LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Accrington and the S.S. Hamsterlay
DEC. 4TH. - GREAT YARMOUTH AND GORLESTON, NORFOLK. - At 2.45 A.M., a message was received from the Gorleston coastguard that the S.S. Accrington, of Grimsby, was in the roadstead with twentytwo survivors of the crew of the S.S....
The S.S. Rustoer and the S.S. Challenger
Campbeltown, Argyllshire. — At 10 A.M. on the 24th January, during a strong S.E. gale with a very rough sea, the s.s. Rustoer, of Glasgow, was dragging her anchor and drifting off the pier. Only the captain and a boy were aboard her. The...
The S.S. Trebartha and the S.S. Oberan
NOVEMBER 11TH. - ABERDEEN. At about 6.20 P.M. the Gregness coastguard reported that red flares, presumably from a steamer on fire, had been seen S.E. by S. of Findon, in which area bombs had been dropped by German aeroplanes. A strong S.S.E....
The S.S. Kingsborough
NOVEMBER 21ST. - YARMOUTH, ISLE OF WIGHT. At 9.6 A.M. a message was received from the coastguard station at the Needles that a steamer was sinking off the station. A moderate W.S.W. wind was blowing and the sea was smooth. At 9.30...
The S.S. Taunton (1)
The Steam Tug was called out on the 28th December to proceed to St. Ives to assist that Life- boat in saving the s.s. Taunton, of Liverpool. (See previous entry.).
The S.S. Niord
Watchet, Somerset.—llth May. A boat from the s.s. Niord, of Gothenburg, had tried to reach the harbour in a N.E. gale. She got into difficulties, but made Minehead without help.
Later the life-boat put the men back on their...
The S.S. Lagosian and the S.S.. Ashly
SEPTEMBER 2ND. - PETERHEAD, ABERDEENSHIRE.
At 11.10 P.M. the coastguard reported two vessels on fire, one five miles S.E.
of Rattray Head and the other about ten miles E.S.E. from Peterhead. They belonged...
The S.S. Bedeburn
During a strong W.S.W. gale with very heavy sea on the 26th December, signals of distress were observed to the westward.
In response the Life-boat John William Dudley was launched at 9 P.M. and pro- ceeded to the vessel,...
The S.S. Hope Star
DECEMBER 6TH. - DONAGHADEE, CO. DOWN. The motor life-boat Civil Service No. 5 put out at 9 in the morning, in a N.W. gale, with a very rough sea, and rescued nine men of the crew of 44 of the S.S. Hope Star, of Newcastle-on-Tyne, which had...
The S.S. Klondike
NEWBIGGIN, NORTHUMBERLAND.—The s.s. Klondike, of Laurvig, in ballast from Hartlepool for Blyth, stranded in Gambols Bay while a moderate breeze was blowing from S.S.W., with a moderate sea, on the night of the 15th September. The weather was...