Aldeburgh, Suffolk.—During the afternoon of the 27th October, 1938, the local fishing boat Ploughboy, with two men on board, was caught at sea by bad weather. A moderate and increasing N.E. gale was blowing, with a very rough sea. The motor life-boat Abdy Beauclerk was launched at 5 P.M.

During the launch she was hit by a big sea, and the coxswain was thrown against the edge of the cockpit, injuring a knee. She found the Ploughboy completely swamped. Two life-boatmen jumped on board to help get her gear in, and the life-boat then towediher back to Aldeburgh. She returned toher station at 6.20 P.M.—Rewards, £33 lls. 6d..