LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Lady Eglington
WORKINGTON.—At 10 P.M. on the 9th December, the Life-boat Dodo was launched, signals of distress having been shown by the s.s. Lady Eglington, of and from Cardiff for Workington, with a cargo of coke, which had stranded on the north shore,...
The S.S. Gorm
LOWESTOFT.—On the 10th November, at about 4 A.M., signals of distress were seen from a vessel on the Holm Sand.
The No. 1 Life-boat Samuel Plimsoll was launched, and on reaching the sand found the s.s. Gorm, of Copenhagen,...
The S.S. Lady Windsor
Moelfre, Anglesey.—On the 24th October, 1937, the motor life-boat rescued the. crew of five of the s.s. Lady Windsor, of Cardiff.—Rewards, Bronze medal, vellums and money awards amounting to £37 6s, 6d.
(A full account...
The S.S. Plawsworth
On the 17th January the s.s. Plawsworih, of Newcastle, stranded off Workington, and thirteen of the crew were rescued by the motor life-boat.—Rewards, bronze medal, thanks of the Institution inscribed on vellum and monetary rewards...
The S.S. Gothland
AUGUST 2 8 T H . - B A L T I M O R E , C O .CORK. The S.S.. Gothland. of Leith. had been sunk by enemy action, and part, of the crew had landed on Dursey Island. The captain and eighteen men were making for land farther north A search was...
The S.S. Brian
MARCH 13TH - 14TH. - BLYTH, NORTHUMBERLAND.
At 7.20 P . M . the Blyth coastguard telephoned that the S.S. Brian, of Sunderland, which had just left port, laden with coal, had driven ashore to the west of the West Pier. A...
The S.S. Ardlethen
PALLING, NORFOLK.—The Life-boat Hearts of OaJc was launched at 12.7 p.m.
on the 17th March, signal guns having been heard in the direction of the Hasborough Sands apparently fired from the Would Light-Vessel. A dense fog...
The S.S. Pontiac
KILMOKE, Co. WEXFORD.—The John Robert Life-boat was launched at noon on the 24th May, to the assistance of the s.s. Pontiac, of and for Liverpool, from New Orleans, with a cargo of cotton and maize, which had struck on St. Patrick's...
The S.S. Maja
WITHERNSEA.—The s.s. Maja, of Copenhagen, having stranded about two miles N. of the pier at Withernsea on the 7th January, the Life-boat Admiral Sous proceeded to her assistance at 6.15 A.M.
The wind was blowing from the...
The S.S. Zor
On the 18th-19th of May, 1955, the Wells and Sheringham life-boats be- tween them rescued nine men from the S.S. Zor. For a full account of these services, for which the thanks of the Institution inscribed on vellum were accorded to Coxswain...