LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Osterhav
Wick, Caithness-shire. — The motor life-boat Frederick and Emma was launched at 9 P.M. on the 28th March, in response to a message received through Wick Radio and the coastguard.
A strong S.E. breeze was blowing, with a...
The S.S. Larchfield
Holyhead, Anglesey.—At 1.55 early on the morning of the 24th of February, 1953, the coastguard reported that a wireless message had been intercepted indicating that the S.S. Larchfield, of Liverpool, was ashore near Carmel Head, in Holyhead...
The S.S. Granfoss
Lerwick, Shetlands.—At 1.6 early on the morning of the 26th of November, 1954, the coastguard reported that the S.S. Granfoss, of Oslo, needed help thirty-five miles south-by-east of Sun- burgh Head, about fifty-three miles from Lerwick. At...
The S.S. Melrose Abbey
MARCH 28TH. - NEWBURGH, ABERDEENSHIRE.
At 5.1 A.M. the Belhelvie coastguard reported that a vessel was ashoretwo or three miles north of Belhelvie, near the mouth of the Ythan. A strong E. gale was blowing, with a very...
The S.S. Trsat
SEPTEMBER 7TH. - FRASERBURGH, ABERDEENSHIRE. At 8.57 P.M. the Kinnaird Head coastguard reported that a vessel was being attacked by aeroplanes several miles to the N.E. of the head. She was the S.S. Trsat, of Cardiff (late of Jugoslavia),...
The S.S. Grimm
RAMSGATE.—In answer to guns fired by the G-oodwin light-vessels, the Life-boat Bradford, in tow of the steam-tug Aid, left the harbour at 6.45 A.M. on the 28th September, and found the s.s. Grimm, of Hamburg, bound from Antwerp for Montreal,...
The S.S. Clora
During a thick fog in the early morning of the 22nd June, the s.s. Clara, of London, bound from Malta to Rotterdam with a cargo of grain, collided with another vessel in the vicinity of the Royal Sovereign Light - vessel. She was seriously...
The S.S. Lock
The s.s. Loch Lomond, of Dundee, whilst bound from the Tyne to Marseilles with a cargo of 3,600 tons of coal, stranded on the North Holm Sand on the 8th November.
A strong westerly breeze was blowing at the time, with a...
The S.S. Corea
DEC. 8TH. - CROMER, NORFOLK. At about 11 P.M. a heavy explosion was heard, and the No. 1 motor life-boat H. F. Bailey was launched at 11.20 P.M. A N.W. wind was blowing, with a moderate swell. The life-boat found the S.S. Corea, of Goole,...
The S.S. Craig
Caister, Norfolk.—At 2.15 in the morning of the 2nd of May, 1952, the Gorleston coastguard telephoned that the S.S. Craig, of Leith, had gone aground and was bumping heavily on the beach three miles north-west of Cockle Buoy. A very...