LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Falcon
PALLING and WINTERTON.—Guns having been fired by the North Hasborough Lightship on the 26th November, during a strong W.S.W. wind and a heavy sea, the Palling No. 2 Life-boat British Work- •inan and the Winterton No. 2 Life-boat Husband put...
The S.S. Corbrook
DEC. 12TH. - CROMER, NORFOLK. At 7.15 A.M. a message was received from the coastguard that a vessel had gone ashore two miles south-east of Mundesley look-out.
A strong easterly breeze was blowing, and there was a heavy...
The S.S. Margaret Lockington
FEBRUARY 28TH. - NEWCASTLE, CO. DOWN. At 4.15 in the morning the coastguard telephoned that a steamer was ashore, and the motor life-boat L. P. and St. Helen was launched at five minutes past five. A southerly gale was blowing, with a very...
The S.S. Slaney
WEXFOED.—At 9 A.M. on the 15th of January, the Civil Service No. 1 Lifeboat, manned as usual by Custom House officers and pilots, was launched to the assistance of the s.s. Slaney, of and from Liverpool for Wexford, with a general cargo,...
The S.S. Martha
PILOT WANTED Ezmouth, Devon.—About 8.15 on the night of the 9th of January, 1948, the coastguard telephoned that a vessel was burning flares and signalling be- tween two and three miles off Sidmouth, and the motor life-boat Catherine Harriet...
The S.S. Lynn Trader
ATTEMPT TO REFLOAT A STEAMER Flamborough, Yorkshire.—On the night of the 3rd of January, 1948,- the S.S. Lynn Trader went ashore about one mile south of Flamborough Head while on passage, in ballast, from King's Lynn to Blyth. She...
The S.S. Panaghia
Shorehani Harbour, Sussex. At 2.25 on the afternoon of the 5th of January, 1959, a message was received from Niton radio that a Greek seaman aboard the S.S. Panaghia had been taken ill and needed medical attention. At 2.55 the life-boat...
The S.S. Nebarn (3)
GORLESTON, SUFFOLK ; CAISTEB, WIXTERTON-, PALLING, AND CBOMEE, NORFOLK.—In the early hours of 29th January, the s.s. Newbarn of Newcastle, which is a big steamer of more than 3,000 tons, ran aground on the southern end of the Hasboro'...
The S.S. Durban Castle
Bembridge, Isle of Wight. At 11.5 on the night of the 18th of December, 1958, the port medical officer of Cowes informed the honorary secretary that an injured seaman on board the S.S.
Durban Castle required hospital treat-...
The S.S. Indian Exporter
Hartlepool, Durham.—At 1.20 early on the morning of the 16th of May, 1953, the Teesmouth life-boat station telephoned to say that the S.S. Indian Exporter, of Calcutta, had asked for a boat to land a sick seaman. The Teesmouth life-boat was...