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On 23 November 1940, the Leise Maersk was sailing with convoy SC-11 when, at 8:02 am, she was torpedoed by U-100 and sank 120 miles (193 km) west of Rockall, in the North Atlantic, in position 55°30'N/11°00'W. The captain and 16 crew members lost their lives. The 7 surviving sailors were rescued by a Dutch salvage tug and landed in Campbelltown, Scotland.
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Commemorated on:
Page 208 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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