File 38 'Lifeboat'

Reference No:
C DPD/1/3/5/1/16
Dates:
24 Jan 1908-1 Apr 1911
Description:
The file comprises correspondence, sent (and received) by the Engineer to the Humber Conservancy Board (Arthur Ernest Butterfield), to/from Captain D. Pye (Spurn Lifeboat Station) and the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI). The subject matter includes the following: services rendered by the Spurn Lifeboat to ships in the vicinity of Spurn Head, the beaching of a dead whale on Spurn, issues over the quality of the water supply to the Lifeboatmen's cottages, and building construction/maintenance work. It also includes several abstracts from the Lifeboat’s Log detailing various operations carried out by the Lifeboat assisting vessels in distress.
Format:
Archive Item
Extent:
1 file
Language:
Access Conditions:
Access will be granted to any accredited reader
Repository:
Hull City Archives
Collection:
Records of Humber Conservancy and the Humber Ports (Records deposited by Associated British Ports and its Predecessors)