LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Fulham II
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk.— At 6.45 in the evening of the 10th of December, 1948, the police telephoned that North Foreland radio station had reported the s.s. Fulham II, of London, one mile north-east of Britannia Pier, with a...
The S.S. Florence Cooke
Moelfre, Anglesey. — About 8.30 in the morning of the 26th of July, 1949, the Holyhead coastguard telephoned that a man was adrift in a dinghy one mile east of Point Lynas, and at 8.45 the life-boat G.W. was launched, in a light...
The S.S. Noordam
Walmer Kent.—At 4.20 P.M. on the * 4th October, 1939, the Deal coastguard reported that the s.s. Noordam, of Rotterdam, lying off Deal, had signalled for a boat to take a man ashore for an immediate operation. A strong E. by S. wind was...
The S.S. Suffolk Coast
OCTOBER 28TH - CULLERCOATS, NORTHUMBERLAND. At 7 P .M. t h e coxswain was asked by the coastguard to assemble the crew, and at 7.35 P.M. the motor life-boat Westmorland was launched, with instructions to go to a position two and a half miles...
The S.S. Spring
At 6.45 A.M.
on the 19th April information was given to the Coxswain of the Life-boat, Samuel Plimsoll that a vessel was ashore on the Newcome Sands. He immediately proceeded to the beach, and seeing the vessel's...
The S.S. Orion
The s.s. Orion, of Plensburg, when attempting to leave Sunderland with a cargo of coal on the 21st January, was struck by heavy seas and ran aground. The steering gear was broken, rendering the vessel unmanage- able. The vessel commenced to...
The S.S. Stranton
— The Life-boat Mary Batger was launched shortly after 1 A.M. on the 14th May in response to distress signals, a vessel having stranded, in foggy weather, during the night on the rocks at Huntcliffe. The Life-boat, on arrival, found the s.s....
The S.S. Copeland
OCT. 23RD. - SOUTHEND - ON - SEA, ESSEX. At 1.45 P.M. the signal station reported that a vessel was ashore on the Shoebury Sands. The weather was calm, and the sea smooth. At 2 P.M. the motor life-boat Greater London (Civil Service No. 3)...
The S.S. Oil Trader
AUGUST 11TH. - ALDEBURGH, SUFFOLK. At 11.56 A.M. the coastguard reported that enemy aircraft were attacking shipping some seven miles S.E. of Aldeburgh.
A strong N.W. breeze was blowing, with a rough sea. A few minutes...
The S.S. Nestos
Humber, Yorkshire.—At 9.31 on the morning of the 21st of October, 1953, the Spurn Point coastguard telephoned that the S.S. Nestos, of Piraeus, which was anchored in the River Humber, had wirelessed that three of her crew were adrift in a...