Mumbles lifeboat disaster

The Mumbles lifeboat disaster occurred on 23 April 1947 off the coast of Sker Point, South Wales, when the Royal National Lifeboat Institution Mumbles lifeboat was overwhelmed by stormy seas as it attempted to rescue the crew of the steamship SS Samtampa. All eight members of the lifeboat crew died in the incident, alongside 39 members of the crew of the Samtampa.

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