S S. Samtampa, steamship was wrecked on Sker Point, off Porthcawl and Kenfig, Wales, in the Bristol Channel on 23 April 1947 - A press cutting showing portraits of Whitby, Yorkshire casualties when the vessel was lost with all hands. The lifeboat 'Edward, Prince of Wales' and her crew of 8 were all lost also

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Photo credit: © Colin Waters / Alamy / Afripics
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