Persons Time of rescued from 1931. Launching. shipwreck.

Jan. 6. 7.15 a.m. S.S. Nurtureton, of Newcastle. Dungeness No. 1 Pulling and Sail- ing Life-boat stood by vessel.

„ 12. 5.0 p.m. Motor fishing boat Dawn, of Banff. Whitehills Pulling and Sailing Life-boat escorted boat into harbour.

,, 15. 8.20 p.m. A motor fishing boat of Stromness. Stromness Motor Life-boat rendered assistance.

„ 21. 11.25p.m. Steam trawler Cransdale, of Aberdeen. Peterhead Motor Life-boat 9 „ 22. 3.0 p.m. S.S. Ardri, of Beaumaris. Fenit Motor Life-boat rendered assis- tance.

„ 27. 4.50 p.m. S.S. Montalto, of Belfast. The Mumbles Motor Life-boat stood by vessel.

„ 29. 11.20a.m. Six fishing cobles, of Boulmer. Boulmer Pulling and Sailing Life- boat stood by cobles.

„ 30. 1.30 p.m. S.S. Lady Louth, of Dublin. Lytham Pulling and Sailing Life-boat stood by vessel.

Feb. 1. 1.35a.m. S.S. Uribitarte, of Bilbao. Holyhead Motor Life-boat stood by vessel.

,, 1. 9.0 a.m. S.S. Uribitarte, of Bilbao. Holyhead Motor Life-boat rendered assistance.

,, 3. 2.50 p.m. Motor fishing cobles Mizpah, Sceptre, Golden Gate, and Fife's Own, of Scarborough. Scarborough Motor Life-boat escorted cobles into harbour.

„ 4. 2.55 p.m. Motor fishing boat Margaret and William, of Blyth. Blyth Motor Life-boat rendered assistance.

,, 4. 10.10 p.m. Steam trawler Ben Boy, of Aberdeen. Newbiggin Pulling and Sailing Life-boat rendered assistance.

„ 12. 9.40 a.m. Boat of schooner Warons, of Riga. Holyhead Motor Life-boat landed 3 from a hulk.

,, 13. 9.15 a.m. Eight motor fishing cobles, of Filey. Filey Pulling and Sailing Life-boat stood by cobles.

„ 13. 9.40a.m. Motor fishing boat rgw, of Scarborough. Scarborough Motor Life- boat escorted boat into harbour.

„ 13. 1.0 p.m. Fishing coble Irene, of North Shields. Tynemouth Motor Life- boat stood by coble.

„ 17. 3.20 p.m. Motor fishing boat Welcome Home, of Sheringham. Cromer Motor Life-boat 1 „ 18. 6.20 p.m. Barge Genesla, of Cowes. Poole and Bournemouth Pulling and Sailing Life-boat rendered assistance.

„ 20. 10.50 a.m. Motor fishing boat Joyce, of Blyth. Blyth Motor Life-boat stood by boat.

„ 21. 2.30 p.m. Ketch Nolsoy, of Thorshavn. Lerwick Motor Life-boat saved vessel and rescued 6 „ 21. 7.15 p.m. S.S. Everline, of Riga. Lerwick Motor Life-boat 26 „ 25. 7.50 a.m. Tug Mumbles, of Swansea. The Mumbles Motor Life-boat stood by vessel.

„ 25. 5.40 p.m. S.S. Benmohr, of Leith. Salcombe Motor Life-boat stood by vessel.

„ 27. 8.30 a.m. Ten fishing vessels, of Whitby. Whitby Motor Life-boat escorted vessels into harbour.

Persons Time of rescued from 1931. Launching. shipwreck.

Mar. 1. 2.0 p.m. Two men marooned on Lady Island. Troon Motor Life-boat landed 2.

„ 1. 8.30 a.m. Motor fishing coble Topsy, of Whitby. Whitby Xo. 2 Pulling and Sailing Life-boat escorted coble into harbour.

,, 1. Midnight. Boat of tanker Pass of Ballater, of London. Southend-on-Sea Motor Life-boat landed 10.

