ABANDONED ON SCROBY SANDS Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk.

—At 6.27 in the morning of the 29th of July, 1947, the Great Yarmouth coast- guard reported that a sailing yacht appeared to be aground on the Scroby Sands one and a half miles east by north of the coastguard station, and the motor life-boat Louise Stephens was launched at 6.50. A light northerly breeze was blowing and the sea was slight, but a heavy swell was breaking on the sands. The yacht was the auxiliary yacht Corsair with two men on board. She was hard aground on Scroby Elbow and making water fast.

The life-boat dropped anchor and veered down to her but grounded herself ninety yards away. The yacht's crew then put. off in their dinghy and the life-boat took them on board. She arrived back at her station at 9.30.— Rewards, £10 13*. 6d..