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THE LIFE-BOAT.The Journal of the Royal National Life-boat Institution.

VOL. XXXI. MARCH, 1939. No. 337.

THE LIFE-BOAT FLEETMotor Life-boats, 142 :: Pulling & Sailing Life-boats, 20

LIVES RESCUEDfrom the foundation of the Institution in 1824

to February 28th, 1939 - 66,142

The Great Gale of 23rd November, 1938.ON 23rd November, 1938, the severestgale since the great gales of the winterof 1929 to 1930, struck the British Isles.The wind reached a speed of 108 milesan hour. Much damage was done onland. Cattle were swept out to sea;telegraph poles, trees, hoardings andwalls blown down; roofs torn off;roads flooded; a railway bridge washedaway; and thirteen lives were lost.

Life-boats were launched all roundthe coast; on that one day there were27 launches. Life-boats rescued 36lives. Life-boatmen at New Brighton,Aldeburgh, and Great Yarmouth andGorleston won six medals and fourvellums for gallantry, and the Institu-tion made rewards and other pay-ments to life-boat crews- amounting tonearly £500.

NEW BRIGHTON.The outstanding service of the day

was at New Brighton on the Mersey.At 9.15 in the morning, news wasreceived at the life-boat station that afishing boat was in difficulties E.N.E.of the Crosby Light-vessel; it liesabout 6i miles from the life-boatberth. A whole west gale was blowing,with a rough sea. There were gustsof wind at 108 miles an hour. Therewere frequent and very heavy squalls ofrain and hail.

Within eight minutes of the assembly

signal the life-boat, William and KateJohnston, was away. It was then9.55. The life-boat was drawing nearto the position given about 10.30 andcould see a fishing boat. She appearedto be labouring heavily in the sea.It was the Progress, of Hoylake, with acrew of three. At the same time, thelife-boat saw a schooner driftingtowards the shore with her sails blownaway. She was the Loch Ranza Castle.of Annalong, laden with stone andcarrying a crew of four.

The coxswain had to decide at oncewhich of the two vessels was in thegreater need of help. As the fishingboat was the smaller of the two, andas she was anchored and in deeperwater, he decided to go to her helpfirst. The life-boat went alongside, andafter two or three attempts, rescuedthe three men. Shortly afterwardsthe fishing boat sank.

Right in tjie Surf.The life-boat then set course for the

schooner. The weather had becomesteadily worse, and a very heavy seawas now running. The squalls wereterrific, and the spindrift and spraymade it very difficult to see. By thistime the schooner was right among thesurf. She was drifting rapidly ashore.Her crew had taken to the rigging.The surf was breaking between 200 and

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300 yards from the shore, and thecoxswain took in the life-boat until shewas between 150 and 200 yards fromthe schooner. There he took sound-ings, headed seaward again, and letgo his anchor. Those on the life-boatcould see now that the Loch RanzaCastle had sunk. The crew were in thestarboard and port rigging.

The Life-boat Over the Wreck.The coxswain veered the life-boat

down, with the engines working, tookher over the wreck, and after severalattempts, succeeded in rescuing thetwo men who were in the starboardrigging. The other two men were onthe port side. One of them was seento climb further up and cross over tothe starboard rigging. The other wasseen to get rid of his seaboots, but heremained where he was. Again thecoxswain took the life-boat over thewreck and rescued the third man.From him it was learnt that the fourthwas too exhausted to do anything. Hewas in a very critical position, and thecoxswain realized that there was noway of helping him unless he could takethe life-boat round under the portrigging where the man was clinging.

The rescue of the three men hadtaken an hour; the tide had eased; but,by this time, none of the deck fittings,not even the gunwale, were showing,and blocks, yards and rigging werefalling from the masts.

Rescued Unconscious.The second anchor cable of the life-

boat was bent on to the cable by whichthe life-boat was already anchored, andthe coxswain veered her down sternfirst, passed under the bowsprit of thewreck, and so, with the help of theengines, got right alongside the portrigging. The man by now wasscarcely conscious and was quite in-capable of helping himself. The cox-swain kept the boat alongside therigging and, after some very anxiousminutes, the crew succeeded in gettingthe half-conscious man into the life-boat. There he was at once given firstaid by the second motor mechanic.

The coxswain then manoeuvred thelife-boat clear, cut his cable, and madefor the New Brighton landing stage,where she arrived at seven minutes

to one. The life-boat was downnearly three feet by the head. Hertwo forward compartments and thecabin were flooded. It was clearthat she had been severely damagedwhen she was taken over the wreck torescue the three men in the starboardrigging. The life-boat would normallyhave gone to her moorings, and thecrew and the rescued would have beenlanded in the boarding boat, but inview of the damage to the life-boat,and in view, too, of the condition of thelast man to be rescued (he was sixty-five years old), the coxswain decidedto go alongside the landing-stage, amanoeuvre calling for great skill andseamanship. It was successfullycarried out and the rescued werelanded.

The life-boat was taken next day to ayard at Birkenhead for repair, andthere it was found that, besides muchother damage, there was a hole threefeet by three inches in the skin of thefore cabin, and another hole nineinches in diameter in the skin ofanother compartment, while the skinof a third compartment was also holed.

The Rewards.

It was a service in which the cox-swain showed great gallantry andtenacity, and exceptional seamanship.The way in which he handled his boatafter she had been damaged is worthyof the highest praise. He was ad-mirably supported by his crew,especially by the second coxswain andthe two motor mechanics. The In-stitution has made the following awards:

To Coxswain W. H. JONES, thesilver medal for gallantry, accom-panied by a copy of the vote inscribedon vellum;

To the second coxswain, J. NICHOL-SON and the motor mechanic, W.GARBUTT, second-service clasps to thebronze medals for gallantry which theyalready hold, accompanied by copiesof the votes inscribed on vellum;

To the second motor mechanic, J.MASON, the bronze medal for gallantry,accompanied by a copy of the voteinscribed on vellum;

To the bowman, W. S. JONES, and theother members of the crew, J. STONALL,H. STONALL and W. DOUGLAS, the

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thanks of the Institution inscribed onvellum;

To the coxswain and each member ofthe crew a reward of £3 in addition tothe ordinary scale reward of 19s.Standard rewards to the crew, £5 14s.;additional rewards to the crew, £24;total rewards, £33 4s. 6d.

Four days after the service Mr. J.Stonall collapsed while out fishing anddied of heart failure. He left a widowand two children. As he had not diedon life-boat service, or as a directresult of it, his widow was not eligiblefor a pension, but the Institutiondecided to make her an allowance offifteen shillings a week during herwidowhood, and five shillings a weekfor each of the children until they weresixteen.

The motor life-boat, Oldham, ofHoylake, was also launched on the sameservice. It was known that the NewBrighton life-boat had put out, but itwas thought that in the very heavyweather the Oldham might also bewanted. She was launched at 11.13A.M. and reached the Crosby Channelat 12.40. There she was hailed by theMersey Dock tender, Vigilant, whichtold her that the crews of both vesselshad been rescued by the New Brightonlife-boat. She arrived back at 2.20 P.M.Rewards, £11 18s.

ON THE EAST COAST.On the same day, on the east coast,

a gale was blowing from the south andsouth-east, with very heavy seas, andbarges were running helplessly before it.

At 7.56 in the morning the maroonswere fired at Aldeburgh. Three bargeswere in distress two and a half milesnorth-east of the station. They werethe Grecian and Astrild, of Rochester,and the Decima, of London. Themotor life-boat Abdy Beauclerk waslaunched in nine minutes, initself a notable feat, for the launch offthe open beach at Aldeburgh is verydifficult and dangerous. The life-boatwent first to the Grecian, but her crewdeclined help. She then went tothe Astrild which was riding to ananchor near Sizewell Bank. Her topsailhad been blown away; she was con-tinually swept by heavy seas; the

running rigging of the mainsail hadparted; the sprit (the heavy spar whichsupports the mainsail) was swingingviolently about; and the barge herselfwas sheering about so wildly that thecoxswain had to make five attemptsbefore he could get the life-boat'sstem alongside the barge's rigging andthe two men were able to jump aboard.The life-boat's stem was slightlydamaged.

The life-boat then went to theDecima but she declined help and rannorth; so the life-boat returned to theGrecian and this time her crew of twowere very glad to leave her. Theywere rescued in the same way as thecrew of the Astrild.

It was impossible for the life-boatto be brought ashore at Aldeburgh inthe heavy seas, so she ran for Lowestoftwhere she arrived at 1.15 P.M.

It was a fine service, very skilfullycarried out, and the Institution hasmade the following awards:

To Coxswain GEORGE E. CHATTEN,the bronze medal for gallantry, accom-panied by a copy of the vote inscribedon vellum;

To Lieut. D. DAY, R.N., honoraryassistant secretary, and Mr. H. L.GOODSON, a member of the localcommittee, letters of thanks;

To the coxswain and each memberof the crew a reward of £1 in additionto the ordinary scale reward of 19s.Standard rewards to the crew, £8 11s.;additional rewards to the crew, £10;total rewards to crew and helpers,£49 14s. lid.

TO THE HELP OF SEVEN BARGES.Further north on the east coast the

Great Yarmouth and Gorleston motorlife-boat, John and Mary Meiklam ofGladswood, went out to the help of nofewer than seven barges. She was outalmost continuously for over elevenhours; saved two barges with theircrews of four men; rescued the crewsof three more barges, six men in all;and stood by two other barges.

The first call came at seven in themorning. A gale was blowing from thesouth-east, with a very rough sea andheavy rain. The life-boat found thesailing barge Ailsa, of London, about amile south of Gorleston pier. Thebarge was anchored, but the anchor

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THE NEW BRIGHTON SERVICE TO THE

By courtesy o/J [Stuart Marsh, Hoyldke

SEAS AT NEW BRIGHTON ON NOVEMBER 23rd, 1938.

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THE LIFE-BOAT RETURNING WITH THREE COMPARTMENTS FLOODED.


PROGRESS AND THE LOCH RANZA CASTLE.

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COMING ALONGSIDE THE LANDING STAGE.

LANDING THE RESCUED.[Eoening Express, Liverpool

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was dragging and she was drivingtowards the beach, with seas breakingclean over her. A tug had gota hawser aboard her. The coxswaintook the life-boat alongside; three ofhis crew jumped on board the barge;with their help the hawser was securedand the anchor heaved up. The tugthen towed the barge in with thelife-boat standing by.

The coxswain then saw anotherbarge, the Britisher, of London, to thenorth-east of the harbour with hersails blown away. On the advice ofthe coxswain, the barge anchored.The life-boat then took off her two men,and, backing clear, stood by to seehow the weather went. Half an hourlater a tug came out. The life-boatput the two men back on the barge,with three life-boatmen to help them,and the tug's tow-rope was secured;the anchor was got up; and the bargewas towed in with the life-boat standingby.

Running Before the Gale.It was now eleven in the morning.

The life-boat collected the six men ofher crew from the two barges and nosooner was this done than the coast-guard reported other barges runningnorth, with their sails blown away.

The life-boat left harbour again at11.30 and spoke to the bargesRaybell and Royalty, both of London.Raybell said she needed no help butRoyalty was taken in tow by a tug, withthe life-boat standing by. The life-boatthen returned to the Raybell. Thewind had now veered to the south-westand was blowing with increasing force.

The Raybell had anchored south ofGorleston pier, but her anchor wasdragging and she was driving rapidlyout; still the skipper said that he didnot need help. He dropped a secondanchor and then a third; but thebarge did not hold. With the strongebb and heavy sea the barge wasdriving towards the Scroby Sands.

With the three anchors failing, theskipper at last asked for help. A tughad now come out, prepared to take herin tow, if it was not too late, for thebarge was now very near the sands.The life-boat coxswain told the skipperand his mate to be ready, if they failed topick up the tow, to jump aboard the

life-boat. The men got their gear ondeck, but after several attempts, theymade fast the hawser from the tug.

The Life-boat in Pursuit.As soon as he saw her in tow and well

clear of the sands, the coxswain madefor another sailing barge which hadpassed the harbour and was runningnorthward with a flag in her rigging.She was the Cetus, of London. Thelife-boat followed her at full speed andcame up with her abreast of Caister.The skipper told the coxswain that hehad lost all his anchors, and that hisbarge was unmanageable. She con-tinued to run northward and whenabreast of Winterton Lighthouse, theskipper decided to abandon her. Thelife-boat came under her lee quarter,and the two men of the barge jumpedaboard her, but the barge was beingcarried so rapidly to leeward that thelife-boat was damaged by her; andthe life-boat's crew narrowly escapedinjury when she went under the barge'sbowsprit.

A Rescue Just in Time.It was now about three in the after-

noon and the life-boat returned toGorleston. When she was close toBritannia Pier the coxswain sawanother barge in danger, the Decima,of London. Driving at full speedagainst the strong ebb and the heavysea he reached her just as she got intothe breakers on Scroby Sand. Atfull speed he went alongside, and thetwo men on board jumped into thelife-boat. A few minutes later thebarge was ashore on the sands.

The four men from the two bargeswere landed and the life-boat went toher moorings at 4.30, to learn that yetanother barge, the Una, of Ipswich,was ashore on Yarmouth beach.5* Itwas now dark and the sea on the beachwas very heavy. The coxswainanchored and dropped down to thebarge. The life-boat herself struckthe ground and bumped heavily. Shewas knocked by the seas towards theUna. The two men were ready. Theythrew their dog aboard the life-boatthen jumped themselves; and the life-boat, hauling on her cable, drew outinto deep water and at last reachedher station at 6.30 in the evening.


Rewards.It was a series of difficult services

in which the coxswain showed fineinitiative and seamanship, and the In-stitution has made the following awards:

To Coxswain CHARLES A. JOHNSONa second service clasp to the bronzemedal for gallantry, which he won in1922, accompanied by a copy of thevote inscribed on vellum;

To the motor mechanic, B. J. DARBY,a letter of appreciation ;

To the coxswain and each member ofthe crew a reward of £l in addition tothe ordinary scale reward of £2 7*. Qd.Standard rewards to the crew, £23 15s.;additional rewards to the crew, £11;total rewards, £36. 2s. The servicesto the Ailsa and Britisher were propertysalvage cases.

17 OTHER LIFE-BOATS OUT.

Seventeen other life-boats were outon that day of gales. On the east coastat Southend-on-Sea (where the life-boatwas on almost continuous service fortwelve hours), Clacton-on-Sea, South-wold, Lowestoft and Skegness; onthe north-east coast at Bridlington,Flarnborough, Filey, Scarborough andHartlepool; in the Isle of Wight, atBembridge; on the south-west coast atPadstow and Barry Dock; on the eastcoast of Scotland at Arbroath andGourdon; on the west coast of Scotlandat Portpatrick; and on the Irish coast,at Portrush. Accounts of theselaunches are given under "Services ofthe Life-boats" on pages 32 to 34and 38.

Silver Medal Service at Torbay.EARLY in the afternoon of the 9thDecember, 1938, the open motorcrabber, Channel Pride, of Dartmouth,was overtaken by a sudden gale offCoombe Point, Dartmouth. She hadtwo men on board. Her skipperdecided to return at once, but thepropeller was fouled by a crab pot,and this stopped the engine.

At 2.15, the crabber, with one of themen waving an oar, was seen driftingtowards the cliffs by Mr. F. Hyne,gardener to Mr. Cyril Maude, theactor, of Redlap House, Dartmouth.He rushed back to the house andtelephoned to the coastguard. Thecoastguard had already had the news,but they asked Mr. Hyne to take ropesto the cliff and to do anything possibleuntil the life-saving apparatus arrived.

Meanwhile, the crabber had con-tinued to drift. The two men had letgo the anchor, but it would not hold.They were baling hard. Then theytook off their seaboots, and lashedround themselves the inflated rubberfloats used on the crab pots. It wasall they could do, but they thoughttheir last moment had come. Thehuge, breaking seas were dashing 50feet up the cliffs. If the boat hadstruck the men would have beenbeaten to death at once on the rocks.From the top of the cliff Mr. Hyne wasable to call to them that the life-boat

had been summoned, but so near wasthe crabber to the cliffs that it seemedimpossible for the life-boat to reachher; and at any moment he expectedto see her capsize. That she was stillafloat when the life-boat arrived wasdue to three things: At the last momenther anchor had caught against a rock;the wind, which was blowing at 30 to60 miles an hour from the south, veeredto S.W.; and the back-wash of the seashelped to keep the boat off the cliffs.

At 2.24 the message reached theTorbay life-boat station from thecoastguard at Berry Head. The crewwere hurried down to the harbour incars and at 2.40 the life-boat got away.The heavy sea was made worse by the ebbtide running against the gale. There washeavy rain and visibility was very poor.

A Journey of Ten Miles.The life-boat had a journey of about

ten miles before her. After she hadpassed Berry Head, she searched alongthe coast to Dartmouth, keeping nearthe shore, then past Coombe Point, pastRedlap and three miles further alongthe coast to Slapton Sands where thecoxswain knew that the crab potswould be. The whole time she wasdriving into the full force of the gale.A look-out was kept, but in the growingdusk and the heavy rain, she could seenothing of the crabber. The crabber


was showing no lights. The men onboard had no electric light. Theirmatches were wet, and they wereunable to light a lamp. The coxswainreturned, again passing the crabber atRedlap, and ran towards Coombe Point.

Meanwhile, Mr. H. M. Smardon, thehonorary secretary of the station, hadbeen in constant touch with the Dart-mouth coastguard at Coombe Point.News had now come that the crabberhad anchored and was dragging towardsthe Redlap cliffs. News also came tohim from Mr. Gough, of Three Beaches,that on his wireless he had heard theNiton Radio Station calling the life-boat and the life-boat calling Niton,but neither had been able to get intotouch with the other. Through thecoastguard, Mr. Smardon asked Nitonto send out a message to the life-boatthat the crabber was only 200 yards offRedlap. But though, both before thelife-boat put out and after she returned,her wireless was found in perfect order,Niton could not get through to her.

Mr. Smardon knew that the crabberwas dragging towards certain destruc-tion and asked the Dartmouth coast-guard to fire white star rockets, thesignal, "I wish to communicate." Thesignal was given, but there was noresponse. It was fired a second time,and then the coastguard saw thenavigation lights of the life-boat as shecame in towards Coombe Point forinformation. He signalled the crabber'sposition to her by morse. It was thennearly five o'clock.

The Rescue.After the rockets had been fired and

the life-boat seen, Mrs. Maude's parlour-maid came out with electric torches anda towel soaked in paraffin and started agorse fire on the cliff-top to guide thelife-boat.

The coxswain made at once for Red-lap cliffs, but in the heavy rain and theintense darkness under the 200-feetcliffs, he saw nothing. It was notuntil the life-boat was almost on top ofher, that the bowman saw the crabberon his starboard bow. Had she beenseen sooner the coxswain would have.anchored and veered down to her. Ashe was so near he decided to go right in;put his helm hard over to bring thecrabber under the lee of his port bow;

then went hard astern and broughtthe life-boat up all standing alongsidethe crabber which was lying athwartthe breakers. The two men jumpedaboard the life-boat. A moment latera huge breaker hit her and knocked herbow towards the shore. The coxswaindid not go astern for fear of fouling hispropeller on the crabber's cable. Hewent full speed ahead, bringing herround with her head to the seas whenshe was only five or six yards from thecliffs, and the seas were reboundingfrom them over her stern. Next momentthe coxswain had to put his helm hardover again and just missed a rockawash under his starboard bow. So hebrought her safely out of the breakersand reached Torbay again at 7.45.

The Rewards.

It was a hazardous rescue carriedout with great daring, and the Institu-tion has made the following awards:

To Coxswain W. H. H. MOGEIDGE,the silver medal, accompanied by thevote inscribed on vellum;

To the second coxswain, W. PILLAR,the bowman, F. C. SANDERS, the motormechanic, R. T. HARRIS, the assistantmotor mechanic, E. LAMSWOOD, andthe other members of the crew, F.TUCKER, C. BICKFORD and F.LAMSWOOD, the thanks of the Institu-tion inscribed on vellum.

To the coxswain and each member ofthe crew a reward of £2 in additionto the ordinary scale reward of £1 8*. Qd.Standard rewards to the crew, £9 19s. 6d.additional rewards to the crew, £16;total rewards, £26 13.?.;

To Mr. H. M. SMARDON, the honorarysecretary of the station; Mrs. CYRILMAUDE, her gardener, Mr. HYNE, andher parlourmaid; Mr. P. F. INGRAM,who was the first to send the news tothe coastguard; and Mr. N. P. GOUGH,who reported the failure of the wirelessstation and the life-boat to get into touchwith one another, letters of thanks.

Coxswain Mogridge has now won amedal for gallantry three times. Hewas awarded the bronze medal in 1935,and the second-service clasp to thatmedal in 1937. On each occasion themembers of his crew have been awardedthe Institution's thanks inscribed onvellum.


Another Bronze Medal Service at Southend-on-Sea.THE Southend - on - Sea motor life-boat, Greater London (Civil ServiceNo. 3), which had already beenout in the great gale of 23rd Novem-ber, 1938, on almost continuousservice for twelve hours, was againcalled out three days later, on 26thNovember, in even worse weather. Itwas just after three in the morningwhen the call came. A very heavygale was blowing, and the coxswaindescribed it as "the worst gale forbroken water I have ever seen." Therewere severe rain squalls, and in thespray and the rain it was almostimpossible to see the length of theboat.

From the pier-head barges had beenseen in great difficulties. The life-boatwent two miles to the eastward, andthere, by the help of her searchlight,she found the T.F.C., of Rochester, theGlenmore, of Rochester, and the LordRoberts, of London, each with twomen on board.

Three Barges Sunk.The life-boat went first to the Lord

Robsrts, but the crew would not leave,so she went to the T.F.C. The barge'sdecks were under water, and thecrew were in the rigging. Playing hissearchlight on the masthead, the cox-swain ran alongside the lee rigging andtook off the skipper. The barge thensheered off heavily. The life-boat wentin again, and the mate was rescued.

The life-boat then went back to theLord Roberts. Her crew were standing onthe cabin top which was underwater, butstill they would not leave her. So thelife-boat went on to the Glenmore. Shetoo had sunk, and her crew were in therigging. As in the case of the T.F.C.the life-boat twice went alongside the

lee rigging, taking off the mate, andthen the skipper, who had a wooden leg.

By this time the Lord Roberts hadsunk and her crew were at the top of themizzen mast. The coxswain took thelife-boat right over the barge, and inthe hollow of a sea she struck thebarge and was damaged; but the twomen were rescued.

The life-boat got back to her stationabout 4.30 in the morning. At 7.45she again went out to search for avessel reported in distress but couldfind nothing and returned at nineo'clock.

It was a series of services veryskilfully carried out in the worst ofweather, in the dark, and in excep-tionally difficult and severe conditions.In recognition of the skill of coxswainand crew the Institution has made thefollowing awards:

The Rewards.To Coxswain SIDNEY H. B. PAGE the

second-service clasp to the bronzemedal which he already holds and acopy of the vote inscribed on vellum.Coxswain Page won the bronze medal on2nd June, 1938, when the life-boatwent out to five vessels in one day.He is only the second life-boatman inthe past thirty years to win twomedals in one year;

To the second coxswain, W. A. DEER,the bowman, H. G. MURRELL, and theassistant motor mechanic, R. H.SANDERS, the thanks of the Institutioninscribed on vellum;

To the coxswain and each memberof the crew a reward of 10s. in additionto the ordinary scale reward of £2 7*.Standard rewards to the crew, £18 16s.;additional rewards to the crew, £4 10s.;total rewards, £28 7s. 3d.

Life-boat Days in 1938.DURING 1938 life-boat flag days wereheld by 772 of the 1,072 branches ofthe Institution, seven fewer than therecord number of 1937. The amountcollected on those days was £43,839which was the largest total since 1930,

and an increase on 1937 of £365. Thenumber of people who contributed was5,648,000, which is 381,000 more thanin 1937. The average contributionwas 1| of a penny, a slight decreaseon 1937.

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Rescue from a Shelled Steamer.Spanish Ship attacked off Cromer.

SHORTLY after three in the afternoonof 2nd November, 1938, the coastguardat Cromer reported flashes and gun fireat sea. The firing shook the windows,and people, who crowded to thecliffs, could see the flashes. Withbinoculars, a large steamer also couldbe seen about ten miles north ofCromer, with an armed vessel about amile from her. There was no distresssignal, and the life-boatmen stood byat the boathouse on the pier. The firingceased about 4.15, but it was not until4.40 that any message was received.

"Heave To or I Fire."

Then a wireless message sent out bythe British steamer, Monkwood, pickedup by a resident at Lowestoft, andconfirmed by the Humber Radio afew minutes later, reached the Cromerlife-boat station through the coast-guard. It was to the effect that anauxiliary cruiser was firing at a Spanishsteamer ten miles north of Cromerlighthouse. The cruiser was flyingthe signal, "Heave to or I fire." Thesteamer appeared to be severelydamaged by the shell fire.

She was, as was discovered later, theCantabria, of Santander, of over 5,000tons, belonging to the Spanish Govern-ment. After unloading a cargo oftimber from Russia in the Thames, shehad left the Thames the night before forImmingham. The auxiliary cruiserwas flying the flag of General Franco.She was the Nadir.

The Life-boat Alongside.

At 5.5. P.M., half an hour aftersunset, the No. 1 Cromer motorlife-boat, H. F. Bailey, was launched,to see if her help was needed. Amoderate west breeze was then blowing,with a moderate sea. About sixo'clock the life-boat spoke the steamerGlenshiel and her captain pointed outthe position of the attacking ship. Thelife-boat made for her. She reachedher half an hour later and then found theCantabria, which had no lights showing.The two steamers were only two

lengths apart. As the life-boat ap-proached, the Cantabria signalled witha small torch. The life-boat went along-side and found that of the forty or morepeople who had been on board, therewere now only the master, his wife andtwo children, and one member of thecrew. The rest of the passengers andcrew had left in two boats. One hadbeen picked up by the Nadir, andthe other by the British steamerPattersonian, on her way from the Tyneto London.

The Steamer Heeling Over.

Some twenty shells had fallen on ornear the Cantabria, and although noone had been injured, several of theshells had hit the hull. The steamerhad a heavy list to starboard, and allthe time that the life-boat was along-side she was heeling over. Before thelast of the five people had been takenoff she was pressing so heavily on thelife-boat that five of the latter's stan-chions and her guard chain on the portside had been broken. The life-boat,however, got safely away and reachedCromer again at 8.15.

The Pattersonian, according to hercaptain's report had come on the sceneat 4.30. The Cantabria made a distresssignal, and as the Pattersonian ap-proached her the Nadir manoeuvredin an attempt to prevent it. Acollision was only just avoided. ThePattersonian took on board eleven ofthe Cantabria's crew, who had put offin one of her boats, and then continuedher journey towards Great Yarmouth.

At 9.40 the coastguard reported tothe Great Yarmouth and Gorlestonlife-boat station that the steamer wasin Yarmouth Roads and wanted toland eleven men of the Cantabria'screw. It was not known if any of themwere wounded or hurt. At 9.50 themotor life-boat, John and Mary Meik-lam ofGladswood, was launched, takingwith her Dr. G. H. Buncombe, amember of the life-boat committee, incase medical help was needed. Amoderate westerly breeze was blowingwith a moderate sea. The life-boat

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SOME OF THE RESCUED.

By courtesy of} [H. H. Tansley, Cramer

FROM THE SPANISH STEAMER CANTABRIA.Coxswain Henry Blogg is shaking hands with the Cantatria's captain. The captain's wife

and children and one member of his crew are on his left(See opposite page.)

By courtesy of] [Stuart Marsh, Hojlake

FROM THE PROGRESS AND THE LOCH RANZA CASTLE AT NEW BRIGHTON.(See page 1.)


took off the eleven men and landedthem. They were taken to the Sailors'Home and the life-boat returned to herstation, arriving at 11 P.M.

A letter of appreciation was sent bythe Institution to Coxswain Henry

Blogg and the Cromer crew. A letterof appreciation was also sent by theInspector of H.M. Coastguard, EastAnglian Division.

Rewards: Cromer, £26 9*. Qd.; GreatYarmouth and Gorleston, £25 4,s.

Disaster at St. Ives.Seven Life-boatmen Lost.

THREE minutes before two in the morn-ing of 23rd January. 1939, the honorarysecretary of the St. Ives life-boatstation was rung up by the districtofficer of coastguard, who told himthat a vessel was in a dangerous positiontwo miles N.N.E. of Cape Cornwall.Cape Cornwall is eleven miles alongthe coast from St. Ives in the directionof Lands End. A W.N.W. gale ofexceptional violence was blowing, witha very heavy sea. The life-boat wouldhave to travel the eleven miles againstthe gale.

Five minutes later the district officeragain rang up suggesting that the life-boat should not be launched until itwas learned if the Sennen Cove life-boat,which was six miles on the other sideof Cape Cornwall, could put out.Sennen Cove cannot be launched duringthe two hours on either side of lowwater. The tide was low, and theanswer came back from Sennen Co^ ethat the launch was impossible. Atthat the coxswain said at once, "We'reoff," and at 2.30 he fired the assemblysignal. Twenty minutes later the life-boat had been launched. Over eightyhelpers took part in the launch.

"More Help Needed."At 4.20 the coastguard at Clodgy

Point saw red flares a mile out at sea.They meant, "More help needed."The coastguard rocket life-savingappliances at St. Ives were orderedout and sent right round St. Ives Bayto Godrevy Point, on the leeward sideof the bay. The Porthreath appliances,from the other side of Godrevy Head,were also summoned. At the sametime a message was sent to the Penleelife-boat station, on the south coastof Cornwall, nearly thirty miles away,calling out the life-boat. She waslaunched at 5 A.M.

St. Ives waited for nearly threehours more, and then, just after seveno'clock in the morning, came themessage that the life-boat had beenwrecked on the rocks near Godrevylighthouse and that, of her crew ofeight men. only one was alive.

What had happened during thosefour hours since the life-boat had putout we know from the survivor, WilliamFreeman.

The First Capsize.As she left the shelter of St. Ives

Head she met a very heavy sea.She kept well clear of the headland toavoid the heavier seas and strong floodtide closer in. and turned westward.She was then running almost in theteeth of the gale. When about oneand a half miles N.N.E. of ClodgyPoint, the boat sheered as she camedown a sea. The next struck her onher starboard bow, and she capsized.She was a self-righting life-boat, andshe righted herself in a few seconds.When she righted herself, four of theeight men on board were missing,Coxswain Thomas Cocking, the actingbowman, William Barber, the signal-man, John Thomas, and one oi; thecrew, Edgar Bassett. William Free-man, who was forward, was in the waterbefore he knew what had happened,but he kept hold of the gunwale andtwo of the other men dragged him onboard again.

Propeller Fouled.The engine had shut off when the

life-boat capsized, as it is designed todo. Before the motor mechanic re-started it and any attempt could bemade to pick up the missing men, someof the boat's gear, which had beenwashed partly out of her, was cut awayfor fear that it would foul the propeller.

