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THE LIFEBOAT. the Journal of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution THE LIFEBOAT. The Journal of the Royal National Life-boat Institution. Voi,. XXVI.-No. 283.] FEBRUARY, 1925. [PBICE Notes and News. By GEORGE F. SHEE, M.A., Secretary of the Institution. 1924 will be remembered as one of the with its account of the very fine ser- wettest years on record. But it was vice of the Newhaven Life-boat, success- not a year of storms, although it ended fully carried out, without loss of life, with great gales all round the coast. although the Boat herself was very It was, in fact, a year much calmer badly damaged. That incident is than the average. It is such years, another signal tribute to the design, perhaps, even more than the years material and construction of the Instita- when there are violent storms, which jtion's fleet, to the meticulous care throw into relief the dangers of our j which is given to every detail, and a coasts and the need of an ever vigilant j justification, if any were needed, of Life-boat Service. j the Institution's rule that in everything In spite of the absence of severe j concerned with the Boats themselves weather there were no fewer than 227 " Only the best will do." launches of the Life-boats on service, The Christmas Gales. leading to the rescue of 349 lives. The The year went out in a fury. Of the Institution also gave rewards for the 227 launches during the year, twenty- rescue of 105 lives by shore-boats and nine took place during the last eleven in other ways. That makes a total of days of the year, and no fewer than ten 454 lives rescued from shipwreck round of these on 27th December. These our coasts, in this year of calm weather, launches were all round the coast from an average of nine lives every week! Swanage to Stornoway. Twenty-nine The total from the foundation of the lives were rescued during these eleven Institution up to the end of 1924 is days. 59,998, including a number of cases of The End of the Centenary. rescues by shore-boats, and in other The Centenary celebrations, which ways, for which the rewards were not opened in London with the Centenary actually made until 1925. The 60,000 Meeting at the Mansion House on figure was actually passed on the first 4th March, the Institution's birthday, day of the year, when the Tenby Motor concluded ^th a Thanksgiving Service Life-boat rescued ten men from thejin London on 14th December, which is steam-trawler Arctic Prince of Shields, j described elsewhere in this issue. There No Loss of Life. , still remained, however, two important If we take into account, besides these I Centenary functions to be held. The 227 launches on service, the practice j first was a four days' Fair at Birming- launches which took place, it means ham, which was opened on the first day, that 12,000 Life-boatmen were out in February 3rd, byH.R.H. Prince Henry, the Boats of the Institution during the the object of it being to raise £10,000 for year. But not a life was lost. It is aja " City of Birmingham " Motor Life- great tribute to the quality of the Boats j boat. The second is the London Cen- of the Institution, and to the skill and tenary Bazaar, which will be held at the discipline of Coxswains and Crews. Hyde Park Hotel, on the 3rd and 4th In this connexion I would draw special March. It will be opened on the first attention to the Chief Inspector's article day by the Duchess of Norfolk, one of in this issue on " Super-Construction," the Vice-Patrons of the Ladies' Life- THE LIFEBOAT. [FEBRUARY,1925. boat Guild, and on the second day by man put it very happily that the men Admiral of the Fleet Sir Doveton | at Camp Hill will feel now that, when a Sturdee, Bt. j gale is raging, they have an added interest in and a very human link with A Gift from Prison. the work of the Life-boatmen in the At the end of last year Sir Godfrey i grand adventure of saving human life Baring, Bt., the Chairman of the Com- '• on our storm-beaten shores. If you mittee of Management, lectured on the i think well you would perhaps find the Life-boat Service to an audience of about I means to acquaint the men with the 200 convicts in Camp Hill Prison, in the j terms of this letter." Isle of Wight. They were all among the '' Gifts from Crews. worst criminals in the country. Not one There are two names to be added to of them had had less than six previous | the growing list of Life-boat Crews convictions for some serious crime. Sir i which have made gifts to the Institution. Godfrey Baring has now received from'; On20th May, 1924, the Cambois Life- them, through the Governor, a cheque boat helped to save the s.s. Solhaug of for nine shillings for the Life-boat '• Haugesund, when she stranded on the Service. In sending it the Governor, Crablaw Rocks, at the same time wrote : I rescuing her crew of twenty-eight. Oat " By good behaviour they are able to | of the sum received from the owners for earn the small sum of Is. 6d. per week, helping to salve the vessel the Life-boat which they can spend on a very few Crew have given £20 to the Institution, luxuries, but they have gladly forgone On 12th June, 1924, the Fraserburgh some of these to subscribe to the Life- Motor Life-boat helped the steam traw- boat Association which does such splen- ier Pdaqos of Granton, and out of the dit* dt work1 . I~rff you wil-11l I'lkindll y acceptil thl e salvag. e •'___.which the. y receive.-d th- e _Cre. w subscription {and it is, perhaps, unique have sent the Institution £5 12s. in prison history) the men will feel when On 27th December, 1924, the Swanage a gale is raging that they have an added Life-boat was launched to the help of interest by helping, in even such a small the s.s. Daltington, which was reported way, the glorious work of the Life-boats to be in distress, but when nearing her that may be going on at that moment. the Life-boat found that she no longer The amount is small, but I know you needed help. The weather was very will understand the spirit in which it is severe, and it was an arduous service. given." In recognition of this the Committee in- In reply to the Governor's letter I creased the monetary reward given to the wrote:—" I find it rather difficult to crew. This increase they have returned, express in adequate language my sense as a donation to the funds of the Branch, of the value of this gift to the Institu- as they " were actuated only by a sense tion. I understand that the men at Of duty and not in anticipation of a Camp Hil-r-r-Tli are onliiiy able it o earn thi i e pecuniar.** y reward._.". •*- small sum of Is. 6rf. per week by very good behaviour and hard work, and I A Tribute from an American. that they naturally like to spend this I As recorded in the last issue, one of money on the few luxuries which are j the fortnightly dinners of the Authors' open to them. This being so, it is j Club, at the beginning of 1924, was held proof of a very fine generosity of in honour of the Institution, when I had character that they should have col- the privilege of presiding, and the lected 9s. among them as a free gift principal guest was Sir Godfrey Baring, to the Life-boat cause. It does equal j 3t., the Chairman of the Committee credit to the Life-boat Service (and to the [ of Management. In December the manner in which Sir Godfrey placed that Honorary Secretary of the Club received Service before them) and to the good the following letter from a friend in instincts which these men have, and New York City :— which I believe it is part of the aim of I "I am going to ask a kindness of you : Camp Hill to maintain and develop. to cash the enclosed draft for six pounds, You have in your letter to the Chair- and to send the proceeds to the Royal FEBBUABY, 1925.] THE LIFEBOAT. 3 National Life-boat Institution of followed in Sweden. Mr. Isakson, England. I was deeply impressed withwith. Chairman of the Life-boat Committee the account of the splendid roism of the Swedish League, who was one of and self-sacrifice of tie men of Eng- the representatives of the Swedish lish Life-boat Service, as publisheed in Government at the International Con- one of your London newspapers on ththee f erence in London in July, wrote last occasion of an Authors' Club Mondanday November : "I am also pleased to tell night dinner. I am enclosing the clipelip- you, that, in addition to the ' Svenska ping, although somewhat tattered and Sallskapet for Raddning af Skepps- worn, to -refresh your memory. My brutne ' and to the Life-boat Committee modest gift has been long delayed, bubut of the Swedish Shipping League, a Lady it may not be inopportune to send it aat Society, called the Stockholm ' Life Buoy ' this Christmastide of the year." (Stockholm Lifboj) has just been con- Armistice Memorial Service at Redcarcar.
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