LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Valhalla
At 4.5 A.M. on the 1st March, a message was received stating that a steamer was ashore on the north part of the Goodwin Sands.
The crew of the Life-boat Francis Forbes Barton were assembled and the boat launched. On...
The S.S. Karuma
The S.S. Karuma, of Hamburg, ran on to the rocks about half a mile north of New- biggin Point, during a very thick fog, on 13th October, whilst bound from Hamburg to the Tyne. The Life-boat Ada Lewis was immediately launched and proceeded to...
The S.S. Monmouth Coast
NOVEMBER 12TH. - DUNMORE EAST, CO. WATERFORD. A small cargo steamer, bound from Cork to Glasgow, the S.S. Monmouth Coast, of Liverpool, was attacked by two German aeroplanes at the entrance to Waterford Harbour. The weather was fine, and the...
The S.S. Craig
Caister, Norfolk.—At 2.15 in the morning of the 2nd of May, 1952, the Gorleston coastguard telephoned that the S.S. Craig, of Leith, had gone aground and was bumping heavily on the beach three miles north-west of Cockle Buoy. A very...
The S.S. Brookside
Walton and Frinton, Essex.—At 3.15 on the morning of the 31st of March, 1954, the Walton-on-the-Naze coastguard rang up to say that he had intercepted a wireless message from the S.S.
Brookside, of Sunderland, which said...
The S.S. Sobo
Porthdinllaen, Caernarvonshire. At 1.40 on the afternoon of the 5th of September, 1959, the coastguard in- formed the honorary secretary that a member of the crew of the s.s. Sobo of Liverpool had severely injured his head in an...
The S.S. Nebarn (3)
GORLESTON, SUFFOLK ; CAISTEB, WIXTERTON-, PALLING, AND CBOMEE, NORFOLK.—In the early hours of 29th January, the s.s. Newbarn of Newcastle, which is a big steamer of more than 3,000 tons, ran aground on the southern end of the Hasboro'...
The Russian S.S. Smolensk
ANKLE SET ON PASSAGE Humber, Yorkshire. At 11.18 a.m.
on i9th August, 1965, a message from a doctor was received saying that a man on board the Russian S.S. Smolensk of Riga had broken a leg and required a...
The S.S. Framfield
The Life-boat Kentwell was called out on the 29th November to the assistance of the s.s.
Framfield, of London, which stranded on the Newcombe Sands whilst bound from North America with a cargo of iron ore. The Life-boat...
The S.S. Redthorn
Portrush, Co. Antrim.—At 7.46 A.M.
on the 21st November, 1938, information was received from the coastguardcoastguard that a vessel was aground at the River Bann. A slight W. wind was blowing, with a choppy sea and strong...