Stancliffe
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| Name | Stancliffe | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 4,511 tons | ||
| Completed | 1936 - Lithgows Ltd, Port Glasgow | ||
| Owner | J.A. Billmeir & Co Ltd, London | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 12 Apr 1940 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-37 (Werner Hartmann) | ||
| Position | Grid AF 7829 - See estimated map location (60.58N00.53W) * | ||
| Complement | 37 (21 dead and 16 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Narvik - Middlesbrough - Immingham | ||
| Cargo | 7200 tons of iron ore | ||
| History | Built as Dornoch, 1937 sold to Lambert Brothers Ltd, London and renamed Huncliffe. 1939 sold to J.A. Billmeir & Co Ltd, London and renamed Stancliffe. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 09.42 hours on 12 Apr, 1940, the unescorted Stancliffe (Master Henry Herbert Sudbury) was hit in the foreship by one torpedo from U-37 and sank after loosing the bow 45 miles northeast of Muckle Flugga, Shetlands. The master and 20 crew members were lost. The U-boat went alongside of a lifeboat and took a man aboard for questioning. He was allowed to return to the boat with cigarettes and a bottle of rum. The 16 crew members in the lifeboat made landfall at Haroldswick, Unst Island, Shetlands. | ||
* Estimated position shown here is based on positions of losses in a roughly the same German grid code. It may be a bit off but should give a good idea as to where the attack took place.
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