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The mechanic then restarted the enginewithout difficulty, but when he put inthe gear, the engine stalled. He re-started it again. Again it stalled.The engine was working, but thepropeller must have been fouled. The

sail, to keep the life-boat head towind and sea, but with half the crewgone it was beyond their power.

While they were at anchor theyburned the red flares, "More helpneeded," which were seen by the coast-

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astern gear was then put in; attemptswere made to clear the propeller, andthe ahead gear was once more put in.Again the engine stalled.

The four men then dropped the anchorand veered out all the cable. Theythen attempted to step the mizzenmast and, with the help of the mizzen

guard. They also switched on thesearchlight, and burned a white flare.They saw the coastguard's answeringrocket.

Meanwhile, the life-boat was sheeringabout. A great strain was put on thecable. It was a new one; it had notpreviously been used; but the strain


was so great that it parted, and thelife-boat drifted to leeward across themouth of the bay.

The Second Capsize.As she drifted, the mechanic again

started the engine. It stalled again.Again he started it, but again itstalled. The boat continued to drift.When she was two-thirds of the wayacross the bay, a great sea struck heras she was beam on to it, and capsizedher a second time. When she rightedherself, the motor mechanic, RichardStevens, who was forward, was missing.

William Freeman, who was under thecanopy above the engine controls hadjammed one hand in the railing belowthe canopy. With the other he hadgrasped the starting handle. Whenthe boat capsized, the pressure of theair trapped under the canopy wassufficient to keep the water out. Evenwhen he was upside down, with the keelof the boat above him, his face was notunder water.

The Third Capsize.There were now only three men

aboard, and the life-boat continued todrift towards Godrevy. The men wereall aft. As she came close to the rocks,Matthew Barber, the bowman, whowas acting as second coxswain, shouted,"Look out, a big sea coming." Forthe third time she was capsized. Whenshe righted herself only William Free-man was on board. Matthew Barberand the assistant mechanic, JohnCocking, had gone. He felt them gopast him, but he never saw them again.

Three minutes later the life-boatstruck the rocks near Godrevy. Shewas thrown on a fairly level ledge,her stern towards the shore. As thesea receded, William Freeman crawledout and made his way on all foursalong the rocks. A sea overtook him,but it did not knock him over. Hescrambled up a gap in the cliff, took offhis water-logged boots, and made hisway to Godrevy Farm. There he wastaken in by Mr, and Mrs. Delbridgeand put to bed. He was cut and muchbruised. Mr. Delbridge then cycled toHayle. From there he telephoned toCamborne for a doctor, and then tele-phoned the news of the disaster to thecoastguard at St. Ives. It was from

the coastguard that the life-boatstation learned, at five minutes pastseven, four and a quarter hours afterthe boat had put out, that she wassmashed on the Godrevy rocks withonly one of her crew alive.

As soon as the coastguard receivedthe news they started to search thecoast for the bodies of the seven othermen. The Penlee life-boat was offLands End, twelve miles from herstation at 7.20. There she was sig-nalled by the coastguard to return asher services were no longer needed.

At the Scene of the Disaster.Immediately the news of the disaster

reached the headquarters of the In-stitution, Captain R. L. Hamer, R.N.,the deputy chief inspector of life-boats, went down to St. Ives with theinspector of machinery and the chiefdraftsman (hull) and there met thesouthern district inspector, Lieut.-Commander H. L. Wheeler, R.N.Lieut.-Col. C. R. Satterthwaite, O.B.E.,secretary of the Institution, went downthe same day, provided with funds torelieve any immediate necessities amongthe families of the men who had losttheir lives.

The wrecked life-boat was at onceplaced under guard and was examinedthe next day. She was on one of thereefs of rock immediately to the southof Godrevy Island. She had beendriven through a narrow gulley andleft well above high-water mark. From.the marks on the rocks and the damageto the boat it was evident that shehad, at one time, been keel up on therocks. From the place where she lay itwas impossible to remove her by landor by sea, and she had been so severelydamaged that she was beyond econ-omical repair.

The engine was not damaged. Itwas started without difficulty. Thepropeller was dented, but nothing wasfound foul of it. The engine wasremoved, and later the remains of thehull were burned.

The Inquest.Four of the bodies had come

ashore, almost at once, CoxswainThomas Cocking, his son, JohnBassett Cocking, Matthew Barberand William Barber. The inquest on


THE WRECK OF THE ST. IVES LIFE-BOAT.

By courttsy of] [Studio St. Ites, Ltd.

The life-boat's air-cases can be seen protruding from the broken hull and scattered on the rocks.

By courtesy o/] [Studio St. Ives, Ltd.

The life-boat was the John and Sarah Eliza Stych, of Padstow, temporarily stationed at St. Ives


them was held on 25th January andwas attended by the secretary, thedeputy chief inspector of life-boats andthe district inspector of life-boats.The verdict was "Death by misadven-ture ". The funerals were held nextday, the secretary, the deputy chiefinspector of life-boats and the districtinspector of life-boats, representingthe Institution. Nearly all the men ofSt. Ives were present, and life-boatmenand fishermen from all round theCornish coast.

In the end all the bodies were givenup by the sea, the last of the seven onthe 10th February.

The Men.The seven men who lost their lives

were:THOMAS COCKING, aged 65, the

coxswain;MATTHEW STEVENS BARBER, aged 32,

bowman and acting second coxswain;WILLIAM BRYANT BARBER, aged 37,

acting bowman, the brother ofMatthew;

RICHARD QUICK STEVENS, aged 36,the motor mechanic;

JOHN BASSETT COCKING, aged 38.assistant motor mechanic, son of thecoxswain;

JOHN THOMAS, aged 42, signalman;EDGAR BASSETT, aged 29.Coxswain Cocking had been a member

of the crew for many years. He wasappointed bowman in 1919, secondcoxswain a year or two later, andcoxswain in 1928. On the 31stJanuary, 1938, he won the Institution'ssilver medal for gallantry for rescuingthe crew of the steamer Alba, ofPanama. He was a coxswain of longexperience, and all who knew him atSt. Ives described him as a naturalleader, a man who did not know whatfear was. No man, they said, couldhave stopped him taking his boat tosea, and his crew would follow him, asthey did, to death.

Of the other six men who weredrowned, four, Matthew Barber,William Barber, John Bassett Cockingand John Thomas also took part inthe service to the Alba, were awardedthe Institution's bronze medals forgallantry, and came to London withCoxswain Cocking in 1938, to receivetheir medals from the Duke of Kent.

The survivor, William Freeman, aged36, is a fisherman. He had not beeuout in the life-boat on service before.He came down to the launch on themorning of 23rd January and insistedon taking the place of a regularmember of the crew who was preparingto go out although he was ill.

Messages of Sympathy.The Duke of Kent, K.G., president

of the Institution, sent the followingtelegram of sympathy to Mr. E. L.Guppy, the honorary secretary of thestation:

" Deeply regret to hear of disaster toSt. Ives life-boat resulting in loss ofseven lives. Please convey my deepestsympathy to relatives of those who gavetheir lives in the performance of theirduty."

Many other messages of sympathywere received—from other branches ofthe Institution, from foreign life-boatservices, and one from the wife of thecaptain of the s.s. Alba, in Hungary.

The Mystery of the Ship in Distress.What ship it was that was in distress

off Cape Cornwall will never be certainlyknown. It is possible that she got outof danger and went on her way. Orshe may have been the 3,000-tonGlasgow steamer Wilston, with a crewof over 30 men. The Wilston had leftNewport. Monmouthshire, on the even-ing of 21st January, bound for theMediterranean. Two days after thewreck of the life-boat, wreckage beganto come ashore at Wicca Cove, somesix miles to the east of Cape Cornwall,a life-buoy with the Wilston's nameon it, and bodies of men who wereidentified as members of her crew.

Pensions.The seven men were all married, and

besides the seven widows there areeight children, and one of the widowsis expecting a child. On the day ofthe disaster it was announced that, asfrom that day, the Institution wouldgive pensions, and allowances for thechildren, on the same scale as if the menhad been sailors, soldiers or airmenkilled in action. It has also givenpensions and allowances to otherdependent relatives who would not,under the pension scheme for the


armed forces of the Crown, be entitledto receive them.

The pensions will amount to over£600 a year.

The Institution has paid all funeralexpenses, and has given to the widowsthe money awards for the launch.These amount to £4 14s. a man. Inaddition to this reward on the standardscale, the Institution has given aspecial reward of £10 to WilliamFreeman. The total rewards to crewand launchers amount to £88 2s.

Bronze Medals.The Institution has also awarded its

bronze medal for gallantry to WilliamFreeman, and bronze medals post-humously to the seven other men.Freeman's medal is accompanied by acopy of the vote inscribed on vellum,and special certificates have beenawarded to the widows, recording thattheir husbands died on service. Thevellum and certificates have beensigned by H.R.H. the Duke of Kent,K.G., President of the Institution.

Special letters of thanks have beensent to Mr. E. Leigh Guppy, thehonorary secretary of the station, tothe coastguard, the police, the St.John Ambulance Association, Mr. andMrs. Delbridge, who took in WilliamFreeman, and others who helped.

The Mayor of St. Ives' Fund.The Mayor of St. Ives opened a fund

to supplement the pensions given by theInstitution, and the Western MorningNews, of Plymouth, also opened a fund.The response was immediate and verygenerous. Though it was intendedthat the appeal should be confined tothe West Country, contributions havecome from all over Great Britain anda few from Ireland. There have beenmany gifts of £30, £40 and £50 each.An old age pensioner sent a three-penny bit. Cornish towns have con-tributed very generously, Leeds,through its Lord Mayor, has sent £100,and many Ladies' Life-boat Guilds havealso contributed. The outstanding gifthas been £511 raised by ladies of theLadies' Life-boat Guild of Falmouth.The total response is about £9,500.

Gifts to the Institution.The Institution has received gifts

amounting to over £100 for the de-

pendents of the men who lost their lives,and these havebeen sent on to the Mayorof St. Ives. It has also received giftsamounting to nearly £200 to its ownfunds in sympathy for the disaster. Thelargest of these gifts to the Institutionwas £52 10s. from the Civil ServiceLife-boat Fund. Another came fromWells Cathedral, and several came fromschools.

The Record of the Station.A life-boat was established at St.

Ives in 1840. Its life-boats have beenlaunched on service 129 times. Theyhave rescued 434 lives. Until 23rdJanuary, 1939, not a life had been lostfrom among its crews.

The Last Disaster.The last life-boat disaster was just

over ten years ago, when, on the 15thNovember, 1928, the Rye Harbourlife-boat, returning from service, cap-sized in the surf and all the 17 men ofher crew were drowned. In the tenyears between these two disasters—from the beginning of 1929 to the endof 1938—life-boats have been launchedon service 3,613 times. Over 30,000 life-boatmen have been out in them. Theyhave rescued 3,503 lives, and duringthat time only one life-boatman haslost his life, and his death was not dueto any accident to the life-boat. Theman was Coxswain Robert Patton, ofRunswick, who, in attempting to helpa crippled man from the wreck into thelife-boat, was dragged overboard andcrushed between the life-boat and thewreck. Since 1850 one life has beenlost for approximately 170 lives rescued.During the past ten years one life hasbeen lost—and that through no mishapbut by deliberate self-sacrifice—for3,503 lives rescued.

Memorial Services.On the Sunday following the disaster,

29th January, a memorial service washeld in St. Ives Parish Church, and thesermon was preached by the Bishop ofTruro (Dr. J. W. Hunkin, O.B.E..M.C.).

Three days later a memorial servicewas held in the Wesley MethodistChurch, St. Ives. The service was con-ducted by the Rev. J. Opie Urmson, andthe singing was led by the combinedchoirs of the Methodist Churches of St.


jves. Among those present were theMayor of St. Ives, the Mayor of Penzance,the vicar of St. Ives, an adjutant of theSalvation Army, representatives of theSt. Ives life-boat station, the St. IvesLadies' Life-boat Guild, the Ship-wrecked Fishermen and Mariners'

Royal Benevolent Society, and manySt. Ives societies. The Institutionitself was represented by its deputy-chairman, the Hon. George Colville.Addresses were given by the RevJ. Opie Urmson, the Mayor of St. Ives,the Mayor of Penzance, and Mr. Colville.

MR. COLVILLE'S FUNERAL ADDRESS." I have come here to-night as the

representative of the committee ofmanagement of the Royal NationalLife-boat Institution.

" We are met in grief and in pride.The men whom we mourn were lovedby many of you; respected by you all;and held in high esteem by the Life-boat Service. Now their names areknown everywhere in the British Isles.From all parts messages of sympathyhave come to us. They have comealso from other countries—from thelife-boat services of France, Holland,Denmark, Norway and Germany, fromthe men in those countries who endure thesame hardships, face the same risks, and,in the end, may also give their lives.

" By those few minutes of disasterin that gale ten days ago, the lives ofmany of you have been completelychanged. Even on this solemn occasionI do not wish to intrude on the grief ofthe mothers, wives and children whoare bereaved. But I would ask youto remember that we all share yoursorrow; and that the men and womenof the Life-boat Service all round thecoasts of Great Britain and Ireland arewith you in sympathy at this moment.

" Nothing can take away the burdenof your sorrow, but I hope that itmay be made lighter by your pridein the courage and self-sacrifice of themen you have lost.

" ' Greater love hath no man thanthis that a man lay down his life forhis friends.'

" These men of St. Ives did moreeven than to lay down their lives fortheir friends. They risked them manytimes, and in the end they laid themdown, for strangers whose only claimupon them was that they were in peril.

" In doing this they carried on thegreat tradition of the Life-boat Service.One hundred and fifteen years ago,when the Service was founded, it wasresolved that the people of all nationsshould be succoured, when in peril

on our coasts, in war and in peace.From that high ideal the Service hasnever faltered, and those who haveserved it best are those who have nothesitated even to give their livesfor it.

" These seven men of St. Ives havejoined the noble company of life-boat-men who have died on service. Theythemselves, and their families and theirfriends, have paid a heavy price inserving that ideal; but I ask you toremember not only the heavy sacrifice,in brave men lost, but what that sacri-fice has achieved.

" Over 66,000 lives have been rescuedfrom shipwreck round these shoressince the Life-boat Service came intobeing. That is the number of livesactually saved. When you think alsoof their families,- that figure of 66,000represents an, incalculable number ofmen, women and children who, by ourLife-boat Service, have been savedfrom suffering and sorrow. I wouldask you, even in-your sorrow, to thinkwith pride and thankfulness of thetens of thousands who, by the courageand sacrifice of our life-boatmen, havebeen spared the sorrow which is yours.

" The names of those seven menwhom we mourn are permanentlyengraved in the records of this town.They are engraved also in the recordsof the Life-boat Service. They will beheld in honour by all their comradesof the Service, and by all who reverencethe achievements of brave men.

"To-night I thank God for theircourage, and I pray God to comfortall who mourn for them.

" If something is clone to make alarger life-boat a possibility, you canrely on the Royal National Life-boatInstitution supplying you with one.

" Let us offer also our heartfelt sym-pathy to the relatives of the 31 men ofthe Wilston, wrecked at our gate, tosuccour whom, it may well be, the St.Ives life-boat was launched."


The Problem of Launching at' St. Ives.The first St. Ives life-boat was built

locally and was stationed there in 1840.In 1860 she was replaced by a pullingand sailing life-boat of the self-rightingtype built by the Institution, and upto 1933 the life-boats stationed atSt. Ives were of this type.

In 1933 the Institution replaced thepulling and sailing life-boat by amotor life-boat, also of the self-rightingtype. It was 35 feet 6 inches by9 feet 3 inches, with a 35 h.p. engine,the Caroline Parsons, one of the lighttype, weighing seven tons, designedfor launching off a carriage on the beach.

The Capsize in 1938.This boat capsized on January

31st, 1938, when drawing away fromthe Alba, after rescuing her crew of23 men. She righted herself at once,and her crew got aboard her again.Of the 23 men of the Alba 18 wererescued a second time, but five werewashed away and drowned. The life-boat was then carried on to the rocks,and the 27 men on board got safelyashore. The life-boat herself was, upto that moment, undamaged, but itwas impossible to do anything withher, and the gale and tides carried herover the rocks and broke her beyondrepair. Her engine, which was un-damaged, was taken out of her, anumber of her fittings were removed,and the remains of the boat were burnt.

Shortly afterwards she was tem-porarily replaced by one of the twolife-boats stationed at Padstow, theJohn and Sarah Eliza Stych, built in1931. This life-boat was of the samelight self-righting type as the boatdestroyed, 35 feet 6 inches by 8 feet10 inches, with a 35 h.p. engine. Shewas the boat which was wrecked on23rd January, 1939.

At the inquest on the St. Ives life-boatmen, and in the press, the com-plaint was made that the light self-righting type of life-boat was unsuitableto the heavy se'as to be met once thelife-boat was beyond the shelter ofSt. Ives Bay. The various schemeswhich had been proposed in the pastfor improving the harbour at St. Iveswere also recalled and the need forcarrying out some such scheme was

again pressed upon the Government.Before the wreck of the life-boat, theInstitution realized that a larger andheavier type would be better, but inits choice it was limited by the launch-ing conditions in the harbour, whichdries at low tide.

The question of what type of life-boatshould.be placed at St. Ives was verycarefully examined after the capsizingof the life-boat in January, 1938. Itwas discussed with the St. Ives crew,by the chief inspector of life-boats, thesuperintendent engineer and the sur-veyor of life-boats. The crew wereanxious to have a larger boat. TheInstitution was willing to provide oneif it were practicable. Such a boat,the coxswain suggested, could lie afloatoff the old breakwater, the crew toboard her by means of a motor boardingboat. A motor boarding boat waslaid down, and the Institution wasprepared to send a reserve motor life-boat of the 45 feet Watson cabin type,weighing over 20 tons, for a period ontrial. Before this had been done how-ever the coxswain and crew had cometo the opinion, after watching a stronggale from the north one night, that itwas not possible to keep the life-boatat moorings owing to the difficulty ofgetting out to her at low water.

A Life-boat Specially Designed.The Institution then decided to

design a new self-righting life-boat,which like the previous life-boat wouldbe launched off a carriage, but tomodify the design to meet the wishesof the coxswain and crew. This boatwas to have more beam and to be lowerin the water. She was laid down lastyear, and is due to be completed inJune, 1939.

As it was impracticable to keep alarge life-boat at moorings, the possi-bility of building a slipway down whichsuch a boat could be launched wasconsidered at the end of 1938, anda careful survey was made of the coastin the neighbourhood of St. Ives.Numerous points were visited but nosuitable site was found. The onlypossible place was inside the old pierwhich is outside the harbour, but here,even if it were possible to launch down


a slipway at all states of^the weatherand tide, the life-boat could only berehoused in calm weather. In badweather she would have to enter theharbour, where she would be a prisonerwhen the tide was low, or else she wouldhave to run for Padstow or Penzance,both 30 miles away.

It was then decided to keep to aboat of the light type, to be launchedoff a carriage, but to improye thelaunching by providing a motor cater-pillar tractor. A deputation of theSt. Ives crew was taken to Skegness tosee one of these tractors in action, and

decided in favour of it. That wasthe position when the life-boat waswrecked.

Should the harbour now be improvedby the building of a breakwater, it isprobable that a site could be providedwhere a life-boat could be launched inshelter down a slipway in all tides andweathers, and should these harbourworks be carried out the Institutionwould take immediate steps to provideSt. Ives with a heavier type of life-boatand to build a boathouse and slipway.The cost would probably be from£25,000 to £30,000.

Awards to St. Ives for the Service to the Alba.By a strange coincide the Hungarian

Minister in London was notified by hisgovernment on the day of the disasterat St. Ives of the awards which it hadmade to St. Ives for the service to theAlba in January, 1938. Though theAlba was registered at Panama and herowner was Swiss, she had a number ofHungarians among her crew. Themayor of St. Ives was awarded theOrder of Merit of Hungary, and Cox-swain Thomas Cocking the Cross of theOrder of Merit. These and the otherawards were presented on 31st Jan-uarv bv Mr. A. Beechman, M.C., the

Member of Parliament for St. Ives.At the first Investiture of the year,

at Buckingham Palace, on 14th Feb-ruary, 1939, the King presented toSergeant Horace Osborn, ConstableGeorge Appleton, Constable LeslieJones and Constable Noel Wilkinson,all of the Cornwall Constabulary, theKing's Police Medal for their gallantryat the wreck of the Alba. When thelife-boat was washed ashore, with thecrew of the life-boat and the rescuedcrew on board, all four policemen wentinto the sea to help get the men fromthe life-boat to the rocks.

At Padstow on 23rd January.On the same day on which the

St. Ives motor life-boat was wrecked,the motor life-boat, Princess Mary, atPadstow, Cornwall, was damaged onservice. She is the heaviest life-boatin the Institution's fleet.

At five minutes past two in themorning, just eight minutes after thehonorary secretary at St. Ives had beenrung up by the coastguard, the Padstowstation was also rung up. The messagefrom the coastguard was that distressflares could be seen about a milenorth of Trevose Head. The life-boatput out in a W.N.W. gale, withexceptionally heavy seas and groundswell, and heavy squalls of rain. Shefound the ex-mine-layer Medea just out-side the harbour. The Medea had parted

from her tug and was drifting towardsDoom Bar.

As she tried to get alongside, thelife-boat was buried by a very heavysea. It washed overboard a ventilator,a life-buoy and several fenders, anddamaged the electric lighting system,putting it out of action. The positionof the Medea was now such that it wasnot practicable for the life-boat toreach her, so the coxswain signalledwith his hand flashing lamp to the coast-guard of Stepper Point asking him tocall out the rocket life-saving appliances.He had lashed a small torch to hiscompass and put out to sea, to waitfor the tide to rise. The mine-layerdrifted over the bar, and three ofthe four men on board her were


rescued by the rocket appliances fromthe shore. The fourth man wasdrowned.

Meanwhile the life-boat remained atsea until high-water. As she wascoming in she was swept by threesuccessive heavy seas which filled thecanopy, washed a spare drogue andanother life-buoy overboard, andknocked both the coxswain and the

second coxswain from the wheel. Thelife-boat was out for five hours.

The Institution made a reward of£l to the coxswain and each memberof the crew in addition to theordinary scale reward of £2 Vs. each.Standard rewards to crew (of whomfour are full-time employees) £9 8s.;additional rewards to crew, £8. Totalrewards, £22 10s. 4?d.

A Fine Service at Rosslare Harbour.ABOUT eight in the morning of 20thDecember, 1938,' the life-boat watch-man at Rosslare Harbour, CountyWexford, reported that he could see aschooner apparently at anchor nearSplaugh Rocks. An easterly gale wasblowing, with a very rough sea. Theweather was so cold that the watermains ashore were frozen, and therewere heavy snow squalls. A littlelater the squalls cleared for a moment,and it could be seen that the sails ofthe schooner were in ribbons. Shewas flying no signals of distress, butas it was clear that she was in a positionof great danger the reserve motor life-boat, J. B. Proudfoot, was launched atten minutes past nine. Mr. W. J. B.Moncas, the secretary of the station,went with her.

. Alongside the Schooner.Forty minutes later the life-boat

reached the schooner and found her tobe the M. E. Johnson, of Dublin. Shewas lying at anchor in the narrow channelbetween the Splaugh Rocks and theshoals of the Carrick Rocks. The seaswere breaking heavily on the shoals.The tide was running at over three knots.

The coxswain hailed the schooner.At first there was no reply, and thenall that happened was that a small boylooked over the rail. He disappeared,and as there was no other sign of thecrew, the coxswain took the life-boatalongside. It was a feat of greatdifficulty, needing considerable skill,for the schooner was sheering aboutvery badly. There was still no signof the crew, so two of the life-boatmenjumped aboard the schooner andsecured the life-boat. They were

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followed by Mr. Moncas-and the secondcoxswain.

The schooner was badly damaged.The galley and ship's boat had beenwashed away. The fore-top stay-sailwas the only sail which had not beenblown away. The running gear hadall unrove itself and the blocks wereswinging and flying about. The seaswere going right over the schooner'sbows, and at times her decks were kneedeep in water.

There were on board the master, hiswife, a man and a boy. When theschooner had been off the Longshipsthree days before, the bottom haddropped out of the coal box; all theparaffin on board had been used up;and the only hot food they had had forthree days was one cup of coffee each.They were so exhausted with cold,hunger and fatigue that they could donothing to help themselves, and themaster's wife could not stand.

Everyone thought that the schoonerwas sinking, but at the master'srequest the life-boatmen let out morecable, and afterwards she rode muchbetter. The four people were thentaken into the life-boat and broughtashore, and the life-boat reachedRosslare Harbour again at 11.30. a.m.

The Rewards.This was a service carried out very

skilfully, in difficult circumstances, andin exceptionally cold weather, and theInstitution has made the followingawards :

To Coxswain JAMES WICKHAM, whohas twice won the Institution's silvermedal for gallantry, its thanks inscribedon vellum;


To MR. W. J. B. MONCAS, secretaryof the station, a letter of thanks;

To the crew a letter of appreciation;To the coxswain and each member

of the crew a reward of £2. Two of thecrew were volunteers and these wereawarded the £2 in addition to thereward of 19*. each on the ordinaryscale. The coxswain and the other fiveare members of the permanent paidcrew. Total rewards, £18 2s. 6d.

The Schooner Salved.

The schooner, although so badlydamaged, did not sink, and at ten onthe morning of the next day the life-boat took her master back to her and

life-boatmen went on board to pump herfree from water. She returned to herstation at 3.15 in the afternoon. Nextday, 22nd December, she again leftthe harbour at 11.30 in the morningto put food and oil on board andreturned at two in the afternoon. Onthe 23rd she put out for the thirdtime at eight in the morning andreturned, an hour later. Just aftertwo in the afternoon she again went out,helped to get the schooner clear ofthe rocks, and then, helped by amotor vessel, towed her into harbour.She returned to her station thatafternoon at 6.15. The four launcheson the 21st, 22nd and 23rd were aproperty salvage case.

A Dangerous Launch at Gourdon.ON 17th December, 1938, a S.E. byE. gale was blowing at Gourdon,Kincardineshire, with, flurries of sleet.An extremely heavy sea was running,and was breaking heavily far outsidethe harbour. Half an hour aftermidday a message came from thecoastguard that a vessel was indistress. The motor life-boat, MargaretDawson, was launched quarter ofan hour later. In the sea that wasrunning it was most difficult anddangerous for the life-boat to get out.She was flung about like a cork in theheavy surf. At one time she wasnearly on end; at another she wasbroadside on to the breaking seas; and alocal surf boat was launched to beready in case any of her crew wereswept overboard before she had leftthe harbour. After the harbour wascleared the life-boat had still to passthrough a very narrow passage betweenrocks. But Coxswain Milne handledher throughout with splendid seaman-ship; he never lost control; and he

brought her safely to the open sea.Very soon afterwards news reached

the life-boat station that there was novessel in distress. What had beenreported as a rocket at sea was in fact arocket fired at Montrose aerodrome.The life-boat was at once recalled, butit was impossible for her to makeGourdon Harbour again. She ran forStonehaven, ten miles away, andarrived there at 3.15. There againCoxswain Milne showed his fine sea-manship by bringing the life-boatsafely in.

The Institution has shown its appre-ciation of a launch so skilfully carriedout in such dangerous conditions bymaking the following awards:

To Coxswain GEORGE MILNE, itsthanks inscribed on vellum;

To the coxswain and each memberof the crew a reward of £1 in additionto the ordinary scale reward of 19s.Standard rewards to crew, £6 13*.;additional rewards to crew, £7; totalrewards, £40 11*. 7d.

Help from Golf Clubs.•DURING 1938 seventy-six golf clubsheld competitions in aid of thelife-boat service and contributed£280 11*. 9d.

Ten more clubs held competitionsthan in 1937 and £58 more was contri-buted. The same appeal has beenmade to golf clubs for 1939.


A Gallant Rescue in the Moray Firth.ON the morning of 27th January, 1937,the Russian steamer Kingissepp, ofLeningrad, was anchored about a mileoff the harbour of Nairn on the MorayFirth. An easterly gale was blowing,with a rough sea. A boat was seen toput off from the steamer. She hadthree men on board, and it was learntlater that she was attempting to makeNairn in order to get medical help forone of the crew who had been injured.

It was seen that she could notmake the harbour, and the harbour-master intended to telephone to the life-boat station at Cromarty, some tenmiles away on the other side of theFirth, but it was soon realized that helpcould not come in time from Cromarty,for the boat was being swept past theharbour entrance by the wind and seatowards Fearn Rocks, about a mile tothe westward. If she got among thebreakers, it was certain she would bewrecked, with loss of life. Her crewcould only be saved if a boat went tothe rescue at once, and Mr. George A.Ralph, with his son and grandson, putout in his 48-foot motor fishing boat,Barbara.

It was then about 10 o'clock. Aheavy sea was breaking on the bar atthe harbour entrance; there was a riskin attempting to cross it; but Mr. Ralphsuccessfully accomplished it. Mean-while the Kingissepp's boat was driftingwestward. The Barbara got out to seaand reached her only just in time. Theboat was already inside the FearnRocks, and on the edge of the heavybroken water on the shore.

Mr. Ralph skilfully manoeuvred theBarbara, bringing her head to seaward,and then went stern-first down to the

boat. He did so at great risk of hisown boat being swept ashore by thesurf. He took the three men on boardthe Barbara; got their boat itself intow; and brought them safely to theirship.

The captain of the Kingissepp thenasked Mr. Ralph to pilot him to Inver-gordon. This Mr. Ralph did, and theinjured man was at once put on shoreand taken to the Royal Northern In-firmary at Inverness. It was impos-sible for the Barbara to attempt to enterNairn harbour before the sea that wasrunning, and she remained at Inver-gordon until the following afternoon.

This gallant rescue was carried out inthe middle of a period of twelve daysof continuous gales on the north-eastcoast of Scotland, the worst withinliving memory, during which theAberdeen motor life-boat was out onthree services for nearly forty hours.It was only at the end of April, 1938,that the rescue was brought to thenotice of the Institution, and there wasthen delay in getting the full particulars,as Mr. Ralph had just left Nairn on avoyage to the West Indies.

The Institution has now made thefollowing awards:

To Mr. George A. Ralph, the bronzemedal for gallantry, accompanied bya copy of the vote of the medal in-scribed on vellum and framed, £2, and£1 for fuel used;

To Mr. Ralph's son, Mr. GeorgeRalph, the thanks of the Institutioninscribed on vellum and £2;

To Mr. Ralph's grandson, Mr. GeorgeRalph Grenier, the thanks of theInstitution inscribed on vellum and £2.

A " Fishing Fleet " Calendar.READERS of The Life-boat will befamiliar with the name of Mr. H.Jenkins, the photographer of Lowestoft,as a number of his fine photographs oflife-boat work, which he has generouslyallowed the Institution to use, have

appeared in The Life-boat. Mr. Jenkinshas published a "Fishing Fleet" calen-dar for 1939. For each month thepicture is a study of the fishing fleets.It is a beautiful collection ofphotographs of ships and the sea.


A Record Year.THE life-boat service broke two recordsin 1938. Its life-boats were launchedto the rescue more often, and theysaved or helped to save from destructionmore boats and vessels, than everbefore in its history of 115 years.

