SS Douglas (1907)

History
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.^[1]

She was built by Clyde Shipbuilding and Engineering in Port Glasgow for Goole Steam Shipping Company's Copenhagen service.^[2] 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).^[3][4][5]