LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Alba
St. Ives, Cornwall.—The s.s. Alba was wrecked on the night of the 31st January, 1938, and although capsized, the life-boat rescued eighteen of the crew.—Rewards, silver medal, bronze medals, vellums, letters of thanks, and monetary awards...
The S.S. Bannercliffe
At 2.30 p.m. on 8th July, 1966, two vessels were said to have collided in Crosby channel. The life-boat Norman B.
Corlett left her moorings at 2.50 in a gentle north-westerly wind and a slight sea. She proceeded to the...
The S.S. Dublin
DEC. 19TH. -GIRVAN, AYRSHIRE. At 11 A.M. a message was received from the Ballantrae Coastguard that the S.S. Dublin, of Belfast, had stranded on the Breast Rocks near Turnberry, about five miles north of Girvan. A light easterly breeze was...
The S.S. Swansea Bay
In smooth but thick weather on the 6th January a telephone message was received from the Coastguard stating that a steamer was ashore at Horsey Gap. The crew and helpers of the No. 2 Life-boat Hearts of Oak were assembled and the boat sent...
The S.S. Langdon
NORTH DEAL, KINGSDOWNE, BROADSTAIRS and RAMSGATE.—On the 8th April the s.s. Langdon, of London, bound fromBlyth for Dartmouth, with a cargo of coal, stranded on the North Goodwin Sands, in a dangerous position, during a dense fog, at about 4...
The S.S. Tricape
Ramsgate, Kent.—At 10.26 on the night of the 17th of August, 1953, the coastguard rang up to say that a vessel had signalled by lamp that a steamer had gone aground on the north-western side of the Goodwin Sands. At 10.39 the life-boat...
The S.S. Dryad
ANSTRUTHER.—On the 9th November, the Admiral Fitzroy Life-boat rescued the crew, consisting of 4 men, from the s.s.
Dryad, of Glasgow. The vessel was on a voyage from Montrose to Campbeltown, with barley, and when near the...
The S.S. Eibergen
JANUARY 29TH. - SUNDERLAND, DURHAM. At about 6.10 A.M. the coastguard reported a ship sinking about three miles off Whitburn. A south-east wind was blowing, with a moderate sea. The motor life-boat Edward and Isabella Irwin was launched at 6...
The S.S. Engineer
Soon after mid- night on the 24th-25th February the coastguard at Portland Bill telephoned that a vessel was burning flares about three- and a half miles south-west of the Bill. A moderate S.S.E. gale was blowing, a heavy sea was running,...
The S.S. Collingdoc
JULY 13TH. - SOUTHEND - ON - SEA, ESSEX. Just after 6 in the morning the Royal Naval Shore Signal Station telephoned to the life-boat coxswain that a ship had been mined about half a mile S.S.W. of Southend pier, and the motor life-boat...