JANUARY Launches 63 Lives rescued 100 JANUARY 2ND. - SOUTHEND - ON - SEA, ESSEX. At 12.10 in the afternoon the naval control told the coxswain that two ships had been in collision between No. 1 and No. 2 Sea Reach Buoys. There was a thick fog, with a light westerly breeze and a slight sea. The motor life-boat J. B. Proudfoot, on temporary duty at the station, was launched at 12.30.

She found first the Liberty ship Fort St. Paul, with her stem badly damaged, but not making water. As the other vessel was reported to be sinking the life-boat set out to search for her. She was the Admiralty vessel Ben My Chree, and the life-boat found her at anchor half a mile west of Chapman Head Lighthouse.

She was badly holed amidships and making a lot of water. The life-boat stood by her for two hours. During that time the water was got under control and two tugs arrived. As the life-boat was no longer needed she returned to her station, arriving at 5.5. - Rewards, £10 10s.

JANUARY 3RD. - WALMER, KENT. At 5.49 in the evening the Deal coastguard reported red flares east-by-north about four miles distant. A south-west gale was blowing, with a rough sea, and squalls of rain and sleet. The motor life-boat Charles Dibdin (Civil Service No. 2), was launched at 6.10 and near North West Goodwin Buoy saw H.M.S. Balsom. At her request she went to the help of eight men in a ship’s boat.

They had left the American steamer George M. Verity during the afternoon to obtain supplies from another ship, but their engine had failed and they had been carried out towards the Goodwin Sands. As darkness approached and they were unable to regain their ship they burnt red flares. The lifeboat took on board the eight men and took the boat in tow. She intended to make for Walmer, but learning that the George M. Verity was due to leave the Downs at eleven that night, she searched for her among the ships at anchor in the Downs. During this search the ship’s boat became water-logged, broke adrift, and was lost. At 8.30 the life-boat found the steamer and put the men on board her. Her master handed a letter of appreciation to the coxswain, and the life-boat returned to her station, arriving at 9.45.- Rewards, £31 4s.

JANUARY 4TH. - DONAGHADEE, CO. DOWN. At 8.10 in the morning the Bangor coastguard telephoned that a vessel was ashore at Wilson Point, Belfast Lough. A northerly gale was blowing, with a very rough sea. The motor life-boat Civil Service No. 5 left her moorings at 8.45, reached the position within an hour, and found the Dutch motor vessel Oregon I ashore on the rocks close inshore.

She had a crew of forty-two. They would not leave her, and she was being carried farther inshore. The life-boat stood by. When the steamer had been carried in so far that her crew would be able to get ashore without much difficulty, her captain said that the life-boat would no longer be needed and she returned to her station, arriving at 11.30 that morning. Later it was learned that the steamer had broken her back, and that her crew had got ashore.

- Rewards, £6 19s.

JANUARY 4TH. - TEESMOUTH, YORKSHIRE.

At 9.15 in the morning the port war signal station telephoned that a steamer was ashore on the North Gare Breakwater.

A strong and increasing north-north-east wind was blowing, with a rough sea. The motor life-boat J. W. Archer was launched at 10.15 and found the S.S. Empire Prospero, of 6,766 tons gross. Her sternpost, rudder and propeller were missing. At the master’s request, the life-boat stood by until two o’clock and then returned to her station, ready to go out again if needed. The master had ordered tugs and a pilot for 4.30, but as the pilot cutter was unable to get near the steamer, the life-boat put out again at 4.15 with a pilot, and put him on board the steamer. The life-boat stood by until high water. It was then found that the tugs could not get near, and the life-boat left for Middlesbrough Docks, where she remained until the 6th of January. The Tees Pilotage Authority and the master of the Empire Prospero expressed their thanks. - Rewards, £33 0s. 2d.

JANUARY 5TH. - BARMOUTH, MERIONETHSHIRE.

At 12.15 in the afternoon the coastguard reported a vessel apparently in distress. A fresh north-west wind was blowing, with a choppy sea and showers of sleet. The motor life-boat Lawrence Ardern Stockport, was launched at 12.42, and an hour later found S.S. Vic 33 near St. Patrick’s Causeway. She had a crew of five, and was bound in ballast from Holyhead to Portsmouth.

She had lost her propeller and was drifting, short of food and of fuel for lights.

