Sansonnet

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The steam trawler Sansonnet, of Aberdeen, reg no. A862 (formerly Grimsby Lord Stanhope reg GY 285) was bought by Aberdeen owners A Bruce and others in 1922 and re-named in 1926
She was bombed and sunk by enemy aircraft on 3rd April 1940 in a position 18 miles E by S of Muckle Flugga, with the loss of all ten crew.

Skipper : W.J. McCallum (53), 7 Menzies Road, Aberdeen
Mate : A.G.McKay (43), 190 Victoria Road, Aberdeen
Chief Engineer : W.N. Lindsay (59), 78 Middlefield Terrace, Aberdeen
Second Engineer : James Murray (38), 5 East Carlton Terrace, Buckie
Fireman : James Murray (35), 1 John Street, Buckie
Second Fisherman : J W Thomson (37) 118 Victoria Road, Aberdeen (formerly of Hull)
Deckhand : A C Hall, 89 Eaton Street, Hull
Deckhand : William Clark (54) 37 Dee Street, Aberdeen
Deckhand : J A McGarry, 126 Campbell Street, Hull
Cook : David F Slater (45), 138 Crown Street, Aberdeen.