Reported to the May, June and July Meetings of the Committee of Management.

May Meeting.

Longhope, Orkney, and Thurso, Caith- ness-shire.—The Longhope motor life- boat Thomas McCunn was launched at 11.30 P.M., and the Thurso motor life-boat H.C.J. at 11 P.M., on the 25th February, as news had been received from the coastguard that the steam trawler Silanion, of Grimsby, was in distress north of Dunnet Head. She carried a crew of thirteen, and was bound for the Iceland fishing grounds, when she stranded at Torness Point, Hoy Island, in the Orkneys. A strong E. to E.S.E. breeze was blowing, with a rough sea and showers of snow and sleet. The Longhope life-boat was the first to find the trawler, and getting alongside threw ropes aboard. Then, as she rose on the swell to the level of the trawler's deck, the trawler's crew jumped into her. She landed the rescued men at Longhope pier and returned to her station at two the next morning. The Thurso life-boat arrived to see the flares burning on board the Silanion, but found that she had already been abandoned. She arrived back at her station at three-fifteen the next morning.—Rewards, Longhope, £14 16s. 6d.; Thurso, £14 10s. Qd.

New Brighton, Cheshire.—During the evening of the 1st April the life-boat motor mechanic received a telephone message from the police and the coast- guard, reporting that six men were stranded on Burbo Bank. A moderate N.W. breeze was blowing with a rough sea. The No. 2 motor life-boat William and Kate Johnston left her moorings at 9.44 P.M., and after searching for two hours with the aid of her searchlights, found two men drifting in a water- logged small boat. They were taken into the life-boat and told the coxswain that four other men were still missing.

The search continued and eventually a flare was seen in the direction of the north bank. The life-boat found the fishing boat Eagle, of Bootle, with the four men on board. She was leaking, her rudder had been lost, and her sails were torn. The men were taken off and the Eagle was towed back to New Brighton, which was reached at twelve forty-five next morning.—Rewards, £11 5s.

Campbeltown, Argyllshire.—Early on the morning of the 25th April a tele- phone message was received from the postmistress at Machrihanish that a steamer was sounding her siren and sending up rockets about four miles south of Machrinhanish. A strong S.E. breeze was blowing with a moder- ate sea, and the weather was thick.

The motor life-boat City of Glasgow was launched at 5.35 A.M., and found the steam trawler Sulby, of Fleetwood, aground in Inian Bay. She carried a crew of eleven. She was in no immed- iate danger, but her master asked the life-boat to stand by while another trawler tried to tow her off. Later the life-boat ran out a kedge anchor from the Sulby and she eventually refloated at 2.30 P.M. and went on her way.

The life-boat then returned to her station, arriving back at 6.10 P.M. She had been on service for nearly thirteen hours.—Property Salvage Case.

Staithes, Yorkshire.—On the morning of the 1st May the local motor fishing cobles put out to haul crab pots. A moderate N. wind was blowing, with a considerable ground swell, and at 10.30 A.M. with the tide ebbing the sea broke heavily across the bay, making the entrance into harbour very dangerous.

As there were still three cobles at sea— Star of Hope, Freda and Minnie—the pulling and sailing life-boat John Anthony was launched and escorted them all safely in. She returned to her station at 11.50 A.M.—Rewards, £12 12s. 6d.

Hythe, Kent.—On the afternoon of the 2nd May the Sandgate coastguard telephoned to the coxswain that the fishing boat F.E. 78—the Cereal, of Folkestone—was in difficulties half a mile off Sandgate. A moderate N.E.

gale was blowing, with a moderate sea, and the weather was thick. The motor life-boat City of Nottingham was launched at 5.10 P.M. and found the Cereal three and a half miles south-east of Sandgate. Her petrol supply had run out, and her sails had been blown away. The life-boat towed her into Folkestone and arrived back at her station at 7.20 P.M.—Rewards, £15 15s.

The following life-boats were launched, but no services were rendered for the reasons given : Arklow, Co. Wicklow.—24th and 26th February. A vessel had broken away from her tow, but was able to anchor to await tugs and did not need help.— Rewards, 1st launch, £24 15s.; 2nd launch, £8 8s.

Porthdinllaen, Caernarvonshire, and H o I y h e a d, Angelsey.—22nd March.

Searched without success for a small boat which was adrift and eventually made land in Co. Down after thirty-five hours at sea.—Rewards, Porthdinllaen, £15 4s.; Holyhead, £13 2s. 6d.

Tor bay, Devon.—17th April. A fishing boat was reported to be missing but had anchored in a creek.—Rewards, £9 7s.

Moelfre, Anglesey.—19th April. An aeroplane had dived low and had flown off when the observers were unsighted.

They reported her to have disappeared into the sea.—Rewards, £8.

