Plymouth, Devon.—At 7.55 P.M. on the 1st June, 1938, a message was received from the Royal South-Western Yacht Club that a boat was drifting ashore in a dangerous position. A westerly gale was blowing, with a very rough sea.

The boat was the motor cruiser Redwings, of Plymouth, with two men on board. Her engine had broken down, and she was helpless. The reserve motor life-boat Hearts of Oak, on temporary duty at Plymouth, put out at 8.10 P.M., but found that a pinnace from H.M.S. Vindictive, "which was anchored in the sound, had got a line on board the Redwings. The life-boat kept on the Redwings's weather bow, to give her as much shelter as possible, while the pinnace towed her into Plymouth docks. The life-boat returned to her station at 9 P.M.— Rewards, £9 Is..