Plymouth, Devon.—At 1.18 A.M. on the 26th November, 1938, a message was received from the King's Harbour Master that it had been reported to him that a vessel was sounding her siren and was apparently in distress inshore. A whole S.W. gale was blowing, with a very rough sea. The motor life-boat Robert and Marcella Beck put out at 1.34 A.M.; and found the steamer Jellicoe Rose, of Liverpool, on the rocks in Jennycliff Bay. Her master asked the coxswain if he would take the first officer ashore, and with very great difficulty he was taken off by means of the breeches buoy. The aircraft carrier Furious was nearby, and helped by training her searchlights on the steamer.

The life-boat landed the first officer and then returned and stood by until tugs arrived and towed the steamer clear. She returned to her station at 6 A.M.—Rewards, £13 11s. 6d..