,, 4. 6.50 p.m. Fishing boat Brothers, of Liverpool. Hoylake Pulling and Sailing Life-boat saved boat and rescued 2 „ 5. 8.0 p.m. Schooner Maud Mary, of Bideford. Rosslare Harbour Motor Life- boat saved boat and rescued 3 ,, fi. 2.30 p.m. Motor fishing boat Thistle, of Passage. Dunmore East Motor Life-boat saved boat and rescued 3 „ 7. 11.30p.m. S.8. Tern, of London. The Humber No. 2 Motor Life-boat landed 2.

,, 9. 2.30 a.m. Steam trawler Loch Long, of Aberdeen. St. Andrews Pulling and Sailing Life-boat 10 „ 9. 1.15p.m. Steam drifter Titania, of Buckie. St. Andrews Pulling and Sailing Life-boat 5 ,, 10. 11.40 a.m. Motor fishing coble S. li. Colin, of Scarborough. Scarborough Motor Life-boat escorted coble into harbour.

,, 13. 7.40p.m. Steam drifter Sunny cede, of Peterhead. Stromness Motor Life-boat assisted to save vessel and rescue 10 „ 18. 10.0 p.m. Schooner Pet, of Chester. Thurso Motor Life-boat 4 „ 21. 7.0 a.m. S.S. Wallace Rose, of Liverpool. Hauxley Pulling and Sailing Life- boat rendered assistance.

,, 28. 6.15 a.m. Motor vessel Pax I, of Appledoorn. Appledore Motor Life-boat rendered assistance.

,, 28. 7.48 a.m. Five motor fishing cobles, of Boulmer. Boulmer Pulling and Sail- ing Life-boat stood by cobles.

„ 28. 8.40 p.m. S.S. Taxiarchis, of Syra. Appledore Motor Life-boat stood by vessel.

„ 28. 9.40 p.m. S.S. Taxiarchis, of Syra. Clovelly Pulling and Sailing Life-boat stood by vessel.

„ 29. 11.55 a.m. Yacht Bluebell, of Conway. Beaumaris Motor Life-boat saved vessel and rescued 3 Apl. 1. 2.55 p.m. A salmon fishing boat of Appledore. Appledore Motor Life-boat saved boat and rescued 5 „ 13. 12.35 a.m. Steam trawler Kingston Turquoise, of Hull. Stornoway Motor Life-boat escorted vessel into harbour.

„ 18. 1.10 a.m. Motor fishing boat Harold, of Newbiggin. Blyth Motor Life-boat saved boat and rescued 3 May 3. 2.25 p.m. The small boat Edna, of Leigh. Southend-on-Sea Motor Life-boat landed 2.

„ 4. 6.40 a.m. Motor ketch Sarah Colebrooke, of Poole. Margate Motor Life-boat rendered assistance.

,, 13. 2.30 p.m. Yacht Hyacinth, of Kingstown. Moelfre Motor Life-boat escorted yacht to safety.

„ 16. 9.45 a.m. Motor yacht Greyhound, of Poole. Selsey and Bognor Motor Life- boat rendered assistance.

„ 23. 12.15 a.m. Steam trawler Berne Braes, of Aberdeen. Peterhead Motor Life- boat assisted to save vessel.

,, 23. 2.15 a.m. Steam trawler Grenada, of Grimsby. Easington Pulling and Sail- ing Life-boat rendered assistance.

Persons Time of rescued from 1931. Launching. shipwreck.

May 24. 2.45 p.m. Motor boat Ann Emily, of Westgate. Margate Motor Life-boat rendered assistance.

„ 25. 4.0 p.m. Motor vessel Burgh Castle, of Liverpool. Arklow Motor Life-boat saved vessel and rescued 3 „ 26. 1.26p.m. Steam trawler Benovo, of Grimsby. Walton-on-the-Naze Motor Life-boat rendered assistance.

,, 27. 3.33 p.m. Motor fishing boats Kenneth and Mac, of Mevagissey. Fowey Motor Life-boat stood by boats.

„ 29. 9.45 p.m. Motor fishing vessel Ella, of Ockero. The Humber No. 1 Motor Life-boat stood by vessel.