Life-boats were launched 485 timesto the help of vessels in distress. Thatis 17 more launches than in 1936, thenext busiest year. It is an average ofover nine launches a week.

Life-boats saved or helped to savefrom destruction 88 vessels and boats.That is twice as many as in 1937, andthe largest number on record. Theyalso helped in various ways another250 vessels and boats.

A Very Busy Summer.Not only was it the busiest year but

the busiest summer in the Institution'shistory. There were more launchesin each of the months June andAugust than ever before, and the totalnumber of launches for the five summermonths from the beginning of May untilthe end of September was the recordnumber of 186. That is over eightlaunches a week, only one launch a weekless than for the whole year. Thebusiest month was November with 59launches. The quietest month wasMarch with 24.

The Institution gave rewards for therescue of 673 lives during the year.That is 149 more than in 1937, and thelargest number rescued since 1923.

Up to the end of 1938 the Institutionhad given rewards for the rescue fromshipwreck round the coasts of GreatBritain and Ireland of 66,099 lives.That is an average of eleven lives aweek for 115 years.

Services to Foreign Vessels.Life-boats helped 24 foreign vessels

belonging to 11 different countries;rescued 124 lives from them; and savedor helped to save 11 of the vessels. Theywere also called out to the help of 19other foreign vessels, but their helpwas not needed. Of the 24 to whichhelp was given six were French, fourDutch, three German, two Danish,two Greek, two Finnish, and one eachfrom Norway, Sweden, Belgium, Spain

and Panama. Thirty-two lives wererescued from the six French vessels,and two of the vessels were saved; 28lives from one of the two Greek vessels,and the vessel was saved; 18 lives fromthe Panama vessel; and 15 from oneof the Finnish vessels.

Services to Yachts and Motor Boats.The year was notable for the large

number of services to yachts and motorboats. Life-boats went out to thehelp of 91, which was 30 more thanin 1937. Fifty-three were sailingyachts and 38 were motor yachtsand motor boats. They saved orhelped to save 27 of them; helped invarious ways 25 others; and rescued 88lives from them. That is 38 lives morethan in 1937.

Services to Fishing Boats.The year was no less notable for the

large number of lives rescued fromfishing boats. Life-boats were launchedto the help of fishing boats 135 times.They rescued 216 lives from them.They saved or helped to save 30 of theboats. That is more than twice asmany lives as in 1937, and three timesas many boats.

Launches to Aeroplanes.The year also showed the increasing

call made on the life-boat service byflying. There were 24 launches toaeroplanes reported in distress. Helpwas given to three of them and fourlives were rescued from another aero-plane. During the past eight yearsthere have been 89 launches toaeroplanes, so that of that total foreight years more than a quarter of thelaunches were in 1938.

Twenty-seven Medals for Gallantry.Twenty-seven medals in all were

won for gallantry, three times asmany as in 1937. One silver andeight bronze were awarded to St.Ives, Cornwall; one silver and threebronze to New Brighton, on theMersey; one silver and one bronze toTenby; one silver to Torbay; sevenbronze to Galway Bay on thewest coast of Ireland; two bronzeto Southend-on-Sea; one bronze to


Aldeburgh; and one bronze to GreatYarmouth and Gorleston. CoxswainSidney Page of Southend-on-Sea, whotwice won the bronze medal, is only thesecond man in thirty years to win twomedals in one year.

One other medal was awarded for ashoreboat service at Nairn in Scotland,which took place in 1937.

Thirty-seven Motor Life-boats underConstruction.

It was a record year for the servicein another way. Thirty-seven motorlife-boats were being built during theyear, the largest number there has everbeen in one year. Twelve were com-pleted and eleven were sent to thecoast, seven for England, two for Scot- •land and two for Ireland. Eight ofthem replaced motor life-boats, two

replaced pulling and sailing life-boats,and one was sent to the new stationestablished at Tobermory (Isle ofMull). The other stations to whichthe new boats went were Selsey(Sussex), Yarmouth (Isle of Wight),Salcombe (Devon), Whitby (Yorkshire),Newbiggin (Northumberland), NewBrighton (Cheshire), Appledore (Devon),Wick (Caithness-shire), Arklow (Co.Wicklow) and Kingstown (Co. Dublin).The twelfth boat is for Poolbeg (Co.Dublin), where she will replace apulling and sailing life-boat as soon asthe alterations to the station have beenfinished. n

At _j the * end of the year therewere 140 * motor life-boats and 23pulling and'sailing life-boats, making afleet of 103 life-boats round the coastsof Great Britain and Ireland.

Commander E. D. Drury, O.B.E., R.D., R.N.R*ON 31st December, 1938, CommanderE. D. Drury, O.B.E., R.D., R.N.R.,retired from the service of the Institu-tion, having been chief inspector oflife-boats since August, 1930.

Commander Drury, whose early yearswere spent within sound of the life-boatmaroons on the Cornish coast, and inthe Isle of Man, was educated at Mer-chant Taylor's School, whence'he wentto sea at an early age. He served insail and steam, and was awarded anAmerican medal for saving life in theSt. Lawrence River. In August, 190S,at the age of thirty, he was appointeddistrict inspector of life-boats. He wasposted to the Western District, wherehe served until called up as aLieutenant, R.N.R., on the outbreakof War in 1914. He was in the BlackSea, in Syrian waters, at Gallipoli, inthe Grecian Archipelago, and later atConstantinople and in the Sea of Azov.In 1917 he was promoted commanderand given command of H.M.S. Empress.He was twice mentioned in despatchesand awarded the O.B.E.

On returning to the Institution in1920, he was posted to the NorthernDistrict, where he served until called toLondon in 1928, to deputize for Com-mander Stopford Douglas, the deputychief inspector of life-boats, who hadbeen taken ill, and whose illness ended

fatally in September of that year.Commander Drury then became deputychief inspector, and on the retirementof Captain H. F. J. Rowley two yearslater he was selected for the post ofchief inspector.

The period of his tenure of that post,while not perhaps so full of new develop-ments as that of his predecessor, hasbeen one of steady and, latterly, ofrapid progress in the modernization ofthe life-boat fleet. At the outset ofhis term, economy in the constructionalprogramme was a clear necessity, inview of the grave financial situationwhich culminated in 1931; but his earlyyears saw the design of the 35-feet6-inch Liverpool type of motor life-boat and the 41-feet Beach type, whilea start was made on the design of thelight 32-feet Surf motor life-boat, thefirst of which type went to the coast in1936.

50 New Motor Life-boats in eight years.In 1935 the programme for full

mechanization of the fleet wasapproved, and since that date thebuilding of new life-boats has pro-ceeded rapidly. When CommanderDrury became chief inspector the fleetconsisted of 90 motor and 104pulling and sailing life-boats; whenhe retired, there were 140 motor

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and 23 pulling and sailing boats onservice., No chief inspector has ever exercizedsuch close personal supervision overthe details of life-boat construction, andhis visits to the building and repairingyards were regular and frequent, andalways useful.

The work of the chief inspector'soffice must necessarily be carried outmainly from headquarters, but it is noreflection on the manner in whichCommander Drury dealt with this sideof his task to say that he was alwayshappiest when on the coast. As adistrict inspector, he had gained, andretained to the end of his service, thefriendship of the Western and Scottishcommittees and crews; and during hischief inspectorship he visited everystation in the four countries. He could,

therefore, speak from personal ex-perience of the local conditions at each.Many times he was fortunate enough tobe able to go out in life-boats on service.He knew the conditions the life-boatmenhave to face, and, while they respectedhis knowledge and judgment, he in histurn, appreciated and admired theirseamanship and their courage.

He made many friends among theofficials of the foreign life-boat societies.His services were recognized in a cordialletter from the Board of Trade, and bya special resolution of the committee ofmanagement. For his retirement, hehas chosen his native county of Corn-wall, and in the many active years thathe should still have before him the life-boat stations on that dangerous coastwill not be far away, and will certainlybe always in his thoughts.

The New Chief Inspector of Life-boats.COMMANDER DRURY has been succeededas chief inspector of life-boats byLieut.-Commander P. E. Vaux, D.S.C.,R.N., inspector of life-boats for theEastern district.

Commander Vaux was educated atthe Rojral Naval Colleges of Osborneand Dartmouth, and joined the Navyas a midshipman in 1913. He waspromoted to lieutenant in 1917. Heserved during the war in H.M.S. Lionin the actions at Heligoland and DoggerBank, in H.M.S. Warspite in the battleof Jutland, and in H.M.S. Iphigenia,as first-lieutenant and navigatingofficer, in the attack on Zeebrugge. Forhis share in this last engagement hewas awarded the Distinguished Service

Cross. In 1919 he served in coastalmotor boats with the North RussianRelief Force, and was mentioned indespatches. He retired from the Navyin 1920 at the age of 24 and enteredthe service of the Institution in March,1921, as inspector of life-boats for theIrish district. While serving in theIrish district he won the Institution'sbronze medal for gallantry in February,1926, for landing on an island off the westcoast of Ireland, in search for men ship-wrecked from the trawler Tenby Castle.

Commander Vaux was transferredfrom the Irish to the Eastern districtin 1929, and remained there until hetook up his duties as chief inspector atthe beginning of 1939.

Life-saving by the Coastguard in 1938.IN 1938 the coastguard organizationtook action in 944 cases in whichvessels or aircraft were either observedor reported to be in distress or to beoverdue round the coasts of GreatBritain and Northern Ireland. Thisis three times as many cases as in 1937.

The rocket life-saving apparatuscompanies took action on 62 occasions

and rescued 54 persons.The Board of Trade shield for the

most meritorious service performed bya rocket life-saving apparatus companyduring the year was won by the Porth-cawl company in Glamorganshire forthe rescue of the crew of the Dutchsteamer Regina, which went ashore onKenfig Sands on 4th October.


Services of the Life-boats.Reported to the November and December, 1938, and January, 1939

Meetings of the Committee of Management.

Launches 128. Lives rescued 180.November Meeting.

Southend-on-Sea, Essex.—On the 2ndJune, 1938, the motor life-boat, asreported on page 551 of The Life-boatfor October, rescued seven people from ayacht and two barges, and the thanks ofthe Institution inscribed on vellum wasawarded to the coxswain. The awardhas now been increased to the bronzemedal for gallantry, accompanied by acopy of the vote inscribed on vellum.(A full account of the services anddetails of the rewards is given onpage 581 of The Life-boat; see December,1938.)

Holyhead, Anglesey.—On the night of the8th October, 1938,the City of Bradford I,doing temporary duty at Holyhead, wentout in a gale to the steamer Kyle Prince,of Liverpool, and rescued her crew ofnine.—Rewards, The thanks of theInstitution inscribed on vellum toCoxswain Richard Jones and the motormechanic, Gilbert E. Barrs, a letter ofthanks to the honorary secretary of thestation, Lieut. L. A. C. May, R.N., anda reward of £1 to the coxswain, motormechanic and each of the other sixmembers of the crew, in addition to theordinary scale reward of 19s., making atotal reward of £1 19*. to each man.Standard rewards to the crew, £5 14*.Additional rewards to the crew £8.Total rewards, £13 14s.

Donaghadee, Co. Down.—At about2.20 A.M. on the 9th October, 1938, thecoastguard at Orlock Head telephonedthat a small vessel about a mile and ahalf N.E. of the Head was burning dis-tress signals. She was the motor boatMercedes, of Donaghadee, with the life-boat coxswain and four other men onboard. She had put out during theprevious evening for the coxswain tooffer his services as a pilot to a trampsteamer. The steamer had not wantedhelp, and the Mercedes was returning toDonaghadee when her engine broke

down. The motor life-boat Civil Ser-vice No. 5 was launched at 2.40 A.M., withthe second coxswain in command. Amoderate to strong westerly breeze wasblowing, with a rough sea and showersof rain. The life-boat found the Mer-cedes off Lighthouse Island, towed herback to harbour, and returned to herstation at 4 A.M.—Rewards, £13 7*. 6d.

Rosslare Harbour, Co. Wexford.—At1.20 P.M. on the 10th October, 1938, atelephone message was received fromthe inspector of the Coast Life-SavingService at Dublin that the LuciferLight-vessel was flying distress signals.A moderate to fresh westerly breezewas blowing, with a heavy swell. Thereserve motor life-boat J. B. Proudfaot,which was on temporary duty at Ross-lare, put out at 1.40 P.M., and found thatthe master of the light-vessel wanted asick man landed. The life-boat tookhim ashore and returned to her stationat 6.50 P.M.—Expenses paid by theIrish Lights Commissioners.

St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly.—At about6.15 P.M. on the 12th October, 1938, adoctor, a member of the local life-boatcommittee, asked for the life-boat to belaunched to take to Penzance a youngman who was suffering from acuteappendicitis. The steamer serving theislands was over at the mainland, andthe doctor said that the case was toourgent to wait for her. The motorlife-boat Cunard was launched at 6.45P.M., and left for Penzance with thepatient at 7 P.M. A very strong S.W.breeze was "blowing, with a rough sea,and the weather was thick. The life-boat reached the mainland at 11.30P.M. The patient was taken to hospitaland an operation immediately andsuccessfully performed. The life-boatsailed again at midnight and arrived ather station at 4.40 A.M.—The expensesof this service were met from the localmedical emergency fund.


Falmouth, Cornwall.—During the after-noon of the 15th October, 1938, the St.Anthony coastguard reported a motoryacht on fire about two miles south ofPortscatho. The wind was light andthe sea smooth. The motor life-boatB.A.S.P. was launched at 4.10 P.M., butbefore she reached the yacht—theRedhead, bound for London—the peopleon board had taken to the yacht'sdinghy and had been picked up by amotor boat. The life-boat took themashore and returned to her station at5.10 P.M.—Rewards, £9 195. 6d.

Skegness, Lincolnshire.—During themorning of the 16th October, 1938, nineSea Scouts, from a Borstal Institution,with a scoutmaster, left Hunstanton intheir motor boat for Boston. Soonafterwards the boat's engine brokedown and the boys took to the oars.The sea was then smooth. Theymanaged to get within a mile of theLynn Well Light-vessel, but they werethen exhausted and could get nofarther. The light-vessel launched aboat in answer to their signals, and thisboat took them in tow. The master ofthe light-vessel feared that a gale wascoming up and sent a message for help.The coastguard passed it to the life-boat station, and the motor life-boatAnne Allen was launched at 7.5 P.M.She found that seven of the boys hadbeen taken on board the light-vessel andmost of them were suffering from sea-sickness. They were quite unable torow their boat. The life-boat tookthem on board and towed the boat toBoston, returning to her station at 4.20A.M.—Rewards, £18 18s.

Aldeburgh, Suffolk.—During the after-noon of the 27th October, 1938, the localfishing boat Ploughboy, with two menon board, was caught at sea by badweather. A moderate and increasingN.E. gale was blowing, with a veryrough sea. The motor life-boat AbdyBeauclerk was launched at 5 P.M.During the launch she was hit by a bigsea, and the coxswain was thrownagainst the edge of the cockpit, injuringa knee. She found the Ploughboy com-pletely swamped. Two life-boatmenjumped on board to help get her gearin, and the life-boat then towediherback to Aldeburgh. She returned to

her station at 6.20 P.M.—Rewards,£33 lls. 6d.

Barra Island, Hebrides.—During thenight of the 31st October, 1938, a wholesouth-westerly gale sprang up, and thesteamer Kyle Rona, of Glasgow, whichwas at anchor in the bay, lost one of heranchors and was in danger of beingdriven on the rocks. A very heavy seawas running. The steamer's dangerwas seen and the motor life-boatLloyd's was launched to her help at11.45 P.M. She stood by her all throughthe night. Next morning the stormabated and the Kyle Rona was able tosteam to Castlebay Pier. The life-boat returned to her station at 9.30A.M., having been at sea for nearly tenhours.—Rewards, £20 9s.

Cromer, and Great Yarmouth and Gorle-ston, Norfolk.—On the 2nd November,1938, the Cromer life-boat rescued fivefrom the Spanish steamer Cantabria,which was slowly sinking after beingshelled by an armed auxiliary cruiserflying the flag of the Spanish insurgents.Eleven of the Cantabria's crew werepicked up by the steamer Pattersonianand were landed by the Great Yar-mouth and Gorleston motor life-boat.—Rewards : Cromer, A letter of appreci-ation to the coxswain and crew and£26 4s. 6d.; Great Yarmouth and Gorle-ston, £25 4s. (For full account of theservice, see page 10.)

The following life-boats were launched,but no services were rendered for thereasons given:

Whitehills, Banffshire.—8th October,1938. White flares had been re-ported, but all that was found wasa trawler with very bright lights.—Rewards, £15 12s.

Portpatrick, Wigtownshire.—9th Octo-ber, 1938. The Norwegian steamerDixie was in trouble through the failureof her engine off the Antrim coast, buta breakdown in communications pre-vented the news reaching the Dona-ghadee life-boat station. Portpatrickwas therefore called out, but the Dixiewas able to make for Dublin withouthelp.—Rewards, £13 7s. 6d.


Southend-on-Sea, Essex.—llth Octo-ber, 1938. A destroyer had reportedthrough Sheerness that a motor boatwas in difficulties, but she must havegone on her way, as she could not befound.—Rewards, £19 1*.

Ballycotton, Co. Cork. — At about5.30 P.M. on the 12th October, 1938, theNo. 1 man at the Gyleen coast life-saving station telephoned that a largesteamer was near a very dangerousshoal of rocks and appeared to betrying to get clear. A strong S.W.breeze was blowing, with a very heavyswell, and there was a very thick fog;visibility was practically nil. At about6 P.M. anolher report came from Gyleenthat the steamer had again approachedthe rocks, but had then disappeared inthe fog. The motor life-boat MaryStanford was launched at 6.18 P.M. andreached the approximate position aboutan hour later.

She searched in the bay for about twohours, but found nothing, and the cox-swain decided to go to Cork for furtherinformation. He steered the life-boatin by listening to the fog signals fromPoer Head and Rochespoint light-houses. She met the Cork pilot boat,but could get no news, and securedalongside her. At 2.30 A.M. on the13th the fog lifted slightly, and the life-boat left for home. Visibility becamevery bad again, but the coxswainskilfully found his way to Ballycotton,and the life-boat arrived there at 5.45A.M., to hear that soon after she had setout on the previous evening the steamerGunhild, of Copenhagen, had steamedslowly into Cork harbour. Attemptshad been made to recall the life-boat,but had failed.

A letter of appreciation was sent bythe Institution to Coxswain PatrickSliney, and an increase in the usualmoney award on the standard scale wasgranted to him and to each member ofthe crew—Standard rewards to crew,£13 2s. 6d.; additional rewards to crew,£4. Total rewards, £17 15*.

Llandudno, Caernarvonshire. — 13thOctober, 1938. Shouts for help hadbeen heard off Llandullas, but thoughthe life-boat searched all night, shecould find nothing. Later three boysin a boat were picked up in the Mersey.—Rewards, £80 7s. 3d.

Walmer, Kent.—13th October, 1938.Flashes had been reported at sea be-tween South Foreland and DoverHarbour, but nothing could be foundto explain them.—Rewards £36 6s. 9d.

Boulmer, Northumberland.—20th Octo-ber, 1938. A rocket had been reportedoff Seatoii Point, but no trace of avessel in distress was found.—Rewards,£17 7s.

Angle, Pembrokeshire.—23rd October,1938. A steamer with defective steer-ing-gear had run aground in JackSound, but her crew were landed bysmall boat from the shore.—Rewards,£15 17s. 6d.

Ramsgate, Kent.—23rd October, 1938.A motor boat, with a fishing party onboard, had not returned when expected,but it made Margate safely.—Rewards,£15 14s.

Appledore, Devon.—26th October, 1938.The Finnish steamer Alca, of Marie-hamn, had inadvertently burnt a redflare when signalling for a pilot. Shedid not want help from the life-boat.—•Rewards, £16 Is.

Walton and Frinton, Essex. — 30thOctober, 1938. A fishing boat withthree on board had capsized, but twocoastguards rescued one man who wasclinging to her. His two companionscould not be found.—Rewards, £11 15s.

Torbay, Devon.—30th October, 1938.A sailing dinghy had capsized, throw-ing two boys into the sea, but theymanaged to get ashore.— Rewards,£14 9s. Qd.

Stromness, Orkney.—At about 12.30P.M. on the 2nd November, 1938, theKirkwall coastguard reported that theDanish schooner Nordstjernen, of Mar-stal, was dismasted and drifting help-lessly, ten miles north of Noup Head,Westray, and about forty miles fromStromness. A whole west gale was blow-ing, with a very heavy sea. The motorlife-boat J.J.K.S.W. was launchedat 12.50 P.M. and reached the positiongiven at about 6 P.M. She could findno trace of the schooner, but continuedsearching until, at 2 A.M. next morning,


she received a wireless message fromWick Radio that the schooner had beenpicked up by a trawler which was towingher to Pierowall, Westray. The life-boat sheltered under the lee of PapaWestray until daylight, and returnedto her station at 1.30 P.M. She hadbeen at sea for nearly twenty-five hours.A letter of thanks was received fromthe Danish government. A letter ofappreciation was sent by the Institutionto the coxswain and crew, specially men-tioning the mechanic, who had stayedin the cabin working the radio for oversix hours, and an increase in the usualmoney award on the standard scale wasgranted to each member of the crew.—Rewards: Standard rewards to crew,£30 45.; additional rewards to crew, £18.Total rewards, £49 4*.

December Meeting.

Portrush, Co. Antrim.—At 4.21 A.M.on the 9th November, 1938, the coast-guard telephoned the life-boat honorarysecretary that a fishing boat was sig-nalling for help off Ramore Head. AS.W. wind was blowing, with a moder-ate, but increasing sea. The tide wassetting westward, and there was adanger of the boat, with her crew oftwo, being carried seawards. Themotor life-boat T.B.B.H. was launchedat 4.45 A.M. with the honorary secretary,Mr. W. R. Knox, M.M., J.P., on board.She found the boat, with her rowlocksbroken, and brought her into PortrushHarbour at 5.15 A.M.—Rewards,£14 9s. 6d.

Arbroath, Angus. — At 11.30 P.M.on the 16th November, 1938, thepolice reported that the lighthousetender Pharos was to land a sick light-keeper from the Bell Rock. A strongW.S.W. wind was blowing, and thesea was too rough for the boat of thePharos to come ashore so the help ofthe life-boat was asked for. Themotor life-boat John and WilliamMudie was launched at 12.5 A.M. onthe 17th November, and when thePharos was sighted at 5.15 A.M. putout to sea. She returned at 6 A.M.with the sick man. Owing to thestate of the tide the life-boat had tobe moored in the harbour until 8 P.M.when she was rehoused. The Northern

Lighthouse Board sent their thanksfor the life-boat's help.—Rewards,£14 9s. 6d.

Ilfracombe, Devon.—Shortly after 3P.M. on the 18th November, 1938, asoutherly wind was rapidly rising to agale, with a rough sea. Three rowingfishing boats could be seen at sea bythe coastguard, and at 3.30 P.M. themotor life-boat Rosabella was launched.She found the Pamela, with a man andhis two young sons on board, offRillage Point, seas were breaking overher and she was partly filled with water.The two boys were taken on board thelife-boat and the Pamela taken in tow.The life:boat then made for the WaterLily, which, with a crew of two, wasabout a mile farther to the east. Hercrew were exhausted, and she was alsotaken in tow. The third boat wasable to get in without help. The life-boat with the two boats and theircrews of five reached Ilfracombe Har-bour at 4.40 P.M.—Rewards, £21 Ss. 3d.

Courdon, Kincardinesbire. — In theafternoon of the 18th November, 1938,a sudden south gale sprang up, witha rough sea and heavy rain. A boatwhich came in reported that the smalllocal fishing yawl May Queen, with acrew of three, was coming towardsGourdon and would be in danger ifshe attempted to make the harbourwith the tide ebbing rapidly. At 4.15P.M. the motor life-boat MargaretDamson was launched, being away infive minutes from the firing of themaroons. She found the May Queenand advised her to run before the galefor Stonehaven. Escorted by the life-boat the May Queen reached Stone-haven safely at 6.20 P.M. The life-boatherself remained at Stonehaven for thenight and reached her station againat 10.30 next morning. — Rewards,£22 17*. 9d.

Southend-on-Sea, Essex.—At about1 P.M. on the 19th November, 1938,information was received from theR.N. Shore Signal Station that a motoryacht was in distress, bearing south,midway between Southend pierheadand Sheerness. A light S.W. windwas blowing and the sea was smooth.The motor life-boat Greater London


IN THE GREAT GALE OF NOVEMBER 23rd, 1938.

By courtesy of} ID. C. Thompson & Co., Ltd., Dundee

PUTTING OUT AT ARBROATH.(See page 33.)

By courtesy of]PUTTING OUT AT LOWESTOFT.

(See page 38.)

\H, Jenkins, Lou'fstoft


(Civil Service No. 3) was launched at1.25 P.M. She found the motor yachtDawn, of Southend, with her enginebroken down. Two men and a womanwere on board. The life-boat took theDawn in tow and brought her toSouthend Pier at 2.30 P.M. The ownermade a donation to the funds of theInstitution.—Rewards, £10 16,9.

Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk.—At 10.53 A.M. on the 20th November,1938, several small motor boats withangling parties were out to the northof the harbour. The S. by W. wind wasincreasing and the sea was getting up.The boats were kept under observa-tion and the life-boat crew assembled.At 12.45 P.M. the motor life-boat Johnand Mary Meiklam of Gladswood waslaunched. The sea on the bar wasvery heavy. Two of the boats wereadvised not to approach the harbouruntil the life-boat had rounded up theother boats. The life-boat then wentto the boat I'll Try which was abreastof Wellington Pier with her enginestopped. She had six people on board.The life-boat took her in tow. Shethen took in tow the Edward andErnest which also had six people onboard. /'// Try parted her tow anddrifted some distance north beforethe life-boat could pick her up again.On approaching the bar the lifeboattook on board the passengers from theEdward and Ernest, and then, waitingher opportunity, towed both boatssafely into the harbour at 3 P.M.—Rewards, £13 14*.

Lerwick, Shetlands.—At 3.10 P.M. onthe 21st November, 1938, news wasreceived from Quarff Post Office thata young man had gone out fishing in asmall rowing boat in the forenoon andhad not returned. A moderate N.W.breeze was blowing, with a very heavyswell. The motor life-boat Lady Janeand Martha Ryland was launched at3.26 P.M. and found the small boat inQuarff Bay several miles to the southof Lerwick. She took her in tow andbrought her into Lerwick Harbour at4.30 P.M.-—Rewards, £6 18s.

Portrush, Co. Antrim.—At 7.46 A.M.on the 21st November, 1938, inform-ation was received from the coast-

guard that a vessel was aground at theRiver Bann. A slight W. wind wasblowing, with a choppy sea and strongtide. The motor life-boat T.B.B.H.was launched at 8 A.M., and at Port-stewart Bay, near the entrance to theRiver Bann, she found the s.s. Red-thorn, of Goole. The Redthorn wasladen with coal and bound from Garstonto Coleraine, carrying a crew of seven.She had refloated, but was makingwater badly. Escorted by the life-boat the steamer succeeded in reachingPortrush Harbour, but later she sank.The life-boat returned to her stationat 9.5 A.M.—Rewards, £7 6s. 6d.

Scarborough, Yorkshire.—Early in themorning of the 23rd November, 1938,a strong S.S.E. gale arose, with arough sea and heavy rain. The twomotor cobles Hilda and Kingfisherwere at sea to the northward, and ingreat danger of being swamped. Themotor life-boat Herbert Joy II waslaunched at 7.30 A.M. She found theKingfisher about three miles away andescorted her to harbour. Going outagain she found the Hilda four milesto the northward and escorted herhome, arriving at 10.12 A.M. Thelife-boat was not rehoused until, at12.30 P.M., it was learnt that a Fileyboat, which had not been accountedfor, was safe.—Rewards, £20 11s.

Skegness, Lincolnshire.—At 1.53 P.M.on the 23rd November, 1938, thecoastguard reported that a vessel wasshowing signals of distress about twoand a half miles E.S.E. of SkegnessPier. A whole S.W. gale was blowing,with a very heavy sea. The motorlife-boat Anne Allen was launchedat 2.24 P.M. and found the steam drifterDusty Miller, of Yarmouth, fishing-out of Boston, in a sinking condition.She had a crew of three on board.The heavy seas had stove in some ofher planking and the engine-room wasflooded. A small steamer was near,but in the heavy sea could do nothingto help. The life-boat took off thecrew and reached her station again at4.10 P.M. The coxswain described itas one of the worst trips he had everhad. A letter of thanks was receivedfrom the rescued crew. A letter ofappreciation was sent by the Institution


to the branch, and an increase in theusual money award on the standardscale was granted to each member ofthe crew.—Standard rewards to thecrew, £6 13s.; additional rewards tocrew, £3 10*. Total rewards, £12 8*.

Gourdon, Kincardineshire.—Early inthe morning of the 23rd November,1938, the Gourdon fishing fleet putout to sea in fair conditions of weather.At 7.45 a strong E.S.E. breeze sprangup, increasing later to gale forceand bringing with it a rough seawith heavy rain. The motor life-boatMargaret Dawson was launched at12.20 P.M. and stood by at the harbourentrance until all the boats had got insafely. She returned to her stationat 2.30 P.M.—Rewards, £15 15s. 6d.

Bridlington, Yorkshire.—On the morn-ing of the 23rd November, 1938, aheavy gale sprang up from the southbringing a rough sea and rain squalls.The fishing fleet was at sea. Themotor life-boat Stanhope Smart waslaunched at 8.40 A.M. to stand by.The district inspector, Lieut.-Com-mander P.E. Vaux, D.S.C., R.N.,who was at the station, went out withher. She escorted a number of fishingboats into harbour, and also helped thesteam drifter Hall Mark, by lendingher a man as a pilot. She returnedto her station at 3.50 P.M.—Rewards,£9 18s.

New Brighton, and Hoylake, Cheshire.—On the 23rd November, 1938, the NewBrighton No. 1 motor life-boat rescuedthe crew of three of the fishing boatProgress, of Hoylake, and the crew offour of the auxiliary schooner LochKanza Castle, of Annalong. The Hoy-lake life-boat was also launched, buther services were not required.—Re-wards : Medals, clasps, and vellums, withmoney awards amounting to: NewBrighton, £33 4s. 6d; Hoylake, £11 18s.

(For a full account see "The GreatGale of 23rd November, 1938" onpage 1.)

Filey, and Flamborough, Yorkshire.—Early in the morning of the 23rd No-vember, 1938, fourteen local fishingcobles put out from Filey. The windgot up suddenly, and at 7.15 awhole S. gale was blowing, with a

rough sea and torrential rain. Theregular crew of the Filey life-boat wasat sea, but a scratch crew was got andthe pulling and sailing life-boat ThomasMasterman Hardy put out in case herhelp should be needed. As the cobleshad gone in various directions a messagewas sent to Flamborough, and the No. 1motor life-boat Elizabeth and AlbinaWhitley was launched at 8.40 A.M.The Flamborough boat escorted intwo cobles, and returned to her stationat 1.15 P.M. The Filey boat helpedthe remainder in, and got back to herstation at 1.20 P.M. A letter of appreci-ation was sent to the Filey crew bythe Institution, and an increase in theusual money award on the standardscale was granted to each member ofthe crew.—Standard rewards to Fileycrew, £12 7s.; additional rewards tocrew, £6 10s.; total rewards, £22 12s.Flamborough rewards, £15 17s. 6d.

