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Total Records: 1
Name Nationality Location Date Lost
Leukos   Irish  Tory Island Co Donegal  1940 

Leukos :  
Owner Tucker Tippett & Co.Aberdeen 
Flag Irish  Builder Torry S.B. & Co Aberdeen 
Port Dublin  Build Date 1914 
Official No 137154 Material Steel 
Lloyds Register 1939 no - 10408  Weight Tons 216 / 212 / 83  
Launched 01/08/1914  Dimensions 115.0 | 22.6 | 12.3
Ship Type Steam Trawler  Propulsion 3Cy Trip-Expan 70 RHP 
Ships Role  Fishing Vessel  Rigging Style   
    Screws  
    Funnels  
Owner and Registration History
1927 owner Dublin Steam Trawling Co 
 
Location 12 Miles North West of Tory Island Co Donegal 
Date Lost 09/03/1940  Captain Thomason 
Cause Sank By Submarine  Crew Lost  
Position   Passengers Lost   
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History

Steam Trawler Leukos while fishing in company with a group of British Trawlers 12 miles off Tory Island , was attacted and sunk by gun fire without warning by U-38

At the time of the attack the neutral unarmed Leukos in accordance with the Hague Convention on neutrality had the designated neutral insignia an Irish Flag flying from her stern , an Irish Flag painted along her starboard and port sides and her Deck lights on

 
Record Created on  29/11/2008
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