Skegness, Lincolnshire.—23rd April.

An aeroplane fell into the sea, but the services of the life-boat were not required.—Rewards, £6 6s. (See also Shoreboat Services, page 115.) Barry Dock, Glamorganshire.—24th April. A steamer reported to be on fire, but was found to be all right.— Rewards, £5 9s. Qd.

Aberdeen.—26th April. A small boat was reported to be driving ashore, but she was not in distress.—Rewards, £4 10s. 6d.

Aldeburgh, Suffolk.—30th April. A steamer had grounded on the Shipwash Sands, but refloated without help.— Rewards, £15 8s.

June Meeting.

Margate, Kent.—On the morning of the 2nd May a pilot reported to the coxswain that a vessel in the Gore Channel was flying a signal flag, and a life-boatman went to Westgate to find out the nature of the signal. He telephoned that it was a distress signal, and the motor life-boat Lord South- borough (Civil Service No. 1) was launched at 9.30 A.M. A moderate E.N.E. gale was blowing with a heavy sea, and visibility was poor owing to heavy rain. The life-boat found the ketch Ethel Edith, of Faversham. She had on board five men and a woman, and was bound from Par to Dagenham with a cargo of china clay. She was leaking badly and her crew, who had been pumping all night, were exhausted.

At the master's request some of the life-boat crew went aboard and pumped her free of water, and then got her under way. The life-boat escorted her to Whitstable and towed her into a safe anchorage in Whitstable Harbour at 4 P.M., saving the vessel and the six persons on board. She arrived back at her station at 7 P.M., having been on service for nine and a half hours, but she could not be re-housed until next day owing to the heavy seas on the slipway.—Property Salvage Case.

Coverack, Cornwall.—On the morning of the 6th May it was reported that a distress signal had been hoisted on the s.s. Ocklinge, a steamer which had been wrecked on Lowland Point in March, 1932, and which had since been bought for breaking up. There were three men on board, and they had been marooned by bad weather for some days. A strong S. wind was blowing with a moderate ground swell, and it was raining, when the pulling and sailing life-boat Constance Melanie was launched at 8.20 A.M. She took off the men, who had lived on nothing but flour and water for two or three days, and landed them safely at Coverack. The life-boat arrived back at her station at 9.50 A.M.—Rewards, £10 9s. 6d.

Maryport, Cumberland.—On the afternoon of the 8th May a man reported that a small fishing boat with three men on board was in difficulties to the north of Maryport, between Bank End and Allonby. A strong, squally S.W. breeze was blowing, the sea was choppy, and it was raining.

The motor life-boat Priscilla Macbean was launched at 7.4 P.M. and found the boat to be the Merry Mac, of Maryport.

Her sails had carried away. She was helpless and was being carried fast to leeward on the strong flood tide. She was leaking badly, and her crew of three, who were completely exhausted, were taken into the life-boat, and given stimulants. Then a life-boatman was put aboard the Merry Mac and she was towed into Maryport. The life- boat arrived back at her station at 10 P.M.—Rewards, £14 11s. 3d.

St. Mary's, Scilly.—On the 10th May some men from Bryher on their way home noticed four men ashore on Mincarlo, a small island south-west of Bryher, apparently without a boat. A moderate N.N.W. breeze was blowing and the sea was rough. They went close and found that the men were French- men who had put out in a motor boat from Tresco, where their ships were at anchor, to gather limpets. After they had landed their motor boat had been dashed on the rocks by a heavy swell and had sunk. The Bryher men tried to get them off but could not get near enough owing to the state of the sea.

On reaching Bryher they immediately notified the coastguard who telephoned to St. Mary's, and the motor life-boat Cunard was launched at 11.15 P.M., taking a punt in tow. The men were taken off the island and landed, and the life-boat arrived back at her station at 2.30 A.M.—Rewards, £12 2*.

Walmer, Kent.—On the evening of the 10th May the coastguard reported that a yacht was ashore on the Brake Sands with a motor boat standing by.

A strong squally N.W. wind was blow- ing, with a very heavy sea, and it was raining. A little later the coastguard reported that the yacht had lost her topmast, and the pulling and sailing life-boat Barbara Fleming was launched to her help at 8.39 P.M. She found that the yacht—which was the Gordon, with a crew of three—had just refloated.

At the request of the owner, three life- boatmen were put on board and they navigated her safely into Dover, the life-boat accompanying her until it was seen that everything was right. The life-boat, which was damaged during the service, arrived back at her station at twelve-ten next morning. But for the help given by the life-boatmen the yacht would probably have foundered, with the loss of her crew.—Rewards, £23 11s.

Berwick-on-Tweed, Northumberland.— During the afternoon of the 15th May the small motor yacht Heather Bell, of Blyth, put to sea from Berwick.

