Leadgate
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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, Newcastle-upon-Tyne | ||
| Homeport | Newcastle | ||
| Date of attack | 8 Mar 1943 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-642 (Herbert Brünning) | ||
| Position | 58N, 15W - Grid AK 3857 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 26 (26 dead - no survivors) | ||
| Convoy | SC-121 (straggler) | ||
| Route | New York (23 Feb) - UK | ||
| Cargo | General cargo | ||
| History | Built as Chilton, renamed Seven Seas Sound, renamed Leadgate | ||
| Notes on loss | At 23.03 hours on 8 Mar, 1943, the Leadgate (Master Ernest Hay Halliday), a straggler from convoy SC-121, was hit by one torpedo from U-642 and sank west of the Hebrides. The master and 25 crew members were lost. | ||
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