Leana
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| Name | Leana | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 4.742 tons | ||
| Completed | 1914 - AG Neptun Schiffswerft und Maschinenfabrik, Rostock | ||
| Owner | Williamson & Co, Hong Kong | ||
| Homeport | Hong Kong | ||
| Date of attack | 7 Jul, 1943 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-198 (Werner Hartmann) | ||
| Position | 25.06S, 35.33E - Grid KP 3819 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 66 (2 dead and 64 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Aden - Mombasa - Lourenco Marques | ||
| Cargo | Ballast | ||
| History | Built as Ulm, 1920 renamed Tapiti, 1938 renamed Leana | ||
| Notes on loss | At 06.45 hours on 7 Jul, 1943, U-198 began shelling the unescorted Leana (Master Joseph Crosthwaite) with 147 rounds from her deck gun about 40 miles southeast of Zavora Point, Portuguese East Africa and sank the ship with a coup de grāce at 08.10 hours. Two crew members were lost. The master was taken prisoner by the U-boat, landed at Bordeaux on 24 September and was taken to the POW camp Milag Nord. 57 crew members, five gunners and one passenger landed after five days at Inchi-Inchi Lighthouse, near Lourenco Marques. | ||
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