LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Attiki
NEWBIGGIN, NORTHUMBERLAND.—In response to signals of distress shortly after 10 P.M. on the 27th April the Life-boat Hubert and Susan went to the assistance of the s.s. Attiki, of Andros, Greece, which ran on to the rocks at Newbiggin Church...
The S.S. Clutha
BURRY PORT.— Signals having been seen on the morning of the 18th December, during foggy weather, a strong S,W.
wind, and a heavy sea, the Life-boat David Barclay of Tottenham was launched at 3.30, and found that the lights...
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. 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. Domino
Three days later the Life-boat was again called out to assist the s.s. Domino, of Liverpool. This vessel was bound from Liverpool to Copenhagen, and when off Dunnet Head, owing to the prevailing north - westerly gale, her Longhope, Jan. 9th...
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...
The S.S. Afterglow
Humber, Yorkshire.—At 9.10 on the morning of the 8th of August, 1951, the Spurn Point coastguard sent a message that the S.S. Afterglow, of London, had asked the life-boat to land a man with an injured eye. The Afterglow was due off the...
The S.S. Cedric
During a strong northerly gale on the 30th I January, the s.s. Cedric, of Landskrona, brought up in South wold Bay, and next morning signalled that she wanted a doctor, or a boat to land a man who had met with an accident. ...
The S.S. Lynn Trader
ATTEMPT TO REFLOAT A STEAMER Flamborough, Yorkshire.—On the night of the 3rd of January, 1948,- the S.S. Lynn Trader went ashore about one mile south of Flamborough Head while on passage, in ballast, from King's Lynn to Blyth. She...
The S.S. Mosel
LIZARD. — A rocket from the signal station was heard at about 8 A.M. on the 9th August. The Honorary Secretary, the Eev. P. VYVYAN ROBINSON, and the Coxswain of the Life-boat at once proceeded there, and ascertained that a screw steamer had...