LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Corrientes
Dunmore East, Co. Waterford.—At 10.45 on the night of the 7th of April, 1953, a wireless message was received stating that a passenger in the S.S. Cor- rientes, of Glasgow, was seriously ill with a perforated stomach ulcer andasking if the...
The S.S. Sinloo & S.S. Douglas
The s.s. Sinloo, of Newcastle, and s.s. Douglas, of Sun- derland, collided when near the Cross Sand Light-vessel in moderately fine weather, on-the 28th January. Guns were heard at Gorleston at 6.50 P.M., and the steam Life-boat James...
The S.S. Ypapanti.
Walton and Frinton, Essex On zyth November, 1966, the life-boat Edian Courtauld put out to the assistance of the s.s. Ypapanti. A full account of the service appears on page 29..
The S.S. Goldstone and the S.S. Naranco
Dover, and Dungeness, Kent. At 3 46 on the morning of the 23rd of August, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary secretaries of both stations that the s.s. Goldstone of Panama had collided with the s.s. Naranco of Gijon, Spain,...
The S.S. Taunton (1)
The Steam Tug was called out on the 28th December to proceed to St. Ives to assist that Life- boat in saving the s.s. Taunton, of Liverpool. (See previous entry.).
The S.S. Sydenham and the S.S. Ask
Cromer, Norfolk. — At 4.32 on the morning of the 26th of October, 1952, the coastguard telephoned to say the S.S. Sydenham had reported that a vessel was ashore on the Haisboro' Sands, eighteen miles east-by-south of Cromer, and at five...
The S.S. Roumelian & The S.S. Nazaire
At 5.40 P.M. on 15th May the Ventnor Coastguard telephoned Brooke and Yarmouth that the s.s. Roumelian, of Liverpool, bound laden from London to Alexandria, had been in collision with the s.s. St. Nazaire about twenty- four miles S.E. by E....
The S.S. Accrington and the S.S. Hamsterlay
DEC. 4TH. - GREAT YARMOUTH AND GORLESTON, NORFOLK. - At 2.45 A.M., a message was received from the Gorleston coastguard that the S.S. Accrington, of Grimsby, was in the roadstead with twentytwo survivors of the crew of the S.S....
The S.S. Niord
Watchet, Somerset.—llth May. A boat from the s.s. Niord, of Gothenburg, had tried to reach the harbour in a N.E. gale. She got into difficulties, but made Minehead without help.
Later the life-boat put the men back on their...
The S.S. Rustoer and the S.S. Challenger
Campbeltown, Argyllshire. — At 10 A.M. on the 24th January, during a strong S.E. gale with a very rough sea, the s.s. Rustoer, of Glasgow, was dragging her anchor and drifting off the pier. Only the captain and a boy were aboard her. The...