Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire. — At 5.25 in the afternoon on the 23rd of May, 1949, the Aberdovey coastguard telephoned that the ketch of the Out- ward Bound Sea School—the old New Quay sailing life-boat, which had been presented to the school—was in a dan- gerous position on the North Bank on the Aberdovey Bar, and the life-boat Lady Harrison was launched at 5.55.

A fresh westerly breeze was blowing, with a heavy ground sea. The life- boat found the boat, with an officer and twelve cadets aboard, at anchor with seas breaking round her. Her coxswain skilfully manoeuvred her among the sand banks and, as the tide was falling, at once passed a rope to the ketch, directed her officer to cut his cable, towed her clear of the bank and brought her into Aberdovey at half- past seven. The life-boat arrived back at her station at half-past nine—Re- wards, £ 18 16*..