LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Eumaeus (1)
DEC. 11TH. - DUN LAOGHAIRE, CO. DUBLIN, AND WICKLOW, CO. WICKLOW.
At 5.5 P.M. messages were received at Dun Laoghaire that a large vessel was aground on the Kish Bank, and that two tugs were being sent from Dublin to her...
The S.S. White Toft
APRIL 29TH. - WHITBY, YORKSHIRE.
At 4.10 P.M. the coastguard reported that a vessel was ashore at Robin Hood’s Bay, six miles to the south of Whitby. There was a dense fog, with a light S.E. wind and a strong ground swell....
The S.S. Skandinavian
RAMSGATE AND BROADSTAIRS. — At 2.30 A.M. on the 11th April, during strong N.Jf.E. wind and a heavy sea, the Goodwin and Gull Lightships fired signals.
The Ramsgate Life-boat Bradford, and the harbour steam-tug Aid, as well...
S.S. Favorit
NOVEMBER 17TH. - GREAT YARMOUTH AND GORLESTON, NORFOLK. At about 10.20 A.M. the police asked for the services of the life-boat to land a badly wounded man from a steamer in the roadstead. The sea was rough, with a moderate S.S.W. breeze...
The S.S. Giannoulis Gounaris and the S.S. Lunineach
MAY 2ND. - LYNMOUTH, DEVON. At 7.15 A.M. the Croyde coastguard reported a steamer ashore to the east of Lynmouth. A light easterly wind was blowing, with a smooth sea, and the weather was hazy. The pulling and sailing life-boat Prichard...
The S.S. Eldon Park
FEBRUARY 7TH. - THE MUMBLES, GLAMORGANSHIRE. At 1.27 A.M. the coastguard at The Mumbles telephoned that.
a vessel was ashore at Port Eynon and was burning distress signals. A strong S.E.
breeze was blowing...
S.S. Turkia
Swanage, Dorset.—At 8.18 A.M. Oil the 20th October, 1939, the Swanage coastguard reported that the Greek steamer s.s. Turkia had grounded one mile and a half N.W. by W. of St.
Albans Head, but was not flying distress...
The S.S. Carlotta
WALMER AND KINGSDOWNE.—On the morning of the 9th October the South Sand Head Light Vessel fired signals indicating that a vessel was in distress, and the Coastguard on duty at Walmer at.once reported the fact to the Coxswain of the Life-boat...
The S.S. Rynana (1)
JANUARY 22ND. - RAMSGATE, AND WALMER, KENT. At 10.55 A.M. a message was received at Ramsgate from the coastguard that H.M. Destroyer Brilliant had reported that the S.S. Rynana, of Limerick, was aground a mile west of the East Goodwins Light...
The S.S. Kentwood (1)
DEC. 27TH. - RAMSGATE, AND WALMER, KENT. At 9 A.M. a message was received from the Ramsgate coastguard that the S.S. Kentwood, of London, was sink-ing rapidly in the north Downs, and that her captain was trying to beach her. The Ramsgate...