Walton and Frinton, Essex.—At about 1 P.M. on the 1st August, 1938, the coastguard reported that a motor fishing boat which had been to a vessel off the Naze was on her way back showing distress signals. A freshening strong N.E. breeze was blowing, with a choppy sea. The motor life-boat E.M.E.D. was launched at 1.35 P.M.

She found the motor barge yacht Betsy, of Maldon, with four on board, in shallow water and in danger of driving ashore on the Naze. The owner at once accepted the services of the lifeboat to get his vessel to a place of safety, as she was disabled. Life-boatmen were put aboard the Betsy and she was then towed to safety in the Walton Channel. The life-boat returned to her station at 5 P.M.—Property Salvage Case..