Launches 39 Lives rescued 13

AUGUST 3RD. - HOLYHEAD, ANGLESEY.

At three in the afternoon the coastguard reported a vessel aground south of Holyhead in dense fog. There was no wind and the sea was smooth. At 3.10 the motorlife-boat John and Mary Meiklam of Gladswood, on temporary duty at the station, was launched, and found the Norwegian motor tanker Athos, of Flekkefjord, on the Maen Piscar Rock, west-north-west of Rhoscolyn Head. She was leaking. The coxswain went aboard her, and it was decided to attempt to refloat her by working her engines as the tide rose. This was done, and she refloated. The life-boat escorted her to the South Stack, and then to the North Stack.

After they had passed the North Stack the fog became thicker, and as the Athos was steaming the faster of the two, the life-boat lost sight of her. She went towards the breakwater to pick her up there, but could not find her, so she returned to her station, arriving at 10.45. Soon after midnight the fog cleared and the Athos could be seen anchored near the breakwater, so the lifeboat was launched again, and brought her coxswain ashore. - Property salvage case.

AUGUST 6TH. - FILEY, YORKSHIRE.

Bad weather came on after the fishing boat Jean and Barbara had left harbour. There was a strong north-west wind and very heavy seas, and at 10.5 in the morning the motor life-boat The Cuttle was launched. Heavy seas broke over her. She found the Jean and Barbara, passed life-belts to her three men to wear coming round Filey Brig, and escorted her in. She reached her station again at noon. - Rewards, £8 12s.

AUGUST 6TH. - FLAMBOROUGH, YORKSHIRE.

During the morning the weather became very bad. Three cobles were at sea and the coxswain decided to launch the motor life-boat Elizabeth and Albina Whitley. She left at 11.10. A northerly gale was then blowing and the life-boat was continually swept by heavy seas. She escorted in one coble, and searched for the others, but they had already run elsewhere for safety, so the life-boat made for her station. There she was signalled that it was impossible for her to land, so she made for Bridlington, arriving at two that afternoon. She had been out in very bad weather for over three hours. She was brought back to her station next day.

An increase in the usual money award on the standard scale was made to each member of the crew. - Standard rewards to crew and helpers, £16 19s. 6d. ; additional rewards to crew, £7 ; total rewards, £23 19s. 6d.

AUGUST 6TH. - TEESMOUTH, YORKSHIRE. At 1.30 in the afternoon the Swedish Iron Ore Co., Middlesbrough, telephoned that their motor vessel Lena Broden was off that port and needed a pilot. The sea was too heavy for the pilot cutter to put out, nor could tugs go to her. So the lifeboat was asked to lead her in as her cargo was urgently needed. The pilotage authorities arranged for the Lena Broden to be at No. 1 Tees Bay Buoy at three o’clock, and at 2.30 the motor life-boat J. W. Archer was launched. A north-north-east wind was blowing, with a rough sea. The life-boat put a pilot on board the Lena Broden, and guided her into the river where two tugs were waiting to take her to a discharging berth. The weather was too bad for the life-boat to return to her station, and she went to Middlesbrough Docks, returning to her station next day when the weather moderated. A donation to cover the costs was received.- Rewards, £10 10s. 6d.

AUGUST 6TH. - WALTON AND FRINTON, ESSEX. At 2.20 in the afternoon the coastguard reported a man adrift in a small dinghy. He had only one oar, and was rapidly being blown out to sea by a strong off-shore wind. At 2.30 the life-boat’s motor boarding boat was launched in a very choppy sea. Capt. W. J. Oxley, the honorary secretary of the life-boat station, went in the boat.

She found the dinghy three and a quarter miles east-south-east of the Walton-on-Naze coastguard station. The man was suffering from the wet and cold. The boarding boat took him on board, and, with the dinghy in tow, brought him to Walton. She returned to her station at 3.30. A letter of thanks and a donation were received from the father of the rescued man. - Rewards, £2 11s.

AUGUST 9TH. - DONAGHADEE, CO. DOWN. At nine at night the Bangor coastguard telephoned that a vessel was calling for help half a mile west of the Copeland Islands. A light variable wind was blowing, with a slight sea. The motor life-boat Civil Service No. 5 left her moorings at 9.15 and at 9.50 found the naval patrol boat M.F.V.

291, with her engine broken down. She had a crew of four. Her commanding officer asked for a tow, and the life-boat brought her into Donaghadee at 10.30. - Rewards, £10 9s.

AUGUST 9TH. - WALMER, KENT. At 9.45 at night. the Deal coastguard reported that a tug, with a barge in tow, was about four miles to the south-east of the South Goodwin No. 2 Buoy. A north-west gale was blowing, with blinding rain and a very rough sea. The motor life-boat Langham, on temporary duty at the station, was launched at 10.10, made a thorough search, but could not find the tug. As she was returning she saw a light, and near the Brake Lightship found the yacht Clover Leaf astern of another vessel.

