From Sunderland to Bermuda: Captain Powley and “Empire Dryden” (PART ONE)

This two‑part guest blog by Nick Simpson, Researcher and Archivist at Sunderland Maritime Heritage, shares new research into the life and loss of Captain Robert Powley, master of the Sunderland‑built merchant ship S.S. Empire Dryden, lost on her maiden voyage in 1942. A strategic wartime hub, Bermuda became a place of refuge for torpedoed sailors […] The post From Sunderland to Bermuda: Captain…