LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Inga
At noon on the 19th October a message was received from the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board offices that a vessel in the channel was dragging her anchors and making distress signals. A full W. by N. gale was blowing, with a very heavy sea and...
The S.S. Rion
At 3.10 P.M. on the 30th August a message was received reporting that a Government transport had been in collision off Rottingdean, i and was in a sinking condition. A light S. W. breeze was blowing at the time and | the sea was smooth, i...
The S.S. Red Rose
PALLING, NORFOLK.—On the morning of the 18th July, during a thick fog, the s.s. Red Rose, of Cardiff, grounded on the Hasborough Sand. Some yawls went to her assistance, but finding that these boats did not return, and that the vessel still...
The S.S. Bengrove
On the 7th March the s.s. Bengrove, of Liverpool, whilst outward bound from Barry Dock, was torpedoed, and very quickly foundered, about five miles to the north of Ilfracombe. Signals of distress were heard and the Life-boat Co-operator No....
The S.S. Fireglow
NOVEMBER 8TH. - CLACTON-ON-SEA (AT BRIGHTLINGSEA), ESSEX During the afternoon the naval base at Brightlingsea reported that two steamers were sinking in the West Swin. A strong S.W. wind was blowing, with a rough sea. The motor life-boat...
The S.S. Protesilaus
JANUARY 2 1ST. - THE MUMBLES, GLAMORGANSHIRE. At 9.15 A.M. a message was received from the coastguard that a vessel, which was thought to have been mined, was sinking about six miles W.S.W. of Mumbles Head. The sea was smooth, with a...
The S.S. Beacon Grange
AUGUST 23RD. - WICK, CAITHNESSSHIRE.
At 10.10 P .M. a message was received from the coastguard that gun-fire and an explosion, followed by tracer bullets, had been observed 9 miles S.E. of Wick.
A further...
The S.S. Martha
PADSTOW, CORNWALL. — The coastguard at Trevose Head, on the night of the 22nd February, reported that a large steamer was in distress five miles to the north and that she was burning signals for assistance. The tug Helen Peele, with the Life...
The S.S. Grosvenor
DOCTOR TO A SCALDED SEAMAN Berwick-on-Tweed, Northumberland.— At about 7 o'clock in the evening of the 13th of October, 1947, the coastguard reported that the S.S. Grosvenor, which was lying off the harbour entrance, had signalled for a...
The S.S. Alaska (1)
Nov. 15TH. - SELSEY, SUSSEX, AND B E M B R I D G E , I S L E O F W I G H T . A t 4.9 A.M. a message was received from the coastguard that the S.S. Alaska, of Havre, a steamer of 8,000 tons, was in distress fourteen miles S.E. of the Owers...