LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Motto
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Nor- folk.—At 11.15 on the morning of the 16th of December, 1957, the honorary secretary was informed that the S.S.
Motto, of Newcastle, was approaching Great Yarmouth with a sick man on board...
The S.S. Duddon
GILES QUAY, DUNDALK.—The s.s. Duddon, of Whitehaven, bound from Newport, Mon., for Dundalk, with a cargo of coal, went ashore on the bar during a strong breeze from the E.N.E. and a heavy sea, on the 16th of October. A steam-tug went to her...
The S.S. Aggie
NORWEGIAN VESSEL Humber, Yorkshire. At 7.38 p.m. on 13th July, 1964, the coastguard told the coxswain superintendent that a Norwegian vessel anchored in Bull Anchorage had an injured man aboard whose condition required the services of a...
The S.S. Hellopse
At 10.30 A.M.
on the 21st December a large steamer was observed, on her beam ends, trying to work into the bay. A very heavy ground sea was running, and a gale blowing from the south-west. A steam trawler was standing by...
The S.S. Kardesler
Ramsgate, Kent. — At 4.57 in the afternoon of the 9th of October, 1951, the coastguard telephoned that the North Goodwin Lightvessel had warned off a steamer which was in a dangerous place, and at 5.17 he tele- phoned again that she had...
The S.S. Argentum
During foggy •weather on the 1st October the s.s.
Argentum, of Newcastle, stranded on the Blakeney West Sands whilst bound from Goole to Faversham with a cargo of coal. Coxswain Long observed the accident and promptly took...
S.S. Dixcove and S.S. Winkfield
MAY 19TH. - SOUTHEND - ON - SEA, ESSEX. At about 6.30 P.M. the coxswain was warned for service by the naval control as two ships had been attacked and were in distress. The sea was calm, with no wind.At 6.45 P.M. the motor life-boat Greater...
The S.S. Castleford
ST. MARY'S, SCILLY ISLANDS.—On the night of the 9th June, it was reported that a steamer was ashore on Crebawethan, one of the rocks to the westward of St.
Mary's; a dense fog prevailed at the...
The S.S. Seaford
Margate, Kent. At 5.15 on the afternoon of the 3rd of January, 1959, the watchman of the local pilot cutter informed the honorary secretary that a radio message had been received from the s.s. Seaford of London, asking for a doctor, as the...
The S.S. Ullapool
MARCH 13TH. - NEW BRIGHTON, CHESHIRE. At 8.55 in the evening the Seacombe Ferry Office sent a message that vessel had struck a mine off Seacombe Stage, and at 9.15 the No. 1 motor life-boat William and Kate Johnston was...