Cromer, Norfolk.—At 8.32 in the morning of the 25th of August, 1948, the coastguard telephoned that the s.s. Monte Nuria, of Bilbao, bound from Immingham to Buenos Aires with a cargo of coal, was aground at Sheringham. She had struck a sub-...
TORBAY, SALCOMBE, AND PLYMOUTH, DEVON.-—At 11.25 A.M., on the 6th January, the Motor Life-boat George Shee left Brixham in a whole S.S.W.
gale, with a very heavy sea and rain, as the s.s. Ingola, of Glasgow, had sent out an...
Aith, Shetland.—At 7.15 A.M. on the 24th January the Lerwick post office telephoned a message received from Wick Radio Station that the s.s.
Toran, of Hamburg, sheltering in St.
Magnus Bay, was calling for...
At 6.50 A.M. on the 1st January a message was received at the Coast-guard Signal Station from the captain of the s.s. Pinna, of London, to the effect that he was in distress and required immediate assist- ance. The vessel was drifting before...
The s.s. J. Duncan, of Cardiff, whilst bound from that port to Devonport with a cargo of coal, stranded on the rocks at Tol Pedn, Penwith, during a thick fog on the morning of the 14th August.
The casualty was reported at...
The s.s. Brighton, of Newcastle, whilst bound from the North for Calais "on the llth June, stranded on Deal Bank. The vessel was observed from the shore, and the Reserve Life-boat, which is at present stationed at Deal, was launched...
SEATON CAREW and HARTLEPOOL, DURHAM.—A terrible disaster, involving the loss of several lives, mostly Lascars, took place on the 31st January at the mouth of the River Tees. The s.s. Clavering, of London, a large vessel of upwards of 3,300...
— On the 27th October the s.s. Gardepee, bound from Middlesborough to Nantes with a cargo of iron rails, stranded on the Holm Sands. As the Life-boatmen thought they would be able to save the vessel they obtained permission to launch the...
WORKINGTON.—The Dodo Life-boat was launched at noon on the 3rd of January, 1887, to the assistance of the s.s. Rheola, of Cardiff, bound from Carthagena for Maryport with a cargo of iron ore, which had grounded a little to the N. of...
CLACTON-ON-SEA, ESSEX.—The coastguard having informed the coxswain of the Life-boat Albert Edward, on the morning of the 2nd February, that signals had been fired by the Swin Middle Light-vessel, he summoned the crew, and at 5.30 the...