LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Empire Chamois
STANDING BY 7,000-TON STEAMER Plymouth, Devon.—At 4.45 in the afternoon of the 5th of April, 1947, the Rame Head coastguard reported that a vessel needed help three miles west of Rame Head. A moderate south-south- west gale was blowing, with...
The S.S. Agia Varvara
ANOTHER GREEK STEAMER HELPED Ramsgate, Kent.—At about 7.0 in the evening of the 10th of March, 1947, the coastguard reported that a ship was aground one and a half miles south-west of North Goodwin Light- vessel. A light south-easterly...
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....
The S.S. Beemsterdijk
JANUARY 30TH. - DUNMORE EAST, CO. WATERFORD. During the morning the coastwatchers at Brownstown Head telephoned the civic guard that a raft had been seen with three men on it. The information was passed to the life-boat station, and the...
The S.S. Broomhill
SUNDERLAND.—The S.S. Broomhill, of Dundee, while endeavouring to enter Sunderland Harbour, during a strong wind from the N.E. with a heavy sea, on the 5th February, took the ground on the Bar, and was afterwards carried by the wind and sea...
The S.S. Mayflower
Hoylake, Cheshire.—At 5.30 A.M. on the 22nd April, 1939, the coastguard reported that t'u s.s. Mayflower, of Liverpool, loaded with stone, on passage from Penmaenmawr, North Wales, to Liverpool, had gone aground on East Hoyle Bank at 2 A...
The S.S. Esmond
MARCH 9TH. - PETERHEAD, ABERDEENSHIRE.
A message had been received from the coastguard that a heavy explosion had been heard, and a later message said that an S.O.S. had come in from the S.S. Esmond The life-boat Julia...
The S.S. Campo Grande
Walton and Frinton, Essex.—About ten o'clock on the morning of the llth of January, 1953, the Walton-on-the- Naze coastguard telephoned that the Cork lightvessel had reported seeing a steamer two miles south-by-west of the lightvessel....
The S.S. Britannina
— During moderate weather on the 20th February a telephone message was received stating that a steamer had stranded at the entrance to the harbour. The No. 1 Life- boat Sarah Jane Turner was launched and proceeded down the river under oars....
The S.S. Ogmore
PADSTOW.—On the 24th November, the Life-boat Albert Edward was launched to the aid of a vessel showing signals of distress, during a strong N.E. gale and heavy sea. She had brought up in a dangerous position on the inner edge of the Doom Bar...