LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Alonso
ST. IVES, -CORNWALL.—At 12.15 A.M. on the 10th January the Life-boat Exeter was launched, it having been reported that a vessel lying about five miles W. of St. Ives Head was burning flambeaux and blue lights. A strong N. gale was blowing...
The S.S. Polaris
Shortly be- fore 10 A.M. on 9th January information was received through the Coastguard that a steamer was ashore on Sizewell Bank, about half a mile N.W. of the Sizewell Bank Buoy. She was found later to be the s.s. Polaris, of Stockholm,...
The S.S. Crestville
Port Erin, and Port St. Mary, Isle of Man.—About 5.35 on the afternoon of the 27th of May, 1956, a man informed the coxswain that he had seen from Cradder Head a steamer aground on the Calf of Man. At 5.55 the life-boat Matthew Simpson was...
The S.S. Stanlake
JANUARY 16TH. - SUNDERLAND, DURHAM.
A vessel was seen to be very near the Whitburn Steel Rocks, flying distress signals.
An E.N.E. gale was blowing, with snow squalls. The sea was rough. At 10.20...
The S.S. Alpine
At 10.15 A.M.
on the 1st December the coastguard at Ballycastle reported that the s.s. Apine, of Glasgow, a collier, bound empty from Londonderry to Glasgow, was dragging her anchors and drifting towards the reefs at...
The S.S. Loke
Lytham St. Annes, Lancashire. — At 8.20 in the morning of the 9th of December, 1948, the Hoylake coast- guard reported a message from the Southport police that a vessel appeared to be aground off Ainsdale beach, and at 9.10 that the...
The S.S. Beltoy
Wick, Caithness-shire.—At ten o'clock on the night of the 24th of February, 1949, the medical officer reported that a wireless message had been received from the S.S. Beltoy, of Larne, lying off Keiss Harbour, Sinclair Bay, that her...
The S.S. Colytto
Barrow, Lancashire.—At 7.20 in the evening of the 21st of April, 1949, information was received that one of the crew of the s.s. Colytto, of Rotterdam, which was anchored one mile south-west of Lightning Knoll Buoy, urgently needed a doctor....
The S.S. Rimsdale
Campbeltown, Argyllshire.—At 2.15 on the morning of the 9th of August, 1950, the Southend Coastguard reported a small white light at the north end of Sheep Island. He thought it might be a vessel aground. At 2.43 the life- boat...
The S.S. Grosvenor
— The s.s. Grosvenor, of Newcastle, bound light from Port Knockie to Sunderland, struck the rocks at Emmanuel Head early on the morning of the 20th Decem- ber. A moderate N.W. breeze was blowing, with a moderate sea. The night was very dark,...