Stancor
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| Name | Stancor | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 798 tons | ||
| Completed | 1904 - W. Harkess & Son Ltd, Middlesbrough | ||
| Owner | J.A. Billmeir & Co Ltd, London | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 5 Jun, 1940 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-48 (Hans Rudolf Rösing) | ||
| Position | 58.48N, 08.45W - Grid AM 3388 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 19 (0 dead and 19 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Reykjavik - Fleetwood | ||
| Cargo | 300 tons of fish | ||
| History | Built as Cherrybrook for Whiteway & Ball, Teignmouth, later renamed Algardi. 1921 renamed Alburn for Smith Hogg & Co, West Hartlepool. 1930 sold to Estonia and renamed Stancor for E. Bergmann, Tallinin. In 1939 the Stancor was taken over by Britain in a British port and transferred to the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT). | ||
| Notes on loss | At 23.18 hours on 5 Jun, 1940, the unescorted Stancor (Master William Bibbings) was shelled by U-48 80 miles northwest of Butt of Lewis. The ship had been missed with a G7e stern torpedo at 22.44 hours and was left burning and sinking after 77 rounds were fired from the deck gun. The master, 16 crew members and two gunners abandoned ship in two lifeboats and were questioned by the Germans. The master and eight survivors in the first boat were picked up by the British trawler Kinaldie and landed at Stornoway on 7 June and 10 survivors in the second boat made landfall at Crowlista near Uig, Isle of Lewis. | ||
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