Skegness, Lincolnshire.—During the morning of the 16th October, 1938, nine Sea Scouts, from a Borstal Institution, with a scoutmaster, left Hunstanton in their motor boat for Boston. Soon afterwards the boat's engine broke down and the boys took to the oars.

The sea was then smooth. They managed to get within a mile of the Lynn Well Light-vessel, but they were then exhausted and could get no farther. The light-vessel launched a boat in answer to their signals, and this boat took them in tow. The master of the light-vessel feared that a gale was coming up and sent a message for help.

The coastguard passed it to the lifeboat station, and the motor life-boat Anne Allen was launched at 7.5 P.M.

She found that seven of the boys had been taken on board the light-vessel and most of them were suffering from seasickness.

They were quite unable to row their boat. The life-boat took them on board and towed the boat to Boston, returning to her station at 4.20 A.M.—Rewards, £18 18s..