LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Agois Minas
Islay, Inner Hebrides - At 7.40 a.m.
on 8th September, 1968, the acting honorary secretary learnt that the s.s. Agois Minas of Monrovia was aground about two miles from Porthaven and a land party were going out to search....
The S.S. Tekoa
ALDEBURGH.—At 1.45 P.M. on the 8th June a message by telephone was received stating that a large steamer was aground on the Shipwash Sand. She was at that time in no danger, had no signals flying, and as the tide was flowing it was decided...
The S.S. Governor
DECEMBER 6TH. - NEW BRIGHTON, CHESHIRE. At 9.15 A.M. the Mersey Docks Board reported a steamer drifting in the Queens Channel, but not in need of help at that time. A heavy westerly gale was blowing, with a wild and confused sea, and the...
The S.S. Faxfleet
JANUARY 15TH. - WELLS, NORFOLK.
At 11.49 A.M. the coastguard reported a ship apparently aground about four miles east of the look-out at Wells. A strong E.N.E. wind was blowing, and the sea was rough. The motor life-boat...
The S.S. Shuna
Port Askaig, Isle of Islay.—Early on the morning of the 17th October the s.s. Shuna, of Glasgow, bound for Gothenburg, ran hard on the rocks one mile S.S.W. of Chuirn Island Light.
A west gale was blowing, with a rough sea....
The S.S. Barren Hill
Sheringham, Norfolk. — During the afternoon of the 3rd of May, 1949, a vessel was seen to be stopped about five miles oft shore, and it was thought that she was on Sheringham Shoal. The life-boat Foresters Centenary was launched at 3.25, in...
The S.S. Keila and S.S. Lady Anstruther
STEAMERS IN COLLISION IN FOG The Humber, Yorkshire.—At about 9.25 in the morning of the 16th of August, 1947, the Mablethorpe coastguard re- ported that the.S.S. Keila, of Glasgow, had been in collision in a fog with the S.S. Lady Anstruther...
The S.S. Martello
WINTERTON, NORFOLK.—In the early morning of the 21st February, the s.s. Martello, of Hull, a vessel of over 3,000 tons, collided with another steamer near the Newarp Light-vessel.
As a result her bows were completely cut...
The S.S. Ardangorm
JANUARY 4TH. - FOWEY, CORNWALL.
At 3.10 A.M. a message was received that distress signals were being fired from a vessel off Chapel Point, near Mevagissey. A fresh E.S.E. wind was blowing, with a very heavy sea. The weather...
The S.S. Eldon Park
FEBRUARY 7TH. - THE MUMBLES, GLAMORGANSHIRE. At 1.27 A.M. the coastguard at The Mumbles telephoned that.
a vessel was ashore at Port Eynon and was burning distress signals. A strong S.E.
breeze was blowing...