LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Graigaur
Barra Island, Outer Hebrides.—A15.10 on the morning of the 25th of August, 1955, the Stornoway coastguard re- ported that the S.S. Graigaur, of Cardiff, which had a crew of thirty- four, had gone aground east of Barra Head and needed a tug....
Norwegian Dream and the Container Vessel Ever Decent
Collision Aftermath The collision between the cruise liner Norwegian Dream and the container vessel Ever Decent off the coast of Kent in the early hours of Tuesday 24 August 1999 comes as a sharp reminder of how important it is to be...
The S.S. Irwell
At 4.35 A.M. on the 30th November information was received that a Government trans- port vessel—the s.s. In/cell, of Goole —with twenty men on board, had struck the bar and was driving ashore into Seaford Bay. The Motor Life-boat Sir FitzRoy...
February (1)
FEBRUARY MEETING IN ERKEITHING, FIFESHIRE. On the afternoon of the 9th January, 1940, the S.S.
Elizabeth Bromley was taken from harbour to an anchorage four hundred yards out, in readiness to sail in the morning. The...
Category: Services
Pet, of Chester
Thurso.
Shortly before 10 P.M. on 18th March the news reached Thurso that a schooner, the Pet, of Chester, had gone ashore on the rocky headland of Brims Ness, five miles away. The night was foggy and very dark, with a...
Perseus
In response to a telephone message from Thorpeness on the 17th September the No. 1 Life-boat City of Winchester was launched, great difficulty being experienced in getting the boat afloat owing to the heavy sea running and the bad state of...
Circe
The Civil Service No. 1 Life-boat was launched at 8.30 P.M. on the 28th Deceinber, during a terrific W.S.W. gale and very heavy sea, to the assistance of the barge Circe, which was in distress in Margate Roads.
On nearing...
Regal
At 9.20 P.M. on the 3rd February signals of distress were heard from the Long- stone Lighthouse, and steps were immediately taken to launch the Life- boat Forster Fawsett. Owing to the state of the tide and the muddy nature of the shore very...
The S.S. Milgate
At 7 o'clock on the morning of the 2nd November, a message was received from the Coast- guard, stating that a vessel was in dis- tress about four miles to the east of Newhaven. The signal was fired, and within a quarter of an hour the...
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...