Sennen Cove, Cornwall.—On the 18th December, 1938, the French schooner Bretonne, of Treguier, was sheltering in Whitesand Bay from a S.E. gale.

She carried a crew of five and was bound with a cargo of coal from Cardiff to Douarnenez. At 7.35 P.M. she burned flares, and at about 8.5 P.M. the motor life-boat The Newbons was launched. She found that the Bretonne had parted one cable, the other anchorwas dragging, and she was leaking badly. A heaving line was thrown to the crew and with some difficulty they were got into the life-boat. The line was then cut and the life-boat returned to her station at 9.45. Owing to the low tide, she could not be rehoused until 11.30 P.M. This service was smartly carried out in rough breaking seas on a bitterly cold night. The Bretonne disappeared during the night and it was assumed that she had foundered. A letter of thanks was sent by the Institution to the crew and helpers.—Rewards, £20 12s..