Samtampa
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SS Samtampa was a 7,219 ton steamship wrecked on Sker Point, off Porthcawl and Kenfig, Wales, in the Bristol Channel on 23 April 1947.
There were 47 fatalities in the incident, 39 from the ship and 8 volunteer crewmembers of the Mumbles RNLI rescue team from the lifeboat Edward, Prince of Wales who died attempting to save the crew of the Samtampa.
A memorial to the victims of the Samtampa tragedy is in the New Cemetery at Porthcawl.
The location of the wreck on Sker Point was 03° 44' 26" W; 51° 30' 01" N.
Samtampa was built as SS Peleg Wadsworth (Hull Number 2203) as part of the Liberty ship programme in World War II, and was launched on 12 December 1943.
