LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Kerrymore
Troon, Ayrshire. At 7.15 on the morning of the 8th of July, 1958, the coastguard told the motor mechanic that a vessel was ashore on some rocks north of Ayr. At 7.45 the life-boat James and Barbara Aitken put out. with the second coxswain in...
The S.S. India
During the afternoon of the 6th August signals of distress were heard from the direction of Duncansbay Head; a dense fog pre- vailed at the time, with a north-east swell. The crew of the Life-boat Ida were immediately assembled...
The S.S. Canada
Nov. 3RD. - THE HUMBER, YORKSHIRE.
During the afternoon the S.S. Canada, of Copenhagen, bound for Hull, was badly holed by enemy action when twenty miles north-east of the Humber, and one of her holds filled with water....
The S.S. Rosso, of Stockholm (2)
Montrose, and Broughty Ferry, Angus, Eyemouth, Berwickshire, and Gourdon,Kincardineshire.—At 4.52 in the after- noon of the 7th of March, 1952, the S.S. Rosso, of Stockholm, bound for Sweden from Methie, wirelessed that she was leaking...
The S.S. Victoria
SKEGNESS, LINCOLNSHIRE.—On the 12th December, at 7.45 A.M., during a fresh gale from the N.W. and a heavy sea, signals of distress were observed flying on board a vessel in the ofling. The Lifeboat Herbert Ingram put off to her, and found...
The S.S. Innisfallen (1)
NEW BRIGHTON, CHESHIRE, and FORMBY, LANCASHIRE.—On the night of the 16th March a vessel was observed on " Taylor's Bank," and in response to a telephone message the steam Life-boat Queen was sent to her assistance. She found...
The S.S. Moorlands
ASHORE IN DENSE FOG Holy Island, Northumberland.—-At 9.22 in the morning of the 31st of May, 1947, the coastguard telephoned that a vessel was sounding her siren, and the motor life-boat Gertrude was launched at 9.43 in a light northerly...
The S.S. Alkon
Coverack, Cornwall - At 9.40 a.m. on 7th September, 1966, a large steamer was reported in a dangerous position inside the Manacle rocks in thick fog. At 10 o'clock the life-boat William Taylor of Oldham was launched. It was high...
The S.S. Lyntre
St. Helier, Jersey.—At 6.5 in the morning of the 29th of February, 1952, the harbourmaster reported that the S.S. Lyntre, of Jersey, had wirelessed that she had hit rocks off Noirmont Point, and at 6.25 the life-boat Elizabeth Rippon left...
The S.S. Dynamo
Cromer, Norfolk.—On receipt of a message from the coastguard that a vessel was at anchor off Cromer, and wanted to land survivors of a sunken boat, the No. 2 motor life-boat Harriot Dixon was launched at 1.10 in the morning of the 1st of...