Schiffe der Küstenschutzflottille Piräus versenkt 11.1.44

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During the three Allied bombings of Piraeus that took place on 11.1.44, several ships belong to Küstenschutzflottille Piräus were sunk. Some of them have been identified, the origin of others remain unclear or unknown.

According to http://www.schiffswrackliste.de the ships were the following nine:

1) GA  07  x  KAREN ( GR )     
At  http://oceania.pbworks.com/w/page/8458239/German%20Auxiliary%20Patrol%20Ships she is mentioned as : GA 07 (..; 55 BRT; 43 ex gr. ./. ,,Karen"; †11.1.44, Pireus, sam., bl). Groener adds that she was owned by Kalogerakos and that she was commissioned on 20.10.43 as GA 07.   
A candidate for KAREN could be the following ship:
Built 1923 by Camper & Nicholson at Gosport (40.5 x 6.1 m.) as yacht KAREN (attachment 1). In 1940 she was rebuild in Perama under the ownership of K.Biniaris & Co into a barge and registered in Piraeus in 9.1943 as ATHANASIOS M. (184 grt) .
In 1947 she was rebuild into the motor cargo ship TIMIOS STAVROS (attachment 2). Renamed TASSOS M. in 1961 and RODOPI-S. in 1962, she was lost by grounding off Sardegna in 3.4.1973.
A photo of GA 07 could help to substantiate this hypothesis.

2) GA  08  x  SG  1  x  T 1 ( GR ): This is the former Greek Thornycoft-built MTB T 1, captured in 4.41.

3) GA  09  x  SG  2  x  T 2 ( GR ): This is the former Greek Thornycoft-built MTB T 2   captured in Patras in 4.41.

4) GA  54  x  12--M--12  x  GLAROS GR ): See https://www.historisches-marinearchiv.de/projekte/verluste_griechenland/ausgabe.php?lang=1&rubrik=%&where_value=526

5) GA  58  x  MUDROS ( GR ). Groener also mentions GA 58 as ex 12M4 ex MUDROS and that she was repaired as GA 58 in 1943 after her grounding in 4.2.42. However she was most probably the motor sailing ship NAFTILOS which was also designated 12M4 as mentioned at https://www.historisches-marinearchiv.de/projekte/verluste_griechenland/ausgabe.php?lang=1&rubrik=%&where_value=536        

6) GA  68  x  MARIA  TOBOULOS ( GR ). In http://oceania.pbworks.com/w/page/8458239/German%20Auxiliary%20Patrol%20Ships she is mentioned as :GA 68 (..; 24 BRT; ex gr. ./. ,,Maniatopoulos"; †11.1.44, Pireus, sam., bl). According to Groener her Greek name was MARIA TOPOULUS, apparently a motor sailing ship.

7) GA  70  x  PETEREL  I ( F ): Former French seaplane tender PETREL 1, built 1933.

8)GA  74                                                                

9)GA  75     

Also there was a tenth Küstenschutz ship sunk on 11.1.44, GA.80 (former Italian RD.9).

The identity of GA 74 and GA 75 are not known to me.
Groener mentions that Italian steamer GIORGIO ORSINI , having been captured on 9.43, received a GA-xx designation. She was also lost on 11.1.44. Maybe she was one of them?

Other candidates for GA 74 and 75 are two more ex Italian ships SAMBATOLO and MARCERA (probably spelled MARGHERA) also mentioned by Groener that became GA-xx in 9.43, but their fate is not known.
Finally the ex Greek yacht KYMA (captured by Italy in 4.41 and Germany in 9.43) was sunk in Piraeus in 11.1.44. Although she is not mentioned by Groener or others as a Küstenschutz ship, she might as well had become one.

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