THE LIFE-BOAT, OE JOURNAL OF THE NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION. (ISSUED QUARTEKLY.) VOL. VIII.—No. 84.] MAY IST, 1872. [PRICE Is. AT the ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the EOYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, held at the Mansion House, by the kind permission of the Eight Honourable The LOED MAYOB of London, on Monday, the 8th clay of April, 1872, CAPTAIN His ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH, K.G., E.N., in the Chair, the following Beport of the Committee -was read by the Secretary:— ANNUAL REPORT, circumstance of CAPTAIN THE DUKE OF THE Committee of the ROYAL NATIONAL EDINBURGH, R.N., having kindly con- LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, in presenting their sented to preside over the present meet- animal statement to its supporters and ; ing, and they beg now to tender to his to the public, on this, its forty-eighth | Royal Highness their warm thanks for anniversary, desire to express their grate- j the great honour he has thus conferred ful thanks to all those who have afforded ; on the Institution. it their generous aid. i The year's transactions may be sum- At the last Annual Meeting they had marized as follows: to regret a falling off in the contributions Life-loats. — Since the last Report of the previous year, arising mainly from eighteen new Life-boats have been placed the large subscriptions raised throughout on the coast; some of them at new sta- the country for the relief of the sick and tions, and others to replace worn-out or •wounded, and other victims of the fearful inferior boats. They are stationed at the war •which raged in Erance. following places:— Happily, however, with the return of peace the stream of charity has also re- ENGLAND. turned to its wonted channels, and the NORTHUMBERLAND . Tynemouth. DURHAM .... Sunderland. receipts of the Institution, during the past YORKSHIRE . Wbitby. year, have accordingly been considerably Flamborongh in excess of those of the year 1870. (2 Boats). Bridlington. In the year 1867 the Institution was LINCOLNSHIRE . Theddlethorpe. honoured by the Presidency, at its Annual KENT . AValmer. Meeting, of His ROYAL HIGHNESS THE milestone (Dun- geness). PBINCE OF WALES. GLAMORGANSHIRE . Porthcawl. The Committee have now to congratu- CARMARTHENSHIRE . Petnbrey. late the supporters of the Society on the ANGLESEY .... Rhoscolyn. LIFE-BOAT JOURNAL.—VOL. YIII.—No. 84. 214 ANNUAL EEPOBT. [MA? 1, 1872'.. SCOTLAND. the United Kingdom. Still, every friend of the Life-boat cause will rejoice to learn CAITHNESS-SBIEE . Thnrso. that the Institution contributed during HAEDINGTOSSBIJU: North Berwick. the same period to the rescue of 882 lives. Of these, 658 owe their lives immediately IRELAND. to the services of the Life-boats; and for Co. LOUTH Drogheda. saving the remainder the Institution DUBLIN .... Howth. granted rewards to the Crews of Shore- WEXFOBD .... Wexford. boats and other persons, in acknowledg- WATERFOED . Dungarvan. ment of their laudable exertions. It should be mentioned that, in addition to these services, no fewer than 31 ships New tfansporting-carriages and boat- were saved by the Life-boats, and that in houses have likewise been provided for other cases the boats were repeatedly several of the above boats. signalled off by distressed vessels, and The Institution has now two hundred afterwards contributed largely to their and thirty-three Life-boats on the coasts preservation by encouraging the crews to of the United Kingdom, and in the Chan- remain by their ships, and, occasionally, nel Islands. by taking them ashore, in their alarm, and in putting them on board again when the During the past year these boats saved storm had lulled. Even in such instances the lives of six hundred and fifty-eight the hardships and risks occasionally en- persons; nearly the whole of them being dured by the Life-boat crews are very great under circumstances of peril that would It is indeed gratifying to know that have precluded any ordinary boats from the Life-boat services of the year have proceeding to their aid. been characterised by their usual gal- lantry, and without the loss of a single Shipwrecks.