LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Moorwood
Cromer, Norfolk.—About 10.45 on the morning of the 28th of September, 1955, the coastguard telephoned that a message had been received from the Humber radio station that the S.S.
Moorwood, of London, had asked if the...
The S.S. Cyclades
Ramsgate, Kent.—At 10.30 on the morning of the 16th of October, 1954, the coastguard reported that a vessel appeared to be aground in a dangerous position near North Goodwin buoy.
At 10.36 the life-boat Michael and Lily...
The S.S. Mangalore
NOV. 24TH. - THE HUMBER, YORKSHIRE.
At about 9.5 A.M . a very loud explosion was heard in the direction of the Lower Middle Buoy. A vessel. apparently on fire, was seen, and the motor life-boat City of Bradford II was...
The S.S. Rocquaine
Clovelly, Devon. — At 9.20 in the morning of the 25th of September, 1951, the S.S. Rocquaine, of Guernsey; bound from Newport for Guernsey, signalled that three of her crew had been badly burnt by an explosion in her hold, and asked for the...
The S.S. Marie Moller
Holyhead, Anglesey.—On March 22nd the motor life-boat A.E.D. rescued 59 men from the s.s. Marie Moller, of Shanghai, when she was on fire.— Rewards, £10 18s. 6d. (A full account of this service appeared in the last issue of The...
The S.S. Brilliant
JAN. 30TH. - TORBAY, DEVON. The Berry had bee Head coastguard reported that rockets ward.
n seen about eight miles to the east- A moderate easterly gale was blowing, with a heavy swell. At 8.55 P.M. the motor life-boat...
The S.S. Asteria
MARCH 10TH. - TROON, AYRSHIRE. At 11.30 P.M. on 9th March, the duty naval officer at Ardrossan reported the S.S. Asteria, of Glasgow, ashore on Eagle Rock, off Ardrossan breakwater, and in need of help. She was a vessel of 694 tons gross, in...
The S.S. Shaw
THURSO AND WICK, CUTHNESS-SHIRE.— While a moderate breeze was blowing from 8., accompanied by a rough sea, on the 2nd May, the coxswain of the Wick Life-boat received notice, at 6.30 A.M., that a steamer was aground at the back of the North...
The S.S. Pyrope
The Christmas Gales.
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston Life-boat's Four Launches in one Day.
THE gales at the end of October and November were followed by rough weather at the end of December, with heavy...
The S.S. Mercator
DEC. 1ST. - PETERHEAD, ABERDEENSHIRE.
A ship’s boat had landed at Boddam, with twelve men on board, who reported that, their ship, the S.S. Mercator, of Helsinki, had been sunk by enemy action and that another of the ship‘s...