LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Georgia and the S.S. St. Helena
Ramsgate, Kent.—At eight o'clock on the morning of the 8th of May, 1956, the Deal coastguard telephoned to say that the Panamanian tanker Georgia had been in collision with the S.S. St.
Helena in fog 23 miles...
The S.S. Ria de Cormes, of Cadiz
MARCH 2ND. - WALMER, KENT. At 4.35 in the morning the Deal coastguard reported a vessel in distress off South Goodwin Light-vessel. A northerly gale was blowing, with a rough sea. At five o’clock, the motor life-boat Charles Dibdin (Civil...
The S.S. Salmoor and a Ship's Boat
STEAMSHIP ASHORE At 2 a.m. the following day the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a vessel appeared to have come ashore on the corner of the breakwater. The vessel, the s.s. Salmoor, was awaiting help from the local tug but at...
The S.S. Helena Modjeska, of New Orleans
SEPTEMBER 12TH - 14TH. - WALMER, KENT. At 2.8 in the afternoon the Deal coastguard telephoned that a ship was in danger of going aground on the Goodwins. A light south-east wind was blowing, but the sea was smooth. The motor life-boat...
Arcadia and the S.S. Eastwood (1)
JANUARY 9TH. - WELLS, NORFOLK, AND SKEGNESS LINCOLNSHIRE.
Information was received at Wells from the coastguard at about 4.48 PM. that a tug was showing flares off Scolt Head. A strong northerly wind was blowing, with a...
The S.S. Coastville and Hope Star
BRONZE MEDAL SERVICES AT DONAGHADEE NOVEMBER 21ST. - DONAGHADEE, CO. DOWN. At 6.20 in the morning the coastguard telephoned to the Donaghadee life-boat station that a steamer was ashore at Ballymacormick Point in Belfast Lough. A gale was...
The S.S. Effra and Mardi Gras
FISHING COBLE TOWED TO HARBOUR Sunderland, Co. Durham. At 5.22 on the afternoon of the 12th January, 1963, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the s.s. Effra had reported that she had the local fishing coble Mardi Gras with a...
The S.S. Fort Vermillion, of London
SEPTEMBER 29TH. - WALMER, KENT.
At 5.59 in the evening the Deal coastguard reported that the S.S. Fort Vermillion, of London, of over 7,000 tons, bound to Middlesbrough from Tangiers, was aground on the Goodwin Sands south...
A Dinghy & the Steamers The S.S. Larchwood and The S.S. Burma
.—At 9 A.M. on 27th January the Life-boat Motor Mechanic and Bowman put out in the boarding dinghy to run the Life- boat's engines, and hang out riding lights. As they were rowing out to the moorings a dense fog settled. They missed the...