LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Sydenham and the S.S. Ask
Cromer, Norfolk. — At 4.32 on the morning of the 26th of October, 1952, the coastguard telephoned to say the S.S. Sydenham had reported that a vessel was ashore on the Haisboro' Sands, eighteen miles east-by-south of Cromer, and at five...
The S.S. Santa Maria
Nov. 10TH. - CROMER, NORFOLK. The S.S. Santa Maria, of Genoa, was stranded seven miles S.E. of the Haisborough Lightvessel, but when the life-boat arrived she found that the vessel had been refloated.- Rewards, £33 1s. 6d..
The S.S. Roumelian & The S.S. Nazaire
At 5.40 P.M. on 15th May the Ventnor Coastguard telephoned Brooke and Yarmouth that the s.s. Roumelian, of Liverpool, bound laden from London to Alexandria, had been in collision with the s.s. St. Nazaire about twenty- four miles S.E. by E....
The S.S. Bannercliffe
At 2.30 p.m. on 8th July, 1966, two vessels were said to have collided in Crosby channel. The life-boat Norman B.
Corlett left her moorings at 2.50 in a gentle north-westerly wind and a slight sea. She proceeded to the...
The S.S. Trojan III
OCTOBER 14TH. - ST. DAVID‘S, PEMBROKESHIRE,.
At 12.10 in the morning the naval base telephoned that a vessel was drifting in the direction of Skomer Island.
A west-north-west gale was blowing, with a rough...
The S.S. Rustoer and the S.S. Challenger
Campbeltown, Argyllshire. — At 10 A.M. on the 24th January, during a strong S.E. gale with a very rough sea, the s.s. Rustoer, of Glasgow, was dragging her anchor and drifting off the pier. Only the captain and a boy were aboard her. The...
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...
The S.S. Hope Star
DECEMBER 6TH. - DONAGHADEE, CO. DOWN. The motor life-boat Civil Service No. 5 put out at 9 in the morning, in a N.W. gale, with a very rough sea, and rescued nine men of the crew of 44 of the S.S. Hope Star, of Newcastle-on-Tyne, which had...
The S.S. Hamilton
On the night of the 13th April the s.s. Hamilton, of Stranraer, when about to enter Port- rush Harbour, in. a strong westerly gale, was caught by the tide and sea and driven on to the rocks. Owing to the heavy sea running at the foot of the...
The S.S. Accrington and the S.S. Hamsterlay
DEC. 4TH. - GREAT YARMOUTH AND GORLESTON, NORFOLK. - At 2.45 A.M., a message was received from the Gorleston coastguard that the S.S. Accrington, of Grimsby, was in the roadstead with twentytwo survivors of the crew of the S.S....