LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Akka
Troon, Ayrshire.—At 9.46 on the night of the 9th of April, 1956, the Port- patrick coastguard reported that the S.S. Akka, of Gothenburg, had wire- lessed that she had gone aground on the Gantock Rocks, Dunoon, and that she was sinking. At...
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. Harley
FEBRUARY 5TH. - CROMARTY. At 6.25 A.M. the Burghead coastguard reported distress signals from a vessel aground one mile west of Findhorn, and the motor life-boat James Macfee was launched at 6.45 A.M. A moderate S.W. wind was blowing, with a...
The S.S. Radstock
MAY 6TH. - WELLS, NORFOLK. At about 5 P.M. the life-boat coxswain heard a ship sounding “ V ” in morse on her whistle, ” I need assistance “, and the motor life-boat Royal Silver Jubilee 1910-1935 was launched at 6.30 P.M. A strong northerly...
The S.S. Rubaan
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The S.S. Rubaan, of Glasgow, struck the rocks a mile S.W. of The Lizard. A strong E.N.E. breeze was blowing, with a moderate sea. At 1.45 A.M. the motor lifeboat Duke of York was...
The S.S Torbryan
During a thick fog on the 24th July, the s.s. Torbryan, of Glasgow, stranded on the rocks at Dodds Well, about 1 i miles north of Berwick Harbour, at 1.30 P.M. The life-saving apparatus went to her assistance and stood by in readiness, but...
The S.S. Eglantine
— Shortly after 10 A.M. on the 9th October, during a thick fog, information was received that a large steamer was ashore near the Cross Sand Light vessel. The No. I Life-boat was manned and proceeded in tow of a tug to the Cross Sand, where...
The S.S. Beresford
WINTERTON AND PALLING. — On the night of the 31st of January last, the s.s. Beresford, of West Hartlepool, bound from Middlesbrough for Bombay, with a general cargo, stranded on Hasborough Sand during a thick fog, a S.W. wind, and a heavy...
The S.S. Troville
The s.s. Trou- ville of Newhaven got broadside on to the bar outside Newhaven Harbour on the 6th March, during a S. by W. gale and very heavy sea, whilst bound from Caen with a cargo. The crew of the motor Life-boat were assembled promptly,...
The S.S. Cedarwood
The s.s. Cedarwood, of Middlesbrough, whilst bound from Grimsby to Hayle with a cargo of coal, ran ashore on the Hayle Bar when attempting to enter the harbour on the 23rd December. Signals of distress were made, and the Life-boat Admiral...