Arbroath, Angus.—The local fishingfleet put out during the early morningof the 23rd November, 1938, infine weather. Later on a S.E. windsprang up and rapidly increased to galeforce. The sea grew very rough, withheavy rain, sleet and hail. Three boatsreturned to harbour. At 10.15 A.M.the motor life-boat John and WilliamMudie was launched, in case any of theothers should need her help. She metone boat about four miles off andescorted her in, and then put out againand stood by until the remainder ofthe fishing fleet had crossed the bar.She was moored in the outer harbourat 2.30 P.M. and rehoused later.Rewards, £7 6s. 6d.

Portpatrick, Wigtownshire. — Shortlyafter 4 A.M. oil the 23rd November,1938, the coastguard telephoned thatCorsewall lightkeepers had reported aa vessel apparently in distress nearMilleur Beacon. A S.W. gale wasblowing, with a rough sea, and theweather was thick, with rain. Themotor life-boat Jeanie Speirs put outat 4.30 A.M. Owing to very bad visi-bility and the rugged nature of thecoast she had great difficulty in findingthe vessel—the steamer Nora, of Liver-pool, bound light from Girvan forCreetown—which had gone agroundabout one mile N.E. of Corsewall


Lighthouse; but she was guided inby the searchlight of the coastguard'sL.S.A. Company which was trained 011the Nora, The life-boat stood by forseveral hours while efforts were madeto refloat the Nora. These were un-successful, and it became apparentthat she was doomed. The life-boatthen went alongside and rescued hercrew of five. Shortly afterwards theNora heeled over and became awash.The life-boat returned to her stationat 1.20 P.M., having been on servicefor nine hours.—Rewards, £20 7s. 6d.

Hartlepool, Co. Durham.—On the23rd November, 1938, the steamerCatherine Hawksfield, on passage fromthe Tyne to Dover, picked up the motorboat Gypsy, sixteen to twenty miles S.E.of Hartlepool. The Gypsy was towingthe former Newbiggin life-boat toGoole. Her crew were in distress fromexposure, and her engine had brokendown. The steamer put into Tees Bayand called for the Hartlepool motorlife-boat Elizabeth Newton to takecharge of the Gypsy so that she couldgo on her way. The life-boat waslaunched at 10.45 P.M. and found threemen on board the Gypsy in a state ofcollapse. One of them had beenwashed overboard, but had got backinto the boat again. Two life-boatmenwere put on board and the life-boattowed the Gypsy into harbour. Shereturned to her station at midnight.The old Newbiggin life-boat was founddrifting some days later and taken toHull.—Rewards, £17 5s.

Aldeburgh, Suffolk.—On the 23rd No-vember, 1938, the motor life-boatrescued the crews, four in number, ofthe two barges Astrild and Grecian.—Rewards: Bronze medal, letters ofthanks, and monetary awards amount-ing to £49 14s. lid.

(For a full account see "The GreatGale of November 23rd, 1938", page3.)

Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk.—On the 23rd November, 1938, themotor life-boat helped to save thebarges Ailsa and Britisher, with theircrews numbering four; rescued thecrews, four men in all, of the bargesCetus and Decima; stood by the bargesRoyalty and Raybell, and rescued the

crew of two of the barge Una.—Rewards: Bronze second service clasp,letter of appreciation, and moneyrewards amounting to £36 2s.

(For a full account see "The GreatGale of 23rd, November, 1938," onpage 3.)

Soutbend-on-Sea, Essex.—During themorning of the 23rd November, 1938,the barge Neepawa, of Rochester, wasseen to be in distress a quarter of amile east of the pier. A whole S.S.W.gale was blowing, with a very roughsea and squalls of rain. The motorlife-boat Greater London (Civil ServiceNo. 3) was launched at 9.45 A.M. Shefound that the barge had sunk and thather crew of two had got into her smallboat. She rescued them and landedthem on the pier at 10.10 A.M. Atabout noon a message came that afishing boat was in distress off ChapmanSands. The life-boat put out again at12.10 P.M. and found the fishing boatAudrey, with one man on board ex-hausted. She rescued him and towedthe Audrey back to the pier. She thenlearned that the lighter Elmsdale hadsunk off Southend, and that the onlyman on board had launched a smallboat. When the life-boat arrived theboat was nearly full of water, and theman was very exhausted. The life-boat rescued him and returned to thepier at 2 P.M. Owing to the state ofwind and sea it was impossible tohouse or moor the life-boat. At 2.45P.M. the pier watchman reported thatthe schooner Westward was draggingher anchor east of the pier. The life-boat went to her, but found that shehad put out another anchor and didnot need help. She returned to South-end and was moored at 4 P.M. At5.20 P.M. the Warden Point lookouttelephoned that a motor barge wasdriving before the gale. The life-boatput out yet again at 5.40 P.M., butalthough she searched for some hourscould find no trace of the barge. Shereturned to her station at 9.30 P.M. andwas rehoused at 10.10 P.M. She hadbeen on almost continuous service fornearly twelve hours. The owner ofthe Neepawa made a donation to theInstitution.—Rewards, first launch,£9 17s.; second launch, £9 12s. 6d;third launch, £20 8s.


IN THE GREAT GALE OF NOVEMBER 23rd, 1938.

By courtesy of] [Skegness Standard

ON BOARD THE SKEGNESS LIFE-BOAT.The sinking steam-drifter Dusty Miller, from which the life-boat rescued the crew ofthree, is on the right. On the left is a Dutch oil tanker. She gave the life-boat a lee.

From a photograph by the motor-mechanic, Percy Grunnill(See pagt 32.)

By courtesy of] [Planet \eu-sA RESCUE AT SOUTHEND-ON-SEA.

The sinking lighter Elmsdale is on the right. The one man on board had taken to asmall boat. It can be seen, nearly full of water, ahead of the life-boat.

(See opposite page.)


Lowestoft, Suffolk.—-At 7.15 A.M. onthe 25th November, 1938, the life-boatassistant motor mechanic saw a vesselaground on Newcombe Sands. Therewas a heavy swell on the sands, andthe sea was moderate, with a freshen-ing S.S.E. wind. The motor life-boatAgnes Cross was launched at 7.25 A.M.and found the s.s. Dunleith, of Poole,with a crew of ten, on passage fromPortsmouth to Edinburgh. She hadgone ashore at 5 A.M. in a fog. At themaster's request the life-boat stood by.Three times the steamer refloated andgrounded again. Eventually she gotoutside the sands and the life-boatescorted her clear and brought her tothe North Roads. Her master thenreported that she was not making waterand thanked the life-boat. The life-boat reached her station again at 9 A.M.—Rewards, £19 0*. 6d.

Plymouth, Devon.—At 1.18 A.M. onthe 26th November, 1938, a messagewas received from the King's HarbourMaster that it had been reported tohim that a vessel was sounding hersiren and was apparently in distressinshore. A whole S.W. gale was blow-ing, with a very rough sea. The motorlife-boat Robert and Marcella Beck putout at 1.34 A.M.; and found the steamerJellicoe Ease, of Liverpool, on the rocksin Jennycliff Bay. Her master askedthe coxswain if he would take the firstofficer ashore, and with very greatdifficulty he was taken off by means ofthe breeches buoy. The aircraft carrierFurious was nearby, and helped bytraining her searchlights on the steamer.The life-boat landed the first officerand then returned and stood by untiltugs arrived and towed the steamerclear. She returned to her station at6 A.M.—Rewards, £13 11s. 6d.

Weymouth, Dorset.—At 2.56 A.M. onthe 26th November, 1938, the coast-guard reported that the Greek steamerPanachrandos. of Andros, which was inPortland Roads, was drifting towardsthe shore. A west gale was blowing,with a heavy sea. The motor life-boatWilliam and Clara Ryland was launchedat 3.15 A.M., and found the steamerabout three miles outside PortlandBreakwater. She was then under

steam and the life-boat escorted her toa safe anchorage in Weymouth Bay.She returned to her station at 5.30 A.M.—Rewards, £13 2s. 6d.

Selsey, Sussex.—-The motor life-boatCanadian Pacific was launched at 12.30A.M., on the 26th November, 1938, asflares had been seen some miles S.S.E.A whole W.S.W. gale was blowing,with a very heavy sea and rain. Thelife-boat found the motor vessel Assur-ity, of London, making very heavyweather, about a mile and a half westof the Owers Light-vessel. She hadnot enough power to make headwayagainst wind and sea. The life-boatstood by until 4 A.M., and then escortedher into the shelter of St. Helen'sRoads, Isle of Wight. Owing to thevery bad weather the life-boat couldnot be rehoused and went to Ports-mouth. She arrived there at 8 A.M.,after seven and a half hours at sea inexceptionally bad conditions. TheInstitution sent a letter of appreciationto the branch and an increase in theusual money award on the standardscale was granted to each member ofthe crew.—Standard rewards to crew,£18 16*.; additional rewards to crew,£4 10s.. Total rewards, £36 3s. 5d.

Southend-on-Sea, Essex.—Oh the 26thNovember, 1938, the motor life-boatrescued the crews, six in number, ofthe three barges T.F.C., Gknmore andLord Roberts.—-Rewards: Bronze secondservice clasp, vellums, and moneyawards amounting to £28 7s. Sd.

(For a full account see page 9.)

Ramsgate, Kent.—At about 4.45 A.M.on the 26th November, 1938, the coast-guard reported that a vessel about amile N.E. of the Brake Light-vessel wasburning flares. A S.S.W. gale wasblowing, with a heavy sea. The reservemotor life-boat The Brothers waslaunched at 5.10 A.M., and found thatthe sand sucker Agivey, of London, hadbroken away from a tug which had hadher in tow and was wallowing in bigseas. The life-boat stood by until thetug picked her up again, and returnedto her station at 8.28 A.M.—Rewards,£14 16s. 9d.


Arklow, Co. Wicklow— On the 28thNovember, 1938, the trawler Roaming,of Arklow, with a crew of three, losther rudder while fishing in CourtownBay. She made for Arklow with theflood tide, using trawl boards for steer-ing, and sending up flares. Anotherfishing boat, manned by a crew of five,went to her help, but was unable toget her into harbour as she groundedon the bar. After the fishing boathad had two of her crew thrown intothe sea in their efforts to help theRoaming, she went into Arklow, andreported to the life-boat coxswain.The weather was clear, with a roughsea on the bar and a S.W. wind.The motor life-boat Inbhear Mor waslaunched at 8.30 P.M. and helped theRoaming, which had drifted off the bar,into harbour, arriving at midnight.—Rewards, shore-boat, £2 10s., with £5for loss of fishing and 3s. 4d. for fuelused; life-boat, £16 9s. Qd.

Eastbourne, Sussex.—The motor life-boat Jane Holland was launched at1.20 P.M. on the 1st December, 1938,as the coastguard had reported thatthe Royal Sovereign Light-vessel wasflying the International Code Signal"U.S."—"May I land my sick." Shewas also firing rockets. The life-boatreached the Royal Sovereign at about2 P.M. and found that one of her crewwas very ill. She took him off andbrought him ashore at 3.45 P.M. Hewas sent straight to hospital. It is acoincidence that forty-seven years agoto the day—1st December, 1891—the Eastbourne life-boat brought ashorean injured man from the same light-vessel. The Elder Brethren of theTrinity House made a contribution of£20 towards the rewards granted.—Rewards, £21 14s.

Peel, and Port Erin, Isle of Man.—Onthe night of the 1st December, 1938,information from the coastguard wasreceived at both life-boat stations thatthe tank steamer Pass of Ballater, ofLondon, was in distress and neededtugs. A moderate W.N.W. gale wasblowing, with a heavy sea. The Peelmotor life-boat Helen Sutton waslaunched at 8.55 P.M., and five minuteslater, the Port Erin motor life-boat

Ethel Day Cardwell. They found thesteamer several miles to the westwardof the island. Her engine had brokendown. The life-boats stood by untilabout 4 A.M. when tugs arrived fromBelfast. They got the Pas* of Ballaterin tow and the life-boats left for theirstations, Peel arriving at 4.40 A.M. andPort Erin at 6.15 A.M. An increasein the usual money award on thestandard scale was granted to eachmember of the two crews.—Standardrewards to crews: Peel £15,; Port Erin,£15; additional rewards to crews: Peel,£4; Port Erin, £4 105. Total rewards:Peel, £28 9s.; Port Erin, £22 11s.

Hoylake, Cheshire.—At about 6.40P.M. on the 4th December, 1938, thecoastguard reported that flares ofdistress had been seen to the N.W.A light westerly wind was blowing,with a moderate swell. The motorlife-boat Oldham was launched at 7.7P.M. and found the fishing boat Lily,of Liverpool, stranded and water-logged,about one and a half miles from theboat-house. She rescued the crew ofthree and got back to her station at9.20 P.M.—Rewards, £25 19s. Qd.

The following life-boats werelaunched, but no services were renderedfor the reasons given:

Torbay, Devon. — 7th November,1938. A fishing boat had lost her pro-peller and burned flares, but a trawlertook her in tow.—Rewards, £14 9s. Qd.

The Mumbles, Glamorganshire.—8thNovember, 1938. A fishing party ina motor boat had burned flares whentheir engine failed, but they managedto get ashore without help.—Rewards,£14 17s.

Tobermory, Isle of Mull.—9th No-vember, 1938. A rocket had beenseen about three miles away but nothingwas found.—Rewards, £13 2s. 6d.

Walton and Frinton, Essex.—10th No-vember, 1938. A steamer had runashore on the Inner Gabbard, but gotoff without help.—Rewards, £21 7s. Qd.


Dfracombe, Devonshire. — At about1.35 P.M. on the llth November, 1938,the coastguard reported that a passingsteamer, going east, was flying a signalindicating aircraft in distress. Asqually S.S.E. breeze was blowing, witha moderate sea. It was decided thatthe Ilfracombe motor life-boat Rosa-bella should search from Bull Point toHeddons Mouth. The tide was atdead low water, but she was got awaysmartly at 2.17 P.M., and searched forsome hours. She could find no traceof aircraft or aircraft wreckage. Shewas recalled by signal, and returnedto her station at 7.55 P.M.

Earlier in the day the life-boat cox-swain, second coxswain, and Mr. C. R.Pedder, a member of the local com-mittee, put out in a motor boat afterreceiving a report from the coastguardthat an aeroplane was believed to havecome down into the sea at Woody Bay.After searching unsuccessfully for abouttwo hours they returned at 12.20 P.M.—Rewards: life-boat, £71 5s.; shoreboat,£1, and a letter of thanks to Mr.Pedder.

Fowey, Cornwall.—16th November,1938. A fishing boat had gone ashoreat Mevagissey, but the crew wererescued by another boat and from theshore.—Rewards, £13 2*. 6d.

Boulmer, Northumberland.—16th No-vember, 1938. A fishing boat, whichhad had trouble with her lines, was latein returning, but she got in unaided.—Rewards, £9 10s.

Stromness, Orkneys.—19th Novem-ber, 1938. A steam trawler hadstranded at Skea Skerries, WestrayFirth, but got off and was beached atRousay.—Rewards, £24 3*. Sd.

Aldeburgh, Suffolk.—20th November,1938. A steamer was flying the "Notunder control" signal, but lowered thesignal, and went on her way.—Rewards,£22 14*. 6d.

Filey, Yorkshire.—22nd November,1938. A drifter had run aground atFiley Brig, but refloated and was takenin tow by motor cobles.—Rewards,£32 3s. 6d.

Bembridge, Isle of Wight.—23rd No-vember, 1938. A motor vessel hadstranded at Lee-on-Solent, but hercrew were rescued by ropes from theshore.—Rewards, £8 9s.

Lowestoft, Suffolk. — 23rd Novem-ber, 1938. A barge was driving beforethe gale, but she got out of danger andwent on her way. Another barge hadbeen reported in distress near Gorleston,but it was learned from the St. NicholasLight-vessel that the crew had alreadybeen rescued.—Rewards. £53 19s.

Southwold, Suffolk.—23rd November,1938. A barge had appeared likely togo ashore, but she did not need help.Another barge had been reporteddrifting, but could not be found.—Rewards, £42 7s. 6d.

Barry Dock, Glamorganshire.—23rdNovember, 1938. The French schoonerIdeal had gone ashore at Colhugh Beach,but her crew were rescued from theshore by the coastguard rocket life-saving appliances.—Rewards, £20 6s.6d.

Padstow, Cornwall.—23rd November,1938. A steamer had been reportedin distress twenty miles off TrevoseHead, but she hauled down her signal andsteamed away.—Rewards, £4 7s. 6d.

Clacton-on-Sea, Essex.—23rd Novem-ber, 1938. A small tank steamer,with her engine broken down, haddragged her anchor near the WestSunk Sands, but she did not need help.—Rewards, £24 19s.

Portrush, Co. Antrim.—23rd Novem-ber, 1938. A boat had been reportedin distress, but nothing could be foundand it was thought that what wastaken for a distress signal was probablylightning.—Rewards, £14 9s. 6d.

Portpatrick, Wigtownshire, and Don-aghadee, Co. Down.—24th November,1938. An aeroplane had been reporteddown in the sea, but she had made asafe landing. The pilot sent a letterof thanks.—Rewards: Portpatrick,£10 8s. 6d.; Donaghadee, £19 3s.

MARCH. 1939. THE LIFE-BOAT. 39

AT BRIDLINGTON.

By courtesy of] (Alfred H dson, Bridlington

IN THE GREAT GALE OF NOVEMBER 23rd, 1938.The life-boat standing by while one keel-boat tows in another

(Sec page 33.)

By courtesy of] [A. Smith Bridlington

TOWING IN A FISHING BOAT ON DECEMBER 23rd, 1938.(See page 44.)


Wells, Norfolk.—26th November, 1938.A vessel had been reported in distressoff the Lynn Well Light-vessel, butnothing could be found. She mayhave been a derelict drifter fromwhich theSkegness life-boat had rescuedthe crew three days before.—Rewards,£28 125. 3d.

(See Skegness " Services of the Life-boats", page 32.)

Barmouth, Merionethshire.—On themorning of the 26th November, 1938,the coastguard reported a vessel ashoreoff the Dysinni River. A W.N.W. galewas blowing, with a rough sea. Thepulling and sailing life-boat Jones-Gibbwas launched at 8.50 A.M., but sometime later it was learned that there wasno one on board the vessel, a sandhopper, which presumably had brokenaway from a tow. The life-boat wasrecalled by flares and returned to herstation at 1.20 P.M. A letter of thankswas sent to the honorary secretary,Capt. G. B. Piggott, who went by carto the scene of the wreck,' twenty milesaway. An increase in the usual moneyaward on the standard scale was grantedto each member of the crew and thehelpers on shore.—Standard rewardsto crew and helpers, £14 18*. 6d.;additional rewards to crew and helpers,£7 17s. 6d. Total rewards, £23 8s. 6d.

Aberdeen.—4th December, 1938. Afishing boat was reported to be indifficulties, but she made Stonehavenwithout help.—Rewards, £11 6s. 3d.

January Meeting.

Peel, Isle of Man.—At 5.10 P.M. onthe 5th December, 1938, the coast-guard reported flares six miles N.N.E.of Peel. A strong and freshening S.W.breeze was blowing, with a rough sea.The motor life-boat Helen Sutton waslaunched at 5.30 P.M., and found thelocal motor fishing boat Manx Lad indifficulties. Her propeller had beenfouled. She carried a crew of five.The life-boat towed her back to harbour,and returned to her station at 10.40P.M. A letter of thanks was receivedfrom the owner.—Rewards, £23 18s. 6d.

Torbay, Devon.—On the 9th Decem-ber, 1938, the crew of two of the motor

crabber Channel Pride, of Dartmouth,were rescued.—Rewards: Silver medal,vellums and monetary awards amount-ing to £26 13s.

(For a full account of this service seepage 7.)

Stromness, Orkney.—During the nightof the 9th—10th December, 1938, theGrimsby steam trawler Rinovia, home-ward bound from fishing, and carryinga crew of nineteen, ran aground atRusk Holm, Isle of Eday. Her signalsof distress were seen by the coast-watcher at Eday and he reported bytelegram to the Kirkwall coastguard.News was received at the life-boatstation at about 12.15 A.M., and themotor life-boat J.J.K.S.W. was gotaway at 12.40 A.M. A strong S.E.breeze was blowing, with a moderatesea, and the weather was showery.The life-boat reached the Rinovia at5 A.M., and found a drifter standing by.At the request of the Rinovia's masterthe life-boat stood by, and later, withsome difficulty owing to the very strongtide, ran out an anchor from her, andtook on board a hawser. At high tidethe life-boat towed while the Rinoviahauled on her winch, and the Rinoviawas refloated. The life-boat then madefor her station, which she reached at4 P.M. She had been on service forover fifteen hours.—Property SalvageCase.

Girvan, Ayrshire.—At about 11.25A.M. on the llth December, 1938, theharbour-master saw the local motorfishing boat Peggy Gordon, with a crewof two, about two miles west of theharbour, flying distress signals. Amoderate S.S.E. gale was blowing, witha moderate sea. The motor life-boatLily Glen—Glasgow was launched at11.50 A.M. and found that the PeggyGordon had lost her propeller. Shetowed her back to harbour, and re-turned to her station at 1 P.M.—Re-wards, £7 3*.

Barrow, Lancashire.—In the eveningof the 12th December, 1938, the coast-guard at Walney Island reported thata vessel appeared to be ashore aboutone and a half miles N.W. of Walneylighthouse. She was burning flares.A moderate south breeze was blowing,


with a moderate swell. The motorlife-boat N.T. was launched at 8.10 P.M.and found the vessel to be the motordrifter Linnet, of Banff, bound, inballast, for Fleetwood. She could notget alongside as the water was tooshallow, but, at the request of theLinnet's master, stood by for somehours until the Linnet refloated. Shewas making water, so the life-boatescorted her into Fleetwood, and re-turned to her own station at 4 A.M.next morning. She had then been atsea for nearly eight hours.—Rewards,£15 7s. 6d.

Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk.•—At 2.50 A.M. on the 13th December,1938, the coastguard reported that avessel about two miles E. by N. fromBritannia Pier was thought to beashore. A light, and increasing, S.E.breeze was blowing, with a moderateswell, and the weather was foggy. Themotor life-boat John and Mary Meik-lam ofGladswood was launched at 3 A.M.,and found the Dutch motor vesselKaapfalga, of Heiloo, aground onScroby Elbow. She carried a crew ofseven, and was bound, laden, forLondon. She did not want any helpat the moment, and the life-boat drewoff into deeper water and anchored.At daylight a Dutch tug arrived. Thelife-boat sounded round and guidedthe tug into the most favourable posi-tion, and then helped make connectionbetween her and the Kaapfalga. Shethen sounded for the best water, andthe tug began towing. The Kaapfalgaeventually refloated at 3.15 P.M. Thelife-boat escorted her into YarmouthRoads, and returned to her station at5.15 P.M., having then been at sea forover fourteen hours.—Property SalvageCase.

Barra Island, Hebrides.—During awhole S.E. gale on the morning of the15th December, 1938, the steamerDorothy, of Glasgow, dragged hermoorings in Castlebay Harbour and wasdriven on to the rocks on the west sideof the harbour. She was in ballast,and carried a crew of four. A veryheavy sea was running, and the weatherwas very cold. The motor life-boatLloyd's put out at 7.45 A.M., got theDorothy off the rocks and took her in

tow. Her bottom was found to bedamaged and she was beached. But forthe life-boat's help she would havebeen totally wrecked. The life-boatreturned to her station at 10.45 A.M.—Property Salvage Case.

Scarborough, Yorkshire. •—• On themorning of the 16th December, 1938,watch was kept by the life-boat cox-swain and the coastguard from 8.30A.M. onwards as the motor fishing boatCourage with a crew of five, which hadgone out fishing the night before hadnot returned. The weather was stormywith a very rough sea and a strong S.E.wind. Shortly after 1 P.M. the boatwas seen making for harbour in avery heavy sea. The motor life-boatHerbert Joy II was launched at 1.30P.M., found the Courage a mile to thenorthwards, and escorted her home,arriving at 2.10 P.M.—Rewards, £20.

Peel, Isle of Man.—At 6.40 P.M. onthe 17th December, 1938, flares wereseen four miles W.N.W. of Peel. AnE.S.E. gale was blowing, with a veryrough sea, and visibility was very poor.The motor life-boat Helen Sutton waslaunched at 7.15 P.M. and found themotor fishing boat Cicely, of Castle-town, with a crew of four, seven milesW.N.W., with her engine broken down.She had hoisted a small sail but it wouldnot get her to land. The life-boattowed her into harbour, and returnedto her station at 11 P.M. This was agood service, and a letter of thanks wassent to the crew and helpers. A letterof thanks was received from the owner.—Rewards, £22 14*.

Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire.—On the18th December, 1938, at 1.24 P.M., thecoastguard reported that the steamtrawler Lord Wakefield was making forharbour where there was not sufficientwater. A heavy sea was running, witha strong S.E. wind and hail showers.When signalled not to enter harbourthe trawler asked for a boat to land asick man. The motor life-boat Johnand Charles Kennedy was launched at2 P.M. and put a doctor on the trawler.She then took off the sick man andbrought him ashore, arriving at 3 P.M.—Rewards, £7 6s. 6d.


Teesmouth, Yorkshire.—At 12.45 A.M.on the 18th December, 1938, thecoastguard reported that a trawler wasashore in a bad position near NorthGare Breakwater, and was makingdistress signals. She was the steamtrawler Matabele, of Hull, and had acrew of eighteen on board. A moderateto strong S.E. breeze was blowing, witha rough sea. It could be seen thattwo tugs and a pilot cutter were stand-ing by near the Matabele, but in theheavy seas they were not able to sendboats away to her, and the motor life-boat J. W. Archer was launched at2 A.M. She rescued the eighteen men,took them to Middlesbrough, andreturned to her station at 5 A.M.—Rewards, £23 Is.

Yarmouth, Isle of Wight.—At about10.10 P.M. on the 18th December, 1938,the coastguard reported distress signalsin the Solent, off Yarmouth. A moder-ate east gale Avas blowing, with a veryrough sea, and the weather was verycold. The motor life-boat S.G.E. putout at 10.35 P.M. and found the bargeYoungarth, of London, dragging heranchors and in danger of drifting intothe pier. She was bound with a cargoof cement from Newport for Weymouth,and had a crew of two on board. Bigseas were sweeping over her decks.The life-boat ran alongside and wasthrown against the barge, receivingsome damage to her planking. Sherescued the men and returned to herstation at 11.20 P.M.

On the following day the life-boatput out again at 4.45 P.M. with the twomen, put them on board the bargeagain and then helped them to gether into harbour. The life-boat re-turned to her station at 6.45 P.M.—Rewards: first service, £11 14*.; secondservice, Property Salvage Case.

Sennen Cove, Cornwall.—On the 18thDecember, 1938, the French schoonerBretonne, of Treguier, was shelteringin Whitesand Bay from a S.E. gale.She carried a crew of five and wasbound with a cargo of coal from Cardiffto Douarnenez. At 7.35 P.M. she burn-ed flares, and at about 8.5 P.M. themotor life-boat The Newbons waslaunched. She found that the Bretonnehad parted one cable, the other anchor

was dragging, and she was leakingbadly. A heaving line was thrown tothe crew and with some difficulty theywere got into the life-boat. The linewas then cut and the life-boat returnedto her station at 9.45. Owing to thelow tide, she could not be rehouseduntil 11.30 P.M. This service wassmartly carried out in rough breakingseas on a bitterly cold night. TheBretonne disappeared during the nightand it was assumed that she hadfoundered. A letter of thanks wassent by the Institution to the crew andhelpers.—Rewards, £20 12s.

Droughty Ferry, Angus.—Shortly be-fore 9 A.M. on the 19th December, 1938,information was received from thepilot cutter and the coastguard that avessel was in distress a quarter of a mileE.N.E. of the Abertay Light-vessel.A strong wind was blowing, with snowshowers and a heavy sea. The vesselwas the Finnish three-masted sailingbarque Alastor, of Hango, on passage,light, from Plymouth to Mariehamnwith a crew of fifteen. She was in avery dangerous position. The motorlife-boat Mono, was launched at 9.2A.M. and the pilot cutter and theDundee Harbour tug also went to thevessel. The life-boat transferred apilot from the cutter to the barque, andcarried a hawser to her from the tug.The barque was then towed to safety.The life-boat returned ashore at \.\5P.M.—Rewards £6 12s.

Anstruther, Fifeshire. —• During themorning of the 19th December, 1938,it was learned that the boatman whotook stores to May Island had beenunable, owing to bad weather, to makethe trip for five days, and that thetwenty-eight people on the island hadonly one day's rations left. A moder-ate E.S.E. breeze was blowing, with arough sea, and the weather was verycold, with snow. It was decided tosend the motor life-boat Nellie andCharlie. Provisions were put on board,and she was launched at 11.25 A.M.She went to the lee of the island intocomparative shelter and the storeswere put ashore. She returned to herstation at 2 P.M. The people on theisland expressed great gratitude for thelife-boat's help.—Rewards, £9.

MARCH, 1939.] THE LIFE-BOAT: 43

By courtesy of]MEETING HEAVY SEAS.

At Scarborough on December 16th, 1938.(See page 41.)

[/. F. Seaman, Scarborough

By courtesy of] [Fox Photos and G. W. Stone, GorUston

COMING IN WITH TWO BOATS IN TOW.The Great Yarmouth and Gorleston life-boat on November 20th, 1938.

(See page 32.)

44 THE LIFE-BOAT. [MAHCH, 1939.

St. Mary's, Isle of Scilly.—At about9.30 A.M. on the 22nd December, 1938,it was learned that a dredger was indifficulties near the Spanish Ledgesand wanted a pilot. A N.E. gale wasblowing, with sleet and snow showers,and the sea was rough. A pilot wouldnot go in his own boat and at 9.45A.M. the motor life-boat Cunard waslaunched with him on board. Shefound the dredger Foremost 18, of St.John, N.B., bound from Newfoundlandfor Southampton. Another pilot hadreached her a few minutes earlier.He asked the life-boat to stand byuntil he could get the dredger undercontrol. Eventually the dredger wastaken into St. Mary's harbour and thelifeboat returned at noon.—Rewards,£7 Us.

Bridlington, Yorkshire. — At about1.40 P.M. on the 23rd December, 1938,a motor fishing vessel was seen makingheavy weather south of Bridlington.A strong, squally, east breeze wasblowing, with a rough sea. The vesselshowed no signals, but was makingvery poor progress, and the motorlife-boat Stanhope Smart was launchedat 2.30 P.M. She found the vessel tobe the Prospecto, of Bridlington, inballast, with a crew of six. Her enginehad broken down. She was helplessand in danger of driving ashore. Atthe request of her master the life-boattowed her into Bridlington harbour,and returned to her station at 3.30 P.M.—Property Salvage Case.

