THOSE who were in London during the centenary celebrations of the Institution in July, 1924, will remember seeing on the Thames the Dutch Twin-screw Motor Life-boat Brandaris, which is just two inches longer than our largest type—the 60-foot Barnett Twin-screw.

They will read with interest the following account of a difficult service by this Life-boat last autumn. It has been summarised from the report in De Reddingboot, the journal of the North and South Holland Life-boat Society.

The Brandaris was called out in the morning of 10th October. A northwesterly gale was blowing, and the tide was so high that the jetties were two feet under water. The vessel flying signals of distress was an 800-ton steamer, the Wisla. She was found adrift, and at first did not want the Life-boat's help, hoping that tugs would be able to get her clear. No tugs were available, and she went aground. She listed badly when she struck, and the seas were breaking over her. The Brandaris went through the breakers alongside and took off the crew of 16, including the captain's wife. De Reddingboot describes it as a rescue " under difficult conditions." It must indeed have been difficult for aLife-boat of ilieBrandaris's size (she draws 5 feet 6 inches, as compared with the 4 feet 6 inches of our 60-feet Life-boats) to get alongside a vesseljin shoal water, and the service shows the skill of her Coxswain and the courage of her Crew..