morning (21 November) the steamship Trent sighted the drifting stern section and resued the 16 crewmen. Trent then found the bow section stuck on the sand bank. In the meantime, the stern section had drifted North West and was sighted off Cromer. Henry Blogg, coxswain of the Cromer lifeboat , attending to the stern reported at 3.15 p.m. that the ship had been abandoned although at this time they were unaware that the ship was in two halves as the stern was creeping higher into the air. The Cromer lifeboat attended the stern section all that night warning shipping of the danger. Back at the bow section, the Great Yarmouth Coastguard had learned of the disaster at 9 p.m. and had called the Gorleston lifeboat to assist. Trent had signalled by wireless that it was too dangerous to approach the stern section, and she made for Cromer to land the rescued men from the stern section. On the morning of 22 November the Gorleston lifeboat tried to rescue the remaining 15 crew, now sheltering in the chartroom, the highest point on the ship out of the water. Coxswain Billy Fleming tried to use the lee provided by the close by Trent, but with the seas still heavy this proved to be too dangerous, and she stood off to wait until conditions improved. Another attempt was made at midday. On the fifth attempt they got a line to the stranded section, but a huge wave picked up the lifeboat and dropped her in a trough, snapping the line. The Gorleston boat then developed engine trouble and retired from the rescue. At about 4.30 pm the remaining crew were finally rescued by the exhausted crew of the Cromer lifeboat. Blogg and his crew had stood by the stern section all night, and then after returning to Cromer, were immediately called back out to attend the bow. H F Bailey was considerably damaged in the rescue, but got her crew and the rescued men safely back to Great Yarmouth by 7 pm. Both sections of Georgia sank in the following days. Positions of the wrecks Stern section at a depth of . Bow section at a depth of , on Haisborough Sands. References Bibliography External links The Old Cromer Lifeboat Shed 1908 ships Maritime incidents in 1927 Merchant ships of the Netherlands Oil tankers Ships built in Newport News, Virginia Shipwrecks of Norfolk