LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Steamer (34)
SEPTEMBER 16TH. - CLOUGHEY, CO.
DOWN. News had been received of a steamer sinking, and a later message said that she had sunk, but nothing was found, and a patrol vessel nearby was believed to have rescued the crew. -...
Idle Moment
Dungeness, Kent - At 7.13 a.m. on 27th June, 1966, a vessel was seen in distress off Denge Marsh. The life-boat Mabel E. Holland was launched at 7.25 in a gale force west south westerly wind and a rough sea. It was one hour after high water....
The S.S. Lyonesse
In a dense fog on the afternoon of the 23rd June the Red Star liner Gothland, from Montreal to Rotterdam, with passengers and a cargo of wheat, ran ashore on the Crim Rocks. Information of the casualty was at once transmitted by means of...
Adventurer
Blyth, Northumberland. At 2.30 on the afternoon of the 29th of December, 1959, the honorary secretary at New- biggin asked the honorary secretary at Blyth if the crew of the coble Morning Joy, which had entered Blyth, had any information...
H.M. Trawler British
SILVER MEDAL SERVICE AT YARMOUTH Nov. 14TH. - YARMOUTH, ISLE OF WIGHT. At 8.40 in the evening a message was received at the Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, station that a vessel was ashore off the Brighstone look-out.
A fresh...
Hull Trader
On the afternoon of the 21st October the -coast- guard reported a canoe with one man on board in distress four miles S.S.E. of the pier. A strong south breeze was blowing, with a moderate sea, when the motor life-boat Greater London...
Lord Essendon
Lerwick, Shetlands.—At 1.40 on the morning of the 9th of January, 1957, the coastguard reported that the steam trawler Lord Essendon, of Hull, with a crew of twenty, was ashore at Ham Bressay. The life-boat Lady Jane and Martha Ryland was...
Bluebird
Dungeness, Kent.—A fisherman reported to the coxswain at 11.45 A.M.
on the 10th August that a yacht had been dismasted a mile south of Dungeness.
She was the Bluebird, bound for Portsmouth from Dover, with...
The S.S. Martello
WINTERTON, NORFOLK.—In the early morning of the 21st February, the s.s. Martello, of Hull, a vessel of over 3,000 tons, collided with another steamer near the Newarp Light-vessel.
As a result her bows were completely cut...
Azela, of Blyth
On the following day a brig was seen burning tar-barrels very near the breakers on Yarmouth Beach, during a fresh wind from E. by S. The Yarmouth No. 2 Life- boat, the Duff, was at once taken to the spot, and, after much difficulty, was...