LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Harold Brown
Shoreham Harbour, Sussex.—At 2.35 on the afternoon of the 21st of Decem- ber, 1954, the coastguard telephoned that the tug Harold Brown, which had a dumb barge in tow, had run aground about four hundred yards east of Shoreham Harbour. At...
Episode
Dungeness, Kent.—At 8.52 on the morning of the 10th of April, 1955, the Lade coastguard reported that the motor yacht Episode, of Dundee, a houseboat of 131 tons, which had three people on board, had run aground on Camber Sands, but did not...
Ross Corr
Valentia, Co. Kerry.—At 1.10 early on the morning of the 8th of June, 1955, a man at Portmagee telephoned that the trawler Ross Corr, of Dublin, had been due at Portmagee at eight o'clock the night before, but had not...
The Isle of Man Steamer Fiona's Isle and Fishing Boat Ludo
Fleetwood, Lancashire.—At 2.45 on the morning of the 8th of June, 1955, thdockmaster rang up to say that the Isle of Man steamer Fiona's Isle had collided with the local fishing boat Ludo while leaving Fleet wood. The Ludo sank, and the...
Lyra
Hartlepool, Durham.—At 9.52 on the night of the 10th of July, 1955, the coastguard rang up to say that the police had reported that a vessel had run ashore to the northward. At 10.6 the life-boat The Princess Royal, Civil Service No. 7 was...
The Converted Ship's Boat Caroline
Holy Island, Northumberland. — At 9.42 on the night of the 6th of August, 1955, the coxswain reported that the converted ship's boat Caroline, of Hartlepool, had grounded on Ridge End at the northern entrance to the harbour. At 9.55...
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. Moorwood
Cromer, Norfolk.—About 10.45 on the morning of the 28th of September, 1955, the coastguard telephoned that a message had been received from the Humber radio station that the S.S.
Moorwood, of London, had asked if the...
Diligent
Wick, Caithness-shire.—At 8.30 on the evening of the 10th of November, 1955, the life-boat coxswain reported that he had heard a wireless message from the fishing boat Diligent, of Buckie, that she had gone ashore near Duncansby Head. At...
Indus and the Dock Board Hopper Mersey No. 24
New Brighton, Cheshire.—At 1.40 on the afternoon of the 16th of February, 1956, the Formby coastguard rang up to say that a message had been received from the port radar station that the M.V. Indus had collided with the Dock Board hopper...