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The S.S. Ubari

Date: June 1936

Volume: 30

Issue: 326

Southend - on - Sea, Essex. — On the afternoon of the 21st January a report was received from the watchman at the pierhead that a small steamer was ashore on the Nore Sands. A very squally wind was blowing, with a rough sea. The motor...

The S.S. Westown (1)

Date: 1940

Volume: War Years

Issue: 1940

FEBRUARY 21 ST. - PENLEE, CORNWALL.

At 10.50 P.M. the coastguard reported that a vessel was ashore near the Penzer Rocks The weather was foggy, with a southerly wind and a moderate sea. At 11.15 P.M. the motor life-boat W...

The S.S. Appledore

Date: 1939

Volume: War Years

Issue: 1939

Nov. 12TH. - LOWESTOFT, SUFFOLK.

At 4.15 A.M. a message was received from the coastguard that a steamer was aground on the Newcombe Sands. A light S.W. wind was blowing, with a moderate sea, and a thick fog. At 4.30 A.M. a...

The S.S. Carlingford

Date: March 1936

Volume: 30

Issue: 325

While at anchor on the 20th October, the s.s.

Carlingford, of Liverpool, dragged her anchors in a whole N.W. gale, with a very heavy sea. At 3 A.M., as she was drifting ashore, she sent out distress signals, and in response...

The S.S. Jersey City

Date: June 1932

Volume: 28

Issue: 310

A telephone message was received from the Coastguard at 1.53 P.M. on the 6th January that the s.s. Jersey City, of Bideford, had broken down and was in distress ten miles off the Bishop Rock.

Preparations to launch the...

The S.S. Manhattan

Date: August 1895

Volume: 16

Issue: 177

ROKER.—The Life-boat William Hedley put off at 12.20 P.M. on the 21st January to the assistance of the s.s. Manhattan, of London, bound from Hull for SunderJand with oil, which had stranded between Eoker Pier and the North Pier in a strong N...

The S.S. Maiorese

Date: February 1914

Volume: 22

Issue: 251

The wreck of the s.s. Maiorese, of Liverpool, on the 23rd May was unhappily attended by the sad loss of four lives through the vessel foundering very suddenly. The steamer, whilst bound from Liverpool to Genoa with a general cargo,...

The S.S. Holywell

Date: November 1903

Volume: 18

Issue: 210

CAISTER, NORFOLK.—At 9.30 A.M. on the 21st February the vessel referred to above, the s.s. Martello, of Hull, was observed from Caister, and the crew of the Life-boat Govent Garden assembled and launched their boat. They found the Winterton...

The S.S. Pibroch

Date: July 1948

Volume: 32

Issue: 346

Campbeltown, Argyllshire. — At 7.10 in the evening of the 9th of March, 1948, the Southend coastguard reported a vessel in the Sound of Sanda burning a red light or flare, and the motor life- boat City of Glasgow was launched at 7.20 in a...

The S.S. Leda

Date: February 1916

Volume: 23

Issue: 259

The Life-boat Charles Dibdin was launched to the assistance of the s.s. Leda, of Amster- dam, which had stranded on the Good- win Sands, on the 4th November.

When the Life-boat reached the vessel, the Coxswain inquired if...