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The S.S. Tsiropanis

— On the evening of the 26th March a tele- phone message was received from the Mumbles coastguard that two Greek steamers had been in collision off Breaksea, and one of them wanted immediate help. The life-boat Prince David was launched at 8.15 P.M., and found the s.s. Tsiropanis, of Syra, at anchor and sinking. She had been badly holed below the water-line. The coxswain went aboard and advised the master to beach his ship. He decided to do so and picked up a pilot, after asking the life-boat to stand by. The life-boat accompanied the steamer to Whitmore Bay, where she was safely beached for temporary repair, and then returned to her station, arriving back at 10.15 P.M.—Rewards, £15 19s. 6d..