LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Bohemian
NEW BRIGHTON.—On the 23rd November, at 2.15 A.M., signals of distress were shown by a vessel ashore on the Brazil Bank.
The Tubular Life-boat Willie and Arthur proceeded in tow of the steam-tug Knightof the Gross to the...
The S.S. Britannia
On the 25th September, during a thick fog, signals of distress were heard, and the Life-boat Forster Fawsett was dis- patched as quickly as possible. Near the Crumstone Rock, Fame Island, she found the s.s. Britannia,...
The S.S. Milgate
At 7 o'clock on the morning of the 2nd November, a message was received from the Coast- guard, stating that a vessel was in dis- tress about four miles to the east of Newhaven. The signal was fired, and within a quarter of an hour the...
The S.S. Sylvafield
DOCTOR TO A SCALDED MAN Donaghadee, Co. Down.—At 2.30 in the afternoon of February 12th, 1947, a firm of shipping agents in Belfast tele- phoned requesting the help of the life- boat to take a doctor out to a vessel at anchor in Carrick...
The S.S. Reading
During moderately fine weather on the 6th November the s.s. Beading, of Cardiff stranded on the Cannon Rock, whilsl bound from Seville to Glasgow, with a cargo of iron ore. Information of the easualty reached Cloughey at aboul 8 P.M., and...
The S.S. Leda
The Life-boat Charles Dibdin was launched to the assistance of the s.s. Leda, of Amster- dam, which had stranded on the Good- win Sands, on the 4th November.
When the Life-boat reached the vessel, the Coxswain inquired if...
The S.S. Osprey
During a thick fog on the 5th June, the s.s. Osprey, of London, collided with another steamer and was very seriously damaged. The captain, to prevent his vessel sinking, decided to beach her, and about 3 P.M. she was observed through the fog...
The S.S. Clew Bay
Donaghadee, Co. Down.1—At 4.20 in the morning of the 2nd of April, 1949, the coastguard telephoned that a vessel was ashore about a mile south of Lame Lough, and the life-boat Joseph Adlam, on temporary duty at the sta- tion, was launched at...
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...