The life-boat brought ashore her first officer at three o’clock to get food and other stores and took him out again to the steamer. It was then six o’clock. As the Vic 33 was helpless, and the weather was threatening, the life-boat stood by throughout the night.

In the morning H.M.S. Loch Tulla arrived at nine o’clock and made preparations to take the Vic 33 in tow. The life-boat passed the hawser. At 10.25 the Loch Tulla and the Vic 33 started on their way to Fishguard and the life-boat returned to Barmouth. She arrived at 12.15 in the afternoon, just twenty- four hours after the Vic 33 had been reported in distress. - Rewards : first service, £10 18s. ; second service, property salvage case.

JANUARY 7TH. - HOWTH, CO. DUBLIN.

At ten o’clock in the morning a telephone message was received from Rush that the motor fishing boat Guiding Light, with a crew of five, had gone out fishing the day before.

She had not returned, and enquiries along the coast had brought no news of her. A strong northerly breeze was blowing, with a heavy sea. The motor life-boat R.P.L. was launched at noon, and the coast life-saving service sent out a military aeroplane to help in the search. It found the fishing boat seven miles east of Howth. Her engine had failed and she had been out of control all night. The life-boat towed her into Howth Harbour, arriving at 1.50 that afternoon.- Rewards, £6 6s.

JANUARY 8TH. - HARTLEPOOL, DURHAM, AND TEESMOUTH, YORKSHIRE.

At 10.40 in the morning the port war signal station at Teesmouth reported two vessels in distress off the port. The Teesmouth lifeboat crew were assembled and stood by, but were not called on to launch and were dismissed at five in the afternoon. F o r t y minutes later one of the two vessels,, the steamer Empire Scout, was reported driving ashore near the entrance to the Tees and the motor life-boat J. W. Archer was launched at 6.30. A north-north-east gale was blowing, with a very rough sea, and hail storms. The life-boat reached the steamer at 6.45. She had a crew of forty-one. Her boiler was giving trouble and she could only steam at about two knots. She asked the life-boat to stand by. At Hartlepool the naval authoritics reported the Empire Scout out of control at 5.38 and the Hartlepool motor life-boat The Princess Royal (Civil Service No. 7), was launched at 6.6. She reached the steamer about the same time as the Teesmouth lifeboat.

Attended by both life-boats the steamer made for Hartlepool, to which port she was bound, and was safely berthed there by nine o’clock that night. Both life-boats moored in the Victoria Basin, Hartlepool, for the night. The master expressed his thanks for their help. The other vessel, the S.S. Jan Van Goyen, did not need help at that time.- Rewards : Hartlepool, £16 11s. ; Teesmouth, £26 8s. 2d.

JANUARY 9TH. - TEESMOUTH, YORKSHIRE.

At 9.30 in the morning, the senior naval officer telephoned that the S.S. Jan Van Goyen, which had lost both anchors and carried away her windlass, had stood out to sea. She was one of the two vessels which had been reported in difficulties the previous day, and the life-boat crew had stood by in readiness to launch to them. She had then gone out to the help of the other vessel, the Empire Scout. The Jan Van Goyen did not then need help. A gale was still blowing from the north-east, with hail squalls and a very rough sea. It was arranged that the life-boat should take aboard a Tees pilot at Hartlepool, meet the vessel at 12.30, east of the Fairway Buoy, and lead her into the Tees. The motor life-boat J. W. Archer was launched at 12.15 and went to Hartlepool, but the pilot did not turn up, so she went without him to the position appointed. As there was no sign of the ship by two o’clock the life-boat returned and after consulting the senior naval officer launched again at 2.10. At 2.45 it was learned that the Jan Van Goyen was in sight, and, with a pilot on board, the life-boat put out again. The life-boat put the pilot on board and returned at 3.15 that afternoon. The Tees pilotage authority expressed their thanks to the life-boat crew for “carrying out a difficult task under extreme hazards.“ - Rewards, £17 12s. 6d.

