At 8.25 P.M. on the 24th April a request was made that the motor Life-boat Albert Edward should be sent out to pick up the Government seaplane No. 79, and also a Government motor launch which had gone to her assistance, but had broken down. The' waterplane had been flying earlier in the day from the Isle of Grain, with the Right Honourable Winston Churchill on board, but engine trouble having been experienced the motor launch had gone out to her assistance. When the Life- boat reached the motor-boat both she and the seaplane were taken in tow and assisted to Harwich Harbour. The seaplane was then handed over to the Government authorities at the Hanger, and the motor launch, having made good the defects, proceeded to the Felixstowe Dock, after which the Life-boat returned to her station.