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The Samtampa and the Mumbles Lifeboat

Sker Point, Porthcawl

A ship and the lifeboat sent to save her, both lost.

In a terrible gale, the cargo ship Samtampa was driven onto the rocks at Sker Point and broke into three pieces. All 39 of her crew died.

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When
23 April 1947
Where
51.4900, -3.7450
Group
Shipwrecks

Visiting

Sker Point is reached by a coastal walk from Kenfig or Porthcawl. Parts of the wreck still show at low tide.

Cover of Blood and Gold by Cale Mills
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Blood and Gold

Sixteen true stories of mutiny, mercy, treasure and the gallows from the Golden Age of Piracy: Henry Every, Bartholomew “Black Bart” Roberts, Edward England, Howell Davis, Christopher Moody, Anne Bonny, Mary Read, Charles Vane, Benjamin Hornigold, Blackbeard, Stede Bonnet, Israel Hands, Calico Jack, Edward Low, Captain William Kidd and Samuel “Black Sam” Bellamy. Where the record is uncertain, the book says so.

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