Walmer, Kent.—At 12.50 P.M. on the 6th July, 1939, a message was received from the Deal coastguard that a sailing boat with five people on board was flying an oilskin in her rigging near Deal Bank Buoy. A strong S.W. wind was blowing, with a rough sea. The motor life-boat Charles Dibdin (Civil Set-vice No. 2) was launched at 1.5 P.M.

She found the sailing boat shipping heavy water, and escorted her to Ramsgate. She returned to her station at 3.40 P.M.—Rewards, £9 135. 6d..