Stancor
Photo courtesy of C.A. Hill collection
| 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 | Completed in August 1904 as Cherrybrook for Whiteway & Ball, Teignmouth. 1915 renamed Algardi for R.H. Penny & Sons, Shoreham. 1924 renamed Alburn for Smith, Hogg & Co Ltd, West Hartlepool. 1930 renamed Stancor for Peacock & Cory (W.S. Peacock), West Hartlepool. 1931 registered in Estonia for Ernst Bergmann, Tallinn. 1934 sold to V. Zatorskis, Riga. 1939 registered in Britain for Stanhope SS Co Ltd (J.A. Billmeir & Co Ltd), London. | ||
| 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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