Clovelly, Devon.—About 4 o'clock in the morning of the 10th of September, 1948, the Hartland Point coastguard telephoned that a flare had been seen, and the motor life-boat City of Notting- ham was launched at 4.15 in a moderate southerly breeze with a smooth sea.

She found the auxiliary motor yacht Sea Bird, of London, two miles north- north-east of Hartland Point, with two on board. They were bound from Ilfracombe to Poole and their engine had broken down. The life- boat towed them to Clovelly, arriving at 6.20.—Rewards, £21. 4s..