„ 31. 4.0 a.m. Steam trawler John Donovan, of North Shields. Fraserburgh Motor Life-boat rendered assistance.

June 2. 9.25 a.m. Steam drifter Loyal Friend, of Lowestoft. Aberdeen No. 1 Motor Life-boat stood by vessel.

* „ 2. — Steam drifter Loyal Friend, of Lowestoft. Aberdeen (North Pier) Life-saving Apparatus 11 „ 3. 1.55 p.m. S.S. Queen of the Fal, of Falmouth. Fowey Motor Life-boat ren- dered assistance.

„ 4. 9.15 p.m. A small boat of Koss Lighthouse. Kirkcudbright Motor Life-boat 3 „ 5. 4.35 p.m. Fishing boat Seagull, of Morecambe. Piel (Barrow) Motor Life- boat saved boat.

14. 2.45 p.m. Motor fishing coble Felix, of Hull. The Humber No. 1 Motor Life-boat escorted coble into safety.

,, 17. 4.0 p.m. Fishing smack Samaritan, of Lowestoft. Caister Pulling and Sail- ing Life-boat stood by vessel.

„ 20. 1.35a.m. Motor trawler Our Boys, of Newhaven. Newhaven Motor Life-boat landed 3.

„ 27. 8.10a.m. Ketch Ivy P, of Dublin. Courtmacsherry Harbour Motor Life-boat saved vessel ajjd rescued 4 July 8. 9.45 a.m. Steam trawler Akranes, of Grimsby. Thurso Motor Life-boat rendered assistance and rescued 14 „ 8. 2.5 p.m. Steam drifter Shepherd Boy, of Fraserburgh. Peterhead Motor Life-boat stood by vessel.

„ 10. 3.0 a.m. Steam trawler Akranes, of Grimsby. Thurso Motor Life-boat landed 8.

„ 18. 7.15a.m. Yacht Frosette, of Liverpool. Llandudno Pulling and Sailing Life- boat stood by and escorted yacht into harbour.

,, 20. 6.5 p.m. Steam trawler Sanguine, of Aberdeen. Lerwick Motor Life-boat stood by vessel.

„ 25. 3.30 p.m. Yacht Dorothy, of Southampton. Southend-on-Sea Motor Life- boat landed 5.

Aug. 1. 9.40 a.m. Steam drifter Constant Hope, of Lowestoft. Fraserburgh Motor Life-boat stood by vessel.

„ 2. 4.55 p.m. Sailing boat Winnie II., of Hove. Shoreham Harbour Motor Life- boat saved boat and rescued 2 „ 2. 7.30 p.m. Steam drifter Exchequer, of Banff. Longhope Motor Life-boat stood by vessel.

„ 3. 10.0 a.m. Launch Elsie, of Pwllheli. Pwllheli Motor Life-boat assisted vessel into harbour.

„ 8. 12.12 p.m. Yacht Falcon. Hastings Motor Life-boat 3 * Aberdeen is the only place where the Institution maintains the Life-saving Apparatus, which, at other places, is maintained by the Board of Trade.

Persons Time of rescued from 1931. Launching. shipwreck.

Aug. 8. 3.10p.m. Motor boat Grace Darling, of Holland-on-Sea. Clacton-on-Sea Motor Life-boat landed 2.

,, 10. 11.15 a.m. Yacht Ailsa, of Southampton. Ballycotton Motor Life-boat assisted yacht into harbour.

„ 16. 4.30 p.m. Schooner M. R. Kirby, of London. Teignmouth Pulling and Sailing Life-boat landed 1.

„ 20. 9.0 p.m. Motor fishing boat Swift, of Dunbar. Dunbar Motor Life-boat saved boat and rescued 3 11.15 a.m. A yawl, of Dublin. Kingstown Motor Life-boat escorted boat.

11.20 a.m. French trawler O. V. E. Letmge. Fowey Motor Life-boat stood by vessel.

„ 24. 2.0 p.m. Yacht Patience. Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, Motor Life-boat ren- dered assistance.

,, 24. 5.10 p.m. Ketch Genesta, of Harwich. Plymouth Motor Life-boat stood by vessel.

