Ledbury
Photo Courtesy of Library of Contemporary History, Stuttgart
| Name | Ledbury | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 3,528 tons | ||
| Completed | 1912 - AG Neptun Schiffswerft und Maschinenfabrik, Rostock | ||
| Owner | Alexander Capper & Co Ltd, London | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 24 Oct 1939 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-37 (Werner Hartmann) | ||
| Position | 36.01N, 07.22W - Grid CG 9454 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 31 (0 dead and 31 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Toulon - Gibraltar - Burntisland | ||
| Cargo | 5800 tons of bauxite | ||
| History | Built as Odessa, 1921 renamed Podesta, 1924 renamed Ledbury | ||
| Notes on loss | At 09.18 hours on 24 Oct, 1939, the unescorted Ledbury (Master Norman Rice) was shelled and sunk by U-37 with 34 rounds of 10.5cm gunfire about 100 miles west of Gibraltar. The master and 30 crew members were picked up by the American merchant Crown City and landed at Gibraltar. | ||
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