Stanholme
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| Name | Stanholme | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 2.473 tons | ||
| Completed | 1927 - Burntisland Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Burntisland | ||
| Owner | J.A. Billmeir & Co Ltd, London | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 25 Dec, 1939 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-33 (Hans-Wilhelm von Dresky) | ||
| Position | 51.20N, 03.39W - Grid AM 9947 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 24 (12 dead and 12 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Cardiff - London | ||
| Cargo | 4500 tons of coal | ||
| History | Completed in March 1927 as Goleta for F.C. Strick & Co Ltd, London. 1936 renamed Stanholme for J.A. Billmeir & Co Ltd, London. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 07.45 hours on 25 Dec, 1939, the Stanholme (Master David Llewellyn Hook) struck a mine laid on 9 November by U-33 and sank off Foreland Point in the Bristol Channel. Twelve crew members were lost. The master and eleven crew members were picked up by the Norwegian steam merchant Liv and landed at Cardiff. | ||
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