HMS Leda (J 93)
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| Name | HMS Leda (J 93) | ||
| Type: | Fleet minesweeper (Halcyon) | ||
| Tonnage | 835 tons | ||
| Completed | 1938 - Devonport Dockyard, Plymouth | ||
| Owner | The Admiralty | ||
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| Date of attack | 20 Sep, 1942 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-435 (Siegfried Strelow) | ||
| Position | 76.30N, 05.00E - Grid AB 2272 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | ? men (14 dead and ? survivors). | ||
| Convoy | QP-14 | ||
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| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 06.25 hours on 20 Sep, 1942, U-435 fired one torpedo at the convoy QP-14 west of Bear Island and observed a hit on a freighter after 46 seconds. After two torpedoes were fired at 06.26 and 06.29 hours, two detonations were heard after 4 minutes 10 seconds and 4 minutes 30 seconds. A torpedo fired at 06.28 hours missed, because it was a surface runner. Strelow claimed one ship sunk, one damaged and one possibly damaged. However, no hits can be confirmed by Allied records. At 06.31 hours, the U-boat fired one torpedo at a destroyer and observed the ship sinking after being hit 1 minute 25 seconds later. The reported destroyer was the fleet minesweeper HMS Leda (J 93) (Cdr A.H. Wynne-Edwards, RN), which sank southwest of Spitsbergen. The survivors were rescued by the British rescue ships Rathlin and Zamalek. | ||
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