LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Urla
The Crew of the Motor Life-boat Edward Z, Dresden were assembled at 2.28 A.M. on 10th February, as the Coastguard had reported that the s.s. Urla, of London, was aground on the Gunfleet Sands. At 2.50, however, news was received from North...
The S.S. Archon and The S.S. Treherbert
At 11.17 P.M. on the 6th September the coxswain received a message from the Ramsgate coastguard that two ships had been in collision off N.E. Spit buoy. They were the s.s.
Archon, of Syra, Greece, bound with a cargo of...
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. Valborg, of Copenhagen
NOVEMBER 27TH. - FOWEY, CORNWALL,.
At 7.30 at night the S.S. Valborg, of Copenhagen, which was off the harbour, signalled on her siren for a pilot. A fresh south-southwest gale was blowing, with a rough...
The S.S. Bannercliffe
At 2.30 p.m. on 8th July, 1966, two vessels were said to have collided in Crosby channel. The life-boat Norman B.
Corlett left her moorings at 2.50 in a gentle north-westerly wind and a slight sea. She proceeded to the...
The S.S. Swansea Bay
In smooth but thick weather on the 6th January a telephone message was received from the Coastguard stating that a steamer was ashore at Horsey Gap. The crew and helpers of the No. 2 Life-boat Hearts of Oak were assembled and the boat sent...
The S.S. Prins Knud
FEBRUARY 2ND. - HOLY ISLAND, NORTHUMBERLAND. The S.S. Prins Knud, of Copenhagen, had stranded, but her crew would not leave her. - Rewards, £17 5s.
The S.S. Dryad
ANSTRUTHER.—On the 9th November, the Admiral Fitzroy Life-boat rescued the crew, consisting of 4 men, from the s.s.
Dryad, of Glasgow. The vessel was on a voyage from Montrose to Campbeltown, with barley, and when near the...
The S.S. Engineer
Soon after mid- night on the 24th-25th February the coastguard at Portland Bill telephoned that a vessel was burning flares about three- and a half miles south-west of the Bill. A moderate S.S.E. gale was blowing, a heavy sea was running,...
The S.S. Totnes, of London
Cromarty.—Early in the afternoon of the 12th January the Helmsdale coastguard telephoned that a vessel was aground in a dangerous position at the entrance to Little Ferry, in Dornoch Firth. She was the s.s.
Totnes, of...