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Torbay, Devonshire.-—At 6.5 A.M. on the 24th June, 1938, the Berry Head coastguard reported that a small motor boat with one man on board had run on to a submerged rock near Berry Head.

A gentle west breeze was blowing; thesea was smooth. The reserve motor life-boat Alfred and Clara Heath, which was on temporary duty at Torbay, was launched at 6.20 A.M., and found the motor boat lolanda, of Brixham, in a very dangerous position on the rock, with a big tilt sternwards. She towed her clear and returned to her station at 7.45 A.M.—Rewards, £3 lls. Qd..