LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Ayrshire Coast, of Liverpool
NOVEMBER 24TH. - TORBAY, AND SALCOMBE, DEVON, AND WEYMOUTH, DORSET.
A heavy south-westerly gale was blowing. The seas were very heavy. Visibility was poor. At 5.35 in the morning information came to the Torbay life-boat...
The S.S. Fort Massac, of London
FEBRUARY 1ST - 3RD. - WALTON AND FRINTON, ESSEX. About 6.40 in the evening the coastguard reported an SOS from a vessel which was sinking about two miles north-west of the Sunk Lightvessel.
The motor life-boat E.M.E.D. was...
The S.S. Urlana and Thurland Castle
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.. Sabac and Dorington Court (1)
STEAMER AND MOTOR VESSEL IN COLLISION Dover, and Walmer, Kent. At 12.13 early on the morning of the 8th January, 1962, the coastguard informed the Dover honorary secretary that a collision had taken place between two vessels, the s.s. Sabac...
The S.S. Cantick Head and Semnos
Thurso, Caithness-shire.—At 6.35 in the morning of the 25th of October, 1948, the Wick Coastguard telephoned that the s.s. Cantick Head, of Leith, was driving ashore in Thurso bay, and at 7.10 the motor life-boat H.C.J. was launched. A...
The American Steamer Arthur Riggs and The S.S. Egton
NOVEMBER 7TH. - WALMER, KENT. The American steamer Arthur Riggs had been damaged in collision with the S.S. Egton, but the Arthur Riggs did not need help and the Egton could not be found. - Rewards, £31 5s. 6d..
The S.S. Rosso, of Stockholm (1)
Montrose, and Broughty Ferry, Angus, Eyemouth, Berwickshire, and Gourdon,Kincardineshire.—At 4.52 in the after- noon of the 7th of March, 1952, the S.S. Rosso, of Stockholm, bound for Sweden from Methie, wirelessed that she was leaking...
The S.S. Fosdyke Trader, of London
DECEMBER 29TH. - WHITBY, YORKSHIRE.
At 11.40 at night the coastguard telephoned that a vessel was ashore at the North Cheek of Robin Hood’s Bay, six miles south of Whitby. A light southerly wind was blowing, and the sea was...
Louis Marguerite and the S.S. Miervaldis
MARCH 17TH. - PENLEE, CORNWALL.
At 2.45 P.M. the coastguard reported that the French steamer Louis Marguerite was in need of help ten miles S.W. of Penzance. A strong S.W. wind was blowing, with a rough sea and thick fog....
Ludovicus, the S.S. Pampa and Magdimeta (1)
ALDEBURGH and HARWICH.—In response to a message received by telephone, the Life-boat Aldeburgh was launched at 5.30 A.M. in a whole gale from N.E. and a terrific sea, with very heavy rain and snow squalls, and saved the crew of three men...