Ramsgate, Kent.—At about 1.55 A.M.

on the 24th June, 1938, the watchman on the East Pier reported that a yacht south of the harbour was burning flares.

A light S.S.W. breeze was blowing.

The sea was smooth. The motor lifeboat Prudential put out at 2.5 A.M. and found the yacht Orchis, of London, aground on the Brake Sands. She carried a crew of three, and was bound from Newhaven to London. The lifeboat gave her help and stood by until she refloated and went on her way.

The life-boat then returned to her station at 5.30 A.M.—Property Salvage Case; Rewards, 11s..