„ 24. 6.15 p.m. Yacht Marine, of Ipswich. Walton-on-the-Naze Motor Life-boat saved vessel and rescued 4 „ 24. 8.30p.m. French "naval vessel Mutin. St. Peter Port Motor Life-boat saved vessel and rescued 17 „ 26. 2.30 p.m. A yawl, of Youghal. Youghal Motor Life-boat 2 „ 29. 11.25a.m. Motor yacht Spray. Margate Motor Life-boat escorted vessel into harbour.

„ 29. 2.20 p.m. Small boat, of Priest's Cove. Sennen Cove Motor Life-boat saved boat and rescued 3 Sept. 1. 8.50a.m. Steam drifter Ex Fortis, of Lowestoft. Tynemouth Motor Life-boat rendered assistance.

„ 4. 6.35 p.m. Residents of Buswarp rescued from houses surrounded owing to the flooding of the River Esk. Whitby No. 2 Pulling and Sailing Life-boat 5  „ 5. 7.50 a.m. Motor fishing coble Heather, of Filey. Filey Pulling and Sailing Life-boat stood by coble.

„ 5. 8.30 a.m. Motor fishing coble Quest, of Hull. Flamborough No. 2 Pulling and Sailing Life-boat stood by coble.

„ 5. 6.1 p.m. Outboard motor boat. Shoreham Harbour Motor Life-boat saved boat and rescued 1 „ 20.' 6.45 p.m. S.S. Royal Firth, of Glasgow. Rosslare Harbour Motor Life-boat 12 „ 21. 8.30 a.m. S.S. Royal Firth, of Glasgow. Rosslare Harbour Motor Life-boat rendered assistance.

„ 23. 7.50a.m. S.S. Kassar Weik, of Hamburg. Margate Motor Life-boat rendered assistance.

Oct. 4. 3.50a.m. Steam trawler Le Vieux Tigre, of Boulogne. Cromer Motor Life- boat rendered assistance.

,, 8. 4.5 a.m. Motor vessel East Indian, of Detroit. Stornaway Motor Life-boat landed an injured man.

„ 13. 12.4 p.m. S.S. Athendale, of North Shields. Thurso Motor Life-boat ... 6 „ 20. 5.30 a.m. Motor fishing boats, Faith, Golden Gate, Irene and Noel II., of Whitby. Whitby Motor Life-boat escorted boats into safety.

„ 20. 8.0 a.m. Motor fishing coble Brittania, of Flamborough. Flamborough No. 2 Pulling and Sailing Life-boat escorted coble into safety.

„ 20. 10.40 a.m. Motor fishing boat Fortunatus, of Whitby. Scarborough Motor Life-boat escorted boat into safety.

„ 24. 5.0 p.m. Motor boat Mascot. Bembridge Motor Life-boat saved boat and landed 2.

Persons Time of rescued from 1931. Launching. shipwreck.

Oct. 24. 5.30 p.m. Small boat Mary, of Clacton-on-Sea. Walton-on-the-Naze Motor Life-boat saved boat and rescued 2 „ 29. 11.45p.m. Motor fishing boat Bluebell, of Barrow. Piel (Barrow) Motor Life- boat saved boat and rescued 3 ?Iov. 3. 9.30 a.m. Five fishing cobles of Flamborough. Flamborough No. 1 Pulling and Sailing Life-boat escorted cobles.

,, 3. 11.40a.m. Fishing boats Felicity and Victory, of Bridlington. Bridlington Motor Life-boat escorted boats into harbour.

„ 6. 7.57 a.m. S.S. Hybert, of Wilmington, U.S.A. Walmer Pulling and Sailing Life-boat rendered assistance.

„ 6. 8.50 a.m. Motor fishing cobles of Newbiggin. Newbiggin Pulling and Sailing Life-boat stood by cobles.

„ 7. 4.10 p.m. Boat No. 6 Deep Sea Anglers of Hove. Shoreham Harbour Motor Life-boat saved boat and rescued 2 „ 7. 11.0p.m. Two youths cut off by tide on Scottle Holm. Lerwick Motor Life- boat rescued 2 „ 7. 11.2p.m. S.S. Hybert, of Wilmington, U.S.A. Ramsgate Motor Life-boat stood by vessel.