JANUARY 8TH. - BALTIMORE, CO. CORK. At 8.35 at night the relatives of the crew of the motor fishing boat Pride of Sherkin, of Sherkin Island, reported the boat long overdue. A moderate north-east gale was blowing, with a very rough sea, and the night was cold. The motor life-boat Shamrock was launched at 9.4 and went to the fishing ground. The fishing boat had no lights, and after a fruitless search in the darkness the life-boat returned at one o’clock next morning. When daylight came she went out again and found the missing boat five miles off Gascanane Sound. Her engine had broken down and she was drifting helplessly out to sea. Her crew of four were almost exhausted. The life-boat towed her to Baltimore, arriving at ten o’clock that morning. - Rewards : first service, £17 8s. ; second service, £8 16s.

JANUARY 12TH. - ST. MARY’S, SCILLY ISLANDS. At 4.20 in the afternoon the naval authorities sent a warning that a vessel north of Round Island might need help. A further message called for the life-boat at 9.42 that night. The vessel was then four miles north of Round Island. The night was exceptionally dark, with a north-east gale and a very rough sea. At 9.45 the motor lifeboat Cunard was launched, and by way of the north-west channel and west of Bryher, reached the vessel about two hours later. It was a difficult and dangerous piece of navigation, without lights or marks. The life-boat found the American Liberty ship Jonas Lie, of over 4,000 tons. She had been torpedoed three days before and taken in tow by a tug, but she had slipped her tow and was drifting helplessly. She now had on board a salvage party of fifteen. The life-boat went alongside and rescued the men in about half an hour, without injury to anyone or damage to the life-boat. She returned by a shorter and more hazardous route, arriving at 12.50 next morning.

The Institution awarded to Coxswain MATTHEW LETHBRIDGE and to JAMES T. LETHBRIDGE, the second-coxswain, the thanks of the Institution inscribed on vellum for their fine seamanship. 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, £22 2s. 6d. ; additional rewards to crew, £8 ; total rewards,£30 2s. 6d. (See Angle, and St. Davids, “Accounts of Services by Life-boats,” page 15.) JANUARY 13TH. - LONGHOPE, ORKNEYS.

At 1.30 in the morning the Wick coastguard telephoned that a high speed launch was ashore at the Beacon, the southwest point of Stroma. The weather was calm and the sea smooth. The motor lifeboat Thomas McCunn was launched at 2.15 and reached Stroma an hour later to find the launch nearly dry. A motor boat from the island took off seven of the crew and the remaining four stayed on board. The life-boat stood by until, as the tide rose, the launch refloated and was able to go on her way. The life-boat arrived back at her station at 9.25. - Rewards, £l9 18s.

JANUARY 13TH. - CLACTON - ON - SEA, ESSEX. At 3.14 in the afternoon the naval authorities at Harwich reported, through the coastguard, that an aeroplane was down east of Clacton pier. A fresh east-north-east wind was blowing, with a moderate sea. The motor life-boat Edward Z. Dresden was launched at 3.30, and a mile east of the pier, picked up the pilot of an American Mustang.

He was unconscious, and the life-boat’s motor-mechanic gave him artificial respiration at once. The life-boat signalled for a doctor to be ready, but though the pilot was alive when he was landed at 4.15, he died after reaching hospital. - Rewards, £7 1s.

JANUARY 13TH. - CLACTON - ON - SEA, ESSEX. About three in the afternoon the coastguard reported a minesweeper aground three to four miles off Clacton, but in no immediate danger. At 3.30 the motor lifeboat Edward Z. Dresden was called out to the help of the American airman whose rescue has been described and returned to her station at five o’clock. As she was being hauled up, a naval launch arrived, and from this the small boat used in rehousing the life-boat landed the captain and one seaman belonging to the stranded minesweeper, which was on the Gunfleet Sands. After the life-boat had been rehoused the naval authorities asked her to go out and stand by the minesweeper. This was at 5.25, but owing to the low water the life-boat could not get away until 8.40. She took with her the minesweeper’s captain and seaman and reached the minesweeper, 1078, at 9.20. She was aground, one mile east-by-south of the Wallet Spitway Buoy.

There was a strong east-north-east wind, with a rough sea. A strong flood tide was running, and the minesweeper was labouring. She had two wires out to anchors and had already lost two anchors. She was making water badly.

Soundings gave only a fathom and a quarter of water. The life-boat made two attempts to put the captain on board, but failed. At ten o’clock she was able to go alongside and, with difficulty, was secured. Seas were now breaking over the minesweeper. The eleven men on board threw their belongings into the life-boat and then jumped aboard. At 10.25 the lifeboat cast off, reaching Clacton pier at 11.14.

