On the evening of the 7th October a pilot warned the coxswain that flares had been seen near No. 2 buoy, in the entrance to Wyre Channel. A fresh and increasing S.W. breeze was blowing, with a choppy sea. The motor life- boat Sir FitzRoy Clayton was launched at 8 P.M., and soon found the motor yacht 535, of Preston, in distress, with a steam trawler standing by. The yacht was on passage from Fleetwood to Preston with a crew of four, but her engine was disabled, and she was water-logged. She was in grave danger of foundering. The life-boat passed a line on board and towed her back to Fleetwood harbour, returning to her station at 9 P.M.—Rewards, £15 4s. 6d..