LEUKOS
Shipbuildervessel built by
DUTHIE
(Footdee, Aberdeen)
Date1914
Object NameFISHING VESSEL
MediumSTEEL
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionstonnage 216 tons
Object numberABDSHIP000831
Keywords
Yard Number: 405.
Fate: Sunk by U-boat 9 March 1940. Master J. P. Thomasson, 11 crew killed.
Propulsion: Steam
Description: Trawler
Owners:
1914: National Steam Fishing Co. (Aberdeen) Ltd, A103.
06/1915: Requisitioned and converted to boom defence vessel.
1919: Returned to owners.
1920: Tucker, Tippet & Co. Ltd, Aberdeen.
1929: Dublin, Tr. Ice and Cold Storage Co. Ltd.
General History:
09/03/1940 at 20:00 CET, U-boat 38, commanded by Heinrich Liebe, had spotted six trawlers all with their lights set near Tory Island and Liebe thought that they were forming a patrol line. He decided to give one of them a warning and fired one shot from the deck gun at the LEUKOS from a distance of 200 metres. The shot hit the trawler in the engine room and she disappeared in a cloud of steam and smoke. The LEUKOS was reported missing on 12 March, when the ship failed to arrive in Dublin. On 21 March, a lifeboat bearing the logo of the ship was washed ashore on Scarinish Tiree off the westcoast of Scotland.
Details of sinking from Irish Seaman's Relatives Association website (see website for full report on the sinking) and www.ubootwaffe.net
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