It was only with considerable difficulty that she landed the men, owing to the surge of the sea. She could not be put in her house in that sea, and, with her crew on board, remained at anchor until nine o’clock next morning. She was rehoused at 11.15. An increase in the usual money award on the standard scale was made to each member of he crew. - Standard rewards to crew and helpers, £23 14s. ; additional rewards to crew, £8 ; total rewards, £31 14s.

JANUARY 14TH. - REDCAR, YORKSHIRE.

About 10.30 at night the Saltburn coastguard reported a message from the police at Marske that a vessel was ashore here. A light westerly wind was blowing and the sea was smooth. The motor lifeboat Louisa Polden was launched at 11.9 and a quarter of an hour later found the steam trawler James Lay, aground on a sandy bottom near Red Howls. She stood by until the trawler refloated at two o’clock next morning and then returned to her station, arriving at 2.25. - Rewards, £19 15s. 6d.

JANUARY 15TH. - BALLYCOTTON, CO. CORK. At 11.35 at night the Ballycotton look-out post reported a large flare seen three miles south-east of Ballycotton Lighthouse.

A fresh north-east wind was blowing, with a choppy sea. The night was dark and cold.

Several of the life-boatmen were away herring fishing, but volunteers, including a sergeant of the civic guard, made up a full crew and the motor life-boat Mary Stanford was launched at 12.10 in the morning and found the motor drifter Pride of Rosslare, of Dunmore East, drifting, with her engine broken down. Her crew, however, succeeded in repairing the engine, and the drifter came in under her own power, escorted by the life-boat. They arrived at 1.40. - Rewards, £11 17s.

JANUARY 17TH. - PORTRUSH, CO. ANTRIM.

At 4.51 in the afternoon information was received that the fishing boat Hazel, of Portrush, had not returned from sea, and the motor life-boat T.B.B.H. was launched at 5.15 to search for her before night fell. A strong south-west wind was blowing. She found her four miles to the north of Portrush.

The fishing boat was able to come in under her own power, escorted by the life-boat.

hey arrived at six o’clock. - Rewards. £13 1s.

JANUARY 17TH. - BALTIMORE, CO.

CORK. At 9.50 at night friends of the crew of the motor fishing boat Sea Caress, of Skibbereen, reported that the boat was in distress five miles to the south-east of Baltimore Harbour, and asked for the help of the life-boat.

A moderate north-west gale was blowing, with a very rough sea. The night was cold with sleet showers. The motor life-boat Shamrock was launched at 10.10 and, on her way, collided with and sank the small fishing boat Gem, which was making for Baltimore to call out the life-boat. The life-boat cut her in two and she sank at once, but the life-boat rescued her crew of five and brought them ashore. She went out again at once to the help of the Sea Caress, and found her with her engine broken down and no sails. Shehad a crew of five. The life-boat towed her in, arriving at one o’clock next morning.

The Gem was salved and repaired at the expense of the Institution. - Rewards, £20 18s.

JANUARY 18TH. - WALMER, KENT. A request was received from the naval authorities at Ramsgate for the life-boat to take out a doctor to the American steamer J. P.

Mitchell, urgent help being needed by four of her crew. A south-west gale was blowing and the sea was very rough. No ordinary boats could have gone out. At 11.15 the motor life-boat Charles Dibdin (Civil Service No. 2) was launched with a doctor on board.

After speaking several vessels by semaphore, she found the J. P. Mitchell anchored near the South-West Goodwin Buoy. With great difficulty she put the doctor on board. Heavy seas twice parted the securing ropes. The doctor was on board for over an hour.

Many attempts were made to get him back into the life-boat and it was only done after a bowline had been passed. The life-boat returned to her station at 2.15 that afternoon.

- Rewards, £15 14s.

JANUARY 18TH. - DONAGHADEE, CO.

DOWN. At 10.20 at night a message was received from the coastguard at Bangor that a vessel was in distress west of Wilson’s Point, Belfast Lough. A whole north-east gale was blowing, with snow and sleet showers and a heavy sea. The motor life-boat Civil Service No. 5 was launched at 10.45 and found the motor vessel Samanco, of Liverpool, close inshore and fast on the rocks. At the risk of being swamped the life-boat went alongside and found that the crew were being taken off by the life-saving apparatus from the shore. She stood by in case further help was needed, but as it was not, she returned to her station, arriving at two o’clock next morning. A letter of appreciation was received from the owners of the Samanco.- Rewards, £13 14s. 6d.

