Angus Campbell Macintyre, first mate of a South African harbour tug, drowned in 1942 while trying to rescue the passengers of a wrecked ship.

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Arniston got its name from a British ship that was wrecked offshore in 1815.

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The Panama Swimming Club is believed to have been founded in the 1930s and was named after a ship that was wrecked near Whitley Bay.

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