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Cherrybrook

Names and owners

Year

Name

Owner
1904 Cherrybrook Whiteway & Ball
1915 Algardi R.H. Penny & Sons
1924 Alburn Smith, Hogg & Co.
1930 Stancor Peacock & Cory
1931 Stancor E. Bergmann
1934 Stancor V. Zatorskis
1939 Stancor Stanhope Steamship Co. Ltd.

Fate

Bound from Reykjavik for Fleetwood with a cargo of fish & a total compliment of 19, including two gunners, Stancor was attacked by a stern torpedo which missed & she was then sunk by gunfire from German submarine (U-48 Hans Rudolf Rosing) in 58.48N/8.45W on 6 June 1940. No lives lost.

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