was sold to Sir Wm. Reardon Smith & Sons who renamed her Botlea. Exceptions included Sussex Steamships Co's 4,542 ton which was wrecked off the coast of West Africa in 1936 and Pearlstone which reverted to her owners in 1938. The remaining few ships continued with CSM into the Second World War. Ship-naming policies varied between the CSM companies. Many had entirely English names, but Akri Hill (built in 1924) referred to the family's Greek background. Argos Hill sounds half-Greek but is in fact a hill in Mayfield, East Sussex, England. All Tower Steamship Co. ship names began with "Tower", such as Tower Bridge and Tower Field. Michael E and Marietta E (see below) were Kulukundis family names. CSM's Second World War fleet In 1940 several Kulukundis brothers moved to the safety of the USA, leaving John Kulukundis and his cousin Basil Mavroleon to manage the CSM fleet. From 1940 onwards CSM in turn was controlled by the Ministry of War Transport. British Government support enabled CSM to acquire new ships instead of second hand ones. Six were completed for CSM in 1940. Kingston Hill, Lulworth Hill, Marietta E and Richmond Hill (II) were new steamships while Putney Hill and Tower Grange were new motor ships. By 1943 all except Richmond Hill had been lost, along with the pre-war second-hand steamships Dover Hill, Mill Hill and Brockley Hill (I). Three more new steamships were completed for CSM in 1941: Pentridge Hill (II) and the catapult armed merchantmen (CAM ships) Michael E and Primrose Hill (I). Only Pentridge Hill survived the War. In 1942 William Doxford & Sons in Sunderland built two motor ships for Putney Hill Steamships: Coombe Hill and Tower Hill (II). Both survived the War. CSM made no more acquisitions until 1946. War losses CSM sustained heavy war losses in the Second World War, starting with Surrey Steamships Co's 5,677 ton Box Hill which struck a mine on 31 December 1939. The 4,318 ton Mill Hill was built in 1930 and acquired by CSM in 1936. On 16 August 1940 a U-boat torpedoed her in the North Atlantic. She was laden with pig iron and scrap steel, and quickly sank with the loss of all hands. The 7,628 ton was built in December 1940. She was damaged by Luftwaffe bombing in February 1941 but was repaired. She was torpedoed and sunk in June 1941. The 5,216 ton was