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SS Sauternes
SS Sauternes was a steamship built in 1922. She sank in a storm in the firth Fugloyarfjørður by the Faroe Islands on 7 December 1941; all 25 passengers and crew were lost. In the Faroes, she became known as Jólaskipið, the Christmas Ship.
In addition to general cargo for the British garrison in the Faroes, Sauternes was also carrying 22,500 Danish kroner minted in the United Kingdom for use by the Faroese, since Denmark had been occupied by the Germans and was not sending any coin.
Casualties
- George Albert Perris
- Richard Smith
- John Daniel McNicol
- Robert Ross
- Peter McKenzie Cormack
- William Smith, Master
- James Currie Carruthers
- Donald Chapman
- Donald Fraser
- John Fanning Grossart
- Sydney Horn
- Hugh Tanser Jarvis
- Henry William John Koven
- Michael McCarthy
- Tokuzo Mitsuda
- Hugh Morrice
- Robert Brown Palmer
- Kenneth Lavery Rider
- Alexander Ross
- John Russell
- Alexander Scobbie
- James Wilson
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