The yacht had two on board. They had been overtaken by bad weather, crossing from Antwerp, and the voyage had taken three days. The lifeboat took her in tow, but the rope parted and the life-boat then took aboard the two men. After she had secured the yacht again she brought her in and anchored off the coastguard station until daylight. She then moored the yacht and landed the rescued men at 6.20 on the morning of the 10th. Shortly afterwards she was called out again to make a further search for the tug and the barge, and searched from seven o’clock until 10.20, but found nothing.

She saw only a steamer near the French coast. It was learnt later that the tug was the American tug TID 76, and the barge the Minca, that the barge had broken away from her tow, and that the crews of the tug and the barge had been picked up by a Frenchlife-boat off Gravelines on the afternoon of the 11th of August. - Rewards, £24 8s. 3d.

and £10 11s. 6d.

AUGUST 11TH. - FOWEY, CORNWALL.

At 12.58 in the morning, the police reported that a yacht which had put out at one o’clock on the previous afternoon, had not returned.

She had five on board. A north-westerly breeze was blowing, with a moderate sea. At 1.15 the motor life-boat C.D.E.C. was launched, found the yacht between two and three miles south-south-east of Polruan and towed her in, arriving back at her station at 4.45 that morning. - Rewards, £8 15s.

heavy swell. The motor life-boat E.M.E.D. was launched at 5.20, and found the S.S. Kimball Harlow, of London, laden with coal and bound for the Tyne, a mile and a quarter north-east of South-west Shipwash Buoy.

At the request of her master the life-boat stood by until the Kimball Harlow refloated.

A tug arrived, but was not needed, and the steamer went on her way. The life-boat arrived back at her station at 2.30 that afternoon. - Rewards, £10 6s.

AUGUST 16TH. - SHERINGHAM, NORFOLK.

During the morning the private lifeboat Henry Ramey Upcher went out with about sixty passengers for a pleasure trip.

She was taking part in the local celebrations of the victory over Japan. About two miles off-shore she tacked to return, but could not make headway against a strong westerly breeze, with a choppy sea. Instead she was blown to leeward and anchored about a mile to the east. It was then thought advisable to launch the Institution’s life-boat, and, at 11.45 the motor life-boat Foresters Centenary put out. She took the Henry Ramey Upcher in tow, beached her, and arrived back at her station at 12.30 that afternoon. - Rewards, £16 13s. 6d.

AUGUST 26TH. - WALMER, KENT. At 8.52 in the morning the life-boat coxswain saw a vessel lying on the Goodwin Sands.

He telephoned the coastguard station for confirmation and at 9.40 the motor life-boat Langham, on temporary duty at the station, was launched. The sea was calm and the weather fine, but it was exceptionally low water, and the life-boat, as she launched, stuck on a sand-bank. She refloated as the tide began to flow. She found that the vessel was the Swedish schooner Elsy, of Vastervik, put down a kedge anchor and, with the help of the motor boat Golden Spray, towed her clear of the sands and escorted her into the Downs. The life-boat also helped to clear her fouled anchors, and brought her captain ashore. She reached her station again at 4.46 that afternoon. - Property salvage case.

AUGUST 20TH. - WALMER, KENT. At 5.16 in the morning the Deal coastguard reported a large steamer aground on the Goodwin Sands. A light north-west wind was blowing, with a choppy sea. The motor life-boat Langham, on temporary duty at the station, was launched at 5.35, and found the Polish steamer Poznan, of Gdynia, about seven miles from the life-boat station and half a mile inside the North East Goodwin buoy. At the request of her captain the life-boat stood by the steamer until high water, when she refloated without help. The life-boat reached her station again at 9.20 that morning. - Rewards, £15 12s. 9d.

AUGUST 21ST. - GALWAY BAY. At 2.45 in the afternoon information was received from the coast life-saving service at Casla that the motor boat Melrose, of Galway, was on the rocks in Casla Bay. A moderate south-easterly breeze was blowing, with a rough sea. The motor life-boat K.E.C.F. was launched at 2.56, and found the Melrose ashore on a reef ten miles north-north-east of the life-boat station. She was nearly full of water, and her crew of three were exhausted.

The men were given biscuits and rum, and the life-boat towed the boat clear of the reef and took her to Rosaveel, arriving back at her station at 9.30 that night. - Rewards, £13 16s.

AUGUST 3 0TH. - MARGATE, KENT.

During the afternoon of the 29th of August, three men put out in a ship’s sailing boat from Herne Bay. Later in the day she was reported to be drifting but to have refused a tow from a motor boat, though she appeared to be in difficulties. At five in the afternoon of the 30th she was reported off Reculver.

A moderate west-south-west wind was blowing and the sea smooth, but as the weather appeared to be deteriorating and the boat had been out for more than twenty-four hours it was decided to send her help, and the motor life-boat The Brothers, on temporary duty at the station, was launched at 6.10.

She found the ship’s boat off Hook Sand Beacon, towed her to Herne Bay, and returned to her station at 8.5. - Rewards, £8 11s.

