Langleeford
Langleeford
| Name | Langleeford | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 4.622 tons | ||
| Completed | 1925 - Palmers Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow and Hebburn-on-Tyne | ||
| Owner | F. Carrick & Co Ltd, Newcastle-upon-Tyne | ||
| Homeport | Newcastle | ||
| Date of attack | 14 Feb, 1940 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-26 (Heinz Scheringer) | ||
| Position | 51.40N, 12.40W - Grid BE 3332 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 34 (4 dead and 30 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | HX-18 (straggler) | ||
| Route | Boston - Halifax - Tyne | ||
| Cargo | 6800 tons of wheat | ||
| History | At 1 Nov, 1939, the Langleeford was damaged in a collision with the British steam merchant Mervyn (3402 tons), which sank about 10 miles southeast of Smalls Lighthouse. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 08.00 hours on 14 Feb, 1940, the Langleeford (Master H. Thompson), a straggler from convoy HX-18, was torpedoed by U-26 about 70 miles northwest of Fastnet, Ireland and sank after 13 minutes. Four crew members were lost. The master and 29 crew members landed at Ross, Co. Clare. | ||
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