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.
Vessel
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Built
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Service
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Tonnage
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Harmonides (2)
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1919
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1919 Launched as Hesione completed as Harmonides
1942 Torpedoed and sunk in Indian Ocean
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5288
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Official Number
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Ship Builder
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Engine Builder
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Engine Type
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HP
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Screws
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143610
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Ayrshire Dockyard
Irvine
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J G Kincaid
Greenock
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Steam 3 Cyl
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517 NHP
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1
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