The deep-sea rescue tug HMS Saucy was sunk by an enemy mine on 4 September 1940 in the Firth of Forth. She carried a crew of 31. Of the 26 crew who perished, 18 came from Brixham, It took many years before Gordon Thomas and Sam Tribble finally got a lasting memorial erected to the memory of these men in the form of a bronze plaque at the old Fish Market building.

Gordon Thomas, who led the campaign for a local memorial

commemorating the crew of HMS Saucy, with the memorial plaque.