africa 09.07.1942).
09.03.1943 handed over to Mittelmeerreederei GmbH, Athens office. [D]
02.11.1943 fire in the engine room in the port of Saloniki. Repairs took approx. four weeks. [E]
19.09.1944, 15:00 (German operational time), with the Greek Captain Georgios Kalafatis in command and with a cargo of 250 tons of Oil, 15 tons of ammunition and three motorcycles, attacked by eight Allied aircraft of 252nd Squadron RAF at Gavrion, on the island of Andros, Cyclades, Greece, and sunk in shallow water. [A][G]
1950 sold by the O.A.N. (Greek Wreckers' Committee) to be broken up. [F]
1881 sold to East Coast S.S. Co. Ltd., King's Lynn, Great Britain.
1906 purchased by Stamatios Raissis, Piraeus, Greece, and renamed S. RAISSIS.
1907 sold to G. Grohman, Seriphos Island, Greece and renamed ISMINI, the owner's wife's name.
1912 purchased by P. Nomikos und G. Tsiros, Piraeus, Greece.
1913 in possession of P. Vagianis, Piraeus, Greece.
1916 in possession of P. Synodinos, Piraeus, Greece.
1919 sold to Oriental Shipping Co. Ltd. (A.A. Capparis), Piraeus, Greece.
1920 purchased by the National Steam Navigation of Greece Co. (Embiricos Bros), Piraeus, Greece.
1925 sold to Volos Steamship Co. (Stamatios Axelos), Volos, Greece.
1931 purchased by E. and A. Fouskas, Piraeus, Greece.
1941 in possession of Deligiannis, E. Eleftheriades and Papas, Piraeus, Greece. Presumably, shortly before the confiscation renamed ELLI by the Greek owners. [B]
28.07.1941 declared as a German prize in Piraeus. [B]
09.10.1941 set free for use by German units by the prize court Berlin and employed as Tanker ELLI in the Aegean.
11.12.1941 the Italian torpedo boat ALCIONE, which had been hit at the stern by a torpedo fired by the British submarine HMS TRUANT (Commanding Officer Lt.Cdr. Hugh Alfred Vernon Haggard, RN), was towed by ELLI to Souda Bay, Crete. [D]
01.1942 sold to the Italian government. Quote: “It is known that Italy, without permission, has bought Greek ships from the German zone at extremely elevated prices although these were registered by Germany and sailed for German units. These were the following ships: ELENI approx. 400 grt, ELENI (iron) 300 grt, AGIA PARASKEVI 310 grt, tanker ELLI 420 grt”. [C]
02.-07.1942 back to German units (cp. “KTB des Deutschen Marinekommandos Führungsstand Afrika von 09.07.1942” = war diary of German Naval Command representative at Command HQ Africa 09.07.1942).
09.03.1943 handed over to Mittelmeerreederei GmbH, Athens office. [D]
02.11.1943 fire in the engine room in the port of Saloniki. Repairs took approx. four weeks. [E]
19.09.1944, 15:00 (German operational time), with the Greek Captain Georgios Kalafatis in command and with a cargo of 250 tons of Oil, 15 tons of ammunition and three motorcycles, attacked by eight Allied aircraft of 252nd Squadron RAF at Gavrion, on the island of Andros, Cyclades, Greece, and sunk in shallow water. [A][G]
1950 sold by the O.A.N. (Greek Wreckers' Committee) to be broken up. [F]
| Date of Loss : | 00.04.1941 |
| Place of Loss : | Piraeus, Greece [B] |
| Kind of Loss : | Prize |
| Cause of Loss : | Prize |
| Name of Opponent : | Prisenhof Berlin, Germany |
| Fate of Crew : | No losses |
1. Lloyds Register of Shipping.
2. [A] Dounis, Christos: The wrecks of the Greek Waters 1900-1950, volume I, Finatec, Athens 2000 (Gr.)
3. [B] Akten Prisenhof Berlin
4. [C] Archiv Theodor Dorgeist
5. [D] KTB Admiral Ägäis 31.05.1943
6. [E] KTB Seeko Saloniki 02.11.1943
7. [F] Magazine EMPROS vom 25.11.1950
8. [G] ORB 252. Squadron RAF
2. [A] Dounis, Christos: The wrecks of the Greek Waters 1900-1950, volume I, Finatec, Athens 2000 (Gr.)
3. [B] Akten Prisenhof Berlin
4. [C] Archiv Theodor Dorgeist
5. [D] KTB Admiral Ägäis 31.05.1943
6. [E] KTB Seeko Saloniki 02.11.1943
7. [F] Magazine EMPROS vom 25.11.1950
8. [G] ORB 252. Squadron RAF
| Inserted : | 07.02.2015 |
| Inserted by : | Dimitris Galon |
| Last Edit : | 07.05.2015 |
| Edited by : | Dimitris Galon |
