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Name	1907–1937: SS Douglas 1937: SS Nepheligeretis 1937: SS Stancourt 1938: SS Hermes 1938: SS Suzy 1938–1940: SS Ioanna
Operator	1907: Goole Steam Shipping Company 1907–1922: Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway 1922–1923: London and North Western Railway 1923–1937: London, Midland and Scottish Railway 1937: Stanhope Steamship Company 1937: G.Mavroleon, Greece 1938: B.Athanassiedes, Piraeus
Port of registry
Builder	Clyde Shipbuilding and Engineering
Yard number	272
Launched	2 February 1907
Fate	Sunk 1 June 1940
General characteristics
Tonnage	950 gross register tons (GRT)
Length	236.5 feet (72.1 m)
Beam	32 feet (9.8 m)

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).

References

1. Duckworth, Christian Leslie Dyce; Langmuir, Graham Easton (1968). Railway and other Steamers. Prescot, Lancashire: T. Stephenson and Sons.
2. "1122958". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 15 December 2009.
3. "Naval Events, June 1940, Part 1 of 4, Saturday 1st – Friday 7th". Naval History. Retrieved 21 November 2011.
4. "SS Ioanna (+1940)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 9 November 2011.
5. "Ioanna". Uboat. Retrieved 12 February 2012.

v t e Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in June 1940
Shipwrecks	1 Jun: HMS Basilisk, Foudroyant, HMS Havant, Ioanna, HMS Keith, Scotia 7 Jun: HMS Carinthia 8 Jun: HMS Acasta, HMS Ardent, HMS Glorious, HMT Juniper 9 Jun: Max Wolf, Prins Olav 10 Jun: Olterra 11 Jun: Bruges 12 Jun: HMS Calypso, C 60 13 Jun: HNLMS O 13, HMS Odin, Train Ferry No. 2 15 Jun: HMS Andania 16 Jun: HMS Grampus, Rastrello 17 Jun: Champlain, HMS Lancastria, Ingénieur Riebell 18 Jun: Achille, Agosta, Clemenceau, Cyclone, Dordogne, Kergroise, Ouessant, Pasteur 19 Jun: Mexique, Niagara, HMS Orpheus 20 Jun: Empire Conveyor 21 Jun: Vliereede 23 Jun: HMS Khartoum 25 Jun: HMCS Fraser 27 Jun: Console Generale Liuzzi 29 Jun: Uebi Scebeli Unknown date: U-122
Other incidents	9 Jun: Empire Commerce 10 Jun: Barbana G, Monte Piana 25 Jun: HMS Calcutta Unknown date: Mari Chandris
1939 1940 1941 May 1940 July 1940

• 1907 ships
• Steamships of the United Kingdom
• Ships built on the River Clyde
• Ships of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
• Ships of the London and North Western Railway
• Ships of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway
• Maritime incidents in June 1940
• Ships sunk by German submarines in World War II
• World War II shipwrecks in the Atlantic Ocean