LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Ashley
MARCH 9TH. - RAMSGATE, KENT. At 2.10 P.M. information was received from the naval authorities that a steamer was in need of help to the north of the North Goodwin Light-vessel. A light S.W. wind was blowing, with a slight sea. The motor life...
The S.S. Britannina
— During moderate weather on the 20th February a telephone message was received stating that a steamer had stranded at the entrance to the harbour. The No. 1 Life- boat Sarah Jane Turner was launched and proceeded down the river under oars....
The S.S. Yan Yean
ST. ANNE'S-ON-THE-SEA, LANCASHIRE.— The s.s. Yan Yean, of Montrose, having grounded on the Salthouse Bank during a moderate N.W. wind and a heavy sea, on the 4th December, the Laura Janet Life-boat, put off at 2.30 P.M., proceeded to the...
The S.S. Eldey
FEBRUARY 27TH. - KIRKCUDBRIGHT.
The S.S. Eldey, of Iceland, had run ashore on the Isle of Whithorn, but the crew were rescued from the shore by the coastguard rocket life-saving appliances. - Rewards, £25...
The S.S. Lady Louisa
On the 13th February, in response to signals from the Formby light vessel, the steam Life-boat Duke of Northumberland put off and found the s.s. Lady Louisa, of and for Liverpool from Fleetwood, laden with gravel, on the edge of Taylor's...
The S.S. Grano
Runswick, Yorkshire.—At 7.55 on the morning of the 8th of December, 1953, a telephone message was received at the life-boat station stating that a ship had gone aground half a mile south of Staithes. At 8.30 the life-boat Robert Patton—The...
The S.S. Napier
TYNEMOUTH.—At about 12.45 P.M. on the 25th May alarm guns were fired from the Spanish Battery indicating a vessel in distress. Crowds of people at once rushed to places from which the harbour could be seen, and observed that a steamer was...
The S.S. Inger Jokann
At 8.15 r.M. on the 5th December Coxswain Haylett was informed that a vessel was ashore on the Scroby Sands and showing signals of distress. The crew of the No. 1 Life- boat, Covent Garden, were at once assembled and the boat proceeded to...
The S.S. Mango
On Feb- ruary 6th the s.s. Mango, of Newry, ran ashore on the rocks off Aranmore, during a thick fog. A strong S.W.
breeze was blowing, a heavy sea was running, and it was raining. The motor life-boat William and Laura put...
The S.S. Inger
The s.s. Inger of Aalborg, whilst bound from that port to Sunderland, stranded on the 4th January, during a thick fog, to the south of Soutar Point. Information reached Whitburn about 8 P.M., and the Life- boat William and Charles was...