The Stock Force was built at Dundee and was one of around 200 "Q-Ships" employed during the war. The "Q" in the name of the ships is thought to be from Queenstown, the home port of some of the earlier ones. Queenstown is now known as Cobh, in the Republic of Ireland. The phrase is based on "Q" cars, which are unmarked police cars.
"Q-Ships" often carried cargoes of wood to make them more difficult to sink.
Today, only one of them remains, the HMS President, which is moored in the Thames River.
The submarine that sank the Stock Force is believed to be the UB-80, captained by Max Viebeg.
Harold Auten was born in Leatherhead, Surrey, and worked in the film industry in the United States. He later moved to Bushkill, Pennsylvania, where he owned a hotel and a cinema. During World War II he returned to service and directed convoys across the Atlantic from New York. He died in 1964.
--DaCoot
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