LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Vitorialoide
BRAZILIAN STEAMER ASHORE Dover, Kent.—At 3.45 in the morning of the 7th of December, 1947, informa- tion was received from the coastguard at St. Margarets that a vessel was aground in the bay, and the motor life-boat J. B. Proudfoot was...
The S.S. Milwaukee
PORT ERROL., ABERDEENSHIRE.—The Life-boat Frances Camilla Howard was launched at 11 o'clock on the night of the 16th September and proceeded to the s.s. Milwaukee, of Liverpool, which had shown signals of distress, having stranded on...
The S.S. Caronte
Humber, Yorkshire.—At 7.22 on the evening of the 14th of November, 1954, the Spurn Point coastguard telephoned that the S.S. Caronte, of Rouen, which was at anchor one and a half miles south-cast of Spurn Point, had re- ported that she had a...
The Greek S.S. Aegaion
SERVICE TO GREEK SHIP At 1.15 a.m. on 24th August, 1965, a report was received that there was a sick man on board the Greek S.S.
Aegaion of Piraeus. The life-boat City of Bradford HI was launched at 1.32 in a light westerly...
The S.S. Ardachy
Troon, Ayrshire.—At 6.15 on the night of the 28th of December, 1949, the Troon pilots telephoned that the Irvine pilots had reported a steamer ashore on the north side of Irvine Bay.
At 6.40 the life-boat Sir David Rich-...
The S.S. Baron Elcho
Workington, Cumberland.—On the morning of the 12th of November, 1952, the S.S. Baron Elcho, of Ardros- san, wirelessed that she was short of provisions. At 10.30 the life-boat N.T. was launched in a calm sea with a light easterly...
The S.S. King David
Southend-on-Sea, Essex.—At 11.56 on the morning of the 17th of Decem- ber, 1957, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a man had fallen down a hold on board the S.S.
King David, of London, and had broken both legs...
The S.S. Dominion (1)
NEW BRIGHTON AND FOBMBY.—Messages by telephone were received at these Life-boat stations on the evening of the 7th March stating that a steamer had stranded and was in need of assistance.
At 6.17 the New Brighton Steam Life...
The S.S. Dublin Bay
FEBRUARY 27TH. - WICKLOW. At 9.30 in the morning the Wicklow civic guard telephoned to the life-boat mechanic that a ship was ashore in Brittas Bay, about six miles south of Wicklow Head. An eastnorth- east gale was blowing, with very heavy...
S.S. Seminole
APRIL 25TH. - THE MUMBLES, GLAMORGANSHIRE. At 7 P.M. the coastguard reported that a trawler had been mined and torpedoed some four miles from the signal station. The sea was smooth, with a light S.W. wind. The motor life-boat Edward Prince...