At 3.40 P.M.

on the 19th May a telephone message was received at the pierhead from Canvey "Island that the small yacht Squib II, of Westcliff, had capsized about half a mile from the shore. Her crew of two were clinging to the boat, but no other boats were in sight. All the boatmen were engaged • taking visitors to ships of H.M. Fleet anchored off Southend, and the motor life-boat Greater London promptly put out, manned only by the coxswain, motor mechanic, honorary secretary and another man. She found the drifting yacht, but could find no trace of her crew. She towed the yacht to South- end, arriving at 6 P.M., and learned that her crew were safe, having been picked up by another boat.—Property Salvage Case..