JANUARY 19TH. -SOUTHEND - ON - SEA, ESSEX. At 8.30 in the morning the naval control reported a vessel in need of help one mile south of the Medway Gate. A strong north-west wind was blowing, with a rough sea and snow squalls. The motor life-boat J. B. Proudfoot, on temporary duty at the station, was launched at nine o’clock and found the motor vessel Eileena, of London, with a crew of three, being battered against the boom defence of spiked floats and chains.

She had parted from her anchors during the gale. The life-boat could not get alongside owing to the gale and strong ebb tide, but the vessel was in danger of quickly becoming a total wreck, so the life-boat drew away, anchored and veered down. After several attempts she was able to pass a line to her.

To this the tow rope was attached, and the life-boat pulled the Eileena clear of the boom. The Eileena was then able to start her own engine, and the life-boat escorted her to Southend, where she was safely moored at 12.20 that afternoon. - Property salvage case.

JANUARY 19TH. - SOUTHEND - ON - SEA, ESSEX. As soon as the Eileena had been brought in the coxswain reported it to the naval control, which at once asked him to go out again to the four T.I.D. tugs 111, 112, 113 and 115. The previous night, when a southerly gale was blowing, they had gone for shelter to the south shore. The wind was now blowing strongly from the north-west and the sea was very rough. At 12.30 the motor life-boat J. B. Proudfoot, on temporary duty at the station, was launched again and found the tugs close to the sand, between the Yantlet and Jenkin Buoys. They were short of food and coal. Their masters asked her to send a wireless message to Southend, and the reply directed them to go to Sheerness, which they did. The life-boat reached her station again at 1.50 that afternoon. - Rewards, £7 4s.

JANUARY 19TH. - CLACTON - ON - SEA, ESSEX. At 2.48 in the afternoon the coastguard reported a sailing barge flying a signal.

A fresh north-west wind was blowing, with a heavy swell and squalls of snow. The motor life-boat Edward Z. Dresden was launched at 3.30 and found the barge Thalatta, of Harwich, half a mile north-east of South Buxey Buoy. Her sails were torn, her steering gear out of order, and she was leaking.

She had a crew of three on board and a cargo of wheat. The master asked that the life-boat should stand by, hoping the weather would moderate. At the next high water the weather was still very bad, and the life-boat remained until the following high water when, at one in the afternoon on the 20th, she took the barge in tow for Brightlingsea, which they reached at 5 o’clock.

The life-boat reached her station again at 7 in the evening. - Property salvage case.

JANUARY 19TH. - WALMER, KENT. At 6.30 in the evening the vice-admiral at Dover requested the services of the life-boat to take a doctor to the British steamer Sammax. A north-west gale was blowing, with snow, and the sea was rough. In that weather the lifeboat was the only suitable boat. With a doctor on board - making his second trip in twenty-four hours - the motor lifeboat Charles Dibdin (Civil Service No. 2) was launched at 7.15. She found the vessel at eight o’clock, one and a half miles south-east of the Deal Bank Buoy. The doctor found that the ship’s carpenter, who had been swept along the deck by a mountainous sea, had a compound fracture of the leg. He was lowered in a cradle into the life-boat. The life-boat reached her station again at 9.35 and the injured man was taken to hospital.- Rewards, £33 1s. 6d.

JANUARY 21ST. - SENNEN COVE, AND PENLEE, CORNWALL. At 3.15 in the afternoon the coastguard telephoned that the naval authorities wanted the Sennen Cove life-boat to go to a vessel four miles south-bywest of the Longships. A light northerly wind was blowing, and the sea was smooth.

The motor life-boat The Newbons put out at 3.30 and at 4.40 found that a Liberty ship, theAmerican motor vessel George Hawley, had been torpedoed. All her crew except five men had already been taken off or got away.

As everything was covered with oil the five men got into their own boat and the lifeboat towed them to a tug, which now had a rope attached to the George Hawley. She got back to her station at 7.43 that evening.

