Wrecks List | ||||
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Total Records: 1 | ||||
Name | Nationality | Location | Date Lost | |
Leukos | Irish | Tory Island Co Donegal | 1940 | |
Leukos : | |||
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Owner | Tucker Tippett & Co.Aberdeen | ||
Flag | Irish | Builder | Torry S.B. & Co Aberdeen |
Port | Dublin | Build Date | 1914 |
Official No | 137154 | Material | Steel |
Tonnage nrt/grt | 216 / 212 / 83 | ||
Ship type | Steam Trawler | Dimensions | 115.0 | 22.6 | 12.3 |
Ships Role | Fishing Vessel | Rigging Style | |
Super Structure | |||
Hull | |||
Machinery | |||
Wreck 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 | ||
Google Map Location | |||
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 |
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Record Created on 29/11/2008 | |||
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