LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Fermanagh
Tenby, Pembrokeshire.—On the 15th January, 1938, the life-boat rescued eight of the crew of the s.s. Fermanagh.
—Rewards, silver medal, bronze medal, thanks on vellum and money awards amounting to £42 8s....
The S.S. Dione
Dover, Kent.—At 12.48 on the after- noon of the 8th of July, 1956, the Sandgate coastguard reported that two ships had been in collision five miles south-east of South Foreland in thick fog. The life-boat Southern Africa put out at 1.10. The...
The S.S. Storfjeld
DEC. 11TH. - BLYTH, NORTHUMBERLAND.
The S.S. Storfjeld, of Bergen, had gone ashore, but her crew were rescued from the shore by the coastguard life-saving apparatus. - Rewards, £16 7s..
The S.S. Gliwice
On the 13th of November, 1959, the Appledore life-boat was launched to the s.s. Gliwice, of Szczecin, Poland.
For this service, a full account of which appears on page 386, Coxswain Sydney Cann was accorded the thanks of...
The S.S. Pontiac
KILMOKE, Co. WEXFORD.—The John Robert Life-boat was launched at noon on the 24th May, to the assistance of the s.s. Pontiac, of and for Liverpool, from New Orleans, with a cargo of cotton and maize, which had struck on St. Patrick's...
The S.S. Baron Yarborough
Workington, Cumberland.—When the S.S. Baron Yarborough, of Ardrossan, was ready for sailing on the 19th of November, 1952, her wireless operator was missing. The steamer put out, but anchored off the port. When the operator arrived the...
The S.S. Dunja
Arranmore, Co. Donegal.—About half past two in the afternoon of the 23rd of October, 1949, information was received that a vessel in ballast was on the rocks off Kincasslagh, and the life-boat K.T.J.S. was launched at 2.45 in a rough sea,...
The S.S. Copeland
Southend-on-Sea, Essex.—-At 1.45 P.M. on the 23rd October, 1939, 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...
The S.S. Holderness
ON the llth of March, 1959, the Blyth life-boat rescued four of the crew of the s.s. Holderness of Hull.
A full account of this service, for which Coxswain Thomas Fawcus was accorded the thanks of the Institution inscribed...
The S.S. Polyana
Stronsay, Orkneys.—At 10.40 on the morning of the 6th of October, 1953, the Kirkwall coastguard rang up to say that the S.S. Polyana, of Kristian- sand, had wirelessed that she was mak- ing water and needed help. She was then between Westray...