He broke open the door, and forcibly brought the Master on deck, secured him to a lifebuoy, and dropped him in the sea, from where he was pulled ashore.

Ever since its founding in 1824, the Royal National Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck (RNIPLS), later to become the RNLI in 1854, would award medals for deeds of gallantry at sea, even if no lifeboats were involved.

[2] At the meeting of the RNLI committee of management on 2 December 1858, it was decided to establish a lifeboat station at Lossiemouth, on the north-east coast of Scotland.

"As many accidents happen to the fishing-boats on this part of the coast, in addition to occasional wrecks, it is thought that a life-boat may be of much service here."

Transportation of both boat and carriage had been provided free of charge, aboard a steamship belonging to Mr A. Dunn of Lime Street, London.

[10] At a meeting of the RNLI committee of management in July 1923, which considered the special report of Northern District Inspector, Commander E. D. Drury.

The Lossiemouth Harbour was overwhelmingly congested, often preventing launch of the lifeboat, and since 1920, the station had been forced to close between January and May each year.