LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Epidauro
During a thick fog on the 13th February the s.s. Epidauro, of Lusinpiclo, whilst bound from the Mediterranean to Swansea in ballast, stranded in the vicinity of the Overton Cliffs, about one mile to the west of Port Eynon Point.
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The S.S. William
Workington, Cumberland. — On the 23rd of September, 1954, the S.S.
William, of Drammen, Norway, arrived off Workington and wirelessed that she had a sick man on board. She asked for a doctor, and at 4.15 the life-boat...
The S.S. Ganges, of Hull
On the 23rd Octo- ber, the S.S. Ganges, of Hull, was stranded on the Hasborough Sands during a strong wind and in hazy weather. The Birming- ham, No. 1 life-boat went off and remained by the vessel four nights, until she floated off the sand...
The S.S. Brilliant
Torbay, Devon.—On the night of the 30th January, 1939, the Berry Head coastguard reported that rockets had been seen about eight miles to the eastward.
A moderate easterly gale was blowing, with a heavy swell. At 8.55 P.M....
The S.S. Emmy
FEBRUARY 5TH. - BARMOUTH, MERIONETHSHIRE.
At 9.30 P . M . a message was received from the coastguard that a Greek steamer had stranded in a position thought to be south of Bardsey Island. Half an hour later a second...
The S.S. Monviso
Dover, Kent. — About 4.45 on the morning of the 21st of February, 1955, the harbourmaster reported that a vessel had stranded on the rocks east of St. Margaret's Bay. At 5.15 the life- boat Southern Africa put out. The sea was rough, a...
The S.S. Minerva
CRESSWELL, NORTHUMBERLAND.—The Life-boat Ellen and Eliza was launched at 5.45 A.M. on the 16th February, and proceeded to the s.s. Minerva, of Sunderland, which had stranded on Quarry Point in a strong breeze from S. by E., a moderate sea,...
The S.S. Skarv
Blyth, and Newbiggin, Northumberland.
—On the 23rd December, 1938, the Blyth motor life-boat rescued three of the crew of the s.s. Skaru, of Sunderland.
The Newbiggin motor life-boat was also called...
The S.S. Cabo Espartel and the S.S. Felspar
Dungeness, Kent.—In the early morn- ing of the 26th of May, 1950, in a thick fog, the S.S. Cabo Espartel, of Seville, bound for Valentia with a cargo of ammonia, collided with the S.S. Felspar, of Glasgow. About 3.49, just before she sank,...
The S.S. Speedwell
GOELBSTON.—The No. 1 Life-boat, the Mark Lane, was launched at 1.45 P.M. on the 17th of January, during a strong S.E.
by E. wind and a heavy sea, to the assistance of the s.s. Speedwell, of Yarmouth, which had grounded on...