LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
S.S. Riverton, of Newcastle
APRIL 23RD. - ST. IVES, CORNWALL.
At 4.23 in the afternoon a message was received from the naval authorities at Penzance, through the coastguard, that a vessel was in distress through enemy action, thirteen miles...
Saga, the S.S. Gowrie and S.S. St. Clair
Aberdeen, and Peterhead, Aberdeenshire.
—At 2.25 on the morning of the 17th of September, 1950, the Gregness coastguard telephoned the Aberdeen life-boat authorities. The motor fish- ing vessel Saga, of Aberdeen, with a...
Wreck of the S.S. "Ontario," on the Hasborough Sands
THIS fine steamer was totally wrecked on the Hasborough Sands, off the Norfolk coast, on the 20th October last, having grounded there on the Sunday previously. She belonged to Liverpool, and was 2,880 tons burden, and was commanded by a...
Category: Services
The S.S.Pandora and the S.S. Gripfast (1)
Tessmouth, Whitby, and Runswick, Yorkshire. — In the morning of the 22nd of October, 1951, the S.S.Pandora, of Beaumaris, foundered in a gale and a very heavy sea one and a half miles off Runswick, with the loss of her crew of six. The...
The S.S. Empire Castle, of Belfast
MAY 3RD. - WALMER, KENT. At 1.30 in the morning a doctor was needed on board the S.S. Empire Castle, of Belfast. A moderate north-easterly gale was blowing and the sea was rough. It was too rough for any shoreboat to put out, and at two...
The S.S. Dan Beard, of New Orleans (1)
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...
S.S. Yacht Vixen
PORTHDINLLAEN.—At 11.30A.M. on the 20th January, the George Moore Life-boat was launched, and proceeded to the assistance of the s.s. yacht Vixen, of Beaumaris, which was found to be abandoned.
With much difficulty, owing...
S.S. Queensbury (1)
JUNE 6TH. - MONTROSE ANGUS, AND GOURDON, KINCARDINESHIRE. At one in the morning the Montrose station heard from the coastguard that a convoy was being attacked by enemy aeroplanes thirteen miles E. 3/4 N. from Scurdyness, and at six minutes...
The S.S.Pandora and the S.S. Gripfast
Tessmouth, Whitby, and Runswick, Yorkshire. — In the morning of the 22nd of October, 1951, the S.S.Pandora, of Beaumaris, foundered in a gale and a very heavy sea one and a half miles off Runswick, with the loss of her crew of six. The...
The S.S. Harmonia, of Hamburg
The same life-boat saved the crew of 15 men of the S. S. Harmonia, of Hamburgh, which became a total wreck on a sand bank near Brancaster.