Whitby, Yorkshire.—At 6 A.M. on the23rd December, 1938, seven motorfishing boats left harbour on the ebbtide. The very heavy seas of theprevious few days had moderated.When the tide began to flow the seagot up again very fast, and rough crossseas began to break between RockBuoy and the pier ends. A fresh S.E.wind was blowing. The No. 1 motorlife-boat Mary Ann Hepworth waslaunched at 1.30 P.M. and escortedeach vessel from the Bell Buoy to theharbour entrance. Most of the boatsshipped seas on their way in. Thelife-boat returned ashore at 3.30 P.M.—Rewards, £8 5s. 6d.

Wick, Caithness-shire.—At about 1P.M. on the 23rd December, 1938, a

very heavy ground swell got up inWick Bay and seas were frequentlybreaking across the harbour entrance.The fishing fleet was at sea, and asthe entrance became more dangerousthe motor life-boat City of Edinburghwas launched at 2 P.M. She was onservice until 4.45 P.M. escorting thefishing boats into harbour.—Rewards,£7.

Portrush, Co. Antrim.—At 12.22 A.M.on the 27th December, 1938, informa-tion was received from the coastguardthat a ship was ashore at Greencastle.A moderate W.N.W. wind was blowing,with heavy squalls of rain and a choppysea. The motor life-boat T.B.B.H.was launched at 12.35 A.M. and foundthe steam trawler Cevic, of Fleetwood,ashore on shelving rocks. She had onboard a crew of ten, with a cargo offish, and was bound from Moville toFleetwood. The life-boat stood by thetrawler until she refloated on the risingtide and then escorted her to Moville.She returned to her station at 12 noon.The owners, The Cevic Steam FishingCompany, sent a letter of thanks andmade a gift of £20 to the life-boat crew.—Rewards, £24 12*. 6d.

Cromer, Norfolk.—The motor life-boatH. F. Bailey was launched at 2.25A.M. on the 27th December, 1938, asinformation had been received from thecoastguard that the 2,100 ton Finnishsteamer Otto H, of Pori, was agroundat Eccles, between Haisborough andPalling. A moderate N.W. breeze wasblowing, with a smooth sea, increasinglater. Visibility was poor. The life-boat found Otto H on the outer bank,about two hundred yards off the beach.She stood by until daybreak, and thenpassed ropes from her to a tug. Atabout 9.15 A.M. the steamer was towedoff and went on her way. As conditionswere unsuitable for getting the life-boat on to her slipway at Cromer shemade for Gorleston, arriving there at12.20 P.M. She returned to her stationon the 29th December.—Property Sal-vage Case.

Scarborough, Yorkshire.—Some of thelocal motor fishing boats were caughtat sea by bad weather on the 2ndJanuary, 1939. A N.E. breeze was


blowing, with a rough sea. The Eaglecame in and reported that the boatsstill at sea were in danger of beingswamped. The motor life-boat Her-bert Joy II was launched at 11.45 A.M.and made three trips to the N.E. toescort in the Hilda, Reliance and Cour-age in turn. She returned to herstation at 2.20 P.M.—Rewards,£19 14s. 6d.

Flamborough, Yorkshire.—During badweather on the morning of the 2ndJanuary, 1939, it was reported thatone of the local motor fishing cobleswas at sea. A N.E. gale wasblowing, with a very rough sea andsqualls of sleet. The motor life-boatElizabeth and Albina Whitley waslaunched at 10.50 A.M., and found thecoble, the Pioneer, with a crew of three,about one and a half miles north ofNorth Landing. She had just cut awayfrom her gear. The life-boat wentalongside and life-belts were thrownto the fishermen. She then escortedher in. The life-boat returned to herstation at noon.—Rewards, £15 13s.

Redcar, and Teesmouth, Yorkshire.—Atabout 9.45 A.M. on the 2nd January,1939, the coastguard at Marske tele-phoned that a motor fishing vessel wasin distress four miles north-east ofHuntcliffe. She was the Success, ofWhitby, with a crew of four. Herengine had broken down. A strongN.E. breeze was blowing, with a roughsea and squalls of hail. The Redcarmotor life-boat Louisa Polden waslaunched at 10.25 A.M., and the Tees-mouth motor life-boat J. W. Archer at10.30 A.M. The Louisa Polden arrivedfirst and found the Success riding toa single anchor. Her main cable hadparted and she was dragging. Hercrew did not wish to abandon her, andthe Redcar life-boat stood by until thebigger Teesmouth life-boat arrived.Teesmouth then took the Success intow. The Redcar life-boat returnedto her station at 12.35 P.M., and theTeesmouth life-boat, after towing theSuccess to Hartlepool, returned to herstation at 3.15 P.M.—Rewards: Redcar,£9 17s.; Teesmouth, Property SalvageCase.

Whitby, Yorkshire.— Early in themorning of the 2nd January, 1939, a

number of fishing boats went to sea.At about 8.30 A.M. a N.E. gale sprangup and the sea became rough, brokenand dangerous between the pier endsand the Rock Buoy. At 9.30 A.M. themotor life-boat Mary Ann Hepworih waslaunched, manned by a scratch crew,with the second coxswain of the No.2 pulling life-boat in charge. Theregular members of the crew were atsea in the fishing boats. Some of theboats had a bad time, but by 2 P.M.all the boats, fourteen in number,had reached safety escorted by thelife-boat.—Rewards, £7 6s. 6d.

Ballycotton, Co. Cork.—At 8 P.M. onthe 2nd January, 1939, the life-boatcoxswain saw a flare about three milessouth of Ballycotton Light. A moder-ate W.N.W. breeze was blowing with aheavy swell. The s.s. Innisfallen wasin sight and as several boats werefishing it was at first thought that theflare was to indicate that drift netswere being used. As the flares con-tinued the motor life-boat Mary Stan-ford was launched at 8.45 P.M. andfound the motor drifter Pre-eminent,of Ballycotton, with a crew of four,towing the motor drifter Yankee Girl,of Ballycotton. The Yankee Girl hadstruck a large shoal of herrings, andwhile the crew were hauling their netsabroad the water had rushed throughthe exhaust and disabled the motor.She was still taking in water throughher exhaust and was almost level withthe water. With the life-boat escortingthem, the boats got safely in at 10.20P.M.—Rewards: lifeboat, £13 lls. Qd.;Pre-eminent, £2 10s., with £3 for lossof fishing, and 2s. Qd. for fuel used,together with a letter of thanks to herowner.

The Humber, Yorkshire.—At 6 A.M.on the 3rd January, 1939, the watch-man at the life-boat station reporteda steam trawler aground on the TrinitySands. A N.W. breeze was blowing,with a slight sea. Watch was kept onthe trawler, which was the Spaniard,of Hull, bound for the White Seafishing grounds with a crew of sixteen.She was in no immediate danger, butthe owners, who had been informed ofthe position, asked that the life-boatshould go out and stand by. At 11.45


A.M. the motor life-boat City of BradfordII was launched, went to the trawler,and put on board the owner's repre-sentative. Shortly afterwards thetrawler was refloated, with the help ofa tug, and the life-boat returned to herstation at 12.50 P.M.—Property SalvageCase.

Lowestoft, Suffolk.—On the morningof the 3rd January, 1939, the sailingboat Roustabout, of Lowestoft, leftharbour with a crew of four. At11.30 A.M. the life-boat coxswain,who had gone to the coastguard look-out, saw the boat drifting towards theInner Shoal of the Newcome Sands,with the crew signalling for help. Astrong N.N.W. wind was blowing, witha rough sea. The motor life-boatAgnes Cross was launched at 11.35A.M., and went alongside the sailingboat. The crew jumped into her.Their sailing boat went adrift but thelife-boat picked her up and broughther in. The rescued, who had had anarrow escape from being drowned,expressed their thanks. The life-boatwas re-moored at 12.35 P.M.—Rewards,£20 18s. 6d.

The following life-boats werelaunched but no services were renderedfor the reasons given:

Portrusb, Co. Antrim.—3rd Decem-ber, 1938. A sand dredger had runaground, but her crew of six got safelyashore.—Rewards, £12 8s. 3d.

Ramsgate, Kent. — 9th December,1938. A motor boat had broken down,but she did not need help as she wasbeing taken safely into Broadstairs bythe wind and tide.—Rewards, £8 Is. Qd.

Newhaven, Sussex.—14th December,1938. A fishing boat had been indifficulties, but she was towed in byanother fishing boat. — Rewards,£14 17*.

Rosslare Harbour, Co. Wexford.—15thDecember, 1938. A steamer was drag-ging her anchors in bad weather, butlater her anchors held again, and she nolonger needed help.—Permanent paidcrew: Rewards, £3 8s. Qd.

Gourdon, Kincardineshire. — 17thDecember, 1938. A rocket had beenseen; but it was learned later thatthere was no vessel in distress.—Re-wards, vellum and monetary awardsamounting to £40 11*. 7d.

(For a full account of this launch seepage 22.)

Lowestoft, Suffolk.—20th December,1938. A motor vessel had been seendrifting with a distress signal flying,but she was able to go on her way.—Rewards, £24 14s. 6d.

Cromarty.—20th December, 1938.A fishing vessel had burned flares, butshe made Burghead Harbour with thehelp of another fishing boat.—Rewards,£13 2*. Qd.

Salcombe, Devon.—23rd December,1938. A small vessel had been reportedto be making morse signals for help,but no vessel in need of help could befound.—Rewards, £15 9s.

Blyth, Northumberland.—23rd Decem-ber, 1938. Anxiety had been felt fora fishing boat, but she was found bythe life-boat fishing, and in no need ofhelp.—Rewards, £8 5*. Qd.

The Humber, Yorkshire.—26th De-cember, 1938. A steam trawler hadrun ashore on the Middle Binks, butshe floated on the rising tide withouthelp.—Permanent paid crew: Rewards,18*.

New Brighton, Cheshire.—27th De-cember, 1938. A boy had been re-ported adrift in a collapsible canoe,but could not be found.—Rewards,£13 11*. Qd.

Flamborough, Yorkshire.—27th De-cember, 1938. At about 11 P.M. thecoastguard reported to the life-boatstation that three rockets had beenseen between Bempton lookout andSpeeton coastguard station. A north-erly gale was blowing, with a veryheavy sea breaking right across themouth of the landing. The tide wasat three-quarter ebb and it was onlywith great difficulty that the motorlife-boat Elizabeth and Albina Whitleywas got away through the great

MARCH, 1939.1 THE LIFE-BOAT. 47

breakers. The life-boat made a search,during which two men were knockeddown and injured by a big sea whichbroke on board. She could find nothing.It was impossible to land at Flam-borough, and after sheltering in FileyBay the life-boat was eventuallybeached there with the help of the Fileylife-boatmen, at 9 A.M. on the 28th.She returned to her station on themorning of the 29th December. Thiswas an arduous launch and search, anda letter of appreciation was sent tothe coxswain and crew.—Rewards,£58 16s.

Southend-on-Sea, Essex.—29th Decem-

ber, 1938. The Swedish steamer Brit-annia, of Gothenburg, had stranded,in calm but foggy weather, and didnot need help.—Rewards, £10 Is. Qd.

Portrush, Co. Antrim.—31st Decem-ber, 1938. A steamer had run aground,but her crew were rescued from theshore by the coastguard rocket life-saving appliances.—Rewards, £7 6s. 6d.

Clacton-on-Sea, Essex.—2nd January,1939. A flying-boat had been reporteddown and in distress, but later it waslearned that she was safely at anchor,and the life-boat was recalled bywireless.—Rewards, £16 5s. 6d.

Shoreboat Services.For wbich Rewards were given at the November and December, 1938, and January,

1939, Meetings of the Committee of Management.

November Meeting.

Whitstable, Kent.—At about 11.30A.M., on the 2nd October, 1938, thesailing dinghy Wana, of Whitstable, withone man on board, capsized about halfa mile off Swale Cliff Rock. A moderateto fresh, squally, south breeze wasblowing, with a rough sea and heavyrain. Mr. T. Harman, a fisherman,who was fishing near-by in his motorboat, saw the accident. He at onceslipped his lines and went to the rescue.At some risk he got the man, who wasin a very exhausted condition, out ofthe water and landed him at Tankerton.—Rewards, £l, also 2s. for fuel used.

December Meeting.

Nairn.—On the 27th January, 1937,George A. Ralph, his son, and grandson,rescued three of the crew of a Russiansteamer. — Rewards : Bronze medal,vellums and monetary awards amount-ing to £7.

(For a full account of this servicesee page 23).

Boulmer, Northumberland.—At about3 P.M. on the 14th November, 1938, alarge R.A.F. aeroplane was seen tocrash into the sea one and a half milessouth of Boulmer in Alnmouth Bay.The weather was fine, the sea smooth,and the tide low. Twelve men, mostly

life-boatmen, manned two fast, power-ful cobles, which were lying afloat, andreached the scene shortly before anR.A.F. launch from Amble. Wreckagewas found by dragging, but it could notbe got to the surface. The crew of theplane, two in number, were lost.—Rewards, £12, with £l for use of boats,16s. for fuel used, and 3s. for a helperon shore.

Withernsea, Yorkshire.—On the after-noon of the 2nd August, 1938, twowomen, visitors from Hull, who werebathing in a choppy sea off the groyneat the end of the South Promenade,Withernsea, got into difficulties. Twomen swimmers put out to help. Oneman succeeded in saving one woman,but the other man was drowned. Twoyoung men of Withernsea, a van driver,aged 19, and a shop assistant, aged16, were on the beach with theirrowing boat. A woman told them ofthe bather in difficulties about 100yards out, and they at once put off.With some difficulty, and at the risk ofupsetting their boat in the choppysea, they got her on board. She becameunconscious, but was revived on shore.—Rewards, £l 10s.

Whitbv, Yorkshire. — At about 9A.M. ' on the 25th November, 1938,information was received from the

48 THE LIFE-BOAT. [MAKCH, 1939.

honorary secretary of the Runswicklife-boat station that the motor fishingboat Venus, of Whitby, was in diffi-culties, -with her engine broken down,off Staithes. A strong S.S.W. offshorewind was blowing with a moderatelyrough sea. Four men put out in the46-feet motor fishing boat Endeavour,and found the Venus about one mile offRunswick Bay in danger of beingblown out to sea. They took her intow and brought her into WhitbyHarbour.—Rewards, £2, and 6*. forfuel used.

Barmoutb, Merionethshire. — Duringthe great gale on the 23rd November,1988, a message reached the coastguardfrom Arthog post office that the station-master at Arthog had been maroonedby the floods on the railway, not farfrom the station, and was in danger ofbeing drowned. The Great WesternRailway asked for help. The life-boatcoxswain said that a punt could besent and he asked for a lorry. Thiswas sent as near to the quay, which wasalso flooded, as was possible, and therailway company also got a spare engineready. The punt left the quay about11.30 in the morning in charge of Mr.T. Morris, a member of the coastguard,and his nephew Mr. W. Morris, thelife-boat motor mechanic and thecoxswain's son. The lorry took themas far as the railway station, andfrom there the engine took them asfar as the south end of the BarmouthViaduct. It could not go any farther,so the two men launched the punt hereand rowed it to Barmouth Junction.There they landed, carried the puntacross the station, launched it in a fieldbeside the railway and rowed to theplace where the station-master wasmarooned. It was then very nearlythree hours since they had set out. Bythis time the water had begun to godown and they arrived to find that apoliceman and a farmer, roped together,had succeeded in wading to thestation-master and rescuing him.—Rewards, £l.

Lynmouth, Devon. — On the llthNovember, 1938, three men put off ina motor boat as an aeroplane had been

reported down in the sea.—Rewards,£l, and a letter of thanks.

(For a full account see Ilfracombe,"Services of the Life-boats," page38.)

Walton-on-Naze, Essex. — On themorning of the llth November, 1938, ayouth launched a rubber canoe, hoistedsail and went south. The coastguardconsidered that he was in danger, as therewas a heavy swell, with a S.S.E. breezeblowing, and reported to the life-boathonorary secretary. The life-boatcoxswain and three other men put offin a 17-feet rowing boat, and as thesea was increasing they took the youthaboard and towed the canoe to safety.—Rewards, £1 10s.

Campbeltown, Argyllshire.—At about11 A.M. on the 18th November, 1938,three men in the small motor fishingboat Mary, of Campbeltown, werecaught by a rising southerly gale witha choppy sea when returning to harbour.The boat's engine was flooded by thesea and she was driven towards theshore near Trench Point. Men onwatch for her saw that she was indistress, and four men in the 42-feetmotor fishing boat Pioneer put out toher help. They had some difficulty,and ran some risk, in getting a ropeaboard the Mary, and towed her in.—Rewards, £l 10*., and 3s. for fuel used.

January Meeting.

Drum more, Wigtownshire. — Duringthe afternoon of the 14th November,1938, the steamer Ben May sprang aleak and sank in East Tarbert Bay.Her crew of five took to the ship'sboat, and at the request of the coast-guard, three men put out in a motorfishing boat and towed them intoDrummore Harbour.—Rewards, £l 10s.,and 3s. for fuel used.

Arklow, Co. Wicklow — On the 28thNovember, 1938, five men while out intheir fishing boat rendered help to thetrawler Roaming, of Arklow.—Rewards,£2 10s., with £5 for loss of fishing, and3s. 4<i. for fuel used.

(For a full account see Arklow" Services of the Life-boats, " page 37.)


The Archbishop of Wales' Appeal.1

THE Institution has received from theArchbishop of Wales a personal lettercommending the work of the Institu-tion to the clergy and members of theChurch in Wales. It is dated 23rdJanuary, 1939:

" I hope that both the clergy and themembers of the Church in Wales willalways remember the claims upontheir sympathy, help and generosity ofthe Life-boat Service.

Our Welsh life-boatmen have a long

record of heroic and successful endea-vour. They have rescued nearly 5,000lives, men and women of all nations,and their gallantry is • a nationalpossession of which we should all beproud.

They have deserved, and I am surethey have, the admiration and grati-tude of every man and woman in Wales,and I should like to see every man andwoman in Wales show that gratitudeby giving their personal help to theLife-boat Service."

1 Letters from the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster and the Chief Rabbiwere published in The Life-boat for June and December, 1938.

From a Life-boat Collector.

The following letter has been receivedfrom a lady who for over fourteenyears has been a collector for one ofthe Institution's branches:—•

"I wish to assure you that all myefforts on behalf of your great caushave been well repaid by the friend-ships I have made, and the kindness I

have received from so many people inthe course of collecting; people I mightnot have met, and friendships I mighthave missed otherwise.

" I am now an old woman, but hope-ful that I may carry on for a bit andleave someone to take my place whenI am called awav."

Service.1

A rocket signal somewhere out to sea,A vessel dragging down upon the land,

Mayhap the fishing fleet in jeopardy,Swift on the tidings is the life-boat manned.

A modern ark up-borne on stormy seas,Buoyant with hope, devotion at the helm,

By faith and courage served—and such as theseThat never watery threat can overwhelm

She forges bravely onwards through the spume,An unseen Presence walks the waves again,

And once again to fisher folk has comeThe call that bids them fishers be of men.

E. NEWGASS.l Copyright by E. Newgass.


Centenaries of Life-boat Stations.Presentation of Vellums at Dover, and at Wexford and Rosslare Harbour.

Two life - boat stations celebratedtheir centenaries in 1938: Dover,Kent, and Wexford and RosslareHarbour, Co. Wexford. In each casea vellum was presented by the Institu-tion, signed by the H.R.H. Duke ofKent, K.G., as President, expressing theInstitution's appreciation for the volun-tary work of the officers and committeeof the station and the devotion andcourage of the life-boat crew. Sixty-three centenary vellums have now beenpresented.

Dover, Kent.

A station was established in 1837by the Dover Humane Society, and a37-feet life-boat, built by Elvin, ofDover, was stationed at Townsend.In 1853 the Dover Humane Societydecided to place a new boat at thestation. The Institution contribvitedto the cost, and the boat was built byClarkson, of London, of a materialwhich he had patented, composed ofalternate layers of laminae, canvas,cork and wood, fastened to each otherwith marine glue. In 1855 the life-boatwas taken under the management ofthe Institution, and was replaced by anew boat in 1858.

The station was closed in 1914, owingto the difficulties in manning the boat.It was reopened in 1919, and the steamlife-boat James Stevens No. 3 wasstationed there. It was closed againin 1922. In 1929 it was reopenedwith the present motor life-boat, SirWilliam Hillary, a life-boat speciallydesigned, with nearly twice the speedof any other life-boat on our coasts,in order to protect not only the steamerbut the aeroplane traffic across thestraits. The station has had altogethernine life-boats.

Before 1858 there is no record oflaunches and lives rescued. Since 1858,when the first life-boat built by theInstitution was stationed at Dover,there have been 76 launches on serviceand 104 lives have been rescued.

On May 28th the centenary vellumwas presented to the Mayor of Doverby Colonel R. J. P. Wyatt, M.C., the

organizing secretary for the South-Eastof England, and was accepted by theMayor to be hung in a prominentposition in one of the public rooms atthe Town Hall.

Wexford and Rosslare Harbour.

A station was established by theInstitution at Rosslare, Co. Wexford,in 1838, as the result of a request bythe Inspector-General of Coastguard.The Corporation of Wexford granted£30 towards the expenses of the estab-lishment. The first life-boat was onetransferred from Newcastle, Co. Down.She was replaced by a new boat in thefollowing year.

The early records of the station areincomplete, but it appears to havebeen closed for some time after 1851until 1858. In that year a small life-boat was stationed there. In April,1859, the American immigrant shipPomona was wrecked near Rosslare,with the loss of 386 out of the 409people on board. In the followingNovember a second station was estab-lished. The first was known as Ross-lare Fort No. 2 and the second asWexford No. 1.

In 1896 a station known as RosslareHarbour was opened, and RosslareFort No. 2 was closed in the followingyear.

In 1921 a motor life-boat, with apermanent crew, was stationed atWexford (Rosslare Point), and in thesame year the Rosslare Harbour stationwas closed.

During December, 1924, and January,1925, severe gales, with very heavyseas, overwhelmed the station on thepoint. It had to be abandoned, andit was eventually washed away. Thelife-boat was then kept at Wexforditself until 1927, and in that year thepresent station was opened at RosslareHarbour.

Altogether these stations have hadthirteen life-boats. Since 1850 theyhave been launched on service 310times and have the splendid record of738 lives rescued from shipwreck.

Two gold, twenty-one silver and one


bronze medal for gallantly have beenawarded by the Institution. In 1914the King of Norway awarded silvermedals to Coxswain Edward Wickham,Mr. James Wickham and Mr. WilliamDuggan (who were also awarded silvermedals by the Institution), for theirgallantry when the Norwegian schoonerMexico ran ashore on South KeeraghIsland. The Fethard life-boat, whichwent to her rescue, capsized, drowningnine of her crew of fourteen. Ten ofthe schooner's crew were then rescuedby the Wexford life-boat from theisland on which they had taken refuge,and two by the Dunmore East life-boat.

The presentation of the vellum wasmade to the Mayor of Wexford at theChamber of Commerce by Commander

J. M. Upton, R.D., R.N.R... the IrishDistrict Inspector of Life-boats, on30th July, 1938. Among those presentwere Major-General B. J. C. Doran,C.B., a vice-president of the Wexfordbranch, ex-Coxswain Edward Wickhamand Captain Boyle, son of CoxswainMarcus Boyle, who won the silvermedal in 1878. The weather was bad,and Coxswain James Wickham and hiscrew were not present, as it was notthought safe for them to leave thestation. In addition to the Mayor ofWexford and Commander Upton, thespeakers were Mr. Fintan O'Connor, theRev. J. E. Hazley, rector of Wexford,Mr. W. J. B. Moncas, the secretary ofthe Rosslare Harbour station, and Mr.E. McCarthy one of the honorarysecretaries of the Wexford branch.

Life-boat Exhibitions in 1938.THE Belfast branch of the Institutionhad a stand at the Royal UlsterAgricultural Show on 25th-28th May.Models of pulling and sailing and motorlife-boats were shown, photographsof famous coxswains and wrecks,and items in the equipment of amodern life-boat, such as the line-throwing gun, the drogue, an air-case,a searchlight, a signalling lamp, a life-belt, and the switch for cutting off theengine of a self-righting life-boat if sheshould capsize. Honorary workers ofthe Belfast branch helped to take chargeof the stall and nearly 500 life-boatsouvenirs of different sorts were sold.

Life-boat Photographs at Rotherham.The exhibition of life-boat photo-

graphs, which has already been shownduring the past three years in London,Edinburgh, Birmingham, York, Brad-ford, Sunderland and Leeds, wasshown at the Museum and Art Gallery,Rotherham, Yorkshire, through thekindness of the Corporation, for

two months, from 30th April to 29thJune, 1938. It was visited by over10,000 people.

An Exhibition at Cramer.An exhibition in aid of the Cromer

branch was held on May 25th. It wasarranged by Mr. H. H. Tansley, whosefine photographs of life-boat work onthe East Coast have appeared in TheLfe-boat. He showed a number of hisphotographs of rescues by the Cromerlife-boats, and films of the life-boats onservice and of the naming ceremony ofthe two new motor life- boats by SirSamuel Hoare, Bt., M.P., the HomeSecretary, in August, 1937. There werealso on exhibition models of life-boatslent, among others, by Coxswain HenryBlogg, and Grace Darling's oar lent bySir Edward Meyerstein. A demon-stration of life-saving by breeches-buoy was given by the Cromer coast-guard. The exhibition was openedby Lord Suffield, president of thebranch.

From a Fancy-Dress Dance at Sea.He borrowed from the purser thelife-boat collecting box which is alwayson board the Lamport and Holt linersand collected £5 4s. 5d.

AT a fancy-dress dance held on boardthe T.S.S. Voltaire, of Messrs. Lamportand Holt, during a cruise, one of thepassengers appeared as a life-boatman.


Summary of the Meetings of the Committee of Management.Thursday, 10th November, 1938.

Sir GODFREY BARING, Bt., in the chair.Reported the receipt of the following

special contributions:—•Mr. C. V. Thomas, C.A. . . 1,500 0 0R.N.D. . . . 40 0 0

Accepted the tender of Messrs. WilliamMoss & Sons, Ltd., amounting to £43,630,providing for the completion of the newbuildings and fittings at Elstree Life-boatDep&t within thirty-three weeks.

Resolved that the Lytham St. Anne'sstation be closed.

Produced a report on air-raid precautionsproposed for Life-boat House and resolvedthat the Secretary and Chief Inspector bedirected to consider the question of thesending away of important documents tosome safe place in a future emergency.

Resolved that in the event of a futureemergency instructions for the move of theoffice and essential equipment to the newdepot at Elstree be given on the authority ofthe chairman or vice-chairman of theEmergency Committee.

Paid £28,636 Is. 7d. for the total charges ofthe Institution during the month, includingrewards for services, payments for the con-struction of life-boats, life-boathouses andslipways, and the maintenance of life-boatstations.

Included in the above were :—£155 3s. 3d. to pay the rewards for life-boat

services;£250 17s. 6d. to pay the rewards for life-

boat launches(Accounts of these services and launches

appear on pages 27-30);£5 16s. 6d. for the assemblies of crews, etc.;£20 12s. 8d. on account of pensions already

granted to the dependent relatives of menwho had lost their lives in the life-boat serviceat Rye Harbour;

£19 11s. to men for injury in the life-boatservice at Aldeburgh, Newbiggin, Rhyl andSouthend.

Voted £30 on account of additional rewardsto the crews of the Ballycotton, Holyheadand Stromness life-boats.

Voted £1 2s. to pay the reward for a shore-boat service at Whitstable, account of whichappears on page 47.

Thursday, 8th December, 1938.Sir GODFREY BAKING, Bt., in the chair.Resolved that the Flamborough No. 2

station be closed forthwith.Resolved that the Dungeness No. 2 station

be closed on the 31st March, 1939.Decided that the services of Engineer-

Captain A. G. Bremner, O.B.E., R.N., Super-intendent Engineer, be retained for a furtherperiod of one year after 1st January, 1940.

Reported that Vice-Admiral Sir Noel F.

Laurence, K.C.B., D.S.O., had acceptedappointment as an ex-officio member of thecommittee of management upon beingappointed Admiral Commanding Reserves insuccession to Vice-Admiral Sir StudholmeBrownrigg.

Resolved that the warmest thanks of theCommittee of Management be accorded toCommander E. D. Drury, O.B.E., R.D.,R.N.R., for his distinguished and valuableservices to the Institution, extending overthirty years, as district inspector, deputychief inspector and chief inspector of life-boats, and that this committee express theirdeep regard for Commander Drury, both asan officer of the Institution and as a friend.

Decided that the motor life-boat at presentat Lytham St. Anne's be replaced by a reservemotor life-boat, and that the possibility ofretaining the station be further investigated.

Reported the receipt of the followingspecial contributions:—•Mr. Herbert Kenchington,

F.R.I.B.A. . . . 50 0 0Anonymous . . . 50 0 0Mr. William Gibson, deceased—

donation from executors toDundee branch . . . 50 0 0

Paid £20,394 18s. 2d. for the total chargesof the Institution during the month, includingrewards for services, payments for the con-struction of life-boats, life-boathouses andslipways, and the maintenance of life-boatstations.

Included in the above were:—£576 18s. to pay the rewards for life-boat

services;£502 12s. 3d. to pay the rewards for life-


appear on pages 30—iO);£14 10s. for the assemblies of crews, etc.;£25 15s. lOd. on account of pensions already

granted to the dependent relatives of menwho had lost their lives in the life-boatservice at Rye Harbour;

£23 3s. to a woman helper for injury in thelife-boat service at Lynmouth.

Voted £80 7s. 6d. on account of additionalrewards to the crews of the Aldeburgh,Barmouth, Filey, Great Yarmouth andGorleston, New Brighton, Peel, Port Erin,Selsey, Skegness and Southend-on-Sea life-boats.

Voted £29 18s. to pay the rewards for theBarmouth, Boulmer, Campbeltown, Lyn-mouth, Nairn, Walton-on-the-Naze, Whitbyand Withernsea shoreboat services, accountsof which appear on pages 47 and 48.

Friday, 30th December, 1938.Paid £28,977 4s. for sundry charges in

connexion with the construction of life-boats,life-boathouses and slipways, etc., and themaintenance of life-boat stations.


Thursday, 12th January, 1939.

Sir GODFREY BARING, Bt., in the chair.Resolved that the invitation of the German

Life-boat Society to the Fifth InternationalLife-boat Conference to be held in Bremen in1940 be accepted, and that the Board ofTrade be informed that the Institution hopethat, as at former conferences, the Board ofTrade will be represented.

Reported that Mr. Stanley J. Aubrey hadbeen re-elected chairman of Lloyd's and socontinued as an ex-officio member of thecommittee of management.

Reported the receipt of the followingspecial contributions:—King George's Fund for Sailors 1,000 0 0Mr. A. J. Grave, deceased,

donation from executors . 200 0 0Cunard White Star Line, Ltd.,

collections on board thecompany's vessels . . 75 0 0Paid £27,419 3s. 9rf. for the total charges

of the Institution during the month, includingrewards for services, payments for the con-struction of life-boats, life-boathouses andslipways, and the maintenance of life-boatstations.

