LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Isadora
The Motor Life-boat The Newbons was launched at 9 P.M. on the 26th June, on receipt of a message from the Coast- guard at St. Just that a vessel was ashore at Pendeen. The weather was fine.
After going as far as Cape...
The S.S. Strathroy
At 10.15 P.M. on the 13th February a message was received from the Coast- guard stating that a large steamer was ashore at Street Gate, four miles below Dartmouth. A very dense fog prevailed at the time, and the crew of the Life- boat were...
The S.S. Chamois
WINTEETON, NORFOLK.—The look-out man having observed lights on the 27th February, 1901, the crew of the Lifeboat Margaret were summoned. The nature of the lights could not be discerned and therefore it was decided to launch the Life-boat in...
The S.S. Darlington
HOLY ISLAND.—On the 20th March the s.s. Darlington, of Stockton, bound from Dundee to Middlesborough in ballast, struck on the rocks at the N.E. corner of the island, called False Emmanuel Head, during a dense fog. Fortunately, her signals...
The S.S. Albionic
On the afternoon of the 17th October Lloyd's agent reported to the life-boat station that the s.s. Albionic, of Hull, bound from Murmansk for Sharpness with a cargo of timber, was anchored in Broad Bay, about seventeen miles from...
The S.S. Lightfoot
NOV. 24TH. - CLACTON - ON - SEA, ESSEX.
At 11.36 P.M. a message was received from the coastguard that the S.S. Lightfoot, of Newcastle, had stranded S.W. of Longsand Buoy. A S.W. wind was blowing, with a moderate sea. At...
The S.S. St. Patrick
Fishguard, Pembrokeshire. — During the morning of the 28th February the Great Western Railway local marine superintendent asked if the motor lifeboat White Star would place a crew on board the railway's s.s. St. Patrick, which was lying...
The S.S. Charles Parsons
DECEMBER 25TH. - HARTLEPOOL, DURHAM. At 6.50 P.M. on Christmas Day information was received, through the coastguard, that distress signals had been seen, and the life-boat crew were assembled. At 7.35 P.M. the naval authorities reported that...
The S.S. Trawler Euphrates
NORTH DEAL. — The Life-boat Mary Somermlle was called out by signals fired by the Gull Light-vessel in a strong breeze to a moderate gale and a heavy sea at about 9 on the morning of the 2nd August, and proceeded to the...
The S.S. Hayle
HAUXLEY, NORTHUMBERLAND. — Two men returning from work early on the morning of the 15th March, 1890, saw the lights of a steamer ashore on the Bondicarr Beef. A strong S. wind was blowing, there was a heavy swell, and the weather was hazy....