News of the George Hawley was given by the coastguard to the Penlee Station at 3.12 and the motor life-boat W. and S. was launched at 3.30. She arrived to find the George Hawley abandoned and H.M. ships standing by, so she returned, putting into Newlyn at 7.15. It was learnt later that only two lives had been lost and that the George Hawley had been towed to Falmouth. - Rewards : Sennen Cove, £24 1s. ; Penlee, £20 6s.

JANUARY 23RD. - SELSEY, SUSSEX. At 8.45 in the morning the coastguard reported a vessel ashore. A moderate south-east wind was blowing, with a moderate sea and snow squalls. The motor life-boat Canadian Pacific was launched at 9.5 and at 9.45 found the S.S. Runnelstone ashore one mile west of Selsey coastguard station. She stood by until, at 11.35, a wireless message from Niton told her that the master of the Runnelstone would not need her help. She returned to her station, arriving at 12.45 that afternoon.

The steamer got off unaided two days later. - Rewards, £9 1s.

JANUARY 23RD. - DONAGHADEE, CO.

DOWN, AND PORTRUSH, CO. ANTRIM At 2.6 in the afternoon the Bangor coastguard reported a vessel in distress off Ballywhlskin.

There was a thick fog, but the sea was calm.

The motor life-boat Civil Service No. 5 was launched at 2.30 and, after a search, found the Admiralty torpedo craft C . T . 2 1 on Barclay’s Rocks, Ballywhiskin. She was leaking badly. The life-boat went alongside her and was told that her crew of ten were about to abandon her. The coxswain advised them to remain on board while he towed them. The life-boat brought the torpedo craft into Donaghadee just after four o’clock. At Portrush the information about the C.T.21 was received from the naval authorities at Londonderry, and the motor life-boat T.B.B.H. was launched at 3.20.

She searched until recalled by wireless after the C.T.21 had been taken in tow to Donaghadee, and reached her station again at 4.30.

- Rewards : Portrush, £7 11s. ; Donaghadee, £6 17s.

JANUARY 23RD. - PORTRUSH, CO. ANTRIM.

At 5.20 in the evening the coastguard reported a vessel sending out signals on her siren. There was dense fog, with a light south-west wind and a slight sea. The motor life-boat T.B.B.H. left her moorings at 5.30 and found the S.S. Katherine, of Plymouth, a quarter of a mile north-west of Ramore Head.

She was only in need of a pilot, and followed the life-boat into harbour, arriving at 6.40.- Rewards, £14 18s. 6d.

JANUARY 27TH. - RUNSWICK, YORKSHIRE.

While the Staithes fishing fleet was out during the morning the weather worsened and by noon the sea was very rough, the wind had risen almost to a gale and it was snowing. There was a severe frost, and ice made the launch very difficult, but the motor life-boat Robert Patton - The Always Ready was got away at one o’clock and went to Staithes. Here she stood by until the cobles Star of Hope and Silver Line, which had been fishing five miles to the north-east, had made land safely. When she returned to Runswick the tide was too high to allow her to be beached, so she had to remain in the Bay. When the time came to beach the boat at six o’clock it was blowing a gale. Her propeller had become entangled with seaweed and she was washed ashore broadside on.

Thomas Patton, junior, the assistant motormechanic, at once jumped overboard and at considerable personal risk carried a line ashore.

This greatly helped in the safe beaching of the life-boat. - Rewards, £45 4s. 6d.

JANUARY 27TH. - WHITBY, YORKSHIRE.

From noon onwards a watch was kept for the local motor fishing boat North Star. A strong north-north-east gale was blowing, with a rough sea and snow showers, and all the other boats had already come into harbour. When the missing boat was seen four miles to the north the No. 1 motor lifeboat Mary Ann Hepworth was launched. It was then 3.5. She met the North Star and accompanied her into harbour. - Rewards, £8 10s.

JANUARY 29TH. - CAMPBELTOWN, ARGYLLSHIRE, AND GIRVAN, AYRSHIRE.

At 7.6 at night a telephone call was received from the naval authorities that H.M. trawler Dunraven Castle had run aground on Iron Rock Ledges, Isle of Arran, while on patrol. A gale was blowing, with a heavy sea and snow. The night was very cold. The motor life-boat City of Glasgow was launched at 7.50 and found the trawler right among the rocks on a dead lee shore The life-boat had to go, in the darkness, round a reef to reach her, and bumped on the rocks herself, but she came safely alongside. She got her first line on board the trawler, but owing to the high seas and the movement of the life-boat the trawler’s men were not able to secure it. The life-boat went about and came back a second time.

