STANDING BY 7,000-TON STEAMER Plymouth, Devon.—At 4.45 in the afternoon of the 5th of April, 1947, the Rame Head coastguard reported that a vessel needed help three miles west of Rame Head. A moderate south-south- west gale was blowing, with a very rough sea. The motor life-boat Robert and Marcella Beck was launched at 5.17 and found the S.S. Empire Chamois, of London, of about 7,000 tons with her engine broken down. She was dragging; her anchors towards the shore, and at the master's request the life-boat stood by until a tug arrived at ] .30 next morning to take the ship to Falmouth.

The life-boat returned to her station arriving at 2.25.—Rewards, £16 9s..