Cromer, Norfolk.—At about 11.10 P.M. on the 12th October, 1939, the coastguard reported that a vessel was believed to be in distress a mile S.E.

of the station. The report was confirmed, and the No. 2 motor life-boat, Harriot Dixon, was launched by tractor at midnight. Rain was falling heavily, and a moderate N.W. wind was blowing, with a moderate sea. The life-boat found the s.s. Linwood, of Middlesborough, of 500 tons. She was bound from Ipswich to Hartlepool, in ballast, with a crew of twelve. She had been in collision and had been beached to prevent her sinking. The life-boat took off her crew and arrived back at her station at 1 A.M.—Rewards, £29 12s..