LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. English Trader
Torbay, Devon.—On the 23rd January the s.s. English Trader, of London, ran ashore at the entrance of DartmouthHarbour. The motor life-boat George Shee rescued the fifty-two men on board. Rewards : Bronze second service clasp, vellums, letter...
The S.S. Earl Percy
PALLING, NORFOLK.—On the 23rd December, at 5.30 A.M., the British Workman Life-boat proceeded to the Hasborough Sand, in reply to signals of distress, during a strong W.N.W. wind and heavy sea. On arriving there, she found the s.s. Earl...
The S.S. Mango
On Feb- ruary 6th the s.s. Mango, of Newry, ran ashore on the rocks off Aranmore, during a thick fog. A strong S.W.
breeze was blowing, a heavy sea was running, and it was raining. The motor life-boat William and Laura put...
The S.S. Rheola
WORKINGTON.—The Dodo Life-boat was launched at noon on the 3rd of January, 1887, to the assistance of the s.s. Rheola, of Cardiff, bound from Carthagena for Maryport with a cargo of iron ore, which had grounded a little to the N. of...
The S.S. Ajuthia
RUNSWICK, YORKSHIRE.—The usual quietude of Runswick, a small fishing village to the north of Whitby, was considerably disturbed in the early hours of the 1st March by the s.s.
Ajuthia, of London, stranding on the rocks...
The S.S. Dynamo
FEBRUARY 27TH a n d 2 8TH. - GREAT YARMOUTH AND GORLESTON, NORFOLK.
At 9.30 in the morning the Gorleston coastguard telephoned to the life-boat station that the S.S. Dynamo, of Hull, was aground on North Bank. She 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. Campus
The No. 1 motor life-boat H.F. Bailey was launched at 4.35 P.M. on the 13th February as a message had been received from the coastguard that the s.s. Campus, of Cardiff, was ashore on Haisborough Sands. The Campus, 2,249 tons, was bound from...
The S.S. Rhenania
— At 11.45 P.M. on the 16th February information was received that a vessel was making signals of disbress about two miles to the south of the Head, and at about midnight the Life-boat Matthew Middle- wood was launched. A whole...