LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Hamla
MAY 14TH. - SELSEY, SUSSEX. At 1.23 A.M. information was received through the coastguard from the Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth, that the S.S. Hamla, of London, was in distress about twenty miles from Selsey Bill in a south-easterly...
The S.S. Longnewton
The s.s. Long- newton, of Sunderland, when bound for London on the 19th January, struck the rocks outside Seaham Har- bour. She proceeded about a mile to sea, when she was seen to put back and hoist a signal for "immediate...
The S.S. Baxtergate
Barrow, Lancashire. At 11.15 on the morning of the 1st of July, 1959, a firm of shipping agents informed the coxs- wain that the father of a boy aboard the s.s. Baxtergate of London was danger- ously ill. As there was no other suitable boat...
The S.S. Helfrid (1)
Ramsgate, and Dover, Kent. — At 11.55 on the morning of the 23rd of March, 1951, a ship was seen off Rams- gate flying a signal asking for a pilot.
The coastguard reported that she had been stationary for nearly two...
The S.S. Graiglas (1)
DECEMBER 3RD. - HARTLEPOOL, DURHAM, AND TEESMOUTH, YORKSHIRE.
At 4.56 in the morning the coastguard telephoned the life-boat station that two vessels appeared to be in danger, and twenty minutes later he asked that the life...
The S.S. Arthur
DONNA NOOK, LINCOLNSHIRE.—On the morning of the 27th May information was received that a vessel in the vicinity of Haile Sand was firing signals of distress.
The crew of the Life-boat Richard were summoned, and at 4.30 the...
The S.S. Belgia
JANUARY 27TH. 29TH. and 30TH. FEBRUARY 1ST and 14TH, and April 21ST and 28TH..- WALTON AND FRINTON, ESSEX. On Sunday the 20th January the S.S. Belgia, of Gothenburg, was bombed by German aeroplanes and set on fire. Her crew abandoned her and...
The S.S. Pitwines (1)
JANUARY 11TH. - THE HUMBER, AND BRIDLINGTON, YORKSHIRE. At 5.26P.M. a message was received from the Spurn Point Royal Naval Signal Station that S.S.
Pitwines had been attacked by enemy aeroplanes eighteen miles south of...
The S.S. Glendarroch
BARMOUTH AND PWLLHELI.—On the 15th March a vessel was reported ashore on St. Patrick's Causeway, while a strong breeze was blowing from the W.S.W. with a heavy sea. The Barmouth Life-boat Jones Gibb was launched at 9 A.M. and boarded the...
The S.S. Therese
Blyth, Northumberland.—At 12.15 A.M. on the 21st January the coastguard telephoned that a steamer had run ashore about a quartei of a mile south of the West Pier. A S.S.E. gale was blowing, with a very heavy sea.
The motor...