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The Governor of the Bank of England agrees to become the Society’s Treasurer…

On this day, 28th May 1852, at the Society’s Annual General Meeting held at Willis’s Rooms, St. James’s, London, Thomson Hankey, Junr., Esq., Governor of the Bank of England, was appointed Treasurer: an office he held for 26 years until 1878.

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On this day (25th May) WW1 Shipwreckollections

SS Kohinur (1905-1917) SS Kohinur was a British passenger and cargo ship, built in 1905 by Charles Connell & Co. Ltd., Glasgow. At the time of her loss, during WW1, she was owned by the Asiatic Steam Navigation Co., Liverpool.

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Silver Medal 1857

Silver Medal awarded to Capt GB Lee of the David Malcolm for saving the crew of the ship Aphrogenia on 23 May 1857 The circumstances attending the loss of the ship Aphrogenia on 23rd May having been brought before the Committee by the Secretary whereby it appeared that Captain GB Lee of the David Malcolm […]

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On this day (23rd May) WW1 Shipwreckollections

SS Lesto (1916-1917) SS Lesto was a British cargo ship of 1,940 tonnes, built in Sunderland in 1916 by S. P. Austin & Son, Ltd. At the time of her loss, she was owned by the Pelton Steam Ship Co., Newcastle upon Tyne.

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On this day (18th May) WW1 Shipwreckollections

SS Millicent Knight (1900-1917) SS Millicent Knight was a British cargo ship of 3,563 tonnes, built in 1900 by John Readhead & Sons Ltd., South Shields. At the time of her loss, she was owned by W & C. T. Jones & Co. Ltd., Cardiff.

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On this day (16th May) WW1 Shipwreckollections

SS Highland Corrie (1910-1917) British passenger and cargo vessel, SS Highland Corrie, was built in 1910 by Russell and Co. Ltd., Greenock. At the time of her loss a century ago, she was owned by the Nelson Line.

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