After some trouble she was secured alongside and, with difficulty, took off the whole crew of twenty-five. She reached her station again at 11.5. The naval officer-in-charge congratulated the life-boatmen, and the rescued men sent a letter of thanks.

The information was also sent to Girvan and the motor life-boat Lily Glen - Glasgow was launched at 9.15, but when it became known that the crew had been rescued the life-boat was recalled and got back at 11.30.

The Institution awarded to DUNCAN NEWLANDS, coxswain of the Campbeltown lifeboat, its thanks inscribed on vellum, and made an increase in the usual money awards on the standard scale to each member of the crew. - Campbeltown : standard rewards to crew, £12 2s. ; additional rewards to crew,£7 ; total rewards, £19 2s. Girvan, £13 14s.

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The following life-boats were launched, but no services were rendered for the reasons given : JANUARY 2ND. - SOUTHEND - ON - SEA, ESSEX. A small invasion craft had been reported ashore, but nothing could be found.- Rewards, £13 13s.

JANUARY 3RD. - PENLEE, CORNWALL.

When off Cape Cornwall the Cardiff steamer Strait Fisher capsized. Her cargo had shifted. A strong north-west wind was blowing, with a very rough sea. The weather was cold. The motor life-boat W. & S. was launched at 4.20 in the afternoon and reached the position given at 6.15, but found only an empty boat. A naval trawler had picked up ten of the crew ; three others were missing.

After searching until eight o’clock the lifeboat returned, reaching Newlyn at 9.45 that evening, five and a half hours after putting out.

It had been an arduous service in bitter weather and heavy seas, and an increase in the usual money award on the standard scale was made to each member of the crew.

- Standard awards to crew and helpers, £25 0S. 6d. ; additional rewards to crew, £2 12s. 6d.; total rewards, £27 13s.

JANUARY 3RD. - ANSTRUTHER, FIFESHIRE.

A Barracuda aeroplane had been reported in the sea after striking the target ship, but no survivors could be found.- Rewards, £17 14s.

JANUARY 4TH. - CLACTON - ON - SEA, ESSEX. A parachute had been reported coming down, but nothing could be found.- Rewards, £8 5s.

JANUARY 7TH. - LYTHAM-ST. ANNES, LANCASHIRE. A fishing boat had fouled her propeller and been wrecked, but her crew were rescued by another fishing boat.- Rewards, £11 4s. 6d.

JANUARY 8TH - NEW BRIGHTON, CHESHIRE. An aeroplane had come down in the sea, but the pilot was picked up by another vessel. - Rewards, £17 19s.

JANUARY 8TH. - THURSO, CAITHNESSSHIRE.

Information had been received that a vessel was drifting twenty miles west of Dunnet Head, but nothing was found.- Rewards, £22 1s. 6d.

JANUARY 9TH - ANGLE, AND ST.DAVID’S, PEMBROKESHIRE. Both lifeboats were called to the help of the American steamer Jonas Lie, which had been torpedoed, off Grassholme Island, but they were recalled as all her crew had been rescued by the St. Mary’s, Isles of Scilly, life-boat.- Rewards : Angle, £18 10s. 6d. ; St. David’s, £13 13s. (See St. Mary’s, “Accounts of Services by Life-boats,” page 11.)

JANUARY 11TH. - HOLYHEAD, ANGLESEY, and PORTHDINLLAEN, CAERNARVONSHIRE. During the afternoon information was given by the coastguard to both stations that vessels had been torpedoed or mined six miles west of Rhoscolyn. The Holyhead motor life-boat A.E.D. was launched at 5.10 and the Porthdinllaen motor life-boat M.O.Y.E. at 5.38. A north-easterly gale was blowing, with rough seas. They found several other vessels searching. Some survivors were picked up by these vessels, but none by the life-boats, and after continuing the search for some hours they returned, Holyhead arriving back at midnight and Porthdinllaen at 1.25 next morning.

The Porthdinllaen boat was moored, but the weather was too bad for a boat to come out to bring the crew ashore and it was not until 11.20 in the morning that they were able to land. They had been in the life-boat for nearly eighteen hours. When the weather had moderated next day the life-boat was put back in her house.