The easterly wind was light, but a heavy swell was breaking on the bar.

Some time later she was seen making for the harbour entrance, and as she appeared to have difficulty in getting in, the motor life-boat Westmorland was launched at 4.20 P.M. to her help.

She found that three men had gone out in the yacht, but one had been washed overboard and been drowned. One of the remaining two men was taken into the life-boat and two life-boatmen got aboard the yacht which was then taken safely into harbour, with the life-boat in attendance. But for the help of the life-boat the yacht and her two occu- pants would probably have been lost.

The life-boat arrived back at her station at 6 P.M.—Rewards, £6 Is. 6d.

Howth, Co. Dublin.—On the after- noon of 28th May three boys were on the cliffs at Howth Head looking for birds' nests, when one of them slipped and fell about fifty feet into the sea.

One of his companions, a boy of ten, pluckily scrambled down to the water's edge and pulled him ashore from the rocks on which he was lying. The third boy gave the alarm and the Howth motor life-boat Lady Kylsant was launched at 3.50 P.M., within five minutes of the assembly signal being fired, the bowman, Patrick Moore, acting as coxswain. A moderate east breeze was blowing and the sea was smooth. The life-boat had taken a punt in tow and this was sent in to take the boys off the rocks as the life- boat could not get close enough. The life-boat then made full speed for Howth and the injured boy was taken at once to a doctor. Unfortunately he died from his injuries some time later.

The life-boat arrived back at her station at 4.20 P.M.—Rewards, £4 13s.

Porthdinllaen, Carnarvonshire. — On the evening of the 1st June the coast- guard telephoned that a small boat, with two youths on board, was drifting seawards out of control. A strong squally S.S.E. breeze was blowing, with a moderate sea. The motor life-boat M.O.Y.E. .was launched at 8.5 P.M. and found the small boat about one and a half miles N.N.W. of Porthdinllaen Point. The youths were taken into the life-boat and the boat was towed in.

The life-boat arrived back at her station at 9 P.M.—Rewards, £10 4s. 6d.

Rosslare Harbour, Co. Wexford.— The motor life-boat K.E.C.F. was launched at 7.15 A.M. on the 3rd June, in a moderate S.E. breeze, with a moderate sea, and landed the body of a man who had died on board the Lucifer lightship, which is stationed about eight miles N.E. of Rosslare Harbour. The life-boat arrived back at her station at 11 A.M.—Permanent Crew, Rewards, 15s. 6d.

St. Ives, Cornwall.—At about 8.35 P.M. on the 8th June, a telephone message was received from the coast- guard at St. Agnes that a small boat appeared to be in difficulties off St.

Agnes, and unable to make harbour.

A moderate N.N.E. breeze was then blowing, and the sea was rough. A little later the coastguard telephoned that the motor life-boat Caroline Par- sons was wanted, and she was launched at 9 P.M. She found the motor boat White Heather, of St. Agnes, with three men on board, about one hundred and fifty yards off the shore. She had run out of petrol, and the men were trying to keep the boat off the shore by oars.

They were taken into the life-boat and the White Heather was towed into St.

Ives. The life-boat arrived back at her station at one next morning.—Re- wards, £25 6s.

The following life-boats were launched, but no services were rendered for the reasons given : Anstruther, Fifeshire, and Broughty Ferry, Angus.—15th April. A steam trawler had stranded, but refloated and was taken in tow by another trawler.— Rewards, Anstruther, £14 9s. 6d.; Broughty Ferry, £30 16s. Qd.

Tynemouth, Northumberland.—1st May. A motor boat had had engine trouble but was able to go on her way without help.—Rewards, £5 15s.

Ex mouth, Devon.—4th May. A schooner had been dragging her anchors, but she was taken in tow by a tug.— Rewards, £12 12s. 6d.

Hastings, Sussex.—9th May. A trawler was shewing a misplaced trawl- ing signal, which was mistaken for a distress signal.—Rewards, £16 12s. 3d.

The Mumbles, Glamorganshire, and Tenby, Pembrokeshire.— 14th May.

Signals of distress were heard, but no ship in need of help was found.— Rewards, The Mumbles, £12 9s.; Tenby, £15 Os. 6d.

Aith, Shetlands. — 24th May. A steam drifter had run aground, but she refloated on the flood tide without help.—Rewards, £13 2s. 6d.

Kingstown, Co. Dublin.—24th May.

An aeroplane crashed into the sea. A fishing boat picked up the body of the pilot, and the body of the passenger was recovered later.—Rewards, £10 7s.

Kingstown, Co. Dublin.—1st June.

A small boat was in difficulties, but she made harbour unaided.—Rewards, £11 12s.

