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Leo Dawson

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NameLeo Dawson
Type:Steam merchant
Tonnage4.330 tons
Completed1918 - Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co Ltd, Blyth 
OwnerFrank S. Dawson Ltd, Cardiff 
HomeportNewcastle 
Date of attack4 Feb, 1940Nationality:      British
 
FateSunk by U-37 (Werner Hartmann)
Position60.10N, 00.39W - Grid AN 2184
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Complement35 (35 dead - no survivors)
Convoy 
RouteNarvik - Immingham 
CargoIron ore 
History Built as Roseden, 1936 renamed Leo Dawson 
Notes on loss At 21.25 hours on 4 Feb, 1940, the unescorted Leo Dawson (Master Charles Edwin Underwood) was torpedoed by U-37 northeast of Fair Isle. The master and 34 crew members were lost. 


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