Walton and Frinton, Essex.—At about 12.25 in the afternoon of Sunday, the 4th of July, 1948, the coastguard tele- phoned that information had been re- ceived from the pilot cutter Penlee that the motor vessel Lenrodian, of Sheer- ness, was in distress near No. 39 Buoy, in the neighbourhood of the West Sunk Light vessel. The motor life-boat E.M.E.D. was launched at one o'clock.- It was blowing half a gale from the south-west with a rough sea and heavy rain. At 2.45 the life-boat found the motor vessel, and her skipper at once asked to be towed to Harwich. Life- boatmen went on board and after long and difficult manoeuvring the life-boat took the Lenrodian in tow, and arrived at Harwich at 5.20 after a very rough passage. She arrived' back at her station at 7.40 that evening.—Property Salvage Case..