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On This Day (19th June) – WW2 Shipwreckollections

SS Etrib (1919-1942) At 58 minutes past midnight on 19 June 1942, U-552 fired a spread of two torpedoes at two overlapping freighters in convoy HG-84 about 400 miles west of Corunna, Spain. The SS Etrib and the SS Pelayo sank after being hit by one torpedo each.

On This Day (5th June) – WW2 Shipwreckollections

SS British Grenadier (1922-1941) At 22.52 hours on 5 June, 1941, the unescorted SS British Grenadier was hit amidships by a torpedo from U-103, while steaming on a zigzag course southwest of Freetown.

On This Day (29th May) – WW2 Shipwreckollections

SS Barnby (1940-1941) SS Barnby was a British Cargo Steamer of 4,813 tons, which, whilst on route from New Brunswick to Hull in Convoy HX-126, was torpedoed by German submarine U-111 and sunk South West of Iceland on May 29, 1941.

On This Day (20th May) – WW2 Shipwreckollections

SS Javenese Prince (1926-1941) At 21.24 hours on 20 May 1941 the Javanese Prince was hit in the engine room by one of three torpedoes from U-138 and sank slowly 155 miles northwest of the Butt of Lewis, Outer Hebrides.

On This Day (1st May) – WW2 Shipwreckollections

SS Port Victor (1942 – 1943) At 00.30 hours on 1 May 1943, U-107 fired a spread of two stern torpedoes at the unescorted SS Port Victor, northeast of the Azores, which was zigzagging directly into a good firing position at about 1000 meters distance.

Shipwrecked Mariners’ Society Helped in Over 2252 Cases of Need (27/04/15)

The Shipwrecked Mariners provided financial support to Fishermen, Mariners and their dependants in over 2,252 cases during the last year at a cost of £1.4 Million.

On This Day (26th April) – WW2 Shipwreckollections

The SS Pan Pennsylvania (1943-1944) On the 24th April 1944, the American Tanker Pan Pennsylvania had been en route to Britain when it was struck with a missile from U-550.

On This Day (16th April) – WW2 Shipwreckollections

The SS Empire Howard (1941-1942) On the 16th of April 1942, the SS Empire Howard was part of a convoy delivering supplies to the Soviet Union to aid them against Nazi Germany on the Eastern Front.

On This Day (10th April) – WW2 Shipwreckollections

The SS Waroonga (1914-1943) The SS Waroonga was travelling to England from Halifax as part of convoy HX-231 when in the late evening of the 8th of April, U-635 torpedoed both the SS Waroonga and the SS Shillong. Both ships were able to continue until another U-Boat, U-630, fired again at each vessel.

Perranporth SHOUT (02/04/15)

Stamp and Go’s Sea Songs and Shanty Festival The SHOUT festival will take place over three days in Perranporth from the 17th to the 19th of April. With events like Shout Sessions, the Shout at Lunchtime, the Shouting Concert and Shouting on the Beach there’s plenty of shouting for everyone!