LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Moorlands
ASHORE IN DENSE FOG Holy Island, Northumberland.—-At 9.22 in the morning of the 31st of May, 1947, the coastguard telephoned that a vessel was sounding her siren, and the motor life-boat Gertrude was launched at 9.43 in a light northerly...
The S.S. Acaster
NEWBIGGIN, NOBIHTTMBKBLAND.—During a gale of wind from the S.8.E., and a very heavy rough sea on the 22nd of December, the s.s. Acaster, of Hartlepool, bound from Honfleur for Shields, in ballast, was observed ashore on Bridge Head, a mile...
The S.S. Okeanis
Penlee, Cornwall. On the 27th December, 1961, news was received at the life-boat station that the s.s. Okeanis of Piraeus, which was bound for Lon- don, had a sick man on board who needed a doctor. At 6.10 the life-boat Solomon Browne was...
The S.S. Elsie Annie
Rosslare Harbour, Co. Wezford On the evening of the 5th February the s.s. Elsie Annie, of Wexford, ran aground on the North Dogger bank, N.W. of the bar. She carried a crew of nine and a pilot, and was bound with a cargo of coal from Ayr to...
The S.S. Louisiana
At 5.45 on the morning of the 2nd June the Coastguard at Blyth received informa- tion, by telephone that a steamer was ashore on the rocky beach at Seaton Sluice, about four miles to the south of Blyth Harbour. The message was at once passed...
The S.S. Dynamo
The N.N.E. gale of the 12th January blew with unusual violence at Fishguard, and at 6.30 A.M. signals of distress were made by the s.s. Dynamo, of Hull, in the bay. The Life-boat Charterhouse was launched, but she was delayed for some little...
The S.S. Resolven
On the 9th February, while a strong gale was blowing from W.S.W., the s.s. Resolven, of Cardiff, 1,032 tons register, bound from North Shields for Lisbon with coal, stranded on the Barber Sand. The No. 2 Life-boat Beauchamp proceeded to her,...
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. Cambalu
On the 30th January the s.s. Cambalu, of Liverpool, ran aground between Welcombe and Knapps Head, on the Cornish coast, in a dense fog.
She was bound, light, from Plymouth to Mumbles, and carried a crew of...
The S.S. Holdernook
ANOTHER STEAMER ASHORE IN FOG Newburgb, Aberdeenshire.—At 9.18 in the morning of the 21st of August, 1947, the Collieston coastguard re- ported a vessel ashore near Hackley Bay Head in thick fog. The motor life-boat John Rybwn was launched...