Aghios Georgios: The Aghios Georgios was a 3,283 ton cargo ship originally built as the Portsea at Earle's Shipbuilding, Hull, England, Yard No. 592 for the Sea Steamship Co., Ltd. (Brown, Atkinson), Hull. She was launched on 24 October 1912 and completed the following November. She was 107.3 meters in length, 15.1 meters in beam, and 6.5 meters in draught, with a triple-expansion engine (307 and a single propeller which provided a speed of 8.5 knots. Renamed Onaway in 1923, and then was sold to Aristotelis G. Vlassopoulos in 1924 and was renamed Aghios Georgios. The Aghios Georgios was requistioned for use during WWII and was assigned to Minesweeping Group 401 based in Alexandria and utilized as a minesweeping tugboat. She also participated on the SL64 and SL64s convoys (Sierra Leone-Liverpool).                                                                  No photo available On 04 February 1941, the Aghios Georgios was the 13th ship in the line of convoy SL64 when she struck a mine at kilometer 142/143 while transiting the Suez Canal. She, and one other ship, the Derwenthall (Which had been mined on 02 February), were both hauled onto the bank and eventually towed to Suez. References: http://sites.google.com/a/mercantilemarine.org/mercantile-marine/War-time-Stories/convey/convoy-sl64-losses http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_World_War_II_convoys Miramar Single Ship Report for 1133415 "The Royal Navy and the Mediterranean" (David Brown)