Newhaven, Sussex.—At 11.35 P.M. on the 16th April, 1938, the coastguard telephoned that a small vessel was in distress off Beachy Head, and as the Eastbourne life-boat was oft service for overhaul, the motor life-boat Cecil and Lilian Philpott was launched at 11.55 P.M. A strong N.E. wind was blowing, with a heavy swell. Two miles south of Beachy Head the life-boat found the yacht Swift, of West Mersea, with a crew of five. She was bound from Ramsgate for Newhaven, but could not cope with the seas off the head.

The life-boat towed her into Newhaven, and returned to her station at 2 A.M.— Rewards, £10 5s..