LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Perth
DEC. 1ST. - CLACTON - ON - SEA, ESSEX. At 2.17 P.M. a message was received from the coastguard that a vessel had stranded on the Long Sand about thirteen miles south-east of Clacton Pier. A W. wind was blowing, with a choppy sea. At 3...
The S.S. Eika II
At 10.20A.M. on the 10th September ! a violent explosion was heard on board I a steamer in the vicinity of the Cross j Sand, and as it was thought that the ! vessel had been mined the No. 1 Life- ! boat Marie Lane was dispatched to her j...
The S.S. Rockcliff
HARWICH.—Signals having been shown by the Cork Light-vessel, the Life-boat Springwell was launched at 2 P.M. on the 4th November, was taken in tow by the steam-tng Harwich, and proceeded to the Long Sand where the s.s. Rockcliff, of West...
The S.S. Dumail
At } 10.15 P.M. on the 29th March a messenger reported that a vessel was j ashore on the North Cheek of Robin i Hood's Bay. The Life-boat Mary Ann LocJcwood was launched and proceeded to the stranded vessel, which...
The S.S. Finvoy
Girvan, Ayrshire.—Early on the afternoon of the 24th October the coastguard reported that a steamer off the harbour was flying distress signals.
A S.S.W. gale was blowing, with a very heavy sea, and the weather was thick,...
The S.S. Grace Hill
Donaghadee, Co. Down.—At 11.44 on the morning of the 29th of December, 1953, the Bangor coastguard tele- phoned that a vessel had run on the rocks at Mew Island. At 11.55 the life-boat Sir Samuel Kelly put to sea.
There was...
The S.S. Selectivity
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Nor- folk. At 5.18 on the morning of the 4th of October, 1957, the coastguard telephoned to say there was a sick man on board the S.S. Selectivity of Lon- don. At 5.25 the life-boat LouiseStephens was launched...
The S.S. Punta
St. Mary's, Scilly Islands.—At 6.45 on the morning of the 22nd of July, 1955, the coastguard telephoned that a vessel had gone aground on a reef near the Seven Stones lightship. At 7.10 the life-boat Cunard was...
The S.S. Vikvall
The s.s. Vikvall, of Oskaishamn, Sweden, stranded on the Haisborough Sands, about'one mile S.E. of the South Middle Haisborough Buoy, on 24th December, while bound, in ballast, to Hartlepool. The weather was misty, and a strong westerly...
The S.S. Amcott
. — Early on the morning of the 2nd January, during a strong W.S.W.
breeze and heavy sea, large flare lights were seen in the direction of the Cross Sand, and the Lightships fired guns and rockets. The No. 1 Life-boat...