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The Suffolk Humane Society was formed in 1806 after the pattern of the Royal Humane Society of London, its purpose being to reward those who saved their fellows from drowning and those who resuscitated people who had apparently died. It took on additional duties the following year when it undertook the financing and administration of the Lowestoft lifeboat Frances Ann, the world's first sailing lifeboat and one of the most successful early lifesaving craft in Britain. The story of the Frances Ann, which was credited with saving more than 300 lives by the time she was replaced in 1850, is of...

'Storm Warriors of the Suffolk Coast' by Ernest Read Cooper was first published in 1936. This updated edition is revised and edited by East Anglian maritime author Robert Malster and now includes a selection of photographs, many taken by the author when manager of Southwold lifeboat station in Suffolk. It recalls remarkable stories of rescue at sea by the fishermen and beachmen of the towns of Southwold, Aldeburgh and Lowestoft. These stories of wreck and rescue will prove fascinating to all who enjoy stories of the sea and to social historians looking at seaside communities in the 19th and...