SS Peleus

History
Name	SS Egglestone (1928) SS Peleus (1928–1944)
Operator	E. E. Hadjilias, Syros (1928–1933) Nereus Steam Navigation Co, Athens (1933–1944)
Builder	William Gray & Company, West Hartlepool, England
Yard number	999
Launched	6 February 1928
Completed	March 1928
Fate	Sunk on 13 March 1944
General characteristics
Tonnage	4,695 gross register tons (GRT)
Length	400.2 ft (122.0 m)
Beam	54.2 ft (16.5 m)
Depth	25.1 ft (7.7 m)
Propulsion	T3cyl (26.5, 44, 73 x 48in), 476nhp, 1 screw
Crew	35

SS Peleus was a steam merchant ship built in 1928 by William Gray & Company of West Hartlepool. Originally named Egglestone, she was acquired by E. E. Hadjilias, Syros and renamed after Pēleús (Greek: Πηλεύς), the mythical King of Aegina, and father of Achilles. Peleus was sold in 1933 to the Nereus Steam Navigation company. She had an uneventful career in peacetime, until the Second World War. She worked under charter for the British government during the war, and operated in the South Atlantic, until her loss in March 1944 when she was torpedoed and sunk by U-852.