Penlee, Cornwall.—23rd January, 1939. Early in the morning information was received from the coastguard that the St. Ives life-boat was out.

At 5 A.M. it was reported that signals had been seen off Clodgy Head.

The Sennen life-boat could not get out as the tide was low, and the Padstow life-boat was already out to a ship off Trevose Head. The Penlee motor life-boat W and S, which was in Newlyn Harbour at the time, set out at once, but off Land's End she was recalled by the coastguard. She returned to Newlyn again at 8.45 A.M. An increase in the usual money awards on the standard scale was granted to each member of the crew.—Standard rewards to crew, £11 8s.; additional rewards to crew, £9; total rewards, £21 15*..