Stanbrook (1939): Shipwreck Map, Location & Facts

Stanbrook 1939

Image: Clive Ketley, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Marker: recorded wreck position (Second World War).

Key facts

Name	Stanbrook	Wikidata label
Year lost	1939	Wikidata P793 significant event, point-in-time qualifier
Era	Second World War	derived from year
Ship type	general cargo ship	Wikidata P31 instance of
Cause of loss	War action	Keyword match in English Wikipedia lead sentence
Nationality / flag	United Kingdom	Wikidata P8047 country of registry
Conflict	World War II, Spanish Civil War	Wikidata P607 conflict
Sea / ocean	North Sea	Natural Earth marine areas (public domain), point-in-polygon
Nearest coast	England	Natural Earth (public domain); approx. 64 km from land
Position	51.8500, 2.4167	Wikidata P625 coordinate location (CC0)

About the wreck

SS Stanbrook was a British cargo steamship. She was launched in 1909 as Lancer, and was renamed Stanbrook in 1937. She was a blockade runner in the Spanish Civil War, in which she survived a number of Nationalist air attacks. One of these sank her in August 1938, but she was raised and repaired. In March 1939 she was one of the last blockade runners to leave Republican-held Spain before it fell to the Nationalist faction. In November 1939 a German U-boat sank Stanbrook with all hands in the North Sea.

Location

Recorded position: 51.8500, 2.4167 (Wikidata P625 coordinate location (CC0); may be approximate)
Sea / ocean: North Sea
Nearest coast: England

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Text adapted from the Wikipedia article SS Stanbrook (revision 1368170153), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: excerpted from the article lead section; condensed by selecting paragraphs; citations and formatting removed. No text added. This excerpt is available under the same licence.