LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Albano
Teesmouth, Yorkshire.—At 2.15 early on the morning of the 20th of Novem- ber, 1953, the South Gare coastguard rang up to say that the S.S. Albano, of Hull, had wirelessed that she had gone aground in Tees Bay and had asked for tugs and a...
The S.S. Columbine
Peterhead, Aberdeenshire.—At 7.40 on the evening of the 24th of Decem- ber, 1957, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a vessel was ashore on the North Head. Ten minutes later the life-boat Julia Park Barry, of Glasgow, was...
The S.S. Haller
At 9 A.M. on the 1st October Coxswain John Haylett was informed that a steamer was ashore on the north part of the Scroby Sands.
The No. 2 Life-boat Nancy Lucy was launched with the least possible delay and proceeded to the...
The S.S. Flathouse
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk.—At 2.10 on the afternoon of the 26th of June, 1955, the coast- guard reported that the S.S. Flathouse, of London, which was in the Roads, had asked for a boat to land her mate, who had been taken ill....
The S.S. Paris
WALTON-ON-THE-NAZE.—A message was received from the Gunfleet Lighthouse, on the 18th February, stating that a vessel was ashore. A moderate S.W.
breeze was then blowing; the sea was smooth, and the weather thick and...
The S.S. Columbian
RHOSCOLYN, ANGLESEY.—The s.s. Columbian, of Liverpool, 3,300 tons, from South America, with 800 live cattle and large quantity of cotton, struck on some detached rocks in Penrhos Bay in foggy weather on the 28th September. Sue fired...
The S.S. Linwood
Cromer, Norfolk.—At about 11.10 P.M. on the 12th October, 1939, the coastguard reported that a vessel was believed to be in distress a mile S.E.
of the station. The report was confirmed, and the No. 2 motor life-boat,...
The S.S. Vitorialoide
BRAZILIAN STEAMER ASHORE Dover, Kent.—At 3.45 in the morning of the 7th of December, 1947, informa- tion was received from the coastguard at St. Margarets that a vessel was aground in the bay, and the motor life-boat J. B. Proudfoot was...
The S.S. Mayflower
APRIL 22ND. - HOYLAKE, CHESHIRE.
At 5.30 A.M. the coastguard reported that the S.S. Mayflower, of Liverpool, loaded with stone, on passage from Penmaenmawr, North Wales, to Liverpool, had gone aground on East Hoyle Bank at...
The S.S. Voltaic
NEW BRIGHTON.—The steam Life-boat Queen left her moorings at 6.50 P.M. on the 2nd January, while a whole gale was blowing from N.W., with squalls and a very heavy sea, in response to signals of distress which had been shown in the direction...