Leo Dawson
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| Name | Leo Dawson | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 4.330 tons | ||
| Completed | 1918 - Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co Ltd, Blyth | ||
| Owner | Frank S. Dawson & Co Ltd, Cardiff | ||
| Homeport | Newcastle | ||
| Date of attack | 4 Feb, 1940 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-37 (Werner Hartmann) | ||
| Position | 60.10N, 00.39W - Grid AN 2184 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 35 (35 dead - no survivors) | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Narvik (29 Jan) - Immingham | ||
| Cargo | Iron ore | ||
| History | Completed in April 1918 as British Roseden for Stephens, Sutton & Stephens, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. 1936 renamed Leo Dawson for Frank S. Dawson & Co Ltd, Cardiff. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 21.25 hours on 4 Feb, 1940, the unescorted Leo Dawson (Master Charles Edwin Underwood) was hit aft by one torpedo from U-37 about 15 miles east of Bressay, Shetlands. The master and 34 crew members were lost. The ship had been missed by a first torpedo at 21.11 hours. | ||
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