1,072 Lives Rescued by the Twenty James Stevens Life-boats.

IN 1894 the Institution received under the will of the late Mr. James Stevens, of Birmingham, a sum of £50,000, to be spent on the construction of twenty life-boats, all bearing the testator's name. This is the largest legacy which the Institution has ever received.

The twenty life-boats were built, eighteen being pulling and sailing life- boats and two steam life-boats. The first, the James Stevens No. 1, went to Port St. Mary, Isle of Man, in 1896, and the last of the twenty was built in 1901. The last to be on service was the James Stevens No. 10, which was replaced by a motor life-boat at St.

Ives, Cornwall, in March of the present year. Thus there have been James Stevens life-boats in the fleet for 37 years, and these twenty boats have rescued 1,072 lives. The following is the record of the individual boats.

Lives rescued.

53 49 54 Life-boat.

James Stevens No. 1 James Stevens No. 2 James Stevens No. 3 (Steam Life-boat) James Stevens No. 4 (Steam Life-boat) The James Stevens Life-boats.

Years of Service. Stations.

1896-1917 .. Port St. Mary (Isle of Man) ..

1898-1924 .. Campbeltown (Argyllshire) -i .. Hilbre Island (Cheshire) ) 1898 .. Grimsby (Lincolnshire) to .. Gorleston (Norfolk) 1929 .. Angle (Pembrokeshire) .. Totland Bay (Isle of Wight) .. Dover (Kent) .. Holyhead (Anglesey) 1899-1900 .. Padstow (Cornwall) ..

Life-boat.

James Stevens No. 5 James Stevens No. 6 James Stevens No. 7 James Stevens No. 8 James Stevens No. 9 James Stevens No. 10 James Stevens No. 11 James Stevens No. 12 James Stevens No. 13 James Stevens No. 14 James Stevens No. 15 James Stevens No. 16 James Stevens No. 17 James Stevens No. 18 James Stevens No. 19 James Stevens No. 20 Years of Service.

. . 1900-1917 . . 1899-1924 . . 1899-1926 . . 1899-1913 . . 1899-1923 . . 1899-1933 ' . . 1899-1920 . . 1899-1903 . . 1900-1925 . . 1900-1928 . . 1900-1921 . . 1900-1930 . . 1900-1922 . . 1901-1931 . . 1901-1926 . . 1901-1920 Lives . Stations. rescued.

. . Newquay (Cornwall) . . Eastbourne (Sussex) . .

.. Howth (Co. Dublin) ..

Ardrossan (Ayrshire) Southend-on-Sea (Essex) St. Ives (Cornwall) New Romney (Kent) 1 Angle (Pembrokeshire) J Swansea (Glamorgan) . . Arbroath (Angus) . . Walton-on-the-Naze (Essex) . .

Wexford . . Helvick Head (Waterford) . .

Porthoustock (Cornwall) Girvan (Ayrshire) . . Newburgh (Aberdeen) Queenstown (Cork) 26 34 10 41 94 227 19 t-U 7 12 227 124 12 8 20 53 ".