LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Columbian
RHOSCOLYN, ANGLESEY.—The s.s. Columbian, of Liverpool, 3,300 tons, from South America, with 800 live cattle and large quantity of cotton, struck on some detached rocks in Penrhos Bay in foggy weather on the 28th September. Sue fired...
The S.S. Ringwood
Yarmouth, Isle of Wight.—At 3.57 in the morning on the 4th of August, 1951, the Needles coastguard telephoned the life-boat authorities that the S.S.
Ringwood had reported people from a capsized boat hanging on to Sconce...
The S.S. Aliki
Yarmouth, Isle of Wight.—At 9.58 on the morning of the 29th of July, 1956, the Needles coastguard reported that the S.S. Aliki was out of control off Brook Ledge. As the Bembridge life- boat was already out on service, the S.G.E. put out at...
The S.S. Haller
At 9 A.M. on the 1st October Coxswain John Haylett was informed that a steamer was ashore on the north part of the Scroby Sands.
The No. 2 Life-boat Nancy Lucy was launched with the least possible delay and proceeded to the...
The S.S. Afterglow
Humber, Yorkshire.—At 9.10 on the morning of the 8th of August, 1951, the Spurn Point coastguard sent a message that the S.S. Afterglow, of London, had asked the life-boat to land a man with an injured eye. The Afterglow was due off the...
The S.S. Cedric
During a strong northerly gale on the 30th I January, the s.s. Cedric, of Landskrona, brought up in South wold Bay, and next morning signalled that she wanted a doctor, or a boat to land a man who had met with an accident. ...
The S.S. Ala
MAY 17TH. - SHOREHAM HARBOUR, SUSSEX. At 4.36 P.M. the coastguard reported that a German aeroplane was attacking shipping about two miles south of the harbour, and a few minutes later that the aeroplane had crashed on fire. The motor...
The S.S. Mosel
LIZARD. — A rocket from the signal station was heard at about 8 A.M. on the 9th August. The Honorary Secretary, the Eev. P. VYVYAN ROBINSON, and the Coxswain of the Life-boat at once proceeded there, and ascertained that a screw steamer had...
The S.S. Finvoy
Girvan, Ayrshire.—Early on the afternoon of the 24th October the coastguard reported that a steamer off the harbour was flying distress signals.
A S.S.W. gale was blowing, with a very heavy sea, and the weather was thick,...
The S.S. Domala and Jonge Willem
MARCH 2ND. - NEWHAVEN, SUSSEX.
At 5 P.M. the naval authorities reported that the S.S. Domala had been bombed by eriemy aircraft in the Channel, and that the Dutch steamer Jonge Willem was off Newhaven, with survivors on...