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The S.S. Penrhyn and the Examination Vessel Galatea

NOVEMBER 15TH. - NEW BRIGHTON, CHESHIRE. At 12.17 P.M. the Mersey Docks Board reported to the life-boat authorities that a steamer had sunk near the Gamma Buoy.. A S.E. breeze was blowing and the sea was smooth. The No. 1 motor life-boat William and Kate Johnston was launched at 12.35 P.M. and found that the S.S. Penrhyn, of Liverpool, had been sunk in a collision. Her crew of five had been taken aboard the examination vessel Galatea, and the life-boat brought them ashore, landing them at New Brighton at 2.25 P.M. - Rewards, £6 4s.