 The total number of persons saved from shipwreck, from the establishment of the Institution in 1824 to the end of the year 1862, either by its life-boats, or by special exertions for which it has granted rewards, is 12,854.  The Journal of trade and commerce - Page 931862Full view - About this book
 | Naval art and science - 1863 - 728 pages
...great value of the services rendered by lifeboats can only be appreciated by considering that they are mostly performed on occasions when no other craft could be launched from the shore with safety. Schooners and brigs were, as usual, the most numerous description of vessels that were lost during... | |
 | Naval art and science - 1864 - 904 pages
...saving life from shipwreck OB their shores. The total number of lives saved during the forty years from the establishment of the Institution in 1824 to the end of the year 1863, either by its lifeboats or by special exertions for which it has granted rewards, is as follows... | |
 | Naval art and science - 1861 - 738 pages
...year 1860, by the life-boats of the institution, the rocket apparatus, and other means, was 3,697. The total number of persons saved from shipwreck, from the establishment of the institution to the end of the year 1860, either by its life- boats, or for which it had granted rewards, is 11,856.... | |
 | Naval art and science - 1862 - 760 pages
...period from these disasters. Of these 743 owe their lives immediately to the services of life-boats. The total number of persons saved from shipwreck from the establishment of the society in 1824 to the end of the year 1861, either by its life-boats, or for which it has granted... | |
 | 1861 - 368 pages
...the year 1860, by the Life-boats of the Institution, the rocket apparatus, and other means, was 3697. The total number of persons saved from shipwreck, from the establishment of the Institution to the end of the year 1860, either by its Life-boats, or for which it had granted rewards, is 11,856.... | |
 | 1860 - 736 pages
...perilous circumstances, and when, in nearly all such cases, they could have been saved by no other means. The total number of persons saved from shipwreck from...of the Institution in 1824 to the end of the year 1860, either by its Lifeboats or for which it has granted rewards, is 11,856. The operations of the... | |
 | English essays - 1861 - 780 pages
...a chart or diagram by the side of the instrument. the rocket apparatus, and other means, was 3,697. The total number of persons] saved from shipwreck, from the establishment of the Institution to the end of the year 1860, either by its life-boats, or for which it had granted rewards, is 11,856.... | |
 | Yachting - 1863 - 604 pages
...great value of the services rendered by life-boats can only be appreciated by considering that they are mostly performed on occasions when no other craft could be launched from the shore with safety. Schooners and brigs were, as usual, the most numerous description of vessels that were lost during... | |
 | William Henry G. Kingston - 1863 - 364 pages
...amazed at the life-boat's performances, and the daring behaviour of her skilful coxswain and crew. The total number of persons saved from shipwreck from the establishment of the Koyal National LifeBoat Institution in 1824, to the end of the year I860, either by its life-boats,... | |
 | Arminianism - 1864 - 1196 pages
...ashore before any tidings at all had reached a life-boat station. But the great value of the services rendered by life-boats could only be appreciated by...of the Institution in 1824 to the end of the year 1802, either by its life-boats, or by special exertions for which it has granted rewards, is 12,854.... | |
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