LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Isleman and the S.S. Kia
FEBRUARY 1ST. - ST. IVES, CORNWALL.
At 4.6 P.M. the naval authorities at Penzance sent a message through the coastguard asking for the life-boat to go out with a doctor and bring in from a steamer shipwrecked men whom she...
The S.S. Redthorn
Portrush, Co. Antrim.—At 7.46 A.M.
on the 21st November, 1938, information was received from the coastguardcoastguard that a vessel was aground at the River Bann. A slight W. wind was blowing, with a choppy sea and strong...
The S.S. Peterjon and the S.S. Tungenes
Ferryside, Carmarthenshire. — About 8.30 in the evening of the 1st of De- cember, 1948, The Mumbles coastguard telephoned that the s.s. Tungenes, of Stavanger, had reported that she was aground off Llanelly, with her rudder broken, and the...
The S.S. Tora Elise
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk.
—At 8.12 in the evening of the llth of July, 1948, the Gorleston coastguard telephoned that the s.s. Tora Elise, of Arendal, Norway, which was passing to the northward, was flying the ...
The S.S. Commar
OCT. 11TH. - GREAT YARMOUTH AND GORLESTON. NORFOLK. At 6.46 A.M.
the Gorleston coastguard reported a message received from Yarmouth that a vessel had apparently grounded on the Scroby Sands.
A light S.W....
The S.S. Yewmount
On 6th December the s.s. Yewmount, of Glasgow, struck some submerged ob- struction off the Longstone Light House, while bound from Methil to Treport, with coal. The master made for the coast and ran her ashore in Alnmouth Bay. Information...
The S.S. Agia Varvara
ANOTHER GREEK STEAMER HELPED Ramsgate, Kent.—At about 7.0 in the evening of the 10th of March, 1947, the coastguard reported that a ship was aground one and a half miles south-west of North Goodwin Light- vessel. A light south-easterly...
The S.S. Matching
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk.—At 4.55 in the afternoon of the 9th of October, 1951, Lloyd's agent reported that the S.S. Matching, of London, due off Gorleston at 6.0 that evening, had a sick man on board and had asked for a...
The S.S. Firethorn
STEAMER ABANDONED IN HEAVY SEA Barrow, Lancashire.—At 10.35 on the night of January llth, 1947, informa- tion was received, through the Hoylake coastguard, from the Morecambe Bay Light-vessel, that a vessel was in distress, and the motor...
The S.S. Hybert
The S.S. Hybert, of Wilmington, U.S.A., a vessel of some 6,500 tons, stranded on the South Goodwin Sands, about 7.20 A.M. on 6th November, in a light breeze.
She had a crew of thirty-six and a general cargo on board, and...