LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Co-operator
Fenit, Co. Kerry.—At 3 P.M. on the 9th January, during a whole W.N.W.
gale, with a very rough sea, the s.s.
Co-operator, of Fenit, broke her moorings.
She drifted towards dangerous rocks...
The S.S. Sheafcrest
NOV. 30TH. - MARGATE, KENT. At 10 A.M. the coastguard reported that a vessel had been damaged by enemy action E.N.E. of the Tongue Light-vessel. A moderate S.W. breeze was blowing and the sea was smooth. The motor life-boat The Lord...
The S.S. Fairway
HARTLEPOOL.—On the evening of the 10th October a heavy gale from the N.N.E. was experienced. The coxswain of the Hartlepool No. 3 Life-boat, the John Clay Barlow, was at the pilots' watch house at about seven o'clock, when it was...
The S.S. St Patrick
5th August.
S.S. St. Patrick struck a rock. Help given by another steamer.—Rewards, £9 Is..
The S.S. Canada
Nov. 3RD. - THE HUMBER, YORKSHIRE.
During the afternoon the S.S. Canada, of Copenhagen, bound for Hull, was badly holed by enemy action when twenty miles north-east of the Humber, and one of her holds filled with water....
The S.S. Cordale
MARCH 5TH. - REDCAR, YORKSHIRE.
At 6.15 A.M. a message was received from the coastguard at Marske that a steamer was firing distress rockets four miles east of Marske. A strong N.E. breeze was blowing, with a heavy sea. At...
The S.S. Hilary
Holyhead, Anglesey.—At 1.22 in the morning of 9th April, 1939, the coastguard reported that the 7,000-tons s.s.
Hilary, of Liverpool, was ashore at Carmel Head. She was homeward bound from Brazil to Liverpool with general...
The S.S. Lairdsbank
Portpatrick, Wigtownshire.—At 3.20 A.M. on the 6th April the coastguard telephoned that a vessel was ashore N.E. of Crammag Head. The wind was light and the sea smooth, but there was a thick fog. The new motor lifeboat Jeanie Speirs was...
The S.S. Kentbrook
Aldeburgh Suffolk.—At 8.20 on the evening of the 4th of February, 1954, the coastguard telephoned that a vessel had gone ashore two miles north of Orfordness. At 8.40 the No.
1 life-boat Abdy Beauclerk was launched. There...
The S.S. Holdernook
ANOTHER STEAMER ASHORE IN FOG Newburgb, Aberdeenshire.—At 9.18 in the morning of the 21st of August, 1947, the Collieston coastguard re- ported a vessel ashore near Hackley Bay Head in thick fog. The motor life-boat John Rybwn was launched...