Leise Mærsk
British Motor merchant
Photo courtesy of Danish Maritime Museum, Elsinore
| Name | Leise Mærsk | ||
| Type: | Motor merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 3,136 tons | ||
| Completed | 1921 - Odense Staalskibsværft ved A.P. Møller, Odense | ||
| Owner | Burnett SS Co Ltd, Newcastle-upon-Tyne | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 23 Nov 1940 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-100 (Joachim Schepke) | ||
| Position | 55° 30'N, 11° 00'W - Grid AM 4662 | ||
| Complement | 24 (17 dead and 7 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | SC-11 | ||
| Route | Three Rivers - Sydney (9 Nov) - Sharpness | ||
| Cargo | 4500 tons of grain and general cargo | ||
| History | Completed in August 1921 as Danish Leise Mærsk (2925 grt) for A.P. Møller, Copenhagen. 1932 lenghtened. 1940 taken over by Britain and transferred to the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT). | ||
| Notes on event | At 08.02 hours on 23 Nov 1940 the Leise Mærsk (Master Peter Konge Mortensen) in convoy SC-11 was torpedoed and sunk by U-100 about 120 miles west of Rockall. The master and 16 crew members were lost. Seven crew members were picked up by a Dutch salvage tug and landed at Campbeltown. | ||
| On board | We have details of 17 people who were on board. | ||
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