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'''SS ''Sauternes''''' was a [[steamship]] built in 1922. It was known as the ''Jólaskipið'' (the Christmas Ship) in the Faroe Islands. It sank in a storm in the [[firth]] [[Fugloyarfjørður]] within the [[Faroe Islands]] on 7 December 1941; all 25 passengers and crew were lost. The bodies of five of the service personnel who died are buried in [[Klaksvík]] old cemetery.<br />
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In addition to general cargo for the British [[garrison]] in the Faroes, ''Sauternes'' was also carrying 22,500 [[Danish krone]]r [[Mint (coin)|mint]]ed in the [[United Kingdom]] for use by the Faroese, since [[Denmark]] had been [[Occupation of Denmark|occupied]] by the [[Germany|Germans]] and was not sending any currency.<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{cite web <br />
|url = http://www.jo37.btinternet.co.uk/faroes/shipstory.htm <br />
|title = SS ''Sauternes'' <br />
|last1 = Mortensen <br />
|first1 = Axel <br />
|last2 = Hague <br />
|first2 = Brian <br />
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|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120717050625/http://www.jo37.btinternet.co.uk/faroes/shipstory.htm <br />
|archive-date = 2012-07-17<br />
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**{{cite web <br />
|title = SS Sauternes – Some research from LLoyds <br />
|url = http://www.jo37.btinternet.co.uk/ <br />
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121010154829/http://www.jo37.btinternet.co.uk/ <br />
|archive-date = 2012-10-10 <br />
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* {{cite web <br />
|url = http://www.divingexpedition2000.fo <br />
|title = Expedition to the wreck of ''Sauternes'' <br />
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|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081005212623/http://www.divingexpedition2000.fo/ <br />
|language = Faroese <br />
|archive-date = 2008-10-05<br />
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