LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Harvest Queen
Selsey, Sussex.—During the evening of the 15th November the coastguard reported red flares four miles S.W.
from the look-out. A strong W.S.W.
breeze was blowing, with a moderate swell. The motor life-boat...
The S.S. Torredon
DUNMORE, EAST, Co. WATERFORD.—It having been reported that a large steamer in distress was anchored off Slade, co.
Wexford, during a whole gale from the S.8.W. and a very heavy sea, the Life-boat Henry Dodd was promptly...
The S.S. Earl Percy
PALLING, NORFOLK.—On the 23rd December, at 5.30 A.M., the British Workman Life-boat proceeded to the Hasborough Sand, in reply to signals of distress, during a strong W.N.W. wind and heavy sea. On arriving there, she found the s.s. Earl...
The S.S. Imbros
PORT EYNON, SOUTH WALES.—On the 2nd February, during a thick fog, it was reported that a steamer's whistle had been heard in the direction of Helwick Sands. The Life-boat A Daughter'sOffering was launched at 12.35 P.M., and on...
The S.S. Matina
Thurso, Caithness - At 5 p.m. on 22nd May, 1967, it was learned that there was a sick man on board the S.S. Matina.
The life-boat Pentland (Civil Service No.31) proceeded at 9.18 in a strong south easterly breeze and a...
The S.S. Richmond Queen
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk.—At 12.40 on the afternoon of the 19th of May, 1955, Lloyd's agent asked if the life-boat would put out to the S.S. Richmond Queen and land four men and the skipper's wife from the S.S. Zor, of...
The S.S. Mormacoak
Aberdeen.—On the 9th of February, 1956, the agents for the S.S. Morma- coak, of New York, rang up to say that the vessel's cargo had broken adrift in bad weather and that her chief officer had been badly hurt. The vessel was making for...
The S.S. Baron Haig
Workington, Cumberland. — On the 30th of December, 1954, the S.S. Baron Haig, of Ardrossan, which was lying at anchor off the entrance to the harbour, wirelessed that she had a sick man on board and needed a doctor. At three o'clock in...
The S.S.Holstein, of Bremen, and the S.S. Freya, of Copenhagen
Selsey, Sussex.—27th June. The s.s.
Holstein, of Bremen, and the s.s. Freya, of Copenhagen, had collided. The Freya needed help but she was towed to Southampton by a tug.—Rewards, £9 12s. 6d..
The S.S. Nebarn (2)
GORLESTON, SUFFOLK ; CAISTEB, WIXTERTON-, PALLING, AND CBOMEE, NORFOLK.—In the early hours of 29th January, the s.s. Newbarn of Newcastle, which is a big steamer of more than 3,000 tons, ran aground on the southern end of the Hasboro'...