Included in the above were:—£312 17s. 6d. to pay the rewards for life-

boat services;£240 12s. 7d. to pay the rewards for life-


appear on pages 40-47);£14 9s. for assemblies of crews, etc.£13 5s. Irf. for services previously reported;£327 3s. Hd. on account of pensions already

granted to the dependent relatives of menwho had lost their lives in the life-boatservice at Aldeburgh, Caister, Fethard, Filey,Fraserburgh, Holyhead, Johnshaven, TheMumbles, New Brighton, Newhaven, Pad-stow, Port St. Mary, Rhoscolyn, Runswick,Rye Harbour, St. Andrew's, Troon andWhitby.

£98 17s. 6d. to men for injury in theiife-boat service at Blackpool, Buckie, Caister,Falmouth, Lowestoft, Moelfre, Newbiggin,Newburgh, Newhaven, Port St. Mary andTeesmouth.

Voted £23 on account of additional rewardsto the crews of the Gourdon and Torbaylife-boats.

Voted a further compassionate grant of£22 10s. to Charles Lacock, ex-coxswain ofthe Caister life-boat, who served for twenty-five years in the life-boat, and is now instraitened circumstances.

Voted a further compassionate grant of£9 to Andrew Young, ex-coxswain of theCloughey life-boat, who is in poor circum-stances.

Voted a compassionate grant of £26 toJohn Kelly, a survivor of the Fethard Life-boat disaster of 1914, who is now in ill-health and poor circumstances.

Voted a special compassionate allowance of15s. a week, together with 5s. a week foreach of two children, to the widow of JamesStonall, a member of the crew of the NewBrighton life-boat, who died suddenly fourdays after an arduous life-boat service on23rd November, 1938.

Voted £9 6s. to pay the rewards for theArklow and Drummore shoreboat services,accounts of which appear on page 48.

Member of the Institution's Staff Killed:A member of the Institution's staff,

Mr. Thomas Edgar Langridge, waskilled last Christmas morning. Hewas cycling along a snow-bound roadin Wembley, near his home, whenhe collided with a motor car. Twohours later he died in hospital from

a fractured skull. Mr. Langridgewas on the staff of the storeyardat Poplar. He was twenty-four yearsold, and had been in the service ofthe Institution nearly ten years. Hewas married only a few months beforehis death.

Halfpennies and Farthings.FOR the eighth year running theInstitution received at Christmas, froma lady in Hampstead, a gift of all thehalfpennies she has collected duringthe year. Her collection for 1938 was552. This was 182 more than in 1937.Another collection, of 120 halfpennies,

has come from a lady in Haslemere,her third collection during the year.The Institution has also received twocollections of farthings, one of 480 froma lady at Brockenhurst, Hampshire,and the other of 360 from the childrenof a Sunday School at Chelmsford.


Awards to Coxswains and Life-boatmen.Certificates of Service and Pensions.

The COXSWAIN'S CERTIFICATE OFSERVICE, and a PENSION, have beenawarded to:

WILLIAM MATTHEWS, 20 years coxswain and4^ years second coxswain of the Beaumarislife-boat.

THOMAS M. HOHN, 10J years coxswain, 8fyears second coxswain and 11 £ yearssignalman of the Exmouth life-boat.

WILLIAM CURTIS, 9J years coxswain and3 years second coxswain of the Hastingslife-boat.

ANGUS MCEACHRAK, 7f years coxswain and4 years second coxswain of the Campbel-town life-boat.

RICHARD MARTIN, 7J years coxswain and 9Jyears bowman of the Minehead life-boat.

WILLIAM C. CORIN, 7^ years coxswain, J yearssecond coxswain, 5 years bowman and 27years a member of the crew of the Coveracklife-boat.

WILLIAM H. JONES, 7 years coxswain and Ill-years second coxswain of the New Brightonlife-boat.

The LIFE-BOATMAN'S CERTIFICATEOF SERVICE, and a PENSION, havebeen awarded to:

SAMUEL B. PARKER, 17 years second cox-swain, 14J years bowman and 6£ years aa member of the crew of the Great Yar-mouth and Gorleston life-boat.

DAVID PHILLIPS, 16 years second coxswainand 27 years a member of the crew of theAngle life-boat.

WILLIAM WALKER, 11 years second coxswainand 37 years a member of the crew of theMargate life-boat.

WILLIAM T. JONES, 8 years second coxswain,5J years bowman and 11 years a memberof the crew of the Holyhead life-boats.

The LIFE-BOATMAN'S CERTIFICATE OFSERVICE and a GRATUITY has beenawarded to:

FRED HARRIES, 7 years bowman and 2:5years a member of the crew of the Tenbvlife-boat.

The LIFE-BOATMAN'S CERTIFICATE OFSERVICE has been awarded to:

WILLIAM J. THOMAS, OJ years second cox-swain, 3J years bowman and 18f years amember of the crew of the Beaumarislife-boat.

JOSEPH STEPHENS, 54 years a member of thecrews of the Cadgwith and The Lizardlife-boats.'

WILLIAM HOOPER, 34 years a member of thecrew of the Tenby life-boat.

JAMES CROCKFORD, 26J years a member ofthe crew of the Tenby life-boat.

WILLIAM ALLCHORX, 20 years a member ofthe crew of the Eastbourne life-boat.

FRANCIS H. WILEY, 20 years a member ofthe crew of the Cadgwith life-boat.

EI.IAS GAIJSHAN, 17i years a member of thecrew of the Beaumaris life-boat.

Awards to Honorary Workers.Honorary Life-Governor.

The following have been appointed HONOR-ARY LIFE-GOVERNORS of the Institu-tion and have been presented with a copyof the vote inscribed on vellum and signedby H.R.H. the Duke of Kent, K.G.,President of the Institution. •

Mr. WILLIAM BERTRAM, O.B.E., J.P., hasbeen elected an Honorary Life-Governorof the Institution in recognition of thevaluable help which he has given to thelife-boat service at Dunbar and Skaterawfor upwards of fifty years, for over forty ofwhich he has been the honorary secretaryof the station.

Mr. H. P. F. DONEGAN has been elected anHonorary Life-Governor of the Institutionin recognition of the valuable help whichhe has given to the life-boat service ashonorary secretary of the City of Corkbranch for the past twenty-five years.

Thanks of the Institution on Vellum.The THANKS OF THE INSTITUTION

INSCRIBED ON VELLUM has beenawarded to:

Mr. THOMAS W. GOMM, on his retirementafter twenty-seven years as honorarysecretary of the Margate station.

The family of Capt. DAVID REES, who diedafter forty-seven years as honorary secretaryof the New Quay (Card.) station.

Mr. THOMAS KENT RIDLER, on his retirementafter thirty-seven years as honorary secre-tary of the Minehead station.

Major H. R. HILDYAHD, on his retirementafter twenty-three and a half years ashonorary secretary of the Hythe andDymcrmrch station.

Gold Badge.The GOLD BADGE, with the RECORD OF

THANKS has been awarded to thefollowing:

Mrs. MAY BURTON, president, Ladies' Life-boat Guild, Beaumaris branch.

Mrs. GRACE TURNER, honorary secretary,Kingston-on-Thames branch.

Alderman W. J. DIXON, member of committeeand previously chairman, Berwick-on-Tweed branch.

Mr. CHARLES DOWNEY, honorary secretary,City of Limerick branch.

Mrs. MAUD E. FENTON-JONES, honorarysecretary, Ladies' Life-boat Guild, Clacton-on-Sea branch.

Mr. LIONEL H. FRANCEYS, honorary treasurer,Blackpool station branch.


Major H. R. HILDYARD, honorary secretary,Hythe and Dymchurch station branch.

Mrs. K. BEVAN JOHN, honorary secretary,Ladies' Life-boat Guild, Llanelly branch.

Mrs. TOM LISLE, worker, Cullercoats branch.Miss ANNIE TONKS, president, Sutton Gold-

field branch.

Binocular Glass.The BINOCULAR GLASS, with inscription,

has been awarded to the following honorarysecretaries of life-boat stations in recog-nition of valuable services:

Mr. T. A. COOLE, Port Erin;Mr. W. L. JARVIS, Falmouth;Dr. J. R. W. RICHARDSON, Dover;Mr. FRANK RUDDOCK, Courtmacsherry;Alderman CHARLES E. TATHAM. Blackpool;Mr. W. H. S. TRIPP, Sunderland.

Also to:Major WILFRED LLOYD, honorary treasurer,

Dunmore East; andMr. ROBERT CROSS, coxswain, The Humber.

Captain F. HOLLINOSWORTH has been awardeda WRISTWATCH, with inscription, inrecognition of his valuable services ashonorary secretary, Newbiggin.

Aneroid Barometer.The ANEROID BAROMETER, with in-

scription, has been awarded to Dr. E.LEVERTON-SPRY for his valuable servicesas honorary secretary of the Porthoustockstation for 26 years.

Life-boat Picture or Statuette of a Life-boatman.

The LIFE-BOAT PICTURE or theSTATUETTE OF A LIFE-BOATMANhas been awarded to the following:

Mrs. JESSIE E. ADDISON, honorary secretary,Ladies' Life-boat Guild, Holyhead branch.

Mrs. ETHEL ASHWORTH, honorary secretary,Ladies' Life-boat Guild, Ashton-under-Lyne branch.

Mr. ALFRED BROWN, honorary assistantsecretary, Southend-on-Sea branch.

Mrs. W. F. CARTER, honorary secretary,Bromsgrove branch.

Mrs. IRENE CLEMENT, honorary secretary,Wadebridge district, Padstow branch.

Mrs. RICHARD DAVIES, chairman and previ-ously honorary secretary of the MenaiBridge Ladies' Life-boat Guild.

Miss FLORENCE N. EDEN, life-boat day wor-ker, Forest Hill.

Mrs. T. E. FIELD, honorary secretary, Skel-manthorpe and Scissett branch.

Mr. WILLIAM P. FULTON, honorary secretary,Isle of Bute branch.

Miss LILIAN R. FURNEAUX, organiser oflife-boat day, Forest Hill.

Mr. BERT A. F. GAUNT, honorary secretary,Wednesbury branch.

Mrs. M. D. GILES, honorary secretary, Ladies'Life-boat Guild, Newport (Mon.) branch.

The HEADMASTER, STAFF, SENIOR PREFECTSand PUPILS of the Grammar School,Glossop, for collecting funds for theInstitution in Glossop.

Mrs. CORA HALE, honorary collector, Hornseybranch.

Mrs. T. HIMSWORTH, J.P., honorary secretary,Ladies' Life-boat Guild, Dundee Branch.

Captain H. E. HOLME, R.N., honorarysecretary, Boxmoor and Hemel Hempsteadbranch.

Miss MARION JOHNSTON, honorary treasurerand previously honorary secretary, Wim-bledon branch.

Mrs. MABEL H. LEE, honorary treasurer,Watchet branch.

Lady MAHR, honorary secretary, Ladies'Life-boat Guild, Sunderland branch.

Mrs. E. MASON, honorary secretary, Ladies'Life-boat Guild, Carnforth branch.

Miss EIRLYS MORRIS, worker, Barmouthbranch.

Miss MATTIE R. MURRAY, honorary secretary,Ladies' Life-boat Guild, Gourock branch.

Mrs. WINIFRED PETERS, honorary secretary,Ladies' Life-boat Guild, Berwick-on-Tweedbranch.

Miss FANNY M. POLE, honorary secretary,Neath Ladies' Life-boat Guild.

Mrs. DORA E. PURSLOW, member of com-mittee, Sutton Coldfleld branch.

Mr. R. J. RAYNER, F.C.A., honorary auditor,Southend-on-Sea branch.

Miss FRANCES J. RISHTON, honorary collector,Ladies' Life-boat Guild, City of Liverpoolbranch.

Mr. F. S. SEXTON, honorary treasurer andlife-boat day organiser, Ashford, Middlesex,branch.

Mrs. GEORGINA M. SIMPSON, honorary secre-tary, Ladies' Life-boat Guild, BamberBridge branch.

Mrs. ANNIE J. SMITH, honorary secretary,Ladies' Life-boat Guild, Ince-in-Makerfieldbranch.

Mrs. W. H. SPINNEY, worker, Hythe andDymchurch branch.

Mrs. MARY STEPHENS, honorary secretary,Kington branch.

Mrs. A. E. TOMASIX, honorary secretary,Ladies' Life-boat Guild, Ryde branch.

Miss MABEL C. UPTON, worker, Coleshilldistrict, City of Birmingham branch.iss ISABEL YABSLEY, hoMissChiswick.

honorary organiser,

Record of Thanks.The RECORD OF THANKS has been

awarded to the following:Mr. STANLEY AIREY, worker, Leeds branch.Miss EDITH M. E. CLARKE, honorary secre-

tary, Irthlingborough branch.Mr. W. A. T. CLARKE, honorary secretary,

Loughborough branch.Mrs. IRENE CLAYTON, worker, Leeds branch.Miss ELIZABETH H. GOODALL, honorary secre-

tary, Shepshed branch.Miss ELIZA J. HEARN, worker, Bridgnorth

branch.Mrs. OLIVER KNOWLES, honorary secretary,

Pocklington branch.Mrs. CHARLES LAYWOOD, honorary secretary,

Doncaster branch.Mrs. E. MAUDE MCALISTER, worker, City of

Belfast branch.Mrs. EMILY NIXON, honorary treasurer,

Ladies' Life-boat Guild, Rhyl branch.

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Mrs. ANNA M. PEMBOROUGH, worker, Leedsbranch.

Mrs. E. A. PESTERFIELD, honorary secretary,Outwood and Stanley branch.

Miss MAKGARET POWER, honorary secretary,Cobham branch.

Miss NORMA PRICE, honorary secretary,Upton-on-Severn branch.

Mrs. REBEHTA PUGH, honorary secretary andpreviously member of committee, Ladies'Life-boat Guild, Rhyl branch.

Mr. JOHN ROBERTS, honorary treasurer,Llanfairfechan branch.

Mrs. VIOLET ROWLANDSOX, honorary secre-tary, Budleigh Salterton Ladies' Life-boatGuild.

Mr. JOHN STEAD, worker. Leeds branch.Miss GERTRUDE THOMPSON, worker and

member of committee, Dewsbury branch.Mr. P. C. TOWNER, honorary secretary,

Southborough branch.Mrs. W. A. B. WHELL, honorary secretary,

Lostwithiel district, Fowey branch.Mrs. H. E. WILTSHIRE, honorary secretary,

Calne branch.Miss HILDA M. WRIGHT, honorary secretary,

Loughborough branch.

News from the Branches.1st October to 31st December, 1938.

Greater London.

Film premiere attended by H.R.H. theDuchess of Kent at the Odeon Theatre,Leicester Square. (A full account appearedin the last issue of The Life-boat.)

BATTERSEA.—The Rev. P. H. Jones,C.B.E., R.N. (ret.), appointed chairman insuccession to Mrs. Mills.

BEXLEYHEATH.—Bring-and-buy saleand physical training display, with shortaddress by the district organizing secretary.

BROMLEY.—Address by Mrs. Tucker,honorary secretary, to St. Mark's ChurchWomen's Fellowship.

BURNT OAK, EDGWARE.—Annualmeeting on 25th January, County CouncillorMrs. Grey-Skinner, chairman, presiding.Speaker: the district organizing secretary.Efforts of the past year: Life-boat day,dances, entertainments. Amount collectedin 1938 £210, an increase of £52 on 1937.

CHIPSTEAD.—Mrs. Swallow appointedhonorary secretary in succession to Mrs.Phillips.

CHISLEHURST.—Address by Sir GodfreyBaring, Bt., chairman of the Institution, tothe Wives' Fellowship, at Throwleigh, Shep-herd's Green (by kind permission of Mrs.Leighton, honorary secretary). Entertain-ment at Chislehurst cinema.

CLAPHAM.—Whist drives.

HACKNEY.—Life-boat dance, attendedby the Mayor and Mayoress.

HAMMERSMITH.—The branch has suf-fered a severe loss by the death of Mr. J. H.Derbyshire, a member of the committee whogave valuable services at the branch's annualswimming galas.

ILFORD.—Ladies' Life-boat Guild meet-ing. The Mayoress presented with badge ofoffice as president. Mrs. Elborne, deputyMayoress, and Mrs. Billington elected vice-presidents. The Mayor's father, Mr. J. G.Farman was in the service of the Institution

for 41 years and on his retirement becamehonorary secretary of one of its branches.

ROMFORD.— Address to Rotary Club bythe district organizing secretary.

ST. ALBANS & DISTRICT.—Life-boatdance.

ST. PANCRAS.-—Lantern lectures by Mr.C. W. Lawrence, assistant secretary. Mr.Lawrence has resigned the assistant secretary-ship on receiving an appointment with theLondon City Mission. Lantern lectures byMr. Leckie.

SOUTHEND & DISTRICT.—Concert andpresentation by Mr. Henry Channon, M.P.,to Coxswain Page of the second-service claspto his bronze medal for gallantry, and of theInstitution's thanks recorded on vellum tosecond coxswain William Deer, bowmanH. G. Murrell, and assistant motor mechanicR. Sanders for a service to three barges on20th November. Dance at Canvey Island.

TWICKENHAM.—The Mayor appointedpresident. Mrs. Jarvis appointed honorarysecretary in succession to Mr. Berkeley Moir,A.R.I.B.A., Mrs. Harris appointed honoraryassistant secretary.

WALTHAMSTOW.—Mr. E. J. Collinsappointed honorary secretary in successionto Mr. Boxall. Carol singing.

WATFORD.—Life-boat day. Life-boatfilms shown.

WELLING.—Whist drives.

WOOLWICH.—Special meeting attendedby the Mayor, chairman. Address by thedistrict organizing secretary. A committeeof 16 members elected representing 12organizations in the Borough. Address tothe Rotary Club by the district organizingsecretary.

Lectures at East Ham and Ilford by Mr.E. G. Kempster. Lectures to the HomeService association of the Wandsworth &District Gas Company at Epsom, Sutton,Wimbledon, Worcester Park and Kingston,and to the Alnwick and District Association.


North-West of England.ACCRINGTON.—Annual meeting on 6th

December, the Mayor, president of the branch,in the chair. Speaker: The district organizingsecretary. Efforts of the past year: Life-boatday, dance and opera collections. Amountcollected in 1938, £176, an increase of £31 on1937.

Annual dance, bridge and whist drive,organized by the Ladies' Life-boat Guild.

ADLINGTON.—Whist drive.APPLEBY.—Bridge and whist drive at

the house of Mrs. Baker-Courtenay.BARROW.—Annual meeting on 23rd

November, the Mayor in the chair. Speaker:Lieut.-Col. C. R. Satterthwaite, O.B.E.,secretary of the Institution. Efforts of thepast year: Life-boat day, dance, whist drives.Amount collected in 1938, £303, an increaseof £61 on 1937.

Annual dance, bridge and whist drives,arranged by the Ladies' Life-boat Guild.

BLACKBURN.—Annual meeting on 15thNovember, the Mayoress, president, in thechair. Speaker: The district organizingsecretary. Efforts of the past year: Life-boatday. Amount collected in 1938, £145, anincrease of £20 on 1937.

BURY.—Benefit performance at RegalCinema.

CLITHEROE.—Dance.CROMPTON AND SHAW.—Children's

fancy dress dance.DUKINFIELD.—Annual whist drive and

dance. Miss Haigh and Mrs. J. H. Beardappointed joint honorary secretaries in placeof Mrs. N. Cooke, now joint honorary trea-surer.

FLEETWOOD.—The branch has suffereda severe loss by the death of Mr. W. Hodgkin-son, one of the oldest members of its com-mittee.

Fifth annual hot pot supper and enter-tainment to the life-boat crew.

FORMBY.—Mr. John Andrew, who hasdied at the age of 73, was second coxswainfor sixteen years and coxswain for nine years,retiring in 1919, when the station was closed.He "was awarded a pension and a certificateof service.

HINDLEY.—Annual whist drive anddance. Two life-boat film shows by Mr. L.Gregory at Argyle Street Council school.

HOLLINGWORTH.—Beetle drive andsocial.

HORWICH.—Annual whist drive anddance.

HYDE.—Address to members of the GeeCross Circle Methodist Chapel with slides.

KENDAL.—Annual meeting on 6th De-cember, Mrs. G. H. AVhitaker, president, inthe chair. Speaker: The district organizingsecretary. Efforts of the past year: Life-boatday, bridge and whist drive. Amount col-lected in 1938, £131, an increase of £3 on 1937.

KIRKBY LONSDALE.—Life-boat films,with collections, at Kirkby Lonsdale Cinema.

LANCASTER.—Annual meeting on 24thNovember, the Mayor in the chair. Speaker:Lieut.-Col. C. R. Satterthwaite, O.B.E.,secretary of the Institution. Efforts of thepast year: House-to-house collection. Amountcollected in 1938, £215.

LEYLAND.—American tea at WordenHall, by kind permission of Mrs. H. TrevorWanklyn.

LEIGH.—Address by the district organ-izing secretary to the members of the RoundTable Rotary Club.

LIVERPOOL.—Collections on H.M.S.Liverpool. Presentation by Colonel J. G. B.Beazley, deputy chairman, of the statuetteof a life-boatman awarded by the Institutionto Miss F. J. Rishton, president of theCalderstones Ladies' Life-boat Guild.

LYMM AND HEATLEY.—Card evening.LYTHAM.—Annual meeting of Ladies'

Life-boat Guild on 7th November, Mrs. W.Milligan, honorary secretary, in the chair.Speaker: The district organizing secretarv.Amount collected in 1938, £91.

Mrs. S. Watson appointed honorarytreasurer.

MANCHESTER, SALFORD ANDDISTRICT.—Annual meeting on 24th Novem-ber, the Lord Mayor, president of the branch,in the chair, supported by the Mayor andMayoress of Salford, the Chairmen of the Ur-ban District Councils for Sale, Knutsford andDenton; Mr. V. R. Kenny, M.B.E., RegionalDirector General Post Office; Mr. P. M. Oliver,C.B.E., branch honorary secretary; and Mrs.H. Bayfield, president, Chorlton-cum-Hardyand Manley Park district Life-boat committee.Speaker: Lieut.-Col. C. R. Satterthwaite,O.B.E., secretary of the Institution. Amountcollected in 1938, £2,639.

Annual dinner and social evening, inspecial celebration of the Grace Darlingcentenary, at which the coxswain and mem-bers of the Blackpool and Fleetwood life-boatcrews were present. Mr. P. M. Oliver,C.B.E., honorary secretary, presided, sup-ported by the Mayor and Mayoress of Salford.Speakers: Mrs. Henry Bronnert, honorarysecretary of the Ladies' Life-boat Guild andpresident of the Didsbury district Life-boatGuild committee; Councillor Harold Quinney,chairman of the gentlemen's life-boat com-mittee ; and the district organizing secretary.Prizes were presented by Miss Nellie Wallaceand Wee Georgie Wood, the variety artistes.

Cunard White Star Limited Cruise re-union dinner and dance at which the cox-swains and members of the Blackpool, Fleet-wood and New Brighton life-boat crewswere present.

AUDENSHAW.—Benefit performanceat the Odeon Cinema by kind permissionof Odeon Cinemas, Limited.

CHORLTON - CUM - HARDY. — Thebranch has suffered a severe loss by thedeath of Mrs. H. Bayfield, president of theLadies' Life-boat Guild.

CRUMPSALL.—Annual whist drive.


DENTON.—Annual bring-and-buy saleand whist drive, opened by Miss Ann Penn,the B.B.C. impressionist and mimic.

NEW MOSTON.—Annual dance. Din-ner and dance at which Mr. P. M. Oliver,C.B.E., honorary secretary of the Manches-ter, Salford and District branch, presided,supported by Councillor Hague.

PRESTWICH. — Chrysanthemum andbudgerigar show, organized by Mrs. II. W.Horrocks, honorary secretary of theLadies' Life-boat Guild committee. Theshow was opened by Mrs. Wolstenholme,J.P., of Walshaw, and Councillor A.Naylor, J.P., chairman of the PrestwichUrban District Council presided. TheCycle Queen of Great Britain attended bykind permission of Riding's Stores, Ltd.

SALFORD.—Address by the branchsecretary to members of the WindsorInstitute.

URMSTON.—Annual dance and whistdrive.

WALKDEN, WORSLEY AND DIS-TRICT.—Special meeting on 15th Novem-ber. Mrs. Dixon appointed honorarysecretary in succession to Mrs. Higgin-bottom. Annual dance and whist drive.

WHALLEY RANGE.—Whist drive,organized by Mrs. R. Millner, president ofthe Life-boat Guild committee.MARYPORT.—Annual social and enter-

tainment given by the Ladies' Life-boatGuild to the life-boat crew. Miss F. Gillespieappointed honorary secretary of the Ladies'Life-boat Guild in succession to the lateMiss Leighton.

MORECAMBE AND HEYSHAM.—An-nual meeting on 24th November, the Mayor,president of the branch, in the chair. Speaker:Lieut.-CoI. C. R. Satterthwaite, O.B.E.,secretary of the Institution. Efforts of thepast year: Life-boat day, fishermen's con-certs, dance and beetle drive. Amountcollected in 1938, £315, an increase of £74 on937.American tea, arranged by the Ladies'

Life-boat Guild.NORTHWICH.—Special meeting on 16th

November, Mrs. Gillbert in the chair.Speaker: The district organizing secretary.Ladies' Life-boat Guild formed. Chairman,Mrs. Gillbert: honorary treasurer. Mrs. B. M.Thornton; honorary secretary, Mrs. L.Hinton. Treasure hunt and puzzle compe-tition. Address to the members of Weaver-ham Women's Institute.

OLDHAM.—Annual dance.ORRELL.^Annual whist drive.POYNTON.—Annual meeting on 17th

November, Mrs. Cecil Bentham, president ofthe branch, in the chair. Speaker: Thedistrict organizing secretary. Efforts of thepast year: Life-boat day, dance and whistdrive. Amount collected in 1938, £53, anincrease of £10 on 1937.

Mrs. E. Rains elected honorary treasurer inplace of Mrs. P. Lees.

RADCLIFFE.—Whist drive.

RAMSBOTTOM.—Annual meeting on 19thDecember, the chairman of the RamsbottomUrban District Council presiding. Amountcollected in 1938, £88, an increase of £8 on1937.

ROMILEY.—Annual meeting on 22ndNovember, Mrs. Kinsey, president, in thechair. Speaker: The district organizingsecretary. Efforts of the past year: Life-boatday and military whist drive. Amountcollected in 1938, £44, an increase of £2 on1937.

Whist drive.RUNCORN.—Special meeting on 16th

November at the house of Mrs. N. A. Bos-well, Commander W. L. Rossiter, R.D.,R.N.R., presiding. Speaker: The districtorganizing secretary. Ladies' Life-boat Guildformed. Chairman, Mrs. J. Beck; honorarytreasurer, Mrs. McCulloch; joint honorarysecretaries, Mrs. C. R. Rooke and Mrs. F. M.Fraser.

ST. HELENS.—Annual meeting on 2ndDecember, the Mayor in the chair. Speaker:The district organising secretary. Effortsof the past year: Appeal by the Mayor,exhibition of arts and crafts, whist drive.Amount collected in 1938, £78, an increaseof £67 on 1937.

SANDBACH.—Annual meeting on 9thNovember. Speaker: The district organizingsecretary. Efforts of the past year: Life-boatday. Amount collected in 1938, £32.

SOUTHPORT.—Annual meeting on 8thDecember, the Mayor in the chair. Speaker:The district organizing secretary. Efforts ofthe past year: Life-boat day, bridge andwhist drives, bring-and-buy morning coffeesale. Amount collected in 1938, £259.

Mrs. F. Whittaker appointed chairman inthe place of Mrs. G. H. Hibbott.

Bring-and-buy morning coffee sale, organ-ized by Mrs. Claff.

STOCKPORT.—Annual whist drive anddance.

TOTTINGTON.—Jumble sale.WALLASEY.—Annual meeting on 3rd

November, Mrs. John Williams, chairman,presiding in the absence of the Mayor.Speaker: Mr. W. W. Harris, J.P., vice-chairman and honorary secretary of theNew Brighton committee, and honorarysecretary of the Port of Liverpool branch.Whist drive and dance.

WARRINGTON. — Annual meeting on30th November, the Mayor, president, in thechair. Speaker: The district organizingsecretary. Efforts of the past year: Life-boatday, bring-and-buy sale. Amount collectedin 1938, £206.

WESTHOUGHTON.—Annual meeting on30th November, Councillor W. Lowe, chair-man of the branch, presiding. Efforts of thepast year: Life-boat day, whist drive. Amountcollected in 1938, £25, an increase of £2 on1937.

Whist drive.

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WIGAN AND STANDISH.—Annualmeeting on 7th December, the Mayor in thechair. Speaker: The district organizingsecretary. Efforts of the past year: House-to-house collection, bridge and whist drive.Amount collected in 1938, £174, an increaseof £32 on 1937.

WORKINGTON.—Annual dances.

North-East of England.ALNMOUTH AND BOULMER.—Annual

meeting of the Ladies' Life-boat Guild.BEDLINGTON.—Whist drive.BERWICK-ON-TWEED.—Annual meet-

ing on 23rd November, the Mayor presiding.Efforts of the past year: Life-boat day.Amount collected in 1938, £127.

Dance and whist drive at Spittal.BLYTH.—Annual meeting of the Ladies'

Life-boat Guild. Amount collected in 1938,£16.

Whist drive and dance.BRIDLINGTON.—Bridge and whist drive.CONISBOROUGH.—Bridge drive.DARLINGTON.—The branch has suffered

a severe loss by the death of AldermanGeorge R. Young, who was its honorarysecretary from 1911 to 1933, and from 1933until his death, its chairman. He wasawarded the life-boat picture in 1921, and in1934, the gold badge which is only givenfor distinguished honorary services.

Bridge and whist drives.DONCASTER AND DISTRICT.—Dance

at Bentley.FILEY.—Annual meeting on 2nd Decem-

ber, Mr. R. M. Robson presiding. Effortsof the past year: Life-boat day, whist driveand dance. Amount collected in 1938,£243, an increase of £57 on 1937.

GATESHEAD.—Bridge drives.HALIFAX.—Annual meeting on 27th

January, the Mayor presiding. Efforts ofthe past year: Life-boat day, whist drive anddance. Amount collected in 1938, £307.

HARROGATE.—Annual meeting of theLadies' Life-boat Guild. Amount collectedin 1938, £179.

HAUXLEY AND AMBLE.—Bridge andwhist drive.

HECKMONDWIKE.—Bridge and whistdrive.

HOLMFIRTH.—Whist drive'and dance.HUDDERSFIELD.—Annual meeting of

the Ladies' Life-boat Guild on 2nd December.Amount collected in 1938, £272, an increaseof £9 on 1937.

KEIGHLEY.—Bring-and-buy sale.

KIRKBURTON.—Bridge drive and dance.