—The storms of the past life amongst their brave crews; which year, in the seas of the British Isles, have circumstance instinctively excites our fortunately not been characterized by gratitude to Him whom the winds and any fearful shipwrecks, attended with seas obey. great loss of life. A detailed list of the great services Towards the latter end of the year the rendered by the boats of the Institution, during the past year, is annexed. gales on our coasts became unusually fre- quent and violent. Between the 6th and The efforts of the Board of Trade con- tinue unceasing in the maintenance and the 22nd December the crews of the Life- extension of the Rocket Apparatus on the boats of the Institution distinguished them- Coasts of the United Kingdom, which con- selves much in saving 146 lives from tributes every year, under the zealous various Shipwrecks. management of the officers and men of The total number of Shipwrecks on the the Coastguard service, to the rescue of coast of the United Kingdom in 1871 was hundreds of persons from Shipwreck at 1,574, accompanied by the loss of 626 places where, from their rocky nature, Life-boats could not be made use of. lives. The number of lives saved during the The Committee deeply regret to have to forty-eight years from the establishment report, on the authority of the Board of of the Institution in -1824, to the end of Trade Returns, the loss of so many valuable the year 1871, either by its Life-boats or men, a very large proportion of whom by special exertions for which it has granted were engaged in the Mercantile Marine of rewards, is as follows:— "Drawn by EDWIN WEEDON, Esq.] THE LIFE-BOAT TO THE RESCUE. MAY 1, 1872.] ANNUAL EEPOET. 215 IntheYear IntheYear No. of Lives In lie Year No. of Lives No. of Lives Saved. Saved. In the Year Saved. 1824 124 1836 225 1848 123 1860 455 1825 218 1837 272 1849 209 1861 424 1826 175 1838 45S 1850 470 1862 574 1827 163 1839 279 1851 230 1863 714 1828 301 1840 353 1852 773 1864 698 1829 463 1841 128 1853 678 1865 714 1830 372 1842 •276 1854 355 1866 921 1831 287 1843 236 1855 406 1867 1,086 1832 310 1844 193 1856 473 1868 862 1833 449 1845 235 1857 374 1869 1,231 1834 214 1846 134 1858 427 1870 784 1835 364 1847 157 1859 499 1871 882 Total . 20,746 The Life-boats ot tie Institution were instrumental in 1871 in rescuing the crews of the following Wrecked Vessels :— 1871. Adelaide, schooner, of Malahlde.... 5 Hopeman and Skye fishing-boats... 11 Rose, schooner, of Ipswich—saved Albert, barque, of Bremen 21 Howth—dredging barge 4 vessel and crew 4 Albion, barque, of Rostock 10 /dun, barque, of Bergen 16 Samuel and Ann, schr., Yarmouth . 4 -Albion, schooner, of Beanmaris— India, barque, ol Shields 16 Sarah., brig, of SvmdcrlaTid 6 saved vessel and crew 3 Intrepid, schooner, of Liverpool— Scarborough fishing cobles—assisted Alexandra, screw stcamer,ofLondon 23 rendered assistance, four boats. Angora, schooner, of Bangor—as- Isabella Heron, brigantine, of Blytb Sea, barque, of Montrose—assisted sisted to save vessel and crew ... 7 —Saved vessel and crew 6 to save vessel. Ann, schooner, of Inverness Jane, brigantine, of Barmouth 5 Sort, Austrian brig—assisted to save Ann Mitchell, schooner, of Newquay 5 Jane KUgour, barque, of London .. 13 Arctic Hero, barque, of Goole 1 Jeune CoZomoe.-brig, of St. Malo... 7 St. Fergus, schooner, of Aberystwith Azela, brig, of Blyth—assisted to Jubilee, schooner, of Preston 4 —remained by vessel. save vessel and crew 8 Kingsbridge Packet, steamer—ren- St. Thomas's Packet, of Blyth—as- Benjamin Whitworth, s.s., of Middles- dered assistance. sisted to save vessel and crew.... 6 borough—remained by vessel. Lady Hunttey, brigantine,ofMaiyport 4 Storm, barque, of Cardiff—remained British Queen, brig, of London .... 7 Lark, smack, of Wexford 2 by vessel. Calamidas, Greek brig 11 Launceston. barque, of Shields 14 Stranger, schr., of Newfoundland.. 3 Carnsew, schooner,' of Hayle 4 Lucie .Antoinette, schooner, of Nantes 5 Temperance Star, Margaret, and 6 Cassandra, barque, of Liverpool... 21 Lynmouth Packet-boat 3 S"s, cobles—assisted vessels. Champion, brig, of Shoreham—saved Margaret, brigantine, of ]>ancaster . 25 Teviotdale, barque, of North Shields vessel and crew Major, schooner, of Lynn 4 —remained by vessel. Charles Philip, smack—assisted to Maria, ship, of Dunedin 19 Thessalia, brig, of Whitby 9 save vessel and crew 3 Martha, barque, of Arendal 15 Three Sisters, barque, of Genoa .... 6 Confidence, schooner, of Aberystwith 2 Mary, schooner, of Shields 4 Times, barque, of Liverpool 17 Corntiill, brigantine, of Dungarvan. 3 Atersey, schooner, of Liverpool 4 Trafalgar, sloop, of Cley—saved Courier, schooner, of Lerwick—ren- Mexican, barque, of St. John's, N.B. vessel and crew 2 dered assistance. —Rendered assistance. Trioner, brig, of Arendal, Norway . 9 Cynthia, schooner, of Montrose 2 Morning Star, brig, of Dublin 6 Typhon, brig, of Tvedestrand, Nor- Cyrus, brigantine, of Eye Musselburgh, dandy, of Lowestoft.. 11 way—saved vessel and crew..... 8 Dania, Danish Schooner 5 Newbiggin fishing cobles—assisted Vale of Convmy, smack, of Beau- Demitian Lais, smack, of Skye .... 4 to save seven boats. maris 3 Dispatch, schooner, of Whltby 3 Nigretta, brigantine, of New York . 7 Valiant, brig, of Jersey 7 Echo, brigantine, of Maldon 6 Xorval, brigantine, of Seaham- as- Venus, schooner, of Preston—re- Echo, of Lowestoft—saved lugger. sisted to save vessel and crew ..