LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Dan Beard, of New Orleans
DECEMBER 10TH. - FISHGUARD, AND ST. DAVID’S, PEMBROKESHIRE. At 4.46 in the afternoon a message was received from the coastguard that a vessel had sent up red flares about seven miles west of Strumble Head. A moderate north-west wind was...
524 and The S.S. Capito (1)
OCTOBER 11TH. - APPLEDORE, CLOVELLY, AND ILFRACOMBE, DEVON. At 3.50 in the afternoon the naval officer-incharge at Appledore asked the life-boat to be in readiness to launch. A south-west gale was blowing, with a very rough sea, and...
The S.S. Whinstone, of Preston (1)
ON 25th November, just before eight o'clock in the morning, the Donna Nook Life-boat went out in answer to signals of distress. The conditions could not i She found the Whinstone at anchor, after have been worse. A whole gale was I...
The S.S. Penrhyn and the Examination Vessel Galatea
NOVEMBER 15TH. - NEW BRIGHTON, CHESHIRE. At 12.17 P.M. the Mersey Docks Board reported to the life-boat authorities that a steamer had sunk near the Gamma Buoy.. A S.E. breeze was blowing and the sea was smooth. The No. 1 motor life-boat...
The S.S. Gourie, S.S. Finland, and Steamers Ivan Kondrup and Feddy
JANUARY 9TH. - ABERDEEN. At 11.40 A.M. a message was received from the coastguard that machine-gun fire and the sound of bomb explosions, from an attack by enemy aircraft on shipping, had been heard east of Downie Point. A fresh S.S.W. wind...
The S.S. Venus and the Air Raid Balloon Ship Thora
BRONZE MEDAL SERVICE AT THE HUMBER FEBRUARY 27TH. - THE HUMBER, YORKSHIRE. About three in the morning the Royal Naval Shore Signal Station on the Humber reported that a mine had exploded in the convoy anchorage north of one of the two gate...
S.S. "Georgia."
The half of the vessel which drove towards Cromer and from which the men were rescued by the s.s. "Trent.". - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The S.S. Urlana and Thurland Castle (1)
SILVER MEDAL SERVICE AT BARRA ISLAND SEPTEMBER 5TH. - BARRA ISLAND, AND STORNOWAY, HEBRIDES.
At 7 o’clock in the morning a message came from the coastguard that a vessel was ashore on Idrigill Point on the Isle of Skye, 40...
The S.S Edwin D. Howard, of Pensacola, U.S.A.
MAY 13TH. - WALMER, KENT. About 4.50 in the afternoon a signal was received from the S.S Edwin D. Howard, of Pensacola, U.S.A., lying in the Downs, that she required a doctor. A moderate north-easterly gale was blowing, with a rough sea. The...