LEEDS.—Collection at thQ Empire.Dance. Bring-and-buy sale. Whist driveand dance at Headingley.

MARKET WEIGHTON.—Whist drive.

MEXBOROUGII.—Bridge drive.

NEWCASTLE - UPON - TYNE.—Bridgedrive.

NORTH SUNDERLAND.—The stationhas suffered a severe loss by the death ofMr. M. R. Norris who had been its honorarysecretary for 10 years. Both his father andgrandfather served in the life-boat, and hisfamily had been associated with the stationfor 70 years.

NORTHUMBERLAND.—County life-boatball.

REDCAR.—The station has suffered asevere loss by the death of Captain J. T.Shaw. He had been the honorary secretaryfor 19 years and in 1931 was awarded in-scribed binoculars by the Institution.

ROTHERHAM.—Life-boat ball.

SCARBOROUGH.—Whist and bridgedrive.

SEAHAM.—Young people's dance.

SELBY.—Annual meeting of the Ladies'Life-boat Guild. Amount collected in 1938,£58.

Bridge drive.

SOWERBY BRIDGE.—Whist drive anddance.

SPENBOROUGH.—Bridge and whistdrive.

STAMFORDHAM.—Concert.

SUNDERLAND.—Mr. James M. Brownwho has died at the age of 76, was second-coxswain for 13 years and coxswain for 10years. He letiied in 1916, and was awardeda pension and a certificate of service.

Dance. Christmas party.

TYNEMOUTH.—Annual meeting of theLadies' Life-boat Guild. Amount collectedin 1938, £14.

WAKEFIELD.—Military whist drive.

WEST HARTLEPOOL.—Annual meetingof the Ladies' Life-boat Guild. Amountcollected in 1938, £117.

Whist and bridge drive.WOOLER.—Annual meeting of the

Ladies' Life-boat Guild. Amount collectedin 1938, £5.

YORK.—Address by district organizingsecretary to conservative club and YorkRound Table.

Midlands.BELPER.—Life-boat film "Story of the

Life-boat" shown.

BIRMINGHAM.—Collections at the Alex-andra, Royal, and Empire theatres, atBingley Hall Circus, at the Birmingham IceRink and at the West Bromwich Albionfootball ground. Concert arranged by Mr. S.Poynton, West Bromwich, attended by theMayor. Life-boat balls in Botanical gardens,Edgbaston. Addresses to the Young People'sSociety, Smethwick; St. Andrews Women'sUnionists and the Unionists of St. George'sInstitute, Edgbaston,


BRISTOL.—Life-boat ball. Lantern lec-ture by Mr. G. F. Igglesden, honorarytreasurer, to British Legion.

CLEETHORPES.—Christmas fair andsherry party by kind permission of Mrs.Locking at the Cliff hotel.

KENILWORTH.—Whist drive.MATLOCK.—Ex-Inspector Joseph Ken-

nedy appointed honorary secretary. Addressby the district organizing secretary to theRotary Club.

NORTHAMPTON.—Annual meeting, Mr.C. E. D. Archer, chairman, presiding in theabsence of the president, Councillor W. H.Percival, supported by Mrs. Harvey Reeves,vice-president, and Mr. C. Mobbs, vice-chairman. Amount collected in 1938, £198.

NOTTINGHAM.—Annual meeting. Lieut.-Commander G. J. Mackness, D.C.S., R.N.,chairman, presiding in the absence of theDuke of Portland, K.G., P.C., G.C.V.O.,patron, supported by the Lord Mayor,president, and the Lady Mayoress. Speaker:The district organizing secretary.

Life-boat ball.OLDBURY.—Annual meeting, Mrs. M. R.

Growcott, J.P., chairman, presiding. Amountcollected in 1938, £44.

RUGELEY.—Life-boat ball.STOKE-ON-TRENT AND NEWCASTLE-

UNDER-LYME.—Collections at the TheatreRoyal, Hanley and at the Port Vale footballground. Whist drive, organized by theNewcastle Ladies' Life-boat Guild.

WARWICK.—Life-boat day.WOLVERHAMPTON.—Life-boat ball.

Address by the district organizing secretary.Lectures at Bromsgrove and Daventry.

South-East of England.ALDEBURGH.—Presentation by the

Mayor of the certificate of service awardedby the Institution to Coxswain J. Pead onhis retirement.

ATTLEBOROUGH.—Life - boat day.Life-boat film " The Story of the Life-boat"shown.

BEXHILL.—Annual meeting, Rear-Admiral C. A. M. Sarel, O.B.E., R.N.,chairman, presiding. Efforts of the pastyear: Cinema collection and golf competition.Amount collected in 1938, £139, an increaseof £36 on 1937.

BLETCHLEY.— Whist drives.BOGNOR REGIS.—Carol singing.BURNHAM (BUCKS).—Branch formed.

Honorary secretary, Mrs. Richardson.BYFLEET AND PYRFORD.—Dance.CANTERBURY.—The branch has suffered

a severe loss through the deaths of thechairman, Surg.-Captain K. H. Jones, R.N.,M.B.. F.Z.S., and Sir Reginald T. Tower,K.C.M.G., C.V.O., a member of the committee.

CHATTERIS.—Life-boat day.CHELMSFORD.—Christmas whist drive.CHICHESTEK.—Life-boat film " The

Story of the Life-boat" shown, with collect-ions.

CHORLEY WOOD.—Bridge party. Carolsinging.

CLACTON.—Annual meeting of theLadies' Life-boat Guild; Mrs. F. M. H.Coleman, J.P., president, in the chair.Speaker: Captain E. S. Carver, R.D., R.N.R.,the Institution's superintendent of stores.Efforts of the past year: Life-boat day,whist drive, and church collections. Amountcollected in 1938, £144.

Golf competition. Whist drive arrangedby the Ladies' Life-boat Guild. Visit of themotor life-boat to the Mid-Barrow andBarrow Deep lightships with Christmasgifts from the people of Clacton.

The thanks of the Institution inscribed onvellum, awarded to Coxswain Charles Ellisfor the rescue of seven German yachtsmenlast June, presented to him by Lieut.-Commander P. E. Vaux, D.S.C., R.N., chiefinspector of life-boats, at a dinner given bythe Royal Ocean Racing Club.

CLAYGATE.—Carol singing.CROMER.—Annual meeting, Lieut.-CoI.

F. A. G. Noel, chairman, presiding. Effortsof the past year: Life-boat day, life-boatcup competition, exhibition. Amount col-lected in 1938, £573.

Cinema collection.DORKING.—Bridge and whist drives.EASTBOURNE.—Annual meeting, Mr,

Ernest Armstrong, chairman of the branchand a member of the committee of manage-ment of the Institution, presiding. Speaker:Lieut.-Col. C. R. Satterthwaite, O.B.E.,secretary of the Institution. Efforts of thepast year: Life-boat days in Eastbourneand district, and other collections arrangedby the Ladies' Life-boat Guild. Amountcollected in 1938, £1,524. Certificates ofservice awarded by the Institution to twomembers of the crew, and records of thanksawarded to four honorary workers, presentedby Lieut.-Col. Satterthwaite.

EPPING.—Whist drives at Epping andTheydon. Dance.

ESHER.—The branch has suffered a severeloss by the death of the honorary secretary,Mrs. Chapman.

FOLKESTONE. -Series of bridge parties.FOREST ROW.—Branch formed. Hon-

orary secretary, Miss I. Young.GREAT YARMOUTH AND GORLES-

TON.—Annual meeting, Lieut.-CommanderH. K. Case, D.S.C., R.N.R., chairman, pre-siding. Efforts of the past year: Life-boatday, badminton and tennis tournaments,a whist drive, and a golf competition,arranged by the Ladies' Life-boat Guild.Amount collected in 1938, £285, an increaseof £31 on 1937.

On Armistice Day, llth November, themotor life-boat put out, and a service i n


memory of those who lost their lives at seain the Great War was conducted on boardby the vicar. Afterwards wreaths were caston the sea.

Informal visit to the life-boat station ofSir John Simon, G.C.S.I., K.C.V.O., P.C.,M.P., Chancellor of the Exchequer. Whistdrive at Filby. Dance arranged by theLadies' Life-boat Guild. Part proceeds ofcollection at annual fisherman's churchservice. Lantern lectures to schools byLieut.-Commander Case.

HASBOROUGH AND DISTRICT.—Whist drive and dance at Bacton. Christ-mas party at Wroxham, in conjunction withthe Norwich Mutual Service Club, includinga whist drive and show of life-boat films.

HASTINGS AND ST. LEONARDS.—Annual meeting, Commander John Bray,V.D., R.N.V.R., chairman, presiding.Speaker: Mr. H. S. H. Burdett-Coutts, amember of the committee of managementof the Institution. Efforts of the past year:Life-boat days at Hastings and Battle,blessing-of-the-sea service, life-boat Sunday,church collection, cinema and theatre collec-tions. Amount collected in 1938, £625.

HITCHIK—Life-boat film "Boats thatSave Life" shown, with collections.

HYTHE AND DYMCHIJRCH.—Seriesof lantern lectures by Mr. Clayton Rickard,the honorary secretary, at which the life-boatfilm " Boats that Save Life" was shown.

IPSWICH.—Carol singing.KESSINGLAND.—Whist drive and dance.KNEBWORTH.—Branch formed. Hon-

orary secretary, Mrs. Philip Kerr.LITTLEHAMPTON. — Annual life-boat

ball.LOWESTOFT.—Annual meeting, Mr. F.

Spashett, J.P., chairman, presiding. Effortsof the past year: Life-boat day. Amountcollected in 1938, £224, an increase of £12on 1937.

Dance.MARGATE AND HERNE BAY.—

Visit of the motor life-boat to the Tongueand Edinburgh lightships with Christmasgifts from the people of Margate, and to theGirdler lightship with Christmas gifts fromthe people of Herne Bay.

RAMSGATE. — Life-boat films "Boatsthat Save Life " and " Heroes of the Sea "shown to school children. Visit of the motorlife-boat to the Brake lightship with Christ-mas gifts from the people of Ramsgate.

RYE AND WINCHELSEA.—A memorialservice was held in Rye Harbour church forthe seventeen life-boat men who lost theirlives ten years ago on 15th November, 1928.

Lecture at Icklesham Women's Institute.ST. IVES (HUNTS).—-The branch has

suffered a severe loss through the death ofMrs. G. G. G. Wheeler, for many yearspresident of the branch, and a holder of theInstitution's gold badge.

SELSEY.—Visit of the motor life-boat tothe Owers lightship with Christmas giftsfrom the people of Bognor Regis, Chichester,and Selsey.

SHERINGHAM.—Annual meeting, Mr.H. E. S. Upcher, J.P., C.C., president, in thechair. Efforts of the past year: Life-boat dayand exhibition. Amount collected in 1938,£263.

SHOREHAM HARBOUR.—Dance atSouthwick.

SITTINGBOURNE AND MILTONREGIS.—Whist drive and dance.

SUDBURY.—The branch has suffered asevere loss through the death of the honorarytreasurer, Sir George Whitehouse, K.C.B.,J.P.

TOLLESBURY.—House-to-house collec-tion.

TUNBRIDGE WELLS.—" Ideal Sale."Lectures at Groombridge Women's Instituteby Captain Basil Hall, R.N., and at RusthallWomen's Institute by Miss Dorothy Davies,chairman of the branch.

Competition at Nevill golf club.WALTON AND FRINTON.—Annual

meeting, Mr. J. W. Eagle, J.P., chairman,presiding. Efforts of the past year: Life-boat day and life-boat Sunday. Amountcollected in 1938, £210.

The motor life-boat took out Christmasgifts to the Sark and Kentish Knock light-vessels from the people of Walton-on-Nazeand district.

WELLS-ON-SEA.—Whist drive and dance.Life-boat film " The Story of the life-boat"shown.

WORTHING.—Mr. William Blann, who hasdied at the age of 78, was second-coxswain for22 years and coxswain for 10 years, retiringin 1930 when the station was closed. He wasawarded a pension and a certificate of service.Since then he had been the caretaker of theboat-house which was still left open tovisitors although the station had been closed.

Lectures were also given to the ChobhamUnionist Association, the Horley Towns-women's Guild, and to the Women's Instit-utes at Althorne, Buxted, Flimwell, Graffham,Hollingbourne, Leaden, Roding and Warfield.

Awards won in the life-boat essay competit-ion for elementary schools were presented atAylesbury.

South'West of England.APPLEDORE.—Annual meeting, Captain

The Hon. Denys Scott, president of thebranch, in the chair. Amount collected in1938, £289, an increase of £86 on 1937.

BATH.—Carol singing. Lantern lectureby Mr. G. E. Farr of the Bristol Shiplovers'Society, to St. Luke's Literary Society.

BOURNEMOUTH.—Mr. S. J. Rees, J.P.,F.R.G.S., vice-president of the branch, hasbeen elected a Freeman of the borough ofHaverfordwest, Pembrokeshire.


BUDE.—Annual meeting, Captain A. B.Barrow, R.N., in the chair. Amount collect-ed in 1938, £146, an increase of £25 on 1937.

CAMBORNE.—Annual house - to - housecollection. Jumble sale. Sacred concertsat the Scala theatre.

CREDITON.—Bridge drive.EXETER.—Three performances of "The

Two Mrs. Carrolls " by Mrs. Gamble and hercompany, arranged by The ViscountessSidmouth.

FALMOUTH.—Annual meeting. Amount•collected in 1938, £150.

Whist drive, organized by the Ladies'Life-boat Guild. Prizes presented by Mr.J. Snell, coxswain of the Falmouth life-boat.

FARNBOROUGH.—House - to - housecollection.

FOWEY.—Whist drive, organized by theLadies' Life-boat Guild.

GOSPORT.—Annual meeting, Colonel R.F. A. Sloane-Stanley, J.P., president of thebranch, and a member of the committee ofmanagement, in the chair. Amount collectedin 1938, £129, an increase of £24 on 1937.

ISLE-OF-WIGHT :—COWES.—American tea. Annual ball

and children's dance, organized by theLadies' Life-boat Guild.

NEWPORT.—Address by Sir GodfreyBaring, Bt., chairman of the Institution, tothe Townswomen's Guild.

RYDE.—Presentation of prize won inthe life-boat essay competition for element-ary schools, by Alderman A. Andrews,vice-chairman of the Isle-of-Wight Edu-cation Committee.LIZARD.—Presentation of certificates of

service awarded by the Institution to Lizardand Cadgwith life-boat men.

LYNTON AND LYNMOUTH.—Annualmeeting, Mr. H. F. Saltmarsh, president,in the chair. Amount collected in 1938,£124, an increase of £4 on 1937.

MINEHEAD.—Annual meeting, Lieut.H. M. Brandram, R.N.R., chairman of thebranch, presiding. Amount collected in1938, £188, an increase of £6 on 1937.

OXFORD.—Annual meeting, the Mayor,president, in the chair. Speaker: Lieut.-Col.C. R. Satterthwaite, O.B.E., secretary of theInstitution. Efforts of past year: House-to-house collection, life-boat day. Amountcollected in 1938, £635.

Presentation of awards by the Institutionto honorary workers.

PAIGNTON.—Whist drives and bridgedrive, organized by the Ladies' Life-boatGuild.

PLYMOUTH.—Annual meeting, the LordMayor presiding. Amount collected in 1938,£447.

Dinner-dance, organized by the Ladies'Life-boat Guild. Collection at PlymouthArgyll Football Ground. Social at BereFerrers.

Mr. John H. Liscock, who died last yearat the age of 91, was second-coxswain for

15 years and coxswain for 17 years, retiringin 1901, with a pension and certificate ofservice.

REDRUTH.—Jumble sale.SALISBURY.—Special Sunday concert at

the Regal Theatre, by the massed RoyalMarine Bands of the Portsmouth NavalCommand, and the Portsmouth Royal NavalSingers. Speaker: Sir Godfrey Baring, Bt.,chairman of the Institution.

SEATON.—-Lantern lecture to Ryall'sCourt school, by the Rev. W. Robins,honorary secretary.

SOUTHAMPTON.—Whist drive, organ-ized by the Ladies' Life-boat Guild.

SWANAGE.—Lantern lectures by Mr.E. L. Millward, honorary assistant secretary.

WATCHET.—Annual meeting, Mr. H. K.Hole, chairman, presiding. Amount col-lected in 1938, £103, an increase of £9 on1937.

WESTON - SUPER - MARE.—Christmasvouchers presented to life-boat crew by theLadies' Life-boat Guild. The life-boat tookout Christmas gifts to the English and WelshGrounds lightship.

WEYMOUTH.—Annual meeting, MajorJ. H. C. Devenish, president and chairmanof the branch, presiding. Amount collectedin 1938, £319, an increase of £52 on 1937.

Presentations of record of thanks awardedby the Institution to Captain A. C. Denman,former branch honorary treasurer, and framedphotograph from the life-boat crew to Mr.Butt, former acting honorary secretary.

Officials of the branch and crew entertainedto dinner by Major Devenish.

The life-boat took out 200 Christmasparcels to the men on Shambles lightship.

Lectures to Norwich House School, King-ham, Oxon, and Bedales School, Petersfield.

Scotland.ABERDEEN.—Annual life-boat ball,

attended by the Lord and Lady Provost andover 900 guests.

ARBROATH.—Annual meeting of theLadies' Life-boat Guild, Lady Chapel, in thechair. Speaker: The district assistant sec-retary. Efforts of the past year: Life-boatday and Sunday concert.

ARDRISHAIG.—Visit of the Tobermorymotor life-boat.

AYR.—Mr. John Morrison, who has diedat the age of 67, was second-coxswain forover 6 years and coxswain for 25 years,retiring in 1932 when the station was closed.He was awarded a pension and a certificateof service.

AYTON AND BURNMOUTH.—Militarywhist drive, with address by the districtassistant secretary. Dance at Burnmouth.

BANFF, MACDUFF, WHITEHILLSAND GARDENSTOWN.—Annual meeting,ex-Provost James Christie, chairman, pre-siding. Efforts of the past year: Life-boat

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days life-boat cruises, dancing displays, whistdrives. Amount collectedin 1938, £165.

Whist drives at Banff and Macduff,arranged by the Ladies' Life-boat Guild.

BUCKIE.—Variety concert, organized bythe Townswomen's Guild and Mr. A. W.Thomson. Address by Mr. James Archibald,Lord Lieutenant of the County and presidentof the branch.

DUMBARTON.—Bridge and whist drive.DUNBAR.—Whist drive at Innerwick,

arranged by the Women's Rural Institute.Presentation by Mr. T. Wilson Fish, chairmanof the branch, of Christmas gifts to the crewsof Dunbar and Skateraw life-boats.

DUNDEE.—Concert arranged by DundeeInvalid and Cripple Children's DramaticSociety.

DUNOON.—Annual meeting on 13thDecember, Mrs. McArthur Moir, president ofthe Ladies' Life-boat Guild in the chair.Speaker: The district assistant secretary.Efforts of the past year: Life-boat balls andlife-boat day. Amount collected in 1938,£174, an increase of £34 on 1937.

Concert at Innellan, Sir Norman Lament,Bt., of Knockdow, presiding.

EDINBURGH.—Address by the Scottishorganizing secretary to St. Paul's ChurchMothers' Union, Mrs. R. H. Maconochie, avice-president of the Ladies' Life-boat Guild,in the chair. Lantern lectures.

EYEMOUTH.—Annual meeting on 26thOctober, Sir Christopher Furness, Bt., pre-sident of the branch, in the chair. Effortsof the past year: Life-boat day. Amountcollected in 1938, £38.

FORT WILLIAM.—Annual meeting on16th December, The Lady Hermoine Cameronof Lochiel, president of the Ladies' Life-boatGuild, in the chair. Efforts of the pastyear: Life-boat days and evening party.Amount collected in 1938, £79, an increaseof £59 on 1937.

GALASHIELS.—Annual meeting on 12thJanuary, the Countess of Haddington,president of the Ladies' Life-boat Guild, inthe chair. Speaker: The district assistantsecretary. Efforts of the past year: Daffodilday and appeal for subscriptions. Amountcollected in 1938, £90, an increase of £15on 1937.

GIRVAN.—Annual meeting of the Ladies'Life-boat Guild, Mrs. J. Blair, president, inthe chair. Efforts of the past year: Whistdrive and dance and life-boat day.

Special meeting at which ex-Provost J.McCrindle, chairman of the branch, presentedto Coxswain James McCartney the certificateof service awarded to him by the Institution.Speakers: Commander J. M. Upton, R.D.,R.N.R., district inspector of life-boats, andMr. J. Brewster, honorary treasurer of thebranch.

Special meeting, ex-Provost J. McCrindlechairman of the branch, presiding. TheMarquess of Ailsa, president of the branch,presented to Second-Coxswain Ingram the

certificate of service awarded to him by theInstitution.

Whist drive and dance, arranged by theLadies' Life-boat Guild.

GLASGOW.—Lantern lecture by the Rev.David McQueen, M.A., to the Young People'sAssociation of Govan Congregational Church.Lantern lectures.

GREENOCK.—Annual meeting on 17thNovember, Mr. S. M. Turnbull, presiding.Speakers: Mr. J. D. Shannon, Mr. D. M.Ferguson, Mr. Colquhoun, Mr. A. R. Stewartand the Scottish organizing secretary.Efforts of the past year: Life-boat day andlantern lecture. Amount collected in 1938,£167.

Performance of the life-boat play " TheirBusiness in Great Waters" by the UnionStreet Church Dramatic Club.

IRVINE.—Mr. Alexander Sinclair whohas died at the age of 82, was bowman of theIrvine life-boat for nearly 7 years, andcoxswain for 16 years, retiring in 1914, whenthe station was closed. He was awardeda certificate of service and a special pension.At one time the life-boat crew was almostentirely qomposed of Sinclairs.

ISLE OF BUTE.—Annual whist driveand dance. The Marchioness of Bute,D.B.E., president of the Ladies' Life-boatGuild, in the chair. The Duke and Duchessof Montrose were present and the prizes werepresented by the Duchess.

ISLE OF ISLAY.—Dance at Bowmore,arranged by Mrs. Fisher.

KIRKCUDBRIGHTSHIRE. — Annualmeeting on 7th December, Sir Charles Hope-Dunbar, Bt., of St. Mary's Isle, president,in the chair. This meeting was preceded bythe annual meeting of the Ladies' Life-boatGuild, the Countess of Galloway, presidentin the chair. Efforts of the past year:Life-boat days, house-to-house collection,concert, sale, cabaret dance, whist drive,boat card collections and lantern lectures.Amount collected in 1938, £201, an increaseof £33 on 1937.

LANARK.—Life-boat day.LOSSIEMOUTH.—Whist and bridge drive

and dance.MONTROSE.—Cinema matinee, organized

by the Ladies' Life-boat Guild, Mrs.Macpherson Grant of Craigo, presiding.Speakers: The Countess of Airlie and Mrs.Forsyth-Grant of Ecclesgreig.

NAIRN.—Annual meeting on 16th Novem-ber, Commander A. R. Chalmer, R.N.,chairman, presiding. Efforts of the pastyear: Life-boat day and appeal for sub-scriptions. Amount collected in 1938, £50.

PAISLEY.—Annual life-boat service inPaisley Abbey conducted by the Rev. W. J.Baxter, M.A., of Dowanhill Church, Glasgow.

PETERHEAD.—Annual dance.RENFREW.—Annual meeting on 7th

December, Miss Lobnitz of Ross Hall, vice-president of the Ladies' Life-boat Guild, inthe chair. Speaker: The district assistant


secretary. Efforts of the past year: Appealfor subscriptions. Amount collected in 1938,£35.

TROON.—Annual meeting on 3rd Novem-ber, ex-Provost McAlister, president of thebranch, in the chair. Efforts of the pastyear: Whist drive, joint church service,life-boat day and appeal for subscriptions.Amount collected in 1938, £157.

Whist drive.Lectures at Johnstone, Tillicoultry, and

Uddingston.

Wales.(Including Herefordshire, Monmouthshire

and Shropshire.)

ABERGAVENNY.—A special meeting tore-organize the branch, the Mayor presiding.Speaker: The district organizing secretary.Miss G. Savegar appointed honorary secre-tary.

BANGOR.—Ladies' Life-boat Guild din-ner. Guest of honour, the Lady Penrhyn.Speaker: The district organizing secretary.

BARRY.—Bridge and whist drive organ-ized by the Ladies' Life-boat Guild. Prizespresented by Mrs. Richard Read.

CAERNARVON.—Special meeting, theDeputy Mayor presiding, to form a branch.Speaker: Sir Godfrey Baring, Bt., chairmanof the Institution.

CONWA Y.—Annual meeting of the Ladies'Life-boat Guild on 10th November, Mrs.Guyse Barker, the chairman, presiding.Speakers: The Mayor and the districtorganizing secretary. Efforts of the pastyear: Appeal for annual subscriptions andlife-boat day. Amount collected in 1938,£129, an increase of £7 on 1937.

Mrs. J. McGachen appointed joint honorarysecretary.

HEREFORD.—Annual meeting on 31stJanuary, Vice-Admiral F. P. Loder Symonds,C.M.G., J.P., chairman, presiding. Speaker:The district organizing secretary. Efforts ofthe past year: Appeal for annual subscrip-tions, house-to-house collections, whist drive,jumble sale. Amount collected in 1938, £43.

LLANDYSSUL.—Life-boat day.

MARKET DRAYTON.—Miss M. W.Jones appointed honorary secretary.

NEATH.—Bridge and whist drive.NEWPORT, MON.—Annual life-boat ball,

organized by the Ladies' Life-boat Guild.PENARTH.—Annual life-boat ball, organ-

ized by the Ladies' Life-boat Guild.PONTYPOOL.—Special meeting to re-

organize the branch, Mr. H. H. Pratt, J.P.,presiding. Speaker: The district organizingsecretary. Mrs. Llewellyn Hughes ap-pointed honorary secretary.

WREXHAM.—Special meeting, the Mayorpresiding, to reform the branch. Speaker:Sir Godfrey Baring, Bt., chairman of theInstitution. Mrs. Arthur Davies appointedhonorary secretary.

Ireland.BANGOR.—Bridge drive.BELFAST.—Life-boat ball.CORK.—Annual life-boat dance. Golf

competition. Presentation of prize in thelife-boat essay competition for elementaryschools.

DUBLIN.—Carol singing. Presentationof prizes in the life-boat essay competitionfor elementary schools.

DUN LAOGHAIRE.—Presentation fromIrish station branches to Commander J. M.Upton, R.D., R.N.R., district inspector oflife-boats, on his transfer from Ireland tothe east coast of England, by Mr. J. P.Dooge, P.C., chairman of Dun LaoghaireBorough Council. Representatives frommany branches attended and the speakersincluded the chairman and the honorarysecretaries of Dun Laoghaire, Howth, Wex-ford, and Wicklow.

LIMERICK.—Presentation by the Mayorof Limerick of the wrist watch awarded bythe Institution to Master Thomas Long forhis gallantry in rescuing a drowning man on14th June, 1938. Speakers: Mr. C. Downey,honorary secretary of the Limerick branchand the district organizing secretary. Golfcompetition.

PORTAFERRY.—Carol singing, organizedby Miss Peggy McCleery.

From a Working Man.

A GIFT of ten shillings has come froma working man at Southend-on-Sea ingratitude for the rescue of three menby the Southend motor life-boatGreater London. He had never seenthe three men before, but had letthem have his boat to go fishing.

He wrote: " I feel that their thanks aswell as mine are due to the Life-boatInstitution. I am only a working man,with a family to keep, so I cannot affordmuch help in the way it deserves. Iam sorry I cannot make it muchmore."


Services of the Life-boats of the Institution during 1938.Persons

rescued fromshipwreck.

Fishing cobles of Filey. Filey pulling and sailing life-boatescorted cobles into safety.

Sailing barge Melissa, of London. Ramsgate motor life-boatsaved barge a n d rescued _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 2

Fishing boats Peggy, If, and Billy Boy, of Aldeburgh. AldeburghNo. 1 motor life-boat saved three boats and rescued - — - 7

Motor fishing boats Viper and Brothers, of Portrush. Portrushmotor life-boat saved two boats and rescued _ _ _ _ _ 9

A motor fishing boat of Arranmore. Arranmore motor life-boatescorted boat into safety.

Boat of trawler Prevail, of Dublin. Poolbeg pulling life-boatsaved boat a n d rescued — _ _ — _ _ — _ — — _ _ 2

S.S. Fermanagh, of Belfast. Tenby motor life-boat _ _ _ _ 8S.S. George J. Goulandris, of Andros. Barry Dock motor life-

boat saved vessel a n d rescued - _ _ — _ _ — _ _ 2 8S.S. Suffolk Coast, of Liverpool. Angle motor life-boat took a

doctor out to vessel.S.S. Spero, of Newcastle. St. David's motor life-boat stood by

vessel.Barra Head lighthouse boat. Barra Island motor life-boat

escorted boat to safetyFishing coble Breadwinner, of Holy Island. Holy Island motor

life-boat escorted coble into harbour.Fishing vessel Rostellecois, of Camaret. Padstow No. 1 motor

life-boat - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3S.S. Plasma, of Glasgow. Kirkcudbright motor life-boat stood

by vessel.S.S. Nora, of Liverpool. Ramsey motor life-boat stood by vessel.Barra Island motor life-boat took a doctor to Vatersay Island.Thirteen fishing cobles of Newbiggin. Newbiggin pulling and

sailing life-boat escorted cobles into safety.A lighter of Plymouth. Padstow No. 2 motor life-boat saved

vessel.S.S. Rivelin, of Liverpool. Holyhead motor life-boat escorted

vessel into safety.S.S. New Verdun, of Plymouth. Bembridge motor life-boat

escorted vessel into safety.Motor fishing coble Comrade, of Scarborough. Scarborough

motor life-boat saved coble and rescued - - - - - - - 2Steam trawler Richmond Castle, of Dundee. Broughty Ferry

motor life-boat - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 8Boat of steam trawler Ben Chourn, of Aberdeen. Lerwick motor

life-boat saved boat and rescued — — — _- — _ _ _S.S. Alba, of Panama. St. Ives motor life-boat - - - - -S.S. Falavee, of Belfast. Campbeltown motor life-boat rescued

crew and saved vessel — — — — — — — __ — _ _Steam trawler Lord Keith, of Lowestoft. Lowestoft motor life-

boat assisted to save vessel and rescued — — _ _ — — -Fishing boat Urgent, of Cromer. Cromer No. 1 motor life-boat

stood by boat.Motor fishing vessel Ivo Luc, of Zeebrugge. Wick motor life-boat

saved vessel and rescued _ — — — - _ _ _ _ _ _ 4The Edinburgh light-vessel. Margate motor life-boat rendered

assistance.S.S. Ben Varrey, of Ramsey. Douglas motor life-boat stood by

vessel.Fishing boats Ina, Rejoice, and Margaret A. Johnson, of Blyth.

Blyth motor life-boat escorted boats into harbour.Motor fishing boats Endeavour, Pilot Me, and Success, of Whitby.

Whitby No. 1 motor life-boat stood by boats.Motor fishing boats Mary Joy, Hyperion, Margaret, and Floreat,

of Scarborough. Scarborough motor life-boat escorted boatsinto harbour.

