LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
S.S. Halizones
St. Mary's, Scilly Isles.—19th Octo- ber, 1939. A message was received that a British steamer, s.s. Halizones, had been sunk by enemy action forty miles S.W. of the Bishop Lighthouse, but ten minutes after the life-boat was launched,...
The S.S. Emmy
FEBRUARY 5TH. - BARMOUTH, MERIONETHSHIRE.
At 9.30 P . M . a message was received from the coastguard that a Greek steamer had stranded in a position thought to be south of Bardsey Island. Half an hour later a second...
The S.S. Esbo
Barrow, Lancashire ; Maryport, Cumberland; Ramsey, and Douglas, Isle of Man, October 19th.—On the 18th October the s.s. Esbo, of Helsingfors, left Preston in ballast for Finland. Bad weather was encountered, and the Esbo got into...
The S.S. Flimston
MARCH 9TH - 29TH. - HARTLEPOOL, DURHAM, AND TEESMOUTH, YORKSHIRE.
At 7.45 in the morning the coastguard reported a vessel aground. She was the S.S. Flimston, of over 4,500 tons, laden with steel and with a crew of 38. She...
The S.S. Yewkyle
FEBRUARY 22ND. - GREAT YARMOUTH A N D G O R L E S T O N , N O R F O L K . A t 4 A.M. Great Yarmouth coastguard reported that the Caister life-boat had been called out by rockets north of Winterton, but that the Caister life-boat could not...
The S.S. Mohegan
PORTHOUSTOCK, CORNWALL. —• A disaslrous shipwreck occurred on the Manacle rocks, near the Lizard, on thenight of the 14th October, involving the lamentable loss of 106 lives. The s.s.
Mohegan, of Hull, a large four-masted...
The S.S. Empire Tigaven and The S.S. Cormoat
DECEMBER 13TH. - FLAMBOROUGH, AND FILEY, YORKSHIRE. During a northwesterly gale, with a very rough sea, the S.S.
Empire Tigaven and the S.S. Cormoat came into collision about four miles off Flamborough.
A...
The S.S. Canberra
Routine - but always appreciatedFalmouth's Arun class lifeboat Elizabeth Ann carried out a service on 3 June 1992 which although in fine weather and described by the station honorary secretary as 'routine' led to words of praise...
The S.S.. Gervase
RAMSGATE AND NORTH DEAL.—At 4.20 A.M., on the 18th May, during a strong breeze from the W.S.W., a screw-steamer was seen ashore on the North Sand Head, with signals of distress flying; and about the same time signal guns were fired from the...
The S.S Edwin D. Howard, of Pensacola, U.S.A.
MAY 13TH. - WALMER, KENT. About 4.50 in the afternoon a signal was received from the S.S Edwin D. Howard, of Pensacola, U.S.A., lying in the Downs, that she required a doctor. A moderate north-easterly gale was blowing, with a rough sea. The...