LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Glendun
FEBRUARY 16TH. - RAMSEY, ISLE OF MAN. At 12.30 A.M. it was reported that a steamer was ashore one and a half miles S.W.
of Maughold Head and was making distress signals. A S.E. wind was blowing, with a moderate sea. It was...
The Danish Steamers Bothal and Viking
MARCH 20TH. - WICK, CAITHNESSSHIRE.
The Danish steamers Bothal and Viking had been sunk by torpedo, with the loss of thirty lives. and the survivors were left adrift on rafts. Two of these rafts were seen by an RAF machine...
An Aeroplane (68)
AUGUST 27TH. - CROMER, NORFOLK.
At about 4.30 P.M. the R.A.F., Chatham, reported an aircraft down in the sea seventeen miles north of Sheringham. A moderate N.N.E. wind was blowing, with a moderatesea. The No. 1 motor...
Aighai and Mistley
JULY 6TH. - GREAT YARMOUTH AND GORLESTON, NORFOLK. At 12.35 in the morning the coastguard reported a vessel aground on South Scroby Sands, and a few minutes later another message came that a second vessel had grounded on South Scroby Sands....
Carew Belle
SEPTEMBER 23RD. - TENBY, PEMBROKESHIRE.
At eleven in the morning the coastguard reported a small yacht in distress one mile to the south-east of Tenby lookout. A strong north-west breeze was blowing and the sea was choppy....
The Viking O., of Dublin
JUNE 10TH. - DUN LAOGHAIRE, CO.
DUBLIN. At 9.15 in the morning the lifeboat’s assistant motor-mechanic reported a yacht up against the east pier. The wind was blowing very strongly from the northwest, and the sea was rough....
Slor
AUGUST 13TH. - GREAT YARMOUTH AND GORLESTON, NORFOLK. At two in the morning the coastguard reported that a vessel was in distress a mile east of Marina look-out. A strong south-west wind was blowing, with a moderately rough sea. The motor...
Caroni River
JANUARY 20TH. - FALMOUTH, CORN- WALL. At 11.20 A.M. the coastguard at St. Anthony reported that a vessel was flying a distress signal three miles S.W. of St.
Anthony. A fresh S.S.E. wind was blowing, with a nasty swell....
The S.S. Beemsterdijk (1)
JANUARY 26TH. - ST. DAVID’S, PEMBROKESHIRE. January 26th was a Sunday, and Dr. Joseph Soar, Mus.Doc., organist at St. David’s Cathedral and the honorary secretary of the life-boat station, received a telephone message at the Cathedral during...
The S.S. Sphene
MCH. 22ND. - HOLY ISLAND, NORTHUMBERLAND.
At 1.10 P.M. a steamer was reported ashore on the Plough Reef, one mile east of Holy Island. The weather was fine but cold, with a W.N.W. breeze and a choppy sea. The motor...