S.S. Deeneood, of London. The Humber motor life-boat escortedvessel into safety.

Motor boat Salvor, of Ramsgate. Ramsgate motor life-boatsaved boat and rescued - — — — — — — _ — — _ _ 3

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PersonsTime of rescued from

1938. Launching. shipwreck.Feb. 12. 5.25 p.m.) Barge Chieftain, of London. Walton and Frinton motor life-

„ 13. 8.0 a.m. J" boat rescued 3 and saved barge - _ _ _ _ - _ _ _ 3

" *1 IA qqP m I Auxiliarv schooner Skjoldborg, of Fredrikshavn. Boulmer„ 12. 4.<Ja p.m. j- motor life-boat rescued 7; rescued 1; and rendered assistance 8„ 14. 12 noon. J„ 13. 2.30 p.m. Barge Verama, of London. Dungeness No. 2 motor life-boat

saved vessel and rescued _ - — - — — — _ - _ — 2„ 14. 8.30 a.m. Fishing boat Northern Queen, of Lowestoft. Aldeburgh No 1

motor life-boat escorted boat into safety.„ 14. 9.30 p.m. S.S. King Edgar, of London. The Humber motor life-boat stood

by vessel.,, 15. 12.5 p.m. Motor barge Pacific, of London. Southend-on-Sea motor life-

boat _ - - - - - _ - - - _ - - - - _ - 2,, 15. 4.30 p.m. S.S. Dunnet Head, of Leith. Southend-on-Sea motor life-boat

landed one.("Motor barge Pacific, of London. Southend-on-Sea motor life-

1 fi 8 O a m J boat saved vessel.1 Boat of S.S. Carton, of London. Southend-on-Sea motor life-\_ boat saved boat and rescued _ — _ — _ - — - — _ 5

„ 17. 3.5 p.m. Boat Hagar, of Barrow. Barrow motor life-boat saved boat.„ 17. 5.30 p.m. Auxiliary schooner Kerroch, of Paimpol. Shoreham Harbour

motor life-boat saved vessel and rescued — — - _ — — - o„ 18. 7.40 a.m. Motor vessel Thomas M., of London. Ramsgate motor life-boat

rendered assistance.,, 18. 9.20 a.m. Motor fishing boat Lucky Hit, of Lowestoft. Lowestoft motor

life-boat - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5„ 19. 11.0 p.m. Fishing boat Provider, of Portavogie. Troon motor life-boat

rendered assistance.„ 25. 9.37 p.m. Steam trawler Buckingham, of Grimsby. Filey pulling and

sailing life-boat stood by vessel.,, 28. 11.0 a.m. Motor fishing yawl Sovereign, of Dundee. Broughty Ferry motor

life-boat saved boat and rescued — — --- — - — - 2Mar. 2. 11.30 p.m. Motor schooner Solway Lass, of Portmadoc. Pwllheli motor

life-boat landed 2, and saved vessel.,, 3. 1.40 p.m. Galway Bay motor life-boat fetched honorary secretary from

Island of Inishmaan.,, 4. 6.20 a.m. S^eam trawler Tranio, of Milford. Galway Bay motor life-boat 11,, 5. 6.0 a.m. Steam trawler Tranio, of Milford. Galway Bay motor life-boat

took captain out to vessel.,, 7. 1.0 p.m. Steam trawler Tranio, of Milford. Galway Bay motor life-boat

took owner out to vessel.„ 20. 12.11 a.m. Motor vessel Confid, of Rotterdam. The Humber motor life-

boat stood by vessel.,, 22. 7.45 a.m. Motor trawler Tarascon, of Boulogne. Salcombe motor life-boat 15,, 23. 2.45 p.m. Aith motor life-boat took a doctor to the is'and of Papa Stour.,, 23. 7.15 p.m. Steam trawler Confide, of Peterhead. Stromness motor life-boat

stood by vessel.,, 27. 8.30 a.m. Fishing boat Consort, of Glasgow. Troon motor life-boat saved

boat a n d rescued _ _ _ _ _ — — _ - - _ _ _ 3,, 31. 11.5 p.m. R.A.F. Seaplane K.4199. Shoreham Harbour motor life-boat

rendered assistance.April 4. 4.30 p.m. Motor fishing boats Lilian, of North Shields, and Hilda, of

Sunderland. Sunderland motor life-boat saved boats andrescued _ _ _ _ - _ _ _ - - _ - - - - - 4

5. 3.15 p.m. Yacht May Queen, of Lowestoft. Eastbourne motor life-beatsaved yacht a n d rescued — _ _ - _ _ _ — _ _ - 2

8. 4.55 a.m. Sailing and motor yacht Eleanor, of Boston. Lowestoft motorlife-boat saved yacht and rescued - - - - - - - - - 2

8. 4.30 p.m. Motor fishing boats Provider and Pilot Me, of Whitby. WhitbyNo. 1 motor life-boat escorted boats into harbour.

13. 11.25p.m. J S.S. Montrose, of Stockholm. Boulmer motor life-boat stood by14. 12 noon. ( vessel.

,, 10. 9.0 p.m. Motor boat Sirius, of St. David's. St. David's motor life-boatrendered assistance.

16. 11.55 p.m. Yacht Swift, of West Mersea. Newhaven motor life-boatrendered assistance.

,, 18. 3.0 p.m. Motor fishing boats Pilot Me and Success, of Whitby. WhitbyNo. 1 motor life-boat escorted boats into harbour.

„ 19. 8.30 a.m. Seven fishing boats of Filey. Filey pulling and sailing life-boatescorted boats into safety.

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1.45 p.m.

5.10 p.m.

7.52 p.m.

8.10 p.m.

8.10 p.m.

9.24 p.m.

9.44 p.m.

11.15 p.m.

2. 12.20 a.m. J

2.

2.

1.0 a.m.

4.5 a.m.

Personsrescued fromshipwreck.

Barge Gannet, of London. Walton and Frinton motor life-boatsaved barge a n d rescued — _ — _ - _ — _ - _ - 2

Steam fishing boat Pioneer, of Penzance. Penlee motor life-boatrendered assistance.

Motor drifter Saxon, of Aberdeen. Cullercoats motor life-boatlanded 3.

Motor shrimp boat Violet, of Yarmouth. Great Yarmouth andGorleston motor life-boat saved boat and rescued - - - - 1

/Motor fishing boat Noel II, of Whitby. Whitby No. 1 motorI life-boat saved boat and rescued — — — — - _ _ - - 5| Five motor fishing boats of Whitby. Whitby No. 1 motor life-(. boat escorted boats into harbour.An open fishing boat of Shoeburyness. Southend-on-Sea motor

life-boat landed 3.Motor cruiser Kushi. Hythe motor life-boat saved boat and

rescued — — — _ — — - _ . _ — — — — _ _ _ 3Barge Florence Myall, of Rochester. Clacton-on-Sea motor

life-boat - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2Barge Lady Mary, of London. Walton and Frinton motor life-

boat saved barge and rescued — — — — — — _ — -- 2Aeroplane G—AD.JM. Dover motor life-boat rendered assistance.Five fishing cobles of Staithes. Runswick motor life-boat

escorted cobles into safety.Converted ship's life-boat of Baldoyle. Howth motor life-boat

landed 9.Fishing boat Young Dick, of Hull. The Humber motor life-boat

rendered assistance.Motor yacht Mar-g-habi, of London. Margate motor life-boat

escorted yacht into safety.(Fishing boat Brothers, of Yarmouth. Great Yarmouth andI Gorleston motor life-boat saved boat and rescued - — — - 31 Fifteen fishing boats of Yarmouth. Great Yarmouth and( Gorleston motor life-boat escorted boats to safety.Yacht Windspiel, of Hamburg. Dover motor life-boat stood by

vessel.Yacht Westvoind, of Bremen. Clacton-on-Sea motor life-boat

rendered assistance.Motor fishing boat Maggie, of Shoreham. Newhaven motor life-

boat escorted boat into harbour.Fishing coble Ramleigh, of Whitby. Whitby No. 1 motor life-

boat escorted coble into harbour.Fishing boat G.V.H., of Great Yarmouth. Cromer No. 1 motor

life-boat saved boat and rescued — — - — — — — — - 2Fishing cobles Nancy, Dennis, and Brittania, of Flamborough.

Flamborough No. 1 motor life-boat escorted cobles into safety.Yacht Merry Thought, of Newhaven. Lowestoft motor life-boat

escorted yacht into harbour.Fishing boat Peggy, of New Quay. New Quay (Card.) pulling

and sailing life-boat escorted boat into harbour.Motor yacht Embla, of Cork. Rosslare Harbour motor life-boat

saved yacht and rescued -__ — — _ — — _ - _ 4Auxiliary yacht Craignair, of Lymington. Torbay motor life-

boat saved yacht and rescued - - _ - - - _ _ _ - 2Motor cruiser Redwings, of Plymouth. Plymouth motor life-

boat escorted boat into safety.Motor yacht Cygnet, of Dublin. Wicklow motor life-boat escorted

yacht into harbour.Auxiliary yacht Monie, of Southampton. Yarmouth, Isle of

Wight, motor life-boat - - - - - - - - - - - - 2Four fishing boats of Hastings. Hastings motor life-boat escorted

boats into harbour.Motor yacht Zaire, of Poole. Poole and Bournemouth pulling

and sailing life-boat landed 1.[Yacht Wimpie, of Southampton. Southend-on-Sea motor life-

boat - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2Barge Glenrosa, of London. Southend-on-Sea motor life-boat - 3Barge Audrey, of London. Southend-on-Sea motor life-boat - 2Motor yacht Helen Mary, of Southampton. Exmouth motor

life-boat assisted to save yacht and rescued - - - - - 2Yacht Das Wappen von Bremen, of Bremen. Clacton-on-Sea

motor life-boat saved yacht ™nd rescued - - - - - - - 7



1938. Launching. shipwreck.

June 2. 5.10 a.m. Yacht Saladin, of Southampton. Dover motor life-boat savedyacht a n d rescued — — _ — _ _ _ _ — - _ _ _ 3

„ 2. 8.30 a.m. Motor fishing boat Water Lily, of Yarmouth. Great Yarmouthand Gorleston motor life-boat escorted boat into safety.

„ 2. 2.0 p.m. Fishing boat Restless Wave, of Arbroath. Arbroath motor life-boat escorted boat into harbour.

„ 5. 1.46p.m. Yacht Nirvana, of Ardrossan. Dover motor life-boat saved yachtand rescued — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 4

,, 0. 2.35 p.m. Yacht Dozmnre, of Caernarvon, Moelfre motor life-boat escortedyacht into safety.

10. 6.45 p.m. Schooner Minnie, of Peterhead. New Brighton No. 1 motor life-boat saved boat a n d rescued - _ _ _ _ — — _ _ _ 4

,. 11. 9.40a.m. Motor schooner Agrees Craig, of Dublin. Rosslare Harbour motorlife-boat rendered assistance.

,, 19. 0.55 p.m. Motor launch Irene, of Amble. Boulmer motor life-boat ren-dered assistance.

,, 21. 7.10 p.m. Motor fishing boats Lizzie and William Cecil, of Annalong.Newcastle, Co. Down, motor life-boat rendered assistance.

,, 24. 2.5 a.m. Yacht Orchis, of London. Ramsgate motor life-boat renderedassistance.

,, 24. 6.20 a.m. Motor crab boat lolanda, of Brixham. Torbay motor life-boatrendered assistance.

,, 25. 3.0 p.m. Auxiliary yacht White Wings, of Cardiff. Barry Dock motorlife-boat saved yacht and rescued - - - - - - - - - 4

„ 27. 1.30p.m. Eight motor fishing cobles, of Alnmouth and Boulmer. Boulmermotor life-boat escorted cobles into safety.

,, 29. 4.20 p.m. Yacht Narwhal, of Blyth. Blyth'motor life-boat rendered assis-tance.

July o. 12 noon. Motor boat Pastime, of Skippool. Fleetwood motor life-boatsaved boat and rescued - - - _ — -- — — — — — 4

3. 3.50 p.m. Steam drifter Sailor King, of Lowestoft. Wick motor life-boatrendered assistance.

„ 4. 8.48 p.m. Yacht Helen, of Hamble. Bembridge motor life-boat savedyacht and rescued - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4

„ 13. 9.0 p.m. Motor yacht Cobra, of London. Newhaven motor life-boatrendered assistance.

„ 16. 4.10 p.m. Motor yacht Ocean Pride, of Buckhaven. Dunbar motor life-boat saved yacht and rescued — - - - — - — - — — 4

„ 17. 3.11 p.m. Motor cruiser Andy, of Portsmouth. Swanage motor life-boatsaved boat and rescued - - - - - - - - - - - - 2

„ 17. 11.30 p.m. Motor yacht Naida, of Greenock. Cloughey motor lifa-boatrendered assistance.

,, 24. 3.15 p.m. R.A.F. Seaplane K.9686. Port Erin motor life-boat renderedassistance.

„ 24. 5.17 p.m. Motor vessel Oceana, of Shoreham. Shoreham Harbour motorlife-boat rendered assistance.

„ 27. 11.30 a.m. Auxiliary yacht Florence 11, of Southampton. Exmouth motorlife-boat saved yacht and rescued- - - - - - - - - 2

„ 29. 11.10p.m. Sailing dinghy Taffy, of Guernsey. St. Peter Port motor life-boat saved boat and rescued - - - - - - - - - - 3

,, 30. 10.30 p.m. Motor cruiser Sea Spray. Blackpool motor life-boat landed 5.Aug. 1. 1.35p.m. Motor barge yacht Betsy, of Maldon. Walton and Frinton motor

life-boat saved yacht and rescued - - - - - - - - - 4„ 1. 10.58 p.m. S.S. Queen of Kent, of Rochester. Ramsgate motor life-boat

landed 91.'„ 2. 1.2 a.m. Motor fishing boat Blanche, of Cleethorpes. Skegness motor

life-boat landed 1.„ 3. 11.14a.m. Motor cruiser fta«/, of Folkestone. Hythe motor life-boat rendered

assistance.„ 4. 4.31 a.m. Auxiliary yacht Gisele Aimee, of St. MaLi. Weymouth motor

life-boat assisted to save yacht and rescued — - - — — — 3„ 4. 8.45a.m. A. small yacht. Torbay motor life-boat escorted yacht to harbour.„ 4. 5.30 p.m. Sailing boat Chance. Aldeburgh No. 1 motor life-boat escorted

boat to safety.„ 5. 6.45 a.m. S.S. Esther Maria, of Copenhagen. Falmouth motor life-boat

rendered assistance.„ 7. 8.20 a.m. Steam trawler Capricornus, of Grimsby. The Humber motor

life-boat stood by vessel.„ 7. 8.24 a.m. Motor vessel John M., of London. Sheringham motor life-boat

stood by vessel.


1938.

Aug. 9.

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,, 16.

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Sept. 7.

8.

9.

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., 29.„ 29.„ 30.

Oct. 2.

„ 2.

Time ofLaunching.

1.5 a.m1.45 p.m.

8.25 a.m.

10.40 a.m.

4.35 a.m.2.45 p.m.9.38 p.m.

3.45 p.m.

6.0 p.m.

11.20 p.m.

12.22 p.m.

3.40 p.m.

12.15 p.m.1.5 p.m.

1.7 p.m.

6.20 a.m.

3.17a.m.

7.50 a.m.

11.8 a.m.

2.50 a.m.

10.15 p.m.

2.45 p.m.

3.24 p.m.

10.18 p.m.

4.40 a.m.

6.41 a.m.3.7 p.m.

12.16 a.m.10.0 a.m.

5.0 p.m.

3.40 p.m.

4.45 a.m.6.52 p.m.

11.40 a.m.

10.5 a.m.

10.30 a.m.

11.15 a.m.

1.42 p.m.


/Dutch motor vessel Frederik, and the steam trawler Ben Aden,•I of North Shields. Sunderland motor life-boat stood byI vessels.Steam drifter Young Mun, of Lowestoft. Tynemouth motor

life-boat rendered assistance.S.S. Fagerheim, of Tonsberg. Cullercoats motor life-boat stood

by vessel.\ Steam trawler Hood, of Aberdeen. Gourdon motor life-boat/ stood by vessel.

Motor fishing boat Victory, of St. Abbs. St. Abbs motor life-boat saved boat and rescued - - - - - - - - - - 2

Rowing boat Boy Sam, of Falmouth. St. Ives motor life-boatsaved boat and rescued - - - - - - - - - - - - l

Auxiliary yacht Ivernia, of London. Dover motor life-boatsaved yacht and rescued _ _ _ — _ - _ - _ — — 4

Steam trawler Nogi, of London, and boat of steam trawler Hatano,of London. Galway Bay motor life-boat rescued 12 and 4. - 16

Motor fishing vessel Valkyrie II, of Fraserburgh. Fraserburghmotor life-boat saved vessel and rescued _ - — — — — — 8

Rowing boat Annie, of Sunderland. Sunderland motor life-boatsaved boat and rescued - _ _ - - _ _ - _ _ _ - 2

A bathing float. Torbay motor life-boat - - - - — -- lYacht Vera, of Burnham-on-Crouch. Southwold motor life-

boat saved yacht and rescued - - - - - - - - - - 2Sailing yacht Sunshine, of Boston. Aldeburgh No. 1 motor life-

boat saved yacht and rescued — — — — — — — — — — 4Steam trawler Polar Prince, of North Shields. Cullercoats motor

life-boat rendered assistance.Yacht Bryony, of Southampton. Yarmouth, Isle of Wight,

motor life-boat rendered assistance.Steam drifter Carry On, of Lowestoft. Aberdeen No. 1 motor

life-boat rendered assistance.Auxiliary schooner James Postlethwaite, of Dublin. Ferryside

pulling and sailing life-boat rendered assistance.S.S. Salerno, of Hull. The Humber motor life-boat rendered

assistance.Sailing boat Zephyr, of Baltimore. Baltimore motor life-boat

rendered assistance.A small boat of Bracklesham. Selsey motor life-boat saved boat

and rescued — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2A small boat and a canoe. Shoreham Harbour motor life-boat

rendered assistance.Motor vessel Tempo, of Groningen. Ramsgate motor life-boat

stood by vessel.Steam trawler Excellent, of Boulogne. Lowestoft motor life-boat

stood by vessel.Barge Oceanic. Ramsgate motor life-boat landed an injured man.Sailing boat Sea-gull, of Lowestoft. Lowestoft motor life-boat

saved boat.St. Mary's motor life-boat took a sick man to Penzance.Fishing cobles Comrade and Royal Empire, of Whitby. \Vhitby

No. 1 motor life-boat escorted cobles into harbour.Motor fishing boat Patriot, of Rosslare Harbour. Rosslare Har-

bour motor life-boat escorted boat into harbour.Auxiliary yacht Veryan. Great Yarmouth and Gorleston motor

life-boat escorted yacht into safety.Steam trawler Worsley, of Grimsby. Longhope motor life-boat 9R.A.F. seaplane L.2237. Wick motor life-boat - - - - - 4Motor cruiser Black Bess, of Oulton. Aldeburgh No. 1 motor

life-boat saved boat and rescued - - - - - - - - - lFour small boats of Ramsgate. Ramsgate motor life-boat saved

boats a n d rescued _ - _ _ _ - _ _ _ _ _ _ - 1 5Two fishing boats of Shoebury. Southend-on-Sea motor life-

boat landed 17.(A. rowing boat of Margate. Margate motor life-boat saved boatI and rescued - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 21 Yacht Engadine, of Margate. Margate motor life-boat savedI yacht and rescued _ - - _ _ - - _ - - - - - 4Boat Kestrel, of Liverpool. New Brighton No. 1 motor life-boat

saved boat and rescued - - - - - - - - - - - - 2



1938. Launching. shipwreck.Oct. 2. 5.45 p.m. Auxiliary yacht Manx Girl, of Ramsey. Fleetwood motor life-

boat landed 5.„ 3. 5.20 p.m. Pile driver Topmast III, of Southampton. Yarmouth, Isle of

Wight, motor life-boat — — — — — — — — — — — — 7S.S. Florence, of Liverpool. Arbroath motor life-boat - - - 7Two boats from H.M.S. Franklin. Ramsgate motor life-boat

escorted boats to safety.Schooner Westward, of London. Margate motor life-boat stood

by vessel.S.S. River Humber, of Bristol. Pwllheli motor life-boat escorted

vessel into safety.The Mumbles motor life-boat took food to R.E. Territorials

marooned at Mumbles Fort.A rowing boat of Bayble. Stornoway motor life-boat landed 1

from a trawler.S.S. Kyle Prince, of Liverpool. Holyhead motor life-boat - — 9Drifter Rambler Rose, of Banff. Scarborough motor life-boat

escorted vessel into harbour.Motor fishing boat Mercedes, of Donaghadee. Donaghadee motor

life-boat saved boat and rescued - _ _ — — — - — — 5Rosslare Harbour motor life-boat landed a sick man from the

Lucifer Lightvessel.St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly, motor life-boat took a sick man to

Penzance.Motor yacht Redhead. Falmouth motor life-boat landed 4.A Sea Scouts' motor boat. Skegness motor life-boat rendered

assistance.Fishing boat Ploughboy, of Aldeburgh. Aldeburgh No. 1 motor

life-boat saved boat and rescued — — _ _ — — — — - 2S.S. Kyle Rona, of Glasgow. Barra Island motor life-boat stood

by vessel.S.S. Cantabria, of Santander. Cromer No. 1 motor life-boat — 5S.S. Cantabria, of Santander. Great Yarmouth and Gorleston

motor life-boat landed 11 from S.S. Pattersonian.A small fishing boat of Portrush. Portrush motor life-boat

rendered assistance.Arbroath motor life-boat landed a sick man from the Bell Rock

lighthouse tender Pharos.Fishing boats Pamela and Water Lily, of Ilfracombe. Ilfracombe

motor life-boat saved boats and rescued — — — - - - — 5Fishing boat May Queen, of Gourdon. Gourdon motor life-boat

escorted boat into safety.Motor yacht Dawn, of Southend. Southend-on-Sea motor life-

boat landed 3.Motor boats I'll Try, and Edward and Ernest, of Great Yar-

mouth. Great Yarmouth and Gorleston motor life-boat savedboats and rescued — — _ — — _ — _ _ — ___ 12

21. 8.0 a.m. S.S. Redthorn, of Goole. Portrush motor life-boat escorted vesselto harbour.

21. 3.26 p.m. A small fishing boat of Quarff. Lerwick motor life-boat savedboat a n d rescued _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ i

23. 4.30 a.m. S.S. Nora, of Liverpool. Portpatrick motor life-boat - - - 523. 7.15 a.m. Barges Ailsa and Britisher, of London. Great Yarmouth .and

Gorleston motor life-boat assisted to save vessels and rescued 423. 7.30 a.m. Motor fishing cobles Hilda and Kingfisher, of Scarborough. Scar-

borough motor life-boat escorted cobles into harbour.23. 7.45 a.m. Fourteen fishing boats of Filey. Filey pulling and sailing life-

boat escorted boats into safety.23. 8.5 a.m. Barges Grecian and Astrild, of Rochester. Aldeburgh No. 1 motor

23. 8.40 a.m. Twelve fishing boats of Bridlington and the steam drifter HallMark, of Buckie. Bridlington motor life-boat escorted fishingboats into harbour and rendered assistance to the drifter.

23. 8.40 a.m. Fishing cobles Mary and Isabella, of Filey. Flamborough No.1 motor life-boat escorted cobles to safety.

23. 9.45 a.m. Barge Neepawa, of Rochester. Southend-on-Sea motor life-boat 223. 9.55 a.m. Fishing boat Progress, of Hoylake, and schooner Loch Ranza Castle,

of Annalong. New Brighton No. 1 motor life-boat - - - 723. 10.15 a.m. Fishing fleet of Arbroath. Arbroath motor life-boat stood by

fishing fleet.

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5.25 p.m.5.53 p.m.

9.15 p.m.

9.30 a.m.

12.45 p.m.

11.0 p.m.

10.40 a.m.7.45 p.m.

2.40 a.m.

1.40 p.m.

6.45 p.m.

4.10 p.m.7.5 p.m.

5.0 p.m.

11.45 p.m.

5.5 p.m.9.50 p.m.

4.45 a.m.

12.5 a.m.

3.30 p.m.

4.15 p.m.

1.25 p.m.

12.45 p.m.


1938.

Nov. 23.

Time ofLaunching.

11.30 a.m.

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„ 23.

„ 23.

„ 23.

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Dec. 1.

1.

4.5.

9.

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20.

21.!', 22.„ 23.„ 23.„ 22.

12.10 p.m.

12.20 p.m.

2.24 p.m.

4.30 p.m.

10.45 p.m.

7.25 a.m.12.30 a.m.

1.34 a.m.

3.10 a.m.

3.15 a.m.

5.10 a.m.

8.30 p.m.

1.20 p.m.

8.55 p.m. )9.0 p.m. /7.7 p.m.5.30 p.m.

2.40 p.m.

12.40 a.m.

11.50 a.m.

8.10 p.m.

3.0 a.m.

7.45 a.m.

1.30 p.m.

7.15 p.m.

12.45 a.m.2.0 p.m.

8.5 p.m.10.35 p.m.

9.2 a.m.

11.25 a.m.

4.45 p.m.

9.10 a.m.

10.0 a.m.'i11.30 a.m. I8.0 a.m. f2.10 p.m.J9.45 a.m.


.'Barges Cetus and Decima, of London. Great Yarmouth andJ Gorleston motor life-boat — — — — — — — — — — — 4| Barge Raybell, of London. Great Yarmouth and Gorleston motor\ life-boat stood by vessel.Fishing boat Audrey, of Leigh, and lighter Elmsdale, of London.

Southend-on-Sea motor life-boat — — — — — — — — — 2Fishing fleet of Gourdon. Gourdon motor life-boat stood by

fishing fleet.Steam drifter Dusty Miller, of Yarmouth. Skegness motor

life-boat - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3Barge Una, of Ipswich. Great Yarmouth and Gorleston motor

life-boat - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2Motor boat Gypsy, of Blyth. Hartlepool motor life-boat assisted

to save boat and rescued - - - - _ _ - _ _ - _ 3S.S. Dunleith, of Poole. Lowestoft motor life-boat stood by vessel.Motor vessel Assurity, of London. Selsey motor life-boat stood

by and escorted vessel into safety.S.S. Jellicoe Rose, of Liverpool. Plymouth motor life-boat

landed 1.Barges T.F.C., Glenmore, of Rochester, and Lord Roberts, of

London, Southend-on-Sea motor life-boat _ — _ _ — _ 6S.S. Panachrandos, of Andros. Weymouth motor life-boat

escorted vessel into safety.Sand sucker Agivey, of London. Ramsgate motor life-boat stood

by vessel.Trawler Roaming, of Arklow. Arklow motor life-boat assisted

to save vessel and rescued - - - - - - - - - - - 3Eastbourne motor life-boat landed a sick man from the Royal

Sovereign Light-vessel.S.S. Pass of Ballater, of London. Peel and Port Erin motor life-

boats stood by vessel.Fishing boat Lily, of Liverpool. Hoylake motor life-boat - - 3Motor fishing boat Manx Lad, of Peel. Peel motor life-boat

saved boat and rescued - — — — — — — — _ — — _ 5Motor fishing boat Channel Pride, of Dartmouth. Torbay motor

.life-boat — — — _ _ — _ — — — _ — _ ^Steam trawler Rinovia, of Grimsby. Stromness motor life-boat

assisted to save vessel and rescued — — — — — — — — 19Motor fishing boat Peggy Gordon, of Girvan. Girvan motor life-

boat saved boat and rescued - - - - - - - - - - 2Motor drifter Linnet, of Banff. Barrow motor life-boat stood by

vessel.Motor vessel Kaapfalga, of Heiloo, Holland. Great Yarmouth

and Gorleston motor life-boat assisted to save vessel and rescued 7S.S. Dorothy, of Glasgow. Barra Island motor life-boat saved

vessel and rescued — _ - _ _ — — _ — — _ _ _ 4Motor fishing boat Courage, of Scarborough. Scarborough motor

life-boat escorted boat into harbour.Motor fishing boat Ciceli/, of Castletown. Peel motor life-boat

saved boat and rescued -- — - — - — — _ — — — 4Steam trawler Matabele, of Hull. Teesmouth motor life-boat - 18Trawler Lord Wakefield, of Hull. Fraserburgh motor life-boat

landed a sick man.Schooner Bretonne, of Treguier. Sennen Cove motor life-boat. - 5Barge Youngarth, of London. Yarmouth, Isfe of Wight, motor

life-boat - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2Sailing barque Alastor, of Hango. Broughty Ferry motor life-

boat assisted to save vessel and rescued — — — — — — — 15Anstrnther motor life-boat took provisions to people on May

Island.Barge Youngarth, of London. Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, motor

life-boat took crew out to vessel.Motor schooner M. E. Johnson, of Dublin. Rosslare Harbour

motor life-boat - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4

Motor schooner M. E. Johnson, of Dublin,motor life-boat assisted to save vessel.

Rosslare Harbour

Dredger Foremost 18, of New Brunswick,boat stood by vessel.

St. Mary's motor life-



1938. Launching. shipwreck.Dec. 23. 1.30 p.m. Seven motor fishing boats of Whitby. Whit by No. 1 motor life-

boat escorted boats into harbour.,, 23. 2.0 p.m. The fishing fleet of Wick. Wick motor life-boat escorted fishing

fleet into harbour.„ 23. 2.30 p.m. Motor fishing vessel Prospecto, of Bridlington. Bridlington motor

life-boat saved vessel and rescued — — — -, — — — — — 6„ 23. 5.15 p.m. S.S. Skarv, of Sunderland. Blyth motor life-boat - - - - 3„ 27. 2.25 a.m. S.S. Otto H., of Pori. Cromer No. 1 motor life-boat rendered

assistance.,, 27. 12.35 a.m. Steam trawler Cevic, of Fleetwood. Portrush motor life-boat

stood by vessel.

SUMMARY OF THE YEAR'S WORK.Lives rescued by Life-boats - - - - - - - - - - - - 546

Lives rescued in other ways for whose rescue the Institution gaverewards - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 2 7

Total of lives rescued - - - - - - - - - - 673

Persons landed from vessels on which they might have been indanger - _ - - _ _ - - - - . - - - - _ - _ - 1 6 3

Boats and vessels which Life-boats saved or helped to save - - 88

Boats and vessels which Life-boats stood by, escorted to safety,o r helped _ - _ - _ - - - - - - _ _ _ _ over 2 5 0

Total number of launches, including those in which for variousreasons no services were rendered - - - - - - - - - 485

Notice.THE LIFE-BOAT is published quarterly and is sent free to all hononary secretaries of

branches and the Ladies' Life-boat Guild, to coxswains, honorary workers, subscribersof ten shillings and over, libraries, the principal hotels and the Press.

It is the current record of the work of the life-boat service, and the chief means bywhich it keeps its workers, subscribers, and the general public informed of its activities.Unless you are keeping a complete set of the journal you mil help the Institution, ifafter reading this number, you will pass it on to a friend.

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