LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Treneglos
WHITBURN, DURHAM.—The steam-tug Hook van Holland left Emden on the llth February at midday, having in tow the damaged s.s. Treneglos, of St.
Ives, intending to take her to South Shields, but early on the morning of the 14th...
Mayflower
Sunderland, Co. Durham.—At 8.26 on the morning of the 24th of August, 1957, the coastguard telephoned that a man at Whitburn had reported a fishing coble flying a distress signal two and a half miles off Whitburn.
At nine...
The S.S. Eibergen
JANUARY 29TH. - SUNDERLAND, DURHAM. At about 6.10 A.M. the coastguard reported a ship sinking about three miles off Whitburn. A south-east wind was blowing, with a moderate sea. The motor life-boat Edward and Isabella Irwin was launched at 6...
Elizabeth
Sunderland, Co. Durham - At 10.13 a.m. on 2oth May, 1967, the fishing coble Elizabeth was reported to be in difficultiesone and a half miles east of Whitburn and was flying distress signals. The Life-boat William Myers and Sarah Jane Myers...
Three Fishing Cobles
In the month of March the Whitburn life-boat was launched to the assistance of the crews of three fish- ing cobles, each with 3 men on board, which were caught in a strong easterly wind, a high surf running on the beach at the time.
Charlotte of Woodbridge
On the 3rd June, the sloop Charlotte, of Woodbridge, was wrecked on Whitburn Rocks. She was observed to be driving towards them with both anchors down, and on her hoisting a signal of dis- tress, the life-boat Thomas Wilson, belong- ing to...
Dorothy Watson
WHITBURN, Co. DURHAM.—While the schooner Dorothy Watson,of North Shields, was being towed by a steam-tug in company with another vessel in a S.E. wind and a strong ground swell and surf on the 10th July, she was caught by the breakers and...
Benton, of South Shields
About midnight on the 24th January the Thomas Wilson life-boat put off in reply to signals of distress, and brought safely ashore the crew of 6 men belonging to the brig Benton, of South Shields, which was totally wrecked, during foggy...
Guiding Star
WHITBURN.—The Life-boat William and Charles was launched at 11.30 p.m.
on the 1st June and landed a man from the coble Guiding Star. Whilst he was out attending to his crab-pots, a heavy sea rose and he was in considerable...
Margaret and Jane, of Shields
On the night of the 30th November, the Thomas Wilson life- boat on this station went off through a heavy sea, and in a strong S.S.E. wind, and brought safely ashore the crew of 8 men from the barque Margaret and Jane, of Shields, which was...