Lowestoft, Suffolk.—8th June. A cargo steamer had stranded but got off and went on her way.—Rewards, £13 17s. 6d.

July Meeting.

Margate, Kent.—At 5.20 P.M. on the 4th June, the coastguard reported that a vessel was ashore on Margate Sands, and the motor life-boat Lord South- borough (Civil Service No. 1) was launched at 5.40 P.M. A moderate easterly breeze was blowing, with a ground swell, and it was hazy. The life-boat found the motor ketch Storm Finch, of London, with six people on board, aground near the North Beacon.

Two life-boatmen were put on board the ketch and the life-boat then got her off and towed her into deep water. The life-boat arrived back at her station at 8 P.M.—Property Salvage Case.

Bridlington, Yorkshire.—On the 8th June the Finnish steamer Otava, of Helsingfors, ran aground in a thick fog at Tunstall, about twenty miles south of Bridlington. She was bound for Hull with a cargo of timber, and carried a crew of sixteen. A moderate N.E. breeze was blowing with a moder- ate sea. The coastguard gave news of the steamer's plight, and the motor life-boat Stanhope Smart was launched at 10 P.M. She found the Otava at 1 A.M. next morning, but could not get alongside until about 2.30 A.M. when the tide flowed. At the captain's request the life-boat ran out anchors, and at 5.15 A.M. the Otava was re- floated with her help. Some of the life-boat crew went to Hull with the steamer and the life-boat returned to her station, arriving back at 9.30 A.M.

—Property Salvage Case.

Lowestoft, Suffolk.—At 1.5 P.M. on the 21st June the coxswain was told by the coastguard that two canoes were in difficulties in Kessingland Bay, about two and a half miles S.S.W. of the south pier. A moderate southerly gale was blowing with a heavy sea. The motor life-boat Agnes Cross was launched at 1.18 P.M. and found that one canoe had been stove in by the sea, and the occupant, a young German, was hang- ing on to the outside of the other canoe, the occupant of which was a German girl, who had set out from London with the intention of canoeing round the British Isles. They were both taken into the life-boat, together with the girl's dog, and the man, who was in a condition of collapse, was given stimu- lants. The canoes were then taken on board and the life-boat returned to harbour, eventually reaching her station at 2 P.M.- -Rewards, £16 7*. 6d.

Newbiggin, Northumberland.—On the 29th June at 10.2 A.M. the coxswain reported that the local cobles were in danger off St. Paul's Point, as the sea was making and the wind rising. The weather was fine but a strong north- easterly breeze was blowing, with a heavy sea. It was decided to launch the pulling and sailing life-boat Arthur R. Dawes and she left at 10.13 A.M.

Four cobles were out but one got in as the life-boat was being launched. The other three were escorted into safety by the life-boat, which then returned to her station and was re-housed at 12.23 P.M.--Rewards, £7 9*.

Stromness, Orkney. — On the 25th June, the steam trawler Cape Sable, of Hull, ran aground in a very dangerous place near Hoy Head, in a dense fog.

She was homeward bound from, the fishing grounds at the Faroes, and carried a crew of twelve. A moderate N.E. breeze was blowing with a moder- ate sea. Her distress signals were heard in the fog but nothing could be seen of her, and the motor life-boat J.J.K.S.W., which was launched at 4 A.M., searched the cliffs in the direction of Yesnabie. Meanwhile the honorary secretary, who had been searching the cliffs by car, received a message from a party of campers that the signals appeared to be coming from the direc- tion of Hoy Head. This news was wirelessed to the life-boat, and she eventually found the Cape Sable hard and fast among the rocks. The life- boat ran out a kedge anchor, and stood by until flood tide, when she managed to pull the trawler stern first into deep water. Then, as the trawler skipper was not acquainted with Stromness harbour, a life-boatman went on board and piloted the Cape Sable into Strom- ness. The life-boat, which carried out the rescue with great skill and prompt- ness, arrived back at the station at 8.30 A.M.—Property Salvage Case.

The following life-boats were launched, but no services were rendered for the reasons given : Aldeburgh, Suffolk.—7th June. A swamped sailing boat was reported to have been seen, but only a survey buoy surmounted by a large flag could be found.—Rewards, £15 8s.

Buckie, Banffshire.—15th June. A local fishing boat was long overdue but she was picked up by another fishing boat.—Rewards, £6 13s.

Poolbeg, Co. Dublin.—16th June. A yacht capsized during a race, but another yacht picked up the crew. Mr.

David Plunket put off from the shore in a motor boat and quickly brought the rescued men ashore. A letter of thanks was sent to him.—Rewards, £18 I*.

Bembridge, Isle of Wight. — 27th June. A vessel was on fire, but the crew were saved by a steamer.—• Rewards, £13 Is..