„ 10. Midnight. S.S. Cilurnum, of Bilbao. Torbay Motor Life-boat stood by vessel.

„ 11. 1.40 a.m. S.S. Oakford, of London, Steam Tug Recovery, of Grimsby, Steam Drifter Ocean Spray, of Yarmouth. Great Yarmouth and Gorleston Motor Life-boat stood by vessels.

„ 13. 8.25 p.m. Steam drifter Mary J. Masson, of Fraserburgh. Hauxley Pulling and Sailing Life-boat stood by vessel.

„ 14. 1.33 a.m. Steam drifter Friendly Star, of Lowestoft. Great Yarmouth and Gorleston Motor Life-boat stood by vessel.

„ 19. 1.20p.m. Fishing boat Mary Henderson, of Gourdon. Gourdon Pulling and Sailing Life-boat stood by boat.

„ 20. 12.30p.m. S.S. Zembra, of Dunkirk. Cromer Motor Life-boat stood by vessel.

„ 22. 6.55 p.m. Yacht Sus, of Cowes. Plymouth Motor Life-boat saved vessel and rescued 3 „ 27. 9.50 p.m. Fishing boat Kathleen Clare, of Wexford. Rosslare Harbour Motor Life-boat saved boat and rescued 3 Dec. 1. 2.40 p.m. Steam trawler St. Irene, of Hull. The Humber No. 2 Motor Life- boat stood by vessel.

„ 4. 10.40 a.m. Motor fishing boat Sheila, of Blyth. Blyth Motor Life-boat landed 3.

„ 4. 4.0 p.m. Motor fishing coble Dorothy, of Filey. Filey Pulling and Sailing Life-boat escorted coble into safety.

„ 4. 4.15 p.m. Fishing boats Ethel and Mother's Joy, of Seaham. Seaham Motor Life-boat '. 6 „ 4. 12.30 p.m. Motor fishing boat Emma, of Southwold. Southwold Motor Life- boat rendered assistance.

„ 5. 10.40 p.m. A fishing boat of Portrush. Portrush Motor Life-boat assisted boat.

„ 6. 9.0 a.m. S.S. Yewrr.ount, of Glasgow. Alnmouth Pulling and Sailing Life- boat landed 7.

7. 6.55 a.m. S.S. Friesland, of Rotterdam. Great Yarmouth and Gorleston Motor Life-boat rendered assistance.

4.27 a.m. Ketch Harwich, of Harwich. Great Yarmouth and Gorleston Motor Life-boat 3 „ 15. 4.20 p.m. Fishing boat Respect, of Sea Houses. North Sunderland Pulling and Sailing Life-boat escorted coble into harbour.

Persons Time of rescued from 1931. Launching. shipwreck.

Dec. 15. 12.50 p.m. Motor fishing boats Faith and Irene and fishing coble Lilian, of Whitby. Whitby Motor Life-boat escorted fishing craft into harbour.

,, 17. 4.15 p.m. Motor speed boat Hoily Toity, of Christchurch. Yarmouth (I. of W.) Motor Life-boat saved boat and rescued 1 „ 18. 2.49 p.m. Motor fishing boat Boy Reggie, of Lowestoft. Lowestoft Motor Life-boat saved boat and rescued 2 „ 24. 12.50 p.m. S.S. Vikvall, of Oskarshamn, Sweden. Cromer MoW Life-boat rendered assistance.

„ 28. 5.15 p.m. Rowing boat Bee, of Sunderland. Sunderland Motor Life-boat . 2 Total lives rescued from shipwreck by the Life-boats and the Institution's Life-saving Apparatus at Aberdeen, in 1931, in addition to which the Life-boats saved, or assisted to save, 26 vessels and boats ........ 212 Life-boats also took 51 persons off vessels as a precautionary measure and landed them.

Rewards were also granted by the Institution in the same period for rescuing from shipwreck, by means of shore- boats and in other ways, ....... 59 Total of Lives Rescued in 1931 . . . . 271 Notice.

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