LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Teddington (1)
OCTOBER 1ST - 22ND. - CROMER, NORFOLK. During the month both of the Cromer life-boats were launched several times and gave help to the S.S. Teddington, which had stranded after enemy attack in September.
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The S.S. Hawthorn
EA. — The Albert Edward Life-boat was launched at 2 A.M. on the 27th January, during a heavy S.S.W. gale, signals of distress having been shown by a vessel, which had stranded about a mile and a half to leeward of the Gunfleet Sand. She was...
The S.S. Bonita
Lytham, Lancashire.—At 11.10 Oil the night of the 23rd of September, 1956, the Formby coastguard tele- phoned that the S.S. Bonita, of Stock- holm, had a man on board who had drunk poison and needed immediate medical attention. At...
The S.S. Rainton
COURTOWN.—On the 19th November, the Life-boat Alfred and Ernest went off to the assistance of the s.s. Rainton, of Glasgow, which had grounded on the North end of the Glassgorman Bank during squally weather, the wind blowing from the W.N.W....
The S.S. King David
Southend-on-Sea, Essex.—At 11.56 on the morning of the 17th of Decem- ber, 1957, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a man had fallen down a hold on board the S.S.
King David, of London, and had broken both legs...
The S.S. Binnendijk
Weymouth, Dorset.—At 11.15 P.M.
* * on the 7th October, 1939, the coastguard informed the life-boat station that signals of distress had been seen near Grove Point. A message was received a few minutes later that a ship was...
The S.S. Crestville (1)
Port Erin, and Port St. Mary, Isle of Man.—About 5.35 on the afternoon of the 27th of May, 1956, a man informed the coxswain that he had seen from Cradder Head a steamer aground on the Calf of Man. At 5.55 the life-boat Matthew Simpson was...
The S.S. Cambalu
On the 30th January the s.s. Cambalu, of Liverpool, ran aground between Welcombe and Knapps Head, on the Cornish coast, in a dense fog.
She was bound, light, from Plymouth to Mumbles, and carried a crew of...
The S.S. Ashley
MARCH 9TH. - RAMSGATE, KENT. At 2.10 P.M. information was received from the naval authorities that a steamer was in need of help to the north of the North Goodwin Light-vessel. A light S.W. wind was blowing, with a slight sea. The motor life...
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...