On a voyage from Calcutta to Lourengo Marques, Harmonides was torpedoed and sunk by the Japanese submarine I-165 on August 25th, 1942, about 250 miles S. of Ceylon.

Fourteen of her crew were lost.

Master

From

To

W J Hughes

1920


A Lynch

11/1937


1919 Launched as Hesione completed as Harmonides

Vessel

Built

Tonnage

Official No

Ship Builder

Engine Builder

Engine Type

HP

Screws

Speed

Harmonides (2)

1919

5288

143610

Ayrshire Dockyard

Irvine

J G Kincaid

Greenock

Triple Expansion Steam

517 NHP

1

11.5

Torpedoed & Sunk - 1942

Harmonides (2)

GCKW

Master

From

To

H Evans


8/1942

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