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Lord Stanhope GY 931

Built by A. Hall Aberdeen 01/07/1916 for Beacon Steam Fishing Co. Ltd Grimsby
Registered 01/08/1916
09/1916 Requisitioned and converted to minesweeper
1919 Returned to owners
02/1918 owned by H Smethurst
03/1918 owned by W Smethurst
07/1918 went to Whitby Owner W Barton WY 285
01/1920 Changed Registry to GY 815 owned by B Levinson, Grimsby
07/1922 Went to Aberdeen renamed SANSONNET and owned by A Bruce Aberdeen A 862
03/04/1940 Bombed and sunk near Muckle Flugga Shetland Isles
Served as SANSONNET in WW2

Seen here as Sansonnet A 862

Her Details are

  • Official Number 138978
  • Yard Number 522
  • Admiralty Number 2961
  • Armaments 1 – 12 pdr
  • GT 212 NT 82
  • Dimensions 115.5 x 22.1 x 11.9
  • Engines 78 RHP 3 Cylinder 12″, 20″,34″ x 24″ Boiler 180 lb