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The ST Leukos was Irish Steam Trawler that operated off the coast of Ireland. She was lost with all hands on 9 March 1940 while fishing off Tory Island when the surfaced and opened fire with its deck gun. The Leukos and her crew of 11 were lost. As a neutral country, Irish ships, including the Leukos, were unarmed and clearly marked. The ''Leukos'' was fishing in the company of British trawlers and she may have positioned herself between these fleeing trawlers and the U-boat in the vain belief that her status as a neutral would be respected. Alternatively the ''Leukos'' might have attempted to ram the ''U-38''. The Irish Seamen's Relatives Association holds that the Leukos did attempt to ram the U-38 as it threatened the British trawlers. They maintain that this selfless bravery should be acknowledged by the British government.〔() Postscript. 26 September 2003: Irrespective of the many unanswered questions that surround the sinking of the Leukos and despite some of the simplistic analysis presented by various British sources which lack credible causation for her loss, the Irish Seamen's Relatives Association This loss remained a mystery for many years. Death certificates for the lost crew were not issued until 1986. == History == ST ''Leukos'' was built in Aberdeen in 1914 by the John Duthie Torry Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. for the National Steam Fishing Company of Aberdeen. She was powered by a coal-fired steam engine. During World War I she was requisitioned by the British Admiralty and used as a "boom defence vessel"; that is: she maintained the buoys, hawsers and netting of a boom defence. Initially she fished from Aberdeen. In 1920 she was sold to Tucker, Tippet and Company and continued fishing out of Aberdeen. On 27 February 1927 she was in a collision with ST ''Thomas Bartlett''. Later that year she was sold to the Dublin Trawlers, Ice and Cold Storage Company with offices at 8 Cardiff Lane, Dublin. She was transferred to the Irish registry. She was based at Hanover Quay, Ringsend, Dublin 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「ST Leukos」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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