LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Jetblack
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk.
—At 4.20 on the morning of the 16thof February, 1951, the coastguard tele- phoned that the S.S. Jetblack, of Lon- don, anchored a quarter of a mile from harbour, had signalled. She had...
The S.S. Caslon
Donaghadee, Co. Down.—At 2.10 in the morning of the 6th of November, 1951, the agents for the S.S. Caslon, of London, telephoned that the steamer had wirelessed that she had a sick man on board and asked for help. Her master would take her...
The S.S. Cambria
CAISTER, NORFOLK, AND SUFFOLK. — On the 14th May at 3 A.M. the watchmen saw the flash and heard the report of a gun fired at sea N. of the Cross Sand. A strong breeze was blowing from the N., the sea was moderate, but afterwards became rough...
The S.S. Rojo
Walton and Frinton, Essex.—At 1.25 in the morning of the 15th of August, 1948, the coastguard telephoned that the pilot cutter Penlee had reported that she had picked up the crew of four- teen of the S.S. Rojo, of Oslo, which had...
The S.S. Empire Breeze
FEBRUARY 6TH and 12TH, and MARCH 7TH.
- AMBLE, NORTHUMBERLAND. At 11.45 P.M. on the 5th February the coastguard reported a vessel ashore at Druridge Bay, and the motor life-boat Frederick and Emma was launched 35 minutes...
The S.S. Isabo
THE month of October ended with, a week of strong winds rising at times to gales, which reached their climax on the 28th and 29th. On those two days it blew a severe gale from the south and west over Southern Ireland, England and Wales,...
The S.S. Obsidian
Troon, Ayrshire.—At 11.40 on the night of the 6th of November, 1952, the Portpatrick coastguard telephoned that the S.S. Obsidian, of Glasgow, had wirelessed distress signals, giving her position as four miles west-by-north of Ayr. At 12.5...
The S.S. Allurity
Bembridge, Isle of Wight.—About 4.15 in the morning on the 8th of November, 1950, the S.S. Allurity, of London, a tanker of 813 tons, wirelessed that she had a fire in her engine-room. Shortly after 7.0 the Foreland coastguard reported that...
The S.S. Mathilda
Ramsgate, Kent.—At 5.50 in the evening of the 12th of October, 1951, the North Goodwin Lightvessel wire- lessed that she had warned off a vessel in a dangerous position one and a half miles south by west of the Goodwin Lightvessel, and at...
The S.S. Entopan
SICK MAN TAKEN OFF COSTA RICAN STEAMER Walton and Frinton, Essex. At 6.20 on the evening of the 27th January, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the s.s. Entopan of Puerto Limon, Costa Rica, had a sick man on board....