Liverpool Shipwreck & Humane Society

Although there is no specific boundary defining the area over which the Society has jurisdiction, by general agreement with the Royal Humane Society, the Liverpool Shipwreck & Humane Society nowadays restricts its activities to rescues arising in Merseyside, Lancashire and Cheshire, or anywhere at sea if the vessel involved is Liverpool registered (or the rescuer/salvor lives in the Merseyside, Lancashire or Cheshire area). Rescue acts in all other parts of the UK are dealt with by the Royal Humane Society with whom we maintain close liaison. Each year the case which the Society considers to have been its most meritorious rescue is submitted to the Royal Humane Society where it is considered alongside the best cases from other Humane Societies for the award of the prestigious Stanhope Gold Medal.