| Name: | LANCER |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 16/08/1909 |
| Completed: | 09/1909 |
| Builder: | Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Company |
| Yard: | Willington Quay |
| Yard Number: | 172 |
| Dimensions: | 1363grt, 851nrt, 230.1 x 34.0 x 21.8ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (18, 30 & 49 x 33ins), 163nhp |
| Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 124287 |
| History: | |
| 14/09/1909 | Fisher, Renwick Manchester-London Steamers Ltd, Manchester |
| 1937 | Stanhope Steamship Co Ltd (JA Billmeir & Co Ltd), London; renamed STANBROOK |
| 1937 | GM Mavroleon, Piraeus; renamed POLYFLOISVIOS |
| 1937 | Stanhope Steamship Co Ltd (JA Billmeir & Co Ltd), London; renamed STANBROOK |
| 19/11/1939 | Sank |
| Comments: | 03/1939: Used to transport Spanish refugees escaping the Franco regime after the |
| Spanish Civil War. They were interned by the French in various camps in North Africa. | |
| 18/11/1939: Sailed from Antwerp to Blyth in ballast | |
| 19/11/1939: Believed torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U57, 50 miles NW of Ostend |
Above photo as LANCER is courtesy of Clive Ketley
Above photo as STANBROOK is courtesy of Clive Ketley
Above photo, taken 28/03/1939, shows refugees disembarking from STANBROOK at Oran. Photo is courtesy of Eliane Ortega Bernabeu
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