AUGUST 23RD. - WALTON AND FRINTON, ESSEX. At 4.45 in the morning the coastguard telegraphed that North Foreland Radio Station had reported a vessel on the Southern Shipwash Sands and in need of help.

A light northerly breeze was blowing, with a

AUGUST 31ST. - MINEHEAD, SOMERSET.

At 5.40 in the afternoon the commanding officer of a local army unit reported that one of his officers, and a bombardier, had gone out for a sail in a dinghy, but appeared to be in difficulties, and at 6.30 the Watchet harbourmaster telephoned that the boat had last been seen six miles off-shore and close to the Culver Sands in a dangerous position. A light southerly breeze was blowing, and the sea was smooth. The motor life-boat Kate Greatorex was launched at seven o’clock and found the dinghy ten miles to the north-east with the two men exhausted.

She rescued them, gave them rum and biscuits, took their dinghy in tow, and reached her station again at ten that night. - Rewards, £13 19s.The following life-boats were launched, but no services were rendered for the reasons given : AUGUST 5TH. - FILEY, YORKSHIRE.

An aeroplane had dived into the sea, but only wreckage was found. - Rewards, £18 1s.

AUGUST 6TH. - BALLYCOTTON, CO. CORK. During a race a yacht had been blown out to sea, but she was picked up by a trawler. - Rewards, £11 0s. 6d.

AUGUST 6TH. - BOULMER, NORTHUMBERLAND.

The motor tanker Georg, of Kiel, had been forced by bad weather and trouble with her engine to leave a convoy and seek shelter, but she was able to repair the engine and go on her way. - Rewards, £7.

AUGUST 6TH. - HARTLEPOOL, DURHAM.

Two Danish fishing vessels had been reported making heavy weather, but the lifeboat could not find them. They had made for the River Tyne. - Rewards, £11 18s. 6d.

AUGUST 7TH. - SELSEY, SUSSEX. Two canoes had been reported capsized, but later were reported to be safe. - Rewards, £6 3s. 6d.

AUGUST 8TH. - DUNBAR, EAST LOTHIAN.

An aeroplane had fallen into the sea, but nothing could be found. - Rewards, £9 9s.

AUGUST 9TH. - NEW BRIGHTON, CHESHIRE.

An aeroplane had fallen into the sea, but only a patch of oil was found.- Rewards, £4 12s. 6d.

AUGUST 9TH. - CLOGHER HEAD, CO.

LOUTH. A sailing dinghy had been reported missing and could not be found, but it returned the next day. - Records, £16 8s.

AUGUST 12TH. - PORTPATRICK, WIGTOWNSHIRE. A steamer had gone aground, but was found in no immediate danger. - Rewards, £8 15s.

AUGUST 14TH. - ST. IVES, CORNWALL.

A woman bather had got into difficulties, but was drowned, and a motor boat picked up her body. - Rewards, £15 15s.

AUGUST 15TH. - TORBAY, DEVON. A sailing boat had been reported missing, but she could not be found. - Rewards, £8 13s. 9d.

AUGUST 15TH. - LONGHOPE, ORKNEYS.

A vessel had run ashore, but refloated without help. - Rewards £5 19s.

AUGUST 16TH. - SELSEY, SUSSEX. A canoe had been reported drifting, but nothing was found. - Rewards, £6 16s.

AUGUST 18TH. - WALMER, KENT. The American steamer William Terry Howell, of Savannah, had gone aground on the Goodwin Sands, but got off unaided with the rising tide. - Rewards, £18 18s.

AUGUST 19TH. - MARGATE, KENT. Afishing vessel had gone aground on Swalecliff Rock, but her crew of two walked ashore, - Rewards, £6 5s.

AUGUST 20TH. - MARYPORT, CUMBERLAND.

Flares had been reported, but nothing could be found. - Rewards £17 0s. 6d.

AUGUST 20TH. - FRASERBURGH, ABERDEENSHIRE.

A rocket had been reported, but nothing could be found. - Rewards, £10 2s.

AUGUST 20TH. - DUN LAOGHAIRE, CO.

DUBLIN. A small boat had been reported in distress, but nothing could be found.- Rewards, £10 2s.

AUGUST 22ND. - CROMER, NORFOLK.

A canoe had been reported in difficulties, but nothing could be found. - Rewards, £12 6s. 6d.

AUGUST 25TH. - FILEY, YORKSHIRE.

A sailing boat had capsized, but her crew of three got ashore without help. - Rewards, £13 10s.

AUGUST 27TH. - EXMOUTH, DEVON.

An aeroplane had crashed in the sea, but only wreckage and burning petrol were found.

- Rewards, £21 3s.

AUGUST 31ST. - CLOVELLY, DEVON.

An aeroplane had crashed in the sea, but nothing could be found. - Rewards, £6 18s.

AUGUST 31ST. - APPLEDORE, DEVON.

A man had been reported to have parachuted from an aeroplane, but nothing could be found. - Rewards, £5 12s. 3d.