LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Clan Malcolm
The s.s. Clan Malcolm, of Glasgow, bound from London to the Clyde, ran ashore near the Lizard in a dense fog on the 26th September. She was carrying a crew of seventy-five. A moderate to fresh S.S.W. wind was blowing, with a moderate sea....
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JUNE 22ND. - BLYTH, NORTHUMBERLAND.
After an air-raid alarm had been given it, was reported that distress signals hadbeen heard, but nothing could be found.
Rewards. £10 18s..
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NOVEMBER 17TH. - DOUGLAS, ISLE OF MAN. An object bearing a light had been reported, but nothing could be found. - Rewards, £17 12s. 6d.
The S.S. Ocean Coast
Yarmouth, Isle of Wight.—At 3.40 on the afternoon of the 26th of November, 1954, shipping agents reported that the master of the S.S. Ocean Coast, of Liverpool, which was anchored in Yarmouth Roads, was seriously ill and needed a doctor. No...
The S.S. Monmouth Coast
NOVEMBER 12TH. - DUNMORE EAST, CO. WATERFORD. A small cargo steamer, bound from Cork to Glasgow, the S.S. Monmouth Coast, of Liverpool, was attacked by two German aeroplanes at the entrance to Waterford Harbour. The weather was fine, and 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. Vic 67
Holyhead, Anglesey.—At 1.5 in the afternoon of the 31st of March, 1948, the coastguard reported that a small steamer in New Harbour had signalled on her whistle for help. The motor life-boat A.E.D. left her moorings at 1.20 in a southerly...
The S.S. Runswick, The S.S. Saltwick, The S.S. Fidra
GOLD MEDAL SERVICE AT PETERHEAD JANUARY 23RD - 26TH. - PETERHEAD, ABERDEENSHIRE. At 6.40 in the morning of the 23rd, a message came from the coastguard that the S.S. Runswick, of Whitby, had been in collision, and the lifeboat crew were...
The S.S. Basalt
Teesmouth, Yorkshire. — At one o'clock on the afternoon of the 20th of August, 1955, the life-boat motor me- chanic reported that the S.S. Basalt,which had been unloading scrap from a wreck, had gone aground on Salt Scar Rocks. At three...
The S.S. Carmarthen Coast (1)
Nov. 9TH. - SEAHAM, AND SUNDERLAND, DURHAM. At 7.50 A.M. a message was received at Seaham from the coastguard that the S.S. Carmarthen Coast, of Liverpool bound, laden, from Kirkcaldy to London had struck a mine several miles to the east...