An increase in the usual money awards on the standard scale was made to each member of the Porthdinllaen crew and helpers.- Standard rewards to crew and helpers, £22 12s. 6d. ; additional rewards to crew and helpers, £7 4s. 6d. ; total rewards, £29 17s.

Holyhead rewards, £8 2s.

JANUARY 12TH. - BUCKIE, BANFFSHIRE.

An aeroplane had been reported down in the sea near Lossiemouth, but only wreckage was seen. - Rewards, £14 14s. 6d.

JANUARY 13TH. - FISHGUARD, PEMBROKESHIRE.

A small vessel had been reported bumping on the rocks, but she was a camouflaged motor launch dropping depth charges while tracking an enemy submarine, and the life-boat was not needed. - Rewards, £6 18s.

JANUARY 14TH. - PADSTOW, CORNWALL.

An aeroplane had been reported to have crashed into the sea off Trevose Head, but the life-boat was recalled. - Rewards, £6.

JANUARY 16TH. - WALMER, KENT. The American Liberty ship James Harrold had been in collision with the S.S. Ramon Stern, had caught fire and been abandoned by her crew. The sea was smooth. The life-boat searched for five hours without finding anyone, and returned to her station. - Rewards, £41 8s.

JANUARY 17TH. - WALTON AND FRINTON, ESSEX. A parachute had been reported coming down, but the life-boat was recalled when it was found that only a canister was attached to the parachute and not an airman. - Rewards, £20 8s.

JANUARY 17TH. - NEWCASTLE, CO.

DOWN. Red lights had been reported, but no vessel in distress was found. - Rewards, £33 0s. 6d.

JANUARY 19TH. - ANSTRUTHER, FIFESHIRE.

At 12.3 in the morning the coastguard telephoned that a large vessel wasashore about one mile south of South Carr.

A north-west gale was blowing, with a very rough sea, and it was extremely cold, with showers of snow. The Dunbar life-boat was unable to launch on account of the weather, and Anstruther could not launch until the tide rose. It was now low water. At five o’clock the coastguard again asked if the lifeboat could go, and at 5.55 the motor life-boat N e l l i e a n d C h a r l i e was launched. She reached the position given about 7.30, but owing to the darkness and heavy snow she could see nothing. At daybreak, about nine o’clock, she saw the S.S. Empire Clansman, of Grangemouth, with waves breaking over her mast-high. No one was visible on board, but she could see a breeches buoy and a line from the shore. After lying about one hundred yards off for an hour without being hailed the life-boat returned, reaching her station at noon, after six hours at sea. Later it was learned that the steamer’s crew had been taken off by the coastguard life-saving apparatus. 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, £14 18s. 6d. ; additional rewards to crew, £7 ; total rewards, £21 18s. 6d.

JANUARY 19TH. - ST. DAVID’S, PEMBROKESHIRE.

An SOS call had been reported, but no vessel in distress or wreckage was found. - Rewards, £19 7s. 6d.

JANUARY 19TH. - TYNEMOUTH, NORTHUMBERLAND.

During a north-northeast gale of eighty-seven miles an hour, cries for help were heard and it was believed that a small boat was in difficulties, but nothing was found. It was learnt later that a man had fallen from the ferry landing and been rescued. - Rewards, £21 15s.

JANUARY 20TH. - BEMBRIDGE, ISLE OF WIGHT. A naval boat had broken down and was drifting, but she was picked up by a naval launch. - Rewards, £13 13s.

JANUARY 20TH. - WALTON AND FRINTON, ESSEX. A Fortress aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but she had come down just inshore on a flooded marsh.

- Rewards, £15 9s.

JANUARY 24TH. - PORTHDINLLAEN, CAERNARVONSHIRE. A fire or flares had been reported at sea, but nothing could be found. - Rewards, £20 16s.

JANUARY 27TH. - TROON, AYRSHIRE.

A naval dinghy with two men on board had been reported missing, but the boat had got in before the life-boat was called out.- Rewards, £13 14s. 6d.

JANUARY 31ST. - FRASERBURGH, ABERDEENSHIRE. An R.N.A.S. launch had been reported ashore, but she was not ashore and did not need help. - Rewards, £7 11s.