Appledore, Devon.—At 5.15 in the afternoon of the 4th of July, 1948, the Westward Ho coastguard telephoned that a yacht appeared to be in diffi- culties eight miles north-east of Hart- land Point, and at 5.35 the motor life- boat The Brothers, on temporary duty at the station, was launched: A mod- erate north-westerly breeze was blow- ing, with a moderate sea. The life-boat found the motor yacht Mafalda, of Ardrossan, with a crew of three, drifting towards the rocks between Hartland and Clovelly. Her sails had carried away and her engine had broken down.

The life-boat towed her to Appledore Pool and arrived back at her station at 8.45 that evening.—Property Salvage Case..