Dover, Kent.—At 5.45 P.M. on the 16th August, 1938, a resident of East Cliff reported a yacht to be in difficulties and drifting to leeward with all her sails blown away. The sea was rough, with a moderate S.VV. gale blowing.

Slipping her moorings at 6 P.M., the motor life-boat Sir William Hillary reached the yacht about half an hour later, one and a half miles east of Kingsdown. She found her to be the auxiliary barge yacht Ivernia, of London, with four people on board, bound from Southampton to London.

The owner asked for a tow to Dover.

Three attempts were made to tow, but each time the rope had to be let go, as the yacht was short-handed and could not be steered. Eventually she drove into smoother water and the life-boat was again able to take her in tow.

Later, a Deal motor boat came out and two men from her went on board the yacht to help in securing a second line, stowing sails and clearing wreckage.The Ivernia was then towed into Dover Harbour at 1.30 next morning.— Property Salvage Case..