LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Baron Elcho
Campbeltown, Argyllshire. — During the morning of the 28th of June, 1952, a radio telegram was received from the S.S. Baron Elcho, of Ardrossan, that she was making for Campbeltown to land a very badly injured seaman.
She...
The S.S. Regency Belle
Whitby, Yorkshire.—At 12.14 on the afternoon of the 13th of August, 1953, during fog, the coastguard rang up to say that a vessel was making signals on her siren south-east of Whitby Rock Buoy. At 12.29 the No. 1 life- boat Mary Ann Hepworth...
The S.S. Cornwood
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk.— At 2.50 in the afternoon of the 5th of May, 1949, the police informed the life-boat coxswain that the S.S. Corn- wood, of Hartlepool, outside the harbour, had a sick man aboard in urgent need of help,...
The S.S. Claus Horn
During the evening of 3rd November, in a terrific S.W. gale, the s.s. Glaus Horn, of Lubeck, wag driven ashore on the Gaa Bank at the mouth of the river Tay. A telephone message was sent to the Coxswain of the Life-boat Maria, stating that a...
The S.S Pavlos
Weymouth, Dorset. At 11.20 on the morning of the 6th of January, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary sec- retary that a message had been received from the s.s. Pavlos of Beirut, which was on passage from Bremen to Greece, that she had...
The S.S. Febo
About 4 A.M.
during hazy weather on the 6th Feb- ruary, the s.s. Febo, of Genoa, bound for Glasgow with a cargo of iron ore, stranded on the rocks, and the Light- vessel in the vicinity commenced to fire signals. This...
The S.S. Onshun
DOCTOR TAKEN OUT TO LIBERIAN STEAMER Eastbourne, Sussex. At 11.6 on the morning of the llth May, 1963, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a man on board the s.s. Onshun of Monrovia, had received severe burns and needed...
The S.S. Meriones
JANUARY 25TH. - CROMER, NORFOLK.
In the early morning of the 22nd January,the S.S. Meriones, of Liverpool, stranded on the Haisborough Sands three-quarters of a mile east by north of the South Middle Haisborough Buoy. She...
The S.S. Ixion
The s.s.
Ixion, of Glasgow, while bound from Campbeltown to Coleraine with a cargo of coke, came to anchor in the Skerry Roads on the 14th April. She had been damaged off Bengore, her pumps were choked, and her fires were...
The S.S. Slaney
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk.—At 2.50 early on the morning of the 15th of January, 1954, the coastguard telephoned that the S.S.
Slaney, of Hull, was making for Yar- mouth Roads with a man suffering from...