LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Gliwice
On the 13th of November, 1959, the Appledore life-boat was launched to the s.s. Gliwice, of Szczecin, Poland.
For this service, a full account of which appears on page 386, Coxswain Sydney Cann was accorded the thanks of...
The S.S. Telesilla
WmTBURN.—The s.s. Telesilla, of and from London for Shields in ballast, stranded on Whitburn Stile during thick weather and a strong sea on the 7th December.
The William and Charles Lifeboat put off to her assistance at...
The S.S. Nestos
Humber, Yorkshire.—At 9.31 on the morning of the 21st of October, 1953, the Spurn Point coastguard telephoned that the S.S. Nestos, of Piraeus, which was anchored in the River Humber, had wirelessed that three of her crew were adrift in a...
The S.S. Enterprise
The s.s. En- terprise, of Cardiff, loaded with coal, stranded on " Cowbar Steel," off Staithes, about 11 P.M. on the 16th June. The cobles belonging to the place went off to her assistance, but finding the conditions of weather...
The S.S. Ignis
On the 8th De- cember the No. 2 Life-boat, Edward Z.
Dresden, was launched to the assistance of the s.s. lynis, of London, which struck a mine and foundered about four and a half miles east of Aldeburgh. Just before the...
The S.S. Lancashire
On the evening of the 29th October a resident of Pollet saw signals of distress in the Russell. News was passed to the life-boat station and the motor life-boat Queen Victoria put out at 7.50 P.M.
A moderate N.W. gale...
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. Sphene
Holy Island, Northumberland. — At 1.10 P.M. on the 22nd March, 1939, a steamer was reported ashore on the Plough Reef, one mile east of Holy Island. The weather was fine but cold, with a W.N.W. breeze and a choppy sea. The motor life-boat...
The S.S. Matrix
— The s.s.
Magrix, of Hull, was at anchor off Spurn in a whole W. gale, with a rough sea, on the 19th October. At 11.40 A.M. she began to drift and went ashore on the Point. She was on a dead lee shore with the seas...
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...