Leadgate
British Steam merchant
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| Name | Leadgate | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 2,125 tons | ||
| Completed | 1925 - Smith´s Dock Co Ltd, South Bank, Middlesbrough | ||
| Owner | Consett Iron Co Ltd (Wm. Dickinson & Co), Newcastle-upon-Tyne | ||
| Homeport | Newcastle | ||
| Date of attack | 8 Mar 1943 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-642 (Herbert Brünning) | ||
| Position | 57° 39'N, 27° 36'W - Grid AK 3857 | ||
| Complement | 30 (30 dead - no survivors) | ||
| Convoy | SC-121 (straggler) | ||
| Route | New York - St. John, New Brunswick (21 Feb) - Halifax (25 Feb) - Liverpool | ||
| Cargo | 2700 tons of flour | ||
| History | Completed in January 1925 as Chilton for Durham SS Co Ltd (T. Smith & Co), Newcastle-upon-Tyne. 1929 sold to Witherington & Everett, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. 1935 renamed Seven Seas Sound for Good Hope Shipping Co (Walter Vaughan Ltd), Cardiff. 1937 renamed Leadgate for Consett Iron Co Ltd (Wm. Dickinson & Co), Newcastle-upon-Tyne. | ||
| Notes on event | At 23.03 hours on 8 March 1943 the unescorted Leadgate (Master Ernest Hay Halliday), a straggler from convoy SC-121, was hit by one torpedo from U-642 and sank about 450 miles west of Rockall. The master, 25 crew members and four gunners were lost. | ||
| On board | We have details of 30 people who were on board. | ||
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