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S.S. Seminole

APRIL 25TH. - THE MUMBLES, GLAMORGANSHIRE. At 7 P.M. the coastguard reported that a trawler had been mined and torpedoed some four miles from the signal station. The sea was smooth, with a light S.W. wind. The motor life-boat Edward Prince of Wales was launched at 7.30 P.M. and found the vessel to be the S.S. Seminole, of London, of 10,000 tons, bound from Nova Scotia for Swansea. A naval trawler was already on the scene and had taken off several injured men. The life-boat stood by for some time and returned to her station at 12.12 A.M. - Rewards, £10 4s.