Leto
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| Name | Leto | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 4.712 tons | ||
| Completed | 1929 - NV Rotterdamsche Droogdok Mij, Rotterdam | ||
| Owner | Mij. Zeevaart NV (Hudig & Veder), Rotterdam | ||
| Homeport | Rotterdam | ||
| Date of attack | 12 May, 1942 | Nationality:  Dutch | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-553 (Karl Thurmann) | ||
| Position | 49.32N, 65.19W - Grid BB 1476 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 53 (12 dead and 41 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Montreal (10 May) - Quebec - Halifax - UK | ||
| Cargo | Grain | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 08.28 hours on 12 May 1942, the unescorted Leto (Master E.H. van der Veen) was hit by one torpedo from U-553 about eight miles north of Cape de la Madeleine. The torpedo struck in the engine room, wrecking the engine, killing eleven men (including the first engineer) and causing the ship to sink in a short time. In Quebec, the ship had taken four maritime officers as passengers on board. They were from the Dutch motor tanker Oscilla, which had been sunk by the Italian submarine Morosini (Fraternale) on 16 Mar, 1942. One of them, the first mate, was rescued from a piece of wood but died later of hypothermia. | ||
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