LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Clew Bay
Donaghadee, Co. Down.1—At 4.20 in the morning of the 2nd of April, 1949, the coastguard telephoned that a vessel was ashore about a mile south of Lame Lough, and the life-boat Joseph Adlam, on temporary duty at the sta- tion, was launched at...
The S.S. Hamilton
On the night of the 13th April the s.s. Hamilton, of Stranraer, when about to enter Port- rush Harbour, in. a strong westerly gale, was caught by the tide and sea and driven on to the rocks. Owing to the heavy sea running at the foot of the...
The S.S. Suffolk Coast
OCTOBER 28TH - CULLERCOATS, NORTHUMBERLAND. At 7 P .M. t h e coxswain was asked by the coastguard to assemble the crew, and at 7.35 P.M. the motor life-boat Westmorland was launched, with instructions to go to a position two and a half miles...
The S.S. Rivelin
Holyhead, Anglesey.—At 12.5 A.M. on the 29th January, 1938, the coastguard reported that a vessel was dragging her anchors across the bay towards Salt Island. A watch was kept on her, and at about 1.30 A.M. she was seen burning a flare. A...
The S.S. Carlston
Between 7 and 8 A.M. on the 8th March a steamer was observed on the Formby Spit, and as the westerly wind was in- creasing the Coxswain launched the Life-boat John and Henrietta. On reaching the vessel, which proved to be the...
The S.S. Clonlee
Workington, Cumberland. — On the 10th of July, 1952, the S.S. Clonlee, which had arrived off Workington from Algiers, laden with iron ore, radioed that she was short of food and asked for provisions. Her agents asked if the life-boat would...
The S.S. Alcyone Fortune
Campbeltown, Argyllshire.—At 8,17 in the evening of Christmas Day, 1948, the Southend coastguard telephoned that the S.S. Princess Margaret had reported to Portpatrick Radio that a vessel was aground on Sanda Island, and the motor life-boat...
The S.S. Zeester
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk.
—At 9.35 A.M. on the 12th April, 1939, the coastguard reported that the St.
Nicholas Light-vessel was firing guns and flying signals indicating that a vessel was in...
The S.S. Barnsley
The s.s. Barnsley, of Grimsby, stranded on the Scroby Sand at 7.30 A.M., on the 1st March, during a N.N.E. wind. A yawl went to her assistance; but during the time she was lying by the vessel, the Life-boatmen, fearing the sea might increase...
The S.S. Steinstad
FEBRUARY 20TH. - ARRANMORE, CO. DONEGAL. Survivors of the S.S. Steinstad, of Oslo, which had been torpedoed on the 16th February, had reached land in one of the ship’s boats, and reported that another boat was missing, but the life-boat’s...