New Brighton, Cheshire. At 5.21 on the afternoon of the 21st of January, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a collision had taken place near the Canada dock between the coaster Lurcher and the Greek motor vessel Stamatios G.

Embiricos of Andros. The life-boat Norman B. Corlett put out at 5.32 into a light easterly wind and a slight sea.

The tide was half ebb. On reaching the position given the life-boat found that the coaster had sunk. Her crew of twelve had been picked up by the tug Langarth, and they were transferred to the life-boat, which landed them at New Brighton stage at